What do you do with your score sheets?

Plowboy · 07-18-2007, 05:01 PM

Wondering what people do with their contest score sheets? Do you keep them, toss them, compare them with past contests, etc?

Jeff_in_KC · 07-18-2007, 05:07 PM

I've seen 'em burned! LOL! I keep all mine. I have a notebook I've kept them in.

jtfisher63 · 07-18-2007, 05:11 PM

We keep ours and analyze the chit out of them. Usually there is nothing to be learned from them though. It seems with our Q half of the judges really like it and the other half thinks it below or at average. It really pisses me off because we can't learn anything from that! We still keep them though. My $.02.

Jason

MilitantSquatter · 07-18-2007, 05:14 PM

I keep them but really only look at them the day or two after a contest. I don't really compare category scores & placings from contest to contest.

I generally rely on my feeling about how I think the entries turned out to determine what improvements need to be made the next time out or if I feel confident enough to stick with it even if the results were not great. Over time, I'll know if a trend exists to determine if changes should be considered.

I think paying too much attention to the numbers can sometimes be couterproductive. BBQ scores are very subjective and IMO are really only to that specific contest on that given day. Trying to overanalyze results from two contests in different cities by different judges will a different mix of teams could drive you crazy.

Smokin' Gnome BBQ · 07-18-2007, 05:17 PM

As a new team i am saving them all and seeing were and what to work on. My brisket did poorly last weekend and it gives me the taste/tenderness things to try and improve on.

for what thats worth.

Puppyboy · 07-18-2007, 06:12 PM

I keep them and compare to past contests.

HoDeDo · 07-18-2007, 06:53 PM

Jeff-- I think that was my platte city scores you might have seen a-blaze

VERY Theraputic.

lunchlady · 07-18-2007, 07:24 PM

This was in Lake Placid... if I figured out how to post pics...

we like to call it a "Scott Proctor" hehehe.

lunchlady · 07-18-2007, 07:25 PM

YEA, it worked!
Other than that one, we keep them.

n-2-que · 07-18-2007, 07:37 PM

we are keeping ours

butts a fire · 07-18-2007, 08:31 PM

We keep them and make notes on them about what we did to the meat. Then runs statistical regressions on them to predict what will provide the best outcome in the future. ( Just kidding But it sounds like a good idea)

SmokeInDaEye · 07-18-2007, 08:38 PM

I keep mine. I figure eventually I'll have enough to cut up so I can tape together one really nice score sheet...

Chris Nickelson · 07-18-2007, 09:27 PM

put them in file and pull when there is questions about past results. Use them to compare to digi photos of each item that we've turned in.It helps us tie appearance to a score.

KC_Bobby · 07-18-2007, 09:34 PM

Keep mine in my 3 ring Boondoggle Bible. I also have a spreadsheet that I enter in the data and so I can look at one place for all my comps and it also breaks down the total points by A Ta Te.

Bentley · 07-18-2007, 09:49 PM

Scan them into the computer then frame them!

We do keep them in a folder and do scan them!

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07-18-2007, 05:01 PM	#1
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What do you do with your score sheets? Wondering what people do with their contest score sheets? Do you keep them, toss them, compare them with past contests, etc? __________________ Pork Pullin Plowboys (and Smoke on Wheels) Save a hog, ride a plowboy! www.plowboysbbq.com Todd Johns (me); Blue Springs, MO Randy Hinck (PigBoy); Concordia, MO Andy Groneman (Hodedo); KC, KS (Cameo Appearances) FEC-500SS; FEC-100 (Right handed); FEC-100 (Left handed); Country Smoker Tailgater; Big Green Egg (2-large, small, mini); Cookshack Pellet Fired Charbroiler

07-18-2007, 05:07 PM	#2
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've seen 'em burned! LOL! I keep all mine. I have a notebook I've kept them in. __________________ Big Creek BBQ Competition Team KCBS Member and CBJ #14287 Contest Organizer - Smokin' on Big Creek Co-Founder and Executive Director Operation BBQ Relief, Inc. Visit us at Operation BBQ Relief dot org

07-18-2007, 05:11 PM	#3
jtfisher63 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-23-07 Location: Modesto, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We keep ours and analyze the chit out of them. Usually there is nothing to be learned from them though. It seems with our Q half of the judges really like it and the other half thinks it below or at average. It really pisses me off because we can't learn anything from that! We still keep them though. My $.02. Jason __________________ -Jason The Smokepranos Competition BBQ Team Custom 24" x 72" trailered offset Large Big Green Egg Stumps clone WSM Char-something Gasser Modesto, CA

07-18-2007, 05:14 PM	#4
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: soon to be in Mooresville, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I keep them but really only look at them the day or two after a contest. I don't really compare category scores & placings from contest to contest. I generally rely on my feeling about how I think the entries turned out to determine what improvements need to be made the next time out or if I feel confident enough to stick with it even if the results were not great. Over time, I'll know if a trend exists to determine if changes should be considered. I think paying too much attention to the numbers can sometimes be couterproductive. BBQ scores are very subjective and IMO are really only to that specific contest on that given day. Trying to overanalyze results from two contests in different cities by different judges will a different mix of teams could drive you crazy. __________________ Vinny 22" WSM & Kettle Former owner: Jambo, Klose BYC, Med. Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL & (2) Med. BGE's, (2) 18" WSM's

07-18-2007, 05:17 PM	#5
Smokin' Gnome BBQ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-31-07 Location: Shippensburg PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As a new team i am saving them all and seeing were and what to work on. My brisket did poorly last weekend and it gives me the taste/tenderness things to try and improve on. for what thats worth. __________________ I need a 2009 kcbs member pin, help a brother out!

07-18-2007, 06:12 PM	#6
Puppyboy Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-07-06 Location: Osage City, Kansas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I keep them and compare to past contests. __________________ -Captain of Barkin Dawgs BBQ -KCBS Judge #21924 -36" Kingfisher Combo -New Braunfels Bandera (rescued) -Weber 22.5" Kettle (rescued) -A homemade trailer cooker -Concession trailer nicknamed "The Dawg House" http://www.facebook.com/BarkinDawgsBBQCatering

07-18-2007, 06:53 PM	#7
HoDeDo Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-19-06 Location: Kansas City Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Jeff-- I think that was my platte city scores you might have seen a-blaze VERY Theraputic. __________________ Andy /Smoke on Wheels Competition BBQ - www.smokeonwheels.com

07-18-2007, 07:25 PM	#9
lunchlady is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-05-06 Location: Rockland, MA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	YEA, it worked! Other than that one, we keep them. __________________ michelle lunchmeat BBQ team President - New England BBQ Society www.nebs.org 2 Backwoods Partys WSM, 2 Weber kettles, Weber Performer Large BGE

07-18-2007, 07:37 PM	#10
n-2-que is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 11-08-06 Location: Iowa City, IA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	we are keeping ours __________________ Cook Brisket Bill - Cook - KCBS Judge Dianne- Go Getter - KCBS Judge Cooker CookShack- Fec100 BGE - Extra Large with Table Weber- 22 inch Kettle ______________ www.n2que.com

07-18-2007, 08:31 PM	#11
butts a fire is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-13-07 Location: Parkville, Mo Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We keep them and make notes on them about what we did to the meat. Then runs statistical regressions on them to predict what will provide the best outcome in the future. ( Just kidding But it sounds like a good idea) __________________ Chad B Butts A Fire BBQ Team NB Bandera Webber Kettle Backwoods Party Pro Q Excel 20

07-18-2007, 08:38 PM	#12
SmokeInDaEye Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-13-06 Location: Germantown, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I keep mine. I figure eventually I'll have enough to cut up so I can tape together one really nice score sheet... __________________ [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com"]http://www.SmokeInDaEye.com[/URL] Gen II Komodo Kamado, Pit Barrel Cooker, 3x 18.5" WSMs, 22.5" WSM, modified 18.5" Weber Kettle, 22.5" Weber Kettle circa 1960ish, Weber One Touch Platinum, copper Weber Smokey Joe, La Caja China, Bubba Keg, Bodom Picnic Grill, Weber Genesis

07-18-2007, 09:27 PM	#13
Chris Nickelson Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-27-06 Location: KC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	put them in file and pull when there is questions about past results. Use them to compare to digi photos of each item that we've turned in.It helps us tie appearance to a score. __________________ [B]Dodge County Smokers[/B] two brinkman R2D2's Trailer Mounted H & S 2000 Pit CBJ# 14974 :cool:

07-18-2007, 09:34 PM	#14
KC_Bobby Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-03-07 Location: Gardner KS Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Keep mine in my 3 ring Boondoggle Bible. I also have a spreadsheet that I enter in the data and so I can look at one place for all my comps and it also breaks down the total points by A Ta Te. __________________ Boondoggle BBQ Country Smokers 450 Weber Smokey Mountain 18" Proud KCBS Member & Certified Judge

07-18-2007, 09:49 PM	#15
Bentley Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-14-07 Location: Eden After the Fall Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Scan them into the computer then frame them! We do keep them in a folder and do scan them! __________________ Certified Master Judge #5382 What is best in life? "To crush your BBQ opponents, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

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