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So a few weeks back my friend and master judge, Rick, asks me if I would judge a Kosher contest on Sunday, 10/14. I said sure without even thinking about how a Kosher event might be different than what I normally judge. All I knew about Kosher was that many Jews who follow the rules can't eat pork. Well there is a lot more to it than that.
At the strictest level Kosher means that some things like dairy products can't be mixed with meat products. Also the meat, utensils, and grills are under the supervision of the Rabbi.
So for this comp everything is supplied by the organizer. Each team got 2 Weber kettles, all the meat, spices, seasoning, utensils, charcoal...everything they needed to cook.
Since there are not a lot of opportunities to compete in a Kosher event of the 17 teams, 2 were from Birmingham, AL and 2 came from New York!
Although this was not a sanctioned event all of the judges were KCBS certified and more than half were master judges. The categories were beans, beef ribs, and brisket.
I have judged beans before so that was a no brainer but the beef ribs were HUGE. The turn in boxes would not close as the 6 ribs were piled high in the 9x9!!!
We scored them fairly and didn't cut them any slack. Also provided many comments cards to help them out on their turn ins.
On a side note you may recognize the contest rep. He is someone we haven't seen in awhile and it was good to be in the judges room with him. The first time he had to quiet us down with his booming voice.."Now judges...help me out here"...or "Judges..shut your pie hole"...was met with a round of applause from us. Ronnie we miss you!
At the strictest level Kosher means that some things like dairy products can't be mixed with meat products. Also the meat, utensils, and grills are under the supervision of the Rabbi.
So for this comp everything is supplied by the organizer. Each team got 2 Weber kettles, all the meat, spices, seasoning, utensils, charcoal...everything they needed to cook.
Since there are not a lot of opportunities to compete in a Kosher event of the 17 teams, 2 were from Birmingham, AL and 2 came from New York!
Although this was not a sanctioned event all of the judges were KCBS certified and more than half were master judges. The categories were beans, beef ribs, and brisket.
I have judged beans before so that was a no brainer but the beef ribs were HUGE. The turn in boxes would not close as the 6 ribs were piled high in the 9x9!!!
We scored them fairly and didn't cut them any slack. Also provided many comments cards to help them out on their turn ins.
On a side note you may recognize the contest rep. He is someone we haven't seen in awhile and it was good to be in the judges room with him. The first time he had to quiet us down with his booming voice.."Now judges...help me out here"...or "Judges..shut your pie hole"...was met with a round of applause from us. Ronnie we miss you!
