OK, no more complaining about the board micro managing. If someone asks they'll have to make a ruling on this. What does Jeff think? LOL!
I saw a top team do this to their chicken at a contest this year. I wondered the same thing. Perhaps this does need some clarification by the board?
OK, no more complaining about the board micro managing. If someone asks they'll have to make a ruling on this. What does Jeff think? LOL!
Was it wrapped in papers? Maybe they were trying to "smoke" their chicken.
No. I actually thought it was a great idea, you know the way the pros do it on tv, to remove the extraneous feather hairs. I then started to do it at the very next contest and thought, "wait a second, this might be construed the wrong way" and I immediately stopped. I hadn't really thought of it again until it was brought up here. Personally, I don't think it is cooking, and therefore should be okay, but when at a contest I don't want to do anything that could even be interpreted incorrectly as being against the rules.
If your question was meant to be humorous I am sorry that it went over my head. :icon_blush:. If not, I would be interested to hear of this "smoking" meathod you speak of. :lol:
Was it wrapped in papers? Maybe they were trying to "smoke" their chicken.
No. I actually thought it was a great idea, you know the way the pros do it on tv, to remove the extraneous feather hairs. I then started to do it at the very next contest and thought, "wait a second, this might be construed the wrong way" and I immediately stopped. I hadn't really thought of it again until it was brought up here. Personally, I don't think it is cooking, and therefore should be okay, but when at a contest I don't want to do anything that could even be interpreted incorrectly as being against the rules.
If your question was meant to be humorous I am sorry that it went over my head. :icon_blush:. If not, I would be interested to hear of this "smoking" meathod you speak of. :lol:
Apparently, not that humorous.
Is this why some teams do their prep work under their Ezups with all 4 side panels down while they work under lights?
Just my memory thinking out loud here.
Actually, the safest way to do it is prep the chicken at home where no one can see you use the torch...:icon_coolmusicmanryann;1134680No. [I said:I actually thought it was a great idea, you know the way the pros do it on tv, to remove the extraneous feather hairs. I then started to do it at the very next contest and thought, "wait a second, this might be construed the wrong way" and I immediately stopped.[/I] I hadn't really thought of it again until it was brought up here. Personally, I don't think it is cooking, and therefore should be okay, but when at a contest I don't want to do anything that could even be interpreted incorrectly as being against the rules.
If your question was meant to be humorous I am sorry that it went over my head. :icon_blush:. If not, I would be interested to hear of this "smoking" meathod you speak of. :lol:
I wish I could remember who said it but the quote went something like "... because common sense is far less common than it used to be."Yet another area that we don't need input from the board on...
I think Jorge had a nice succinct answer. It is part of prep, before anything else is done. Removing a stray feather is removing a stray feather. regardless of how it is done. IF we call that cooking, then aren't we all illegal? - the feathers were removed with scalding water or steam as part of the processing. So applying heat to the bird could potentially have started the cooking process, yadda, yadda...
:tonguean - not a dig at you, since I know you prefaced this question with winter bordem...:tongue:
But another question in general...
At what point do we simply look to common sense to tell us vs. getting a ruling. If cooking is not the outcome, or the intent... why it is even in question? We need to have protections in place to avoid something like burning off a feather consuming board room time, right? If intent to defraud, cause some sort of malice, or provide an unfair advantage is the intent, then by all means put a rule in place to stop it... But for things such as this that seem so common sense, why would we cast any doubt?
Kinda like needing an "interpretation" of a rule that has been around forever.
Burn off a feather if you want, pluck or shave them, heck get the chemical hair remover made for chickens lol....
fun stuff!!!:twisted:
will this methed work for the hair on my azz?
Yes, but make sure you post the video of it on YouTube. :lol:
Yet another area that we don't need input from the board on...
I think Jorge had a nice succinct answer. It is part of prep, before anything else is done. Removing a stray feather is removing a stray feather. regardless of how it is done. IF we call that cooking, then aren't we all illegal? - the feathers were removed with scalding water or steam as part of the processing. So applying heat to the bird could potentially have started the cooking process, yadda, yadda...
:tonguean - not a dig at you, since I know you prefaced this question with winter bordem...:tongue:
But another question in general...
At what point do we simply look to common sense to tell us vs. getting a ruling. If cooking is not the outcome, or the intent... why it is even in question? We need to have protections in place to avoid something like burning off a feather consuming board room time, right? If intent to defraud, cause some sort of malice, or provide an unfair advantage is the intent, then by all means put a rule in place to stop it... But for things such as this that seem so common sense, why would we cast any doubt?
Kinda like needing an "interpretation" of a rule that has been around forever.
Burn off a feather if you want, pluck or shave them, heck get the chemical hair remover made for chickens lol....
fun stuff!!!:twisted:
Hairy chicken is so good.