Disconnect
Knows what a fatty is.
I could use a sanity check from the group.. :suspicious: On Saturday after turn-ins, Gettysburg did a (voluntary) people's choice. (Well, they did a ton of them, but this one was specifically for BBQ.) We elected to use our leftover brisket (reheated and pulled) and butts. They were really well received by the crowd but two things bothered us.
The first is that the event had no way of filtering or limiting the crowd - at least 50% of the people we served had snuck in over the "fence" and so weren't voting. (Dan said they were addressing that vigorously for next year.. I don't know why they thought caution tape on a huge unsecured perimeter would work, but ok.)
The other thing was that we saw other teams come through our line pretending to be attendees. (At least one did it several times.) I didn't call them out at the time - partially due to the length of the line - but, at least to me, that screams shigging. If they had just walked up and honestly asked for a taste, or offered to swap samples, I'd have been more than happy to do so. (And I have in the past, at almost every comp we've done.) Filtering into a line full of guests and sneaking our competition food seems underhanded to me.
Am I wrong? We were giving it out to basically anyone, but that I didn't think that would include giving 3-4 samples (2oz or more each) to the competition. (We aren't winning, but mostly that is related to settling out our techniques/cooking problems - our taste scores are generally high and getting higher.) We probably won't be doing that style of event again, partially because of this..
The first is that the event had no way of filtering or limiting the crowd - at least 50% of the people we served had snuck in over the "fence" and so weren't voting. (Dan said they were addressing that vigorously for next year.. I don't know why they thought caution tape on a huge unsecured perimeter would work, but ok.)
The other thing was that we saw other teams come through our line pretending to be attendees. (At least one did it several times.) I didn't call them out at the time - partially due to the length of the line - but, at least to me, that screams shigging. If they had just walked up and honestly asked for a taste, or offered to swap samples, I'd have been more than happy to do so. (And I have in the past, at almost every comp we've done.) Filtering into a line full of guests and sneaking our competition food seems underhanded to me.
Am I wrong? We were giving it out to basically anyone, but that I didn't think that would include giving 3-4 samples (2oz or more each) to the competition. (We aren't winning, but mostly that is related to settling out our techniques/cooking problems - our taste scores are generally high and getting higher.) We probably won't be doing that style of event again, partially because of this..