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View Poll Results: Is the new revised pork rule good for BBQ?
Yes! 33 28.21%
No! 18 15.38%
Meh 19 16.24%
Pork is now a grilling contest 5 4.27%
Nothing changes for me 34 29.06%
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Old 07-11-2013, 11:53 AM   #16
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There are a lot of holes in this rule. Cooking the pork pretty much any way you wish could be considered "by the letter" so why not get rid of the rule entirely.
Pretty sure their intent it so allow you to fully cook your pork whole then return parts of it to your pit to set the sauce, but with this rule, you aren't required to cook the whole butt or fully cook it before separating.
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Old 07-11-2013, 12:24 PM   #17
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As a judge, I am having a hard time thinking about seeing a box with just MM in it. It would almost be like seeing a box with just burnt ends.

I guess it would be "ok", but I think a box with other parts of the item would better represent the overall cook, and their ability to cook it.

The rule seemed fine the way it was. Don't think I'll change, but, time will tell (not that I am a major competitor in any catagory, but I plan on getting there )

Just my 2 cents...........

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Old 07-11-2013, 12:41 PM   #18
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As a judge, I am having a hard time thinking about seeing a box with just MM in it. It would almost be like seeing a box with just burnt ends.

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The few times I have judged the last couple of years, I have seen way more boxes with just sliced MM than I have MM and pulled.
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Old 07-11-2013, 12:44 PM   #19
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The few times I have judged the last couple of years, I have seen way more boxes with just sliced MM than I have MM and pulled.

Man, I guess times are a changing..... Bummer.

It has been about 2 years since we judged.

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Old 07-11-2013, 01:05 PM   #20
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When I cook FBA I usually put pulled, mm and tubes in the box. Maybe even chunks. Need to cook 4 butts to get product. In kcbs I usually do mm and pulled or chunks. This rule change only impacts cooking methods not what goes in the box.
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I had been just putting in pulled and have done fine.
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As a judge, I am having a hard time thinking about seeing a box with just MM in it. It would almost be like seeing a box with just burnt ends.

I guess it would be "ok", but I think a box with other parts of the item would better represent the overall cook, and their ability to cook it.

The rule seemed fine the way it was. Don't think I'll change, but, time will tell (not that I am a major competitor in any catagory, but I plan on getting there )

Just my 2 cents...........

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Judges should be judging what is presented and only what is presented and not making assumtions about why something is or isn't in the box and scoring the entry based upon their assumptions.

We have all heard these statements and 100's more like them.
"I marked it down because there weren't any burnt ends."
"Thick sliced brisket, must be over done."
"No skin on the chicken? Guess they can't cook chicken skin"
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Old 07-11-2013, 01:57 PM   #23
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So we go from pork that must weigh at least 5 lbs. that doesn't have to be cooked whole to pork that has to be cooked whole but doesn't have to weigh at least 5 lbs.?

What the fark Board?
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Old 07-11-2013, 02:01 PM   #24
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It seems that it all comes down to the MM and whether it is parted, cooked separately, only MM is cooked, blab, blab, blab, etc, etc, etc...I have never understood the issue at all? As long as Any team can do what Any other team can do, it just makes no sense to me. So the MM is some Golden piece of meat that teams win with, great, all have the opportunity to do it!

What am I missing?
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Old 07-11-2013, 02:07 PM   #25
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I really don't understand all this panty-wadding over this 'new' rule.

If I thought that having the meat from 4 money muscles was going to help me get a top-5 pork call every contest, I wouldn't think twice about spending another $40 in meat to guarantee a call.

I could trim all 4 butts down to where the MM was barely attached, I could be cooking legally (within old rules) and have basically the same thing as all you who are worried about some door being opened think is going to happen.

A person with a creative mind can work within the rules and produce a high quality product while all the whiners are sitting around wondering who's doing what...
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I suppose I see what they are trying to do with it, but I don't see any way of wording it that will not cause confusion and/or allow for "creative interpretation". Make folks show up with whole butts or shoulders, and cook them how they want... let the judging sort it out.

I have to disagree. The skill set in cooking pork shoulder is being able to take the whole piece and cook it well. Lets face it the original intent was a whole shoulder. Unfortunately finding a whole shoulder isn't always the easiest thing so they allowed the two portions but never intended to allow the piece to be trimmed into smaller portions to get the cook you want. By allowing any technique you dumb down the skills needed and make it "easybake" BBQ.
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Judges should be judging what is presented and only what is presented and not making assumtions about why something is or isn't in the box and scoring the entry based upon their assumptions.

We have all heard these statements and 100's more like them.
"I marked it down because there weren't any burnt ends."
"Thick sliced brisket, must be over done."
"No skin on the chicken? Guess they can't cook chicken skin"
"No sliced money muscle? a 2 point deduction"
Yes, yes, I know. And be rest assured, that is the way we judge/score. We do NOT score up or down based on "missing things", or the like.

We score the way we want to be scored!

You wont hear any of those statements from us.

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Old 07-11-2013, 02:23 PM   #28
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They should have done this latest virson but left the 5lb minnium in as well.

With the rule as it is written, I wounder when some online meat source is going to start marketing just the money muscle in a 3 pack cryovac
A money muscle would not pass inspection based on this rule. The rule says "whole" pork butt. No one could consider a money muscle being a whole pork butt. That said, agree that keeping the 5lb rule would make it clearer.

I do like the general direction where cook it whole but its OK to place cooked portions back on the pit.
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Old 07-11-2013, 02:26 PM   #29
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I really don't understand all this panty-wadding over this 'new' rule.

If I thought that having the meat from 4 money muscles was going to help me get a top-5 pork call every contest, I wouldn't think twice about spending another $40 in meat to guarantee a call.

I could trim all 4 butts down to where the MM was barely attached, I could be cooking legally (within old rules) and have basically the same thing as all you who are worried about some door being opened think is going to happen.

A person with a creative mind can work within the rules and produce a high quality product while all the whiners are sitting around wondering who's doing what...
I think part of it is folks who don't like the new rule in general. And as long as the rule is the same for everyone it doesn't really matter to me. Not a big deal.

The other part of the discussion I see is where folks question the new rule because is isn't very clear or modified/changed/updated in such a way that makes more sense than the previous rule.
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A person with a creative mind can work within the rules and produce a high quality product while all the whiners are sitting around wondering who's doing what...
Thats not creativity thats exploitation of a rule in a manner not intended. Butterflying the money muscle down to a single strand attachment is not cooking whole in anyones book. Its not creative and the reason we are in this 4 year battle over the rule.
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