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Your WORST Box Ever! (What Not to Turn in!)

I heard someone turned in a corned beef brisket at Pike Place/Seattle 2 years ago.
 
I know of one other box that should not have been turned in... We were at the Royal last year, when one of our food runners was taking the box to turn it, and someone tripped him! The box fell to the ground and with-out looking into the box to see the damage, he turned in the box! We got 4's and 3's for appearance... lol

Lesson to be learned; don't let the drunken guy run your food boxes!
 
I know of one other box that should not have been turned in... We were at the Royal last year, when one of our food runners was taking the box to turn it, and someone tripped him! The box fell to the ground and with-out looking into the box to see the damage, he turned in the box! We got 4's and 3's for appearance... lol

Lesson to be learned; don't let the drunken guy run your food boxes!

Sean, that would exclude anyone on your team.
 
Sean, that would exclude anyone on your team.

Very true Todd... Maybe that's been our problem!?! Too many drunk's on Sat morning. Y'all did tell me this "sport" is just for fun, right? I don't know what would happen if I told my guys that they have to not drink so much so we can compete... lol!
 
I am late to the thread, but here is a great one...

It is pork in case you are wondering.
 

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Folks, I a newbie here. Somebody educate me and tell me what's wrong some of these boxes? They don't look so bad to me. Too much garnish?

Here is a pic from my first and only competition, the Garry Maddox BBQ challenge in Philly last year.

Critiques are welcome!


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My only ever ribs. I am open also to constructive critique...

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Do the parsley across the box so it holds the ribs up. Also, turn the ribs facing up versus showing the sides. The bottom and top both look a little burnt on the outside, so if you did a 4 x 4 stack of ribs, four bottom, four top, bones towards the back but exposed, you could hide those two on the bottom row.
 
Do the parsley across the box so it holds the ribs up. Also, turn the ribs facing up versus showing the sides. The bottom and top both look a little burnt on the outside, so if you did a 4 x 4 stack of ribs, four bottom, four top, bones towards the back but exposed, you could hide those two on the bottom row.

Stacking works better on spare ribs than it does for baby back ribs. The curved bones can be troublesome when trying the stacked presentation that EVERY spare cooker does these days.
 
... the stacked presentation that EVERY spare cooker does these days.


nope... not EVERY spare cooker...

if I'd done a parsley box(never gonna happen tho) I'd put those ribs on TOP of the parsley... they are kinda smudged up and they look a little lost so deep in there with all that green.
They do look mmmmeaty ...
 
nope... not EVERY spare cooker...

if I'd done a parsley box(never gonna happen tho) I'd put those ribs on TOP of the parsley... they are kinda smudged up and they look a little lost so deep in there with all that green.
They do look mmmmeaty ...

Thanks both of you's guys! This was the box I did at RocCity for Ribfest on the mini reverse flow i built. My wife had run off with my daughter to the beach, Julie and Skip were judging and customers kept popping in my tent saying, "wow! Whatcha doing? what you should do is..." LOL!

I say previous to that I had never cooked ribs myself for once I was lost and boiled then grilled and what's a membrane? lol. Now I am found!
 
Ok I'm kinda new to comps but I never thought of taking pictures of my turn ins and now I can see a benefit in it. :p
Makes it easier to go back and see what went wrong. :shock:
 
nope... not EVERY spare cooker...

if I'd done a parsley box(never gonna happen tho) I'd put those ribs on TOP of the parsley... they are kinda smudged up and they look a little lost so deep in there with all that green.
They do look mmmmeaty ...

You must be the only cook left in the country to NOT take the Rod and Johnny class. :wink:
 
Chicken

My chicken yesterday was done an hour early, I brushed (obviously) instead of dipped, didn't trim up evenly, sizes didn't match well, and I only cooked 9 pieces so no fudge factor and I needed it! Putting green wasn't very good either. (it did place 6th though!!!)
 

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