look at the brisket category....
Smoke-N-My-I's beat Buttrub.com.....
We had a great time. Got in last night about 8:45pm... would have gotten in a little earlier, but the lights went out on the trailer and had to make an emergency repair job.
I managed to keep the temps inside our tent on Friday night about 49 degrees. Saturday was WINDY.... gail force wind advisories on the coast just a few miles away.... One tent went rolling away, several others were damaged. I tied mine to the trailer wheels and running boards on my truck. The next thing I know, the side away from the wind was being lifted up about 3 feet in the air.... Cooker temps would fluctuate any where from 89 degrees to 330 degrees in less than a minute..... I found out all the "stick" burners were having the same problem... what fun.... can't wait to do it again. So, a lot of the meats were having a hard time getting done in time.
Tonto will be proud of me... I took my first rack of ribs off, placed them on my large cutting board, reached in with my tongs to get the second rack.... and plop.... down the first one with the cutting board went right on the ground...... they were done just a little too much and fell apart... so they just laid there until I got time to pick them up and put them in the doggy box..... they loved them today.
So, needless to say, I didn't do the best, but overall I am pleased with what I got. I didn't realize I beat the Reserve Grand Champion in brisket until today.... WOW... now that makes me feel good. My chicken did lousy, but I have never really had any good scores even with what everyone else thinks is super good chicken..... what do judges know anyway???? My pork scores fell this time, and the ribs are the usual... so-so.
I will post a few pics probably tomorrow after unloading the trailer and truck. I am off and I have to smoke 2 turkeys, so I will be busy for a while in the morning.
Here is an article from the local paper there. Yours truly is a celebrity now.... I am listed right after the right up about the judge from Delaware.
http://www.robesonian.com/articles/2007/11/11/news/news/story03.txt
So until later,
Bill