Box scores... Fire away.

I really like the pork and ribs box. The chicken made me dizzy with the placement and I don't care for there color either.

Is that a half slice in the front of the brisket box or is that just the pic? Box looks a little sloppy for placement but once i get past that it looks nice and moist.

I think the chicken and rib boxes look great. Not a fan of the pork box, to much in there for me although the pork looks great! Brisket is spread out to much in my opinion and the front piece is a little odd on the lower half. The meat itself looks mighty tasty!!

It's hard to see some details in the pics, but, based on them -

Chicken - 8 - The color reminds me of kidney beans.

Ribs - At least an 8 - Seeing them in person, I may give them a 9. The color is good, the cuts are nice and straight and I want to eat one.

Pork - 8 - It's hard to tell in the pic if what I'm seeing is dry meat with sauce on it in the lower right corner or just the pic.

Brisket - 8 - It looks really good but I see what looks in the pics like track marks.

It all looks good in the pics but I'm sure it all looks better than the pics show.

Every time we have tried diagonal presentation, we have received resoundingly poor scores. Your area's mileage may vary.

your putting greens need alot of work

BBQchef33 said:

like I said, we evened out the brisket box. The slices were lined up, brushed evenly. The slices had both flat and point on them. Thats what u see on the face of the first slice. What looks like track marks was also puddling of aujus before we brushed them out.

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Ah, got it. Just going by the meat, it looks good. I don't get too hung up on how the meat is arranged. A beautiful arrangement means nothing if the meat looks dry, gray, or over sauced. That doesn't mean that I don't pay attention to it, I just don't score down because of the way the meat is arranged i.e., diagonally, circle, layered, etc. What matters to me is the meat.

8 or 9 for sure on ribs and pork. Brisket probably a 7 as having both in our area isn't popular. Chicken probably an 8. Would like to see a little more uniform.

You know I'm not a KCBS cook but I think that six pieces of your chicken in the same arrangement would look great centered in the box. I also think it's too dark.

The ribs look great.

The Pork Butt looks very appetizing but would look better with only six slices. I also think that cutting perhaps the bottom quarter or third off of each slice would let them sit lower in the tray and might look better in a cascade. If you then arranged the cascaded pieces in an arch peaking in the upper left corner there would be more room for medallions and pulled in the lower right corner.

Brisket, I'd suggest heating and straining the au jus to remove the small chunky's in there and then brushing it on for a more natural appearance. It drives me nuts when I get those on my slices. Those bite size chunks in the corners look a bit large to me.

I asked my wife (she is also a CBJ) to score your boxes. She gave you 8 all around but gave your chicken a 7. She said the color was too dark. She said she might give your pork a 9. She also mentioned that she didn't like the garnish.

BBQchef33 said:

ink blot test.

In the chicken, do u see 3 rows of 3

or 1-2-3-2-1:becky:

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I didn't even see the 3 rows of 3 until you pointed it out.

DivaHerself said:

Every time we have tried diagonal presentation, we have received resoundingly poor scores. Your area's mileage may vary.

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What she said! Diagonal has always killed me. Sometimes vertical too though. Right now, I think it's just my cooking stinks!

I think you're giving the judges too many choices, i.e., too much meat in the boxes.

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I like the chicken layout, just not the chicken with the finishing dust all over it. But what the hell do I know about chicken
Ribs look great
I am not a fan of slived pork with fat on it. JMO Also sauce drips on the slices
I think you are the man for leaving the point on the bottom on the slices. Beside the looks of beef gravy master for a sauce. I love the brisket.

BBQchef33 said:

ink blot test.

In the chicken, do u see 3 rows of 3

or 1-2-3-2-1:becky:

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I saw a tic-tac-toe board. :thumb:

I'm no CBJ, but I slept on the couch last night, so...

Chicken - 8. I thought they were very even, but they had to be small to get 9 in a box.
Ribs - 8. I wanted one.
Pork - 7. Meh.
Brisket - 7. Looks like the burnt ends were an afterthought, and the front slice looks a little mangled. (Could be the hangover though.) I know you cleaned it up, just going by what I see.

your q presentation reminds me of rock n roll's "big sound". you're hitting alot of chords in a unique and exciting way very loudly. i like it alot. but...
chicken skin looks tough. i like the color though. i saw your rack get pulled out of the cooker myself this weekend and almost tripped over myself cuz these looked sooo darn good. pictures lie...an 8 for sure. there's alot of effort put in there and it shows.
ribs look excellent. nuff said. a 9.
pork looks a bit fatty on the edges in the pic, both on the large slices and the peices in the right corner. right up my alley for sure(fat is where the flavor is, butter make it better, on and on), but dunno about comp. stuff. not enough experience. i don't think the meat is supposed to hang over the edges either. how do you close the box? still looks tender and juicy. beautiful knife work. i'd give it a 9. i want to eat it, like now!
brisket, i don't think the diagonal works on this one. it gives too much view and focus on the torn end of the first slice and makes the box look a little sloppy with the burnt ends stuffed on top and bottom. they look like a)afterthoughts or b)thrown in. the meat itself sure looks tender and moist though, but the presentation distracts from that. definately an 8 no less cuz the meat itself looks so good.

Boshizzle said:

I asked my wife (she is also a CBJ) to score your boxes. She gave you 8 all around but gave your chicken a 7. She said the color was too dark. She said she might give your pork a 9. She also mentioned that she didn't like the garnish.

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TAADAA!!:doh: