Boogan1
Well-known member
I took the CBJ class yesterday with Mike Lake at the American Royal. I had made a post last week asking what there was for a spectator to do at the Royal but then I got the call that my name came up on the waiting list for the cbj class so now I am going to be judging both saturday and sunday. I figured I may as well jump in and get my feet wet and what better way than at the American Royal. A little background on me, I have been cooking since I was age 13, when my mom went to college. I enjoy cooking and creating my own recipes. I really got interested in bbq a few years ago. I purchased a used NBBD and have modded it and mastered cooking on it. I built a UDS and love to cook on that thing!! I have been a member and lurked on here for a couple of years and I eventually want to venture into the competition world. From all my reading it seems the best way to do this and be competitive immediately is to become a judge first, so that's the route I am taking. Any advice that you seasoned judges can give a first timer judging the AR? I read another thread that said to bring a cooler to take home leftovers but was told yesterday that it was not advisable. Maybe they were saying dragging a big cooler on wheels wasn't advisable lol! In the class I was seated next to another brethren member Rich Ramos. Rich built his own cooker and has a business Kansas Katering. After the class we walked around and met some of the comeptitors, it was awesome to see how excited Rich got when we ran into Johnny Trigg, Tuffy Stone and Rod Gray. I was pretty stoked too! Those guys are all class acts and were more than happy to talk to us and take a picture. Anyway, any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
