Box scores and opinions-HELP

I am pretty sure that your chicken box would be DQ'd for sculpting and your pork box may also.

9) Meat shall not be sculptured, branded or presented in a
way to make it identifiable. Rosettes of meat slices are not
allowed. Violations of this rule will be scored a one (1) on
all criteria by all six judges.

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In the judging class that i took they used a pork box that had 9 piles of pork made with an ice cream scoop and told us that it was illegal. Maybe a rep or smeone with more judging eperience can comment on this.

Going beyond that, here are some comments...

Chicken - the shape and size look pretty uniform. the piece in the middle may be fater than the others. The skin/sauce is blotchy. that may be the photos or maybe they were that way. Try to get the color uniform if possible. Also, there looks to be some yellowing parsley in there. Try to use all the same color if possible. Also, it looks like some pieces of parsley are higher than the meat. let the meat show more and the garnish as a background.

Ribs - the edges look nice and clean. I'm not a fan of having the cut edges showing, but if you are going to do it clean of the sauce smudges (right side piece). Color and glaze look nice.

Pork - I think you should have more bark showing. If you are going to use scoops (and they aren't a DQ) have some bark on each pile. otherwise it looks OK.

Brisket - I like this box. The slices could have been a little shorter. they seem to be crowding the box a little. also, clean off the front slice. Otherwise the slices are uniform and stacked neatly and the burnt ends look good.

Are the pics really from 2006 or is the camera date off?