My first Amateur Comp (Pr0n)

This past Sunday I competed in my very first competition. It was an amateur event so it was only baby backs which the organizers provided.

Here are the ribs being prepped:



My lovely assistant and wife:



I couldn't have done it without her, she is a maven of organization and had us so well prepared that the other teams couldn't believe it was our first time out.




Checking for tenderness:



They were actually a little over done.:doh: These ribs were smaller and less meaty than the ones I had been practicing with. I placed them back in the cooker to get them more firm but had to sacrifice a bit of time with them sauced in the cooker.

Here is what we ended up turning in:





In the end I felt the ribs were little over cooked and the sauce could have had more time to set up. The judges comments seem to confirm this as I few comments were:
"Slightly over cooked - slightly"
"a little too saucy"
But as they say, sauce covers a multitude of sins. :becky:

In the end it was Fatty Mac Barbecue that carried the day!! :bow:




The prize consisted of this fantastic trophy and this Napoleon Apollo 3 'n 1 Smoker, Tailgate/Charcoal Grill and Water Smoker. It seems like a love child from a WSM, cajun bandit and kettle grill 3-way.



Thanks for lookin'!

Harbormaster said:

Sweet!
That smoker almost looks like a Pro-Q.
Congratulations on a fine win.
BTW, I'd hit those ribs.

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You're right! I hadn't had time do any research on it, but it looks like it is just a rebranded Pro-Q. When you click on the Canadian Distributor link for the Pro-Q it takes you directly to the Napoleon product page.

Ron_L said:

I like your wife's shirt. Do you know where she got it?

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Yes, she got it at a store called Giant Tiger. I don't know if you have any down there in the land of the stars and stripes. It's kind of like a low rent Walmart. She got several others with great saying on them like "Never trust a skinny chef" and "What happens around the grill, stays around the grill".

jetfxr27 said:

Awesome job! They allow pellet poopers?
Like the shirt too.

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They actually allowed any and all types of equipment. The only thing they didn't allow was all electric cookers. I was the only one with a "Pellet Pooper".

Chit, there was one guy there with a gas grill! :crazy: