People's Choice

ov1 · 01-06-2010, 06:45 AM

As a competitor, What would you want to cook for a People's Choice category?

roksmith · 01-06-2010, 06:49 AM

Pulled Pork.
It's cheap, and since I don't vend, I always have tons left over.

ov1 · 01-06-2010, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by roksmith

Pulled Pork.
It's cheap, and since I don't vend, I always have tons left over.

What if the meat was provided?

Lake Dogs · 01-06-2010, 07:10 AM

Pork Butts. Meat is inexpensive to provide and fairly easy to fit in the extra few
butts on many of the cookers.

roksmith · 01-06-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ov1

What if the meat was provided?

same..
Pulled pork is the most forgiving and requires the least effort of the 4 meats to prepare and maintain in prime condition for serving.

ThomEmery · 01-06-2010, 07:51 AM

Buster Dog BBQ · 01-06-2010, 07:57 AM

I have to say pork butts as well. I typically stay away from people's choice anymore because it interferes with the cooking of the regular 4 meats. Something like pork butts can be cooked right along with them.

Dale P · 01-06-2010, 09:31 AM

Pork seems to be as easy as it gets for a crowd.

Ottie, is this for Jasper?

dmprantz · 01-06-2010, 09:49 AM

If I could choose whatever I want and the meat was provided, I may go with a chuck roll to set myself apart. About as easy and forgiving as a butt, but just a little different. Takes longer, but I wonder if they could be parted for better results. Then there's the cooker space question.

dmp

BBQ_Mayor · 01-06-2010, 09:49 AM

In St. Joe, Missouri at the Apple Bloosem Contest, we were each give a pork butt to cook for peoples choice. The pulled pork was then return to a tent where the lable was changed and place on the table for the public.
I thought that was the best way to go if you are to do a peoples choice. A lot of times peoples choice is handed out by the cook and it's typically the local person who wins.

KC_Bobby · 01-06-2010, 10:00 AM

Ray, I concur. That was a great way to do it. Pleasant Hill Mo and LaPorte IA did it the same way too - and the results were all very similar.

Lake Dogs · 01-06-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BBQ_Mayor

In St. Joe, Missouri at the Apple Bloosem Contest, we were each give a pork butt to cook for peoples choice. The pulled pork was then return to a tent where the lable was changed and place on the table for the public.
I thought that was the best way to go if you are to do a peoples choice. A lot of times peoples choice is handed out by the cook and it's typically the local person who wins.

Good point. IF the Q is handed out directly via. teams, the two factors
to winning are a) local team with b) the most Q to hand out, rather than
a true Crowd Favorite / Peoples Choice. If that's what you desire (local
team to get a trophy), there's nothing wrong with that. However, if you're
looking to get the crowd involved and able to sample some competition
BBQ, I suggest blind (as presented above) and have the team(s) cook
2 butts, giving the crown enough Q to sample 5, 6, etc. teams Q and
then vote. SweetWater (MIM/MBN) now Deep Roots here in GA has
done this for many years now and always runs out of crowd q very fast.

Swinebuck · 01-06-2010, 10:23 AM

That is the way Memphis In May does People's Choice. It also gives control of Health Dept. standards to the competition. At MIM the temp of each butt was checked at the turn in tent then numbered and served to the public.
Thanks
Mike

RobKC · 01-06-2010, 11:05 AM

The guy that won People's Choice at one event last year finished DAL in the regular contest. He did have the biggest cheering section at the awards ceremony though.

Dale P · 01-06-2010, 11:43 AM

Ray that is a fantastic way of doing PC. Even the guys who dont have much help might join the fun.

01-06-2010, 06:45 AM	#1
ov1 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 04-27-08 Location: Jasper, IN	People's Choice As a competitor, What would you want to cook for a People's Choice category? __________________ Ottie The Flying Burritos

01-06-2010, 06:49 AM	#2
roksmith is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-21-09 Location: Marietta, Ohio	Pulled Pork. It's cheap, and since I don't vend, I always have tons left over. __________________ 4000 sq inch Wood Burner named Brutus - KCSB member/judge# 32129

01-06-2010, 07:10 AM	#4
Lake Dogs Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-14-09 Location: Lake Sinclair, GA Name/Nickname : Hance	Pork Butts. Meat is inexpensive to provide and fairly easy to fit in the extra few butts on many of the cookers. __________________ Hance - MiM/MBN/GBA CBJ and comp cook Lake Sinclair, GA (strategically about an hour from darn near anywhere) My competition daze are probably behind me now; I pretty much cook for family, friends, and frankly the peace and solitude I get from smokin' on an offset... Was Lang 84DX, now Bubba Grills 250R and many Weber grills

01-06-2010, 07:51 AM	#6
ThomEmery Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-20-05 Location: Indio Ca.	dito __________________ Catering, Contests, and Community Service Team What Wood Jesus Que? Www.bbqthom.com

01-06-2010, 07:57 AM	#7
Buster Dog BBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-20-08 Location: Clive, IA	I have to say pork butts as well. I typically stay away from people's choice anymore because it interferes with the cooking of the regular 4 meats. Something like pork butts can be cooked right along with them. __________________ FEC-100 Right Handed, FEC-100 Left Handed, Large BGE x2, Mini BGE Buster Dog BBQ - [url]http://www.busterdogbbq.com[/url]

01-06-2010, 09:31 AM	#8
Dale P is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-28-06 Location: Porkbutt Ky	Pork seems to be as easy as it gets for a crowd. Ottie, is this for Jasper? __________________ Spicewine Turbo 2007 model Perry Brothers & Sons Bar-B-Q

01-06-2010, 09:49 AM	#9
dmprantz is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-11-08 Location: Nashville	If I could choose whatever I want and the meat was provided, I may go with a chuck roll to set myself apart. About as easy and forgiving as a butt, but just a little different. Takes longer, but I wonder if they could be parted for better results. Then there's the cooker space question. dmp __________________

01-06-2010, 09:49 AM	#10
BBQ_Mayor is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-14-07 Location: Cambridge,Ia	In St. Joe, Missouri at the Apple Bloosem Contest, we were each give a pork butt to cook for peoples choice. The pulled pork was then return to a tent where the lable was changed and place on the table for the public. I thought that was the best way to go if you are to do a peoples choice. A lot of times peoples choice is handed out by the cook and it's typically the local person who wins. __________________ Ray Smokehouse 72 Competition Cooking team Visit our Facebook page - Smokehouse72 WSM, Whole Hog Lousianna pellet Smoker IPT pellet Smoker and Gateway Drum CBJ #4643

01-06-2010, 10:00 AM	#11
KC_Bobby Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-03-07 Location: Olathe KS	Ray, I concur. That was a great way to do it. Pleasant Hill Mo and LaPorte IA did it the same way too - and the results were all very similar. __________________ Boondoggle BBQ Country Smokers 450 Weber Smokey Mountain 18" Proud KCBS Member & Certified Judge

01-06-2010, 10:23 AM	#13
Swinebuck On the road to being a farker Join Date: 09-06-07 Location: Memphis TN	That is the way Memphis In May does People's Choice. It also gives control of Health Dept. standards to the competition. At MIM the temp of each butt was checked at the turn in tent then numbered and served to the public. Thanks Mike __________________ Too Sauced To Pork (Formally Swinebucks BBQ Team) Memphis TN and Buffalo NY Stumps GF-223 & SW-223 Offset (Stumps Burns Upsidedown) Grilla Pellet Smoker, Trager Pellet Smoker, Propane Tank Offset, and various other small grills. http://www.toosaucedtopork.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Sa...5995846?ref=mf

01-06-2010, 11:05 AM	#14
RobKC is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-10-07 Location: Summerville, SC	The guy that won People's Choice at one event last year finished DAL in the regular contest. He did have the biggest cheering section at the awards ceremony though. __________________ Go For Smoke BBQ - Summerville SC

01-06-2010, 11:43 AM	#15
Dale P is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-28-06 Location: Porkbutt Ky	Ray that is a fantastic way of doing PC. Even the guys who dont have much help might join the fun. __________________ Spicewine Turbo 2007 model Perry Brothers & Sons Bar-B-Q

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