Took the KCBS judging class yesterday in Lyons, GA. This being my rookie year competing I wanted to add a little more to my bbq repertoire (I used a big word there) and get more well rounded........or something of that nature.
It will be awesome to get to judge some contest, hopefully do one or two before the year is over. Might be tough since we are competing in the next 2 KCBS events over the next 4 weeks and we want to compete in a few more before the year is out. I guess that is a pretty good position to be in though
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It was cool to learn exactly what goes into judging and what judges are looking for in the criteria of appearance, taste, texture. The class was fun, lots of nice people to meet, and the instructor was a great guy. He competes so during a few breaks I picked his brain about competition stuff and he was very willing to share with a rookie like me. Hoping the judging class will improve our competition results, but more importantly I have wanted to be able to judge for a while now.
I hadn't planned on smoking anything today, but since it seems I don't have much to do I may go start the smoker and go run out and get a brisket. High heat since I won't have a long time. Haven't done a high heat one before so we'll see how it goes. Probably post that up later if it happens.
Got me a pin and everything :-D.
It will be awesome to get to judge some contest, hopefully do one or two before the year is over. Might be tough since we are competing in the next 2 KCBS events over the next 4 weeks and we want to compete in a few more before the year is out. I guess that is a pretty good position to be in though
. It was cool to learn exactly what goes into judging and what judges are looking for in the criteria of appearance, taste, texture. The class was fun, lots of nice people to meet, and the instructor was a great guy. He competes so during a few breaks I picked his brain about competition stuff and he was very willing to share with a rookie like me. Hoping the judging class will improve our competition results, but more importantly I have wanted to be able to judge for a while now.
I hadn't planned on smoking anything today, but since it seems I don't have much to do I may go start the smoker and go run out and get a brisket. High heat since I won't have a long time. Haven't done a high heat one before so we'll see how it goes. Probably post that up later if it happens.
Got me a pin and everything :-D.
