SirPorkaLot
somebody shut me the fark up.
Eat Real Fest is a huge festival (150,000 attendees expected) with a small contest component.
This contest in non-sanctioned and is being advertised as a Pro-Am contest pitting (pun intended) Pros vs Joes (amateur pitmasters defined as ones that do not own a restaurant or do not have a product offering).
The Pros are some of the most well known pitmasters & chefs in the country.
Another factor of this contest that makes it interesting is that everything is provided identical; pits, meat, canopies, etc to the entrants (IROC style).
The entrants will have 8 hours to prep, cook and serve:
Pork Ribs
Beef Ribs
Lamb Breast
Using only items and methods that were available in 1850. The main exception to that rule is the COS they are providing the entrants to cook on.
The list of Pros:
Chris Lilly - Big Bob Gibson BBQ
Chris Phelps - Chef @ Salt's Cure, Los Angelas
Nicole Brisson - Executive Chef @ Carvenino, Las Vegas
Nick Pihakis - Jim & Nicks BBQ
Harry Stewart - Great American BBQ, Alameda, CA
Donald Link - Chef at Herbsaint & Cochon, New Orleans, LA
Rodney Scott - Scott's BBQ, Hemingway, SC
Rick Hackett - Chef/owner at Bocanova, Oakland, CA
Doug Keiles - Ribs Within (comp BBQ team & Chopped Grill Masters)
Anyone else going to be there?
http://cochonrestaurant.com/
This contest in non-sanctioned and is being advertised as a Pro-Am contest pitting (pun intended) Pros vs Joes (amateur pitmasters defined as ones that do not own a restaurant or do not have a product offering).
The Pros are some of the most well known pitmasters & chefs in the country.
Another factor of this contest that makes it interesting is that everything is provided identical; pits, meat, canopies, etc to the entrants (IROC style).
The entrants will have 8 hours to prep, cook and serve:
Pork Ribs
Beef Ribs
Lamb Breast
Using only items and methods that were available in 1850. The main exception to that rule is the COS they are providing the entrants to cook on.
The list of Pros:
Chris Lilly - Big Bob Gibson BBQ
Chris Phelps - Chef @ Salt's Cure, Los Angelas
Nicole Brisson - Executive Chef @ Carvenino, Las Vegas
Nick Pihakis - Jim & Nicks BBQ
Harry Stewart - Great American BBQ, Alameda, CA
Donald Link - Chef at Herbsaint & Cochon, New Orleans, LA
Rodney Scott - Scott's BBQ, Hemingway, SC
Rick Hackett - Chef/owner at Bocanova, Oakland, CA
Doug Keiles - Ribs Within (comp BBQ team & Chopped Grill Masters)
Anyone else going to be there?
http://cochonrestaurant.com/