S
SmokeInDaEye
Guest
Pork shoulder from Battle of the BBQ Brethren.
-
working on DNS.. links may break temporarily.
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2004
- Messages
- 42,755
- Reaction score
- 35,619
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Wandering, but not lost
Very nice box! I would give it a 9. The only things that i can pick on are the slices and the sauce. The slices don't look centered in the box, and there may be too much sauce on the chunks, but that's not enough for me to knock it down to an 8.
Ryan Chester
is Blowin Smoke!
I'd probably go with a 9 but maybe an 8. The sliced money muscle is not centered and the sauce on the chunks could be a bit cleaner. Obviously those are super easy fixes so that pork box could get a guaranteed perfect appearance score from me REAL easily! That lettuce work is awesome! I gave up on that stuff and switched to parsley a long time ago since I could never do anything that nice with it.
Overall, great job!
Overall, great job!
S
SmokeInDaEye
Guest
Yeah, I thought it looked pretty decent but the judges didn't. 5, 6, 9, 7, 5, 7.
Can't quite figure those out considering I lost a tie breaker for RGC and prize money.
Can't quite figure those out considering I lost a tie breaker for RGC and prize money.
9, possibly 8, more likely a 9.
Wow. The slices are a little dark, and aren't centered, you might have evened out the garnish in the back a little, possible gotten a few more chunks in....
Those are cooks criticisms. I don't see how that box is close to a 5.
Those are cooks criticisms. I don't see how that box is close to a 5.
Yakfishingfool
Babbling Farker
They effing couldn't see it with all the paparazzi bulbs going off!!! Actually looks pretty good though. I'd have gone an 8. Meat is down in box and not popping out at me. Looks a bit over sauced. Bottom row not symmetrical with top. S
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2004
- Messages
- 42,755
- Reaction score
- 35,619
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Wandering, but not lost
That is the kind of results that I HATE! i can see a difference in taste or tenderness because on chunk may taste better or have a better texture that the next, but everyone is looking at the same box! How can it look that much different?
Sorry it cost you the RGC, SIDE. I really can't see anything that you did wrong that was that major. Don't beat yourself up over it.
Sorry it cost you the RGC, SIDE. I really can't see anything that you did wrong that was that major. Don't beat yourself up over it.
Yakfishingfool
Babbling Farker
No, please do
It makes me wonder as well, no way would I say a five. What are you being penalized on? This is where comment cards help. S
S
SmokeInDaEye
Guest
just for the fun of it, here's appearance scores for my other categories
Chicken: 8,8,9,8,8,8
Ribs: 8,8,8,9,8,8
Brisket: 6,7,8,8,8,9
Chicken: 8,8,9,8,8,8
Ribs: 8,8,8,9,8,8
Brisket: 6,7,8,8,8,9
The well known, and feared, "BAD TABLE".
Lake Dogs
Quintessential Chatty Farker
That box got 2 5's and a 6 in appearance?!?! Holy fark! Looking critically, I'd like to
see a little more pork in the box, resulting in a little less greenery. I'm thinking 8. It
really looks pretty darned good though. Even the 7's would be a fairly brutal score...
I can see an 8, I understand the 9's. Nothing else, IMHO.
see a little more pork in the box, resulting in a little less greenery. I'm thinking 8. It
really looks pretty darned good though. Even the 7's would be a fairly brutal score...
I can see an 8, I understand the 9's. Nothing else, IMHO.
Scottie
Quintessential Chatty Farker
I would say a 7.. Maybe even lower if they are a jag bag judge... Nothing spectacular, but above average. the lower left section got me. there was a piece I just wan't sure what it was. Probably was the angle and the picture though. I do like the lettuce. Although, I see you also get caught with the sauce hitting the edges and I don't think you notice it that much with parsley. Me as a cook wouldn't score that down though.
*** Ok, I just looked at everyone else's scores. After re-looking at the box, I'd stick with my scores. The chunks aren't defined is probably my biggest critique. The $$ muscle is scewed to the left. The 5's are off, but I think the 9 is as well.
*** Ok, I just looked at everyone else's scores. After re-looking at the box, I'd stick with my scores. The chunks aren't defined is probably my biggest critique. The $$ muscle is scewed to the left. The 5's are off, but I think the 9 is as well.
S
SmokeInDaEye
Guest
Yeah, Scottie, the lady who took the picture was shooting around me while I was touching it up so it is at a slight angle but what can you do? Another day, another dollar.
Sledneck
Full Fledged Farker
5, i see tiny bubbles on that roll of meat on the top
I would give it a 9 for the same reasons as above. The pork looks awesome
Slamdunkpro
Babbling Farker
7 maybe a 6. It just looks,,,"off" My eye is really drawn to the dark chunk 3rd from the left right below the money muscle. The money muscle looks over sauced. The whole presentation doesn't say "eat me":becky:
NRA4Life
is Blowin Smoke!
I don't see it being a 5, that looks like a 7 or 8, more likely an 8 to me.
S
SmokeInDaEye
Guest
Interesting. I almost always get 8s and 9s on my pork boxes. I'll have to look at it with a more critical eye at my next contest. A 5 in my mind is the messes I turned in at my first couple contests:
Sledneck
Full Fledged Farker
what is that green stuff surrounding the meat? Must be something before my time
