IowaWildHogsBbq
Knows what a fatty is.
What is everyone's thoughts on turning in just mm? I have never judged a comp but has anyone seen this come across the tables?
Money Muscle
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bam
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I turn in mm,pulled and or chopped mm is sliced.
sunrise
Knows what a fatty is.
since I moved out west, the mm seems more important than in FL, but then again, maybe why thats why some of the guys did better than we did. But, to tell the truth, I have a hard time finding butts with a good m/m. I have heard all kind of ways, but...I guess I still have a lot to learn. However, I am pretty sure its important to turn it in, sliced
Funtimebbq
Full Fledged Farker
There are many contest where teams can sell samples here in CA. As a result, some teams who concentrate on the selling vs. competing are cooking lots of butts. That results in some boxes filled with sliced MM. Don't think they have had the results in the comp., but they do sell a lot of samples.
bbq.tom
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It is not very common to see only MM in a box, but we do see it once in a while. It might suffer a wee bit on the appearance score (most judges like to see something along with the MM), but should score well for taste and tenderness if done right.
nthole
Babbling Farker
I wouldn't do JUST money muscle, unless you were doing more than one and were slicing and then pulling the other. I've come to accept that in pork and beef the judges definitely prefer having more than one style of meat in the box.
Jacked UP BBQ
Babbling Farker
i have never turned in mm
bam
is Blowin Smoke!
A old time pitmaster from lawnside n.j. would say if you cook it right it's all money.:-D:-D
Contracted Cookers
is one Smokin' Farker
ModelMaker
Quintessential Chatty Farker
BJ, here locally I have never seen a box with only MM.
Best scoring boxs have nice thick slices,thumb size chunks w/nice bark, and sliced MM with bark and color.
Ed
Hint, if MM is overdone (mushy)--- LEAVE IT OUT!!
Best scoring boxs have nice thick slices,thumb size chunks w/nice bark, and sliced MM with bark and color.
Ed
Hint, if MM is overdone (mushy)--- LEAVE IT OUT!!
plowin-fire
Full Fledged Farker
Call me dumb, wheres the money muscle? pictures? our local comps dont do brisket and butts...
Podge
is Blowin Smoke!
All this talk lately about the MM.. who's really worried about it being submitted? Judges or just us cooks?..
So, Hey you judges.. do you typically have an inclination to score down because there's no MM slices???..
So, Hey you judges.. do you typically have an inclination to score down because there's no MM slices???..
mobow
is one Smokin' Farker
no. keith
bbq.tom
is Blowin Smoke!
NO.
It sometimes helps the appearance scores (for some judges), but a judge is supposed to judge what is presented - NOT - what they are "looking for"!!! (Unlike Myron in this season of Pitmaster!)
1 FAT HOG BBQ
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
So many times judging you see a nice looking box with M/M slices, pulled, and chunks in the box, the M/M slices are full of fat and the pulled is just meat with no flavor that takes that box score down, when i see a box with the dark meat chunks with great flavor, good texture, thats what i'm talking bout, that's a 9. You judge what is presented to you. Just my .02
brownkw
Knows what a fatty is.
No. I judge what is presented to me, not what is omitted from the entry.
2Fat
is one Smokin' Farker
exactly---but think that isn't the case most of the time these days--at least from the chatter you overhear in the judging tent despite admonitions to judge as presented sometimes methinks that the"tv" influence is strong
buzz
Lake Dogs
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Buzz, not that the TV influence doesnt influence judges, but from what I've
seen it influences competitors 10 to 1 over judges, and not necessarily for
their benefit. MM, from what I understand, isn't nearly as prevalent 'round here as it is elsewhere, and even though we see it now in 70% of the boxes, before Season 1 Pitmasters I'd probably go 2 or 3 contests without seeing anything but pulled/chunks in an MBN box. In this region, up until PitMasters Season 1, for the most part anything other than pulled was frowned upon in appearance because it brought up historical memories of sliced or chopped pork which tends to have a lot of fat and gristle in it...
Also, it's amazing what some competitors will come away with when watching judges (which tends to be both out of context and in some cases just plain wrong)... This has been my experience; yours may vary.
bbq.tom
is Blowin Smoke!
I guess the "chatter" in judging tents in Wisconsin is much different from the "chatter" in judging tents in the SouthEast! I judge almost every weekend and I definitely don't hear "it's NOT in the box" or ANYTHING similar! Maybe there is something to the "regionalility" thing in judging after all!!!
