Racine, WI Zoo B Que Results and some pictures

Ron_L · 09-23-2007, 10:52 AM

Here are the top 10 results from the Racine, WI Zoo B Que. See the next post for some pictures. Brethren teams in bold.

Overall
Grand Florida Skin-N-Bones
Reserve Quau
3rd Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
4th Chi-Town Smokers (BillM)
5th Windy City Smokers
6th The Heat is On
7th Doctor Porkenstein
8th Ulcer Acres
9th Porkrastinators
10th CancerSucks Chicago.com

Chicken
1st Doctor Porkenstein
2nd Chi-Town Smokers
3rd Windy City Smokers
4th Kre Smokers
5th Quau
6th Bass Ackwards BBQ (GGriffi)
7th Florida Skin-N-Bones
8th Get your wild game on (Parrothead, Ron_L, Mrb1986 and pimpsmoke)
9th Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
10th Ulcer Acres

Ribs
1. Porkrastinators
2. The Heat is On
3. Bunsen Burners
4. Quau
5. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
6. Papa Hogg and the Pigglets (Papa Hogg)
7. Florida Skin-N-Bones
8th Windy City Smokers
9. Doctor Porkenstein
10. CancerSucksChicago.com

Pork
1. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
2. Windy City Smokers
3. Florida Skin-N-Bones
4th The Heat is On
5. Porkrastinators
6. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
7. Quau
8. Bunsen Burners
9. Dr. Porkenstein
10. Papa Hogg and the Piglets

Brisket
1. Florida Skin-N-Bones
2. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
3. Ulcer Acres
4. CancerSucksChicago.com
5. Quau
6. Chi-Town Smokers
7. Bunsen Burners
8. Pugnacious Q
9. Slug Bug BBQ
10. Porkrastinators

Also, Three of the kids who were with Bass Ackwards BBQ placed in the top 10 for the Kid's Que (5th, 9th and 10th place) Sorry, Gary, I don't remember eveyones' names)

Ron_L · 09-23-2007, 11:09 AM

Zoo B Que was a fun contest again this year. It was held at the Racine, WI zoo, which is a nice location right on Lake Michigan. The Zoo coordinates other events including a CEO Grill-off for local company CEOs, a People's Choice competition and a couple of bands on Friday night and a Kid's Q and more live music on Saturday. These events brought out a lot of spectators which made the hole weekend more fun.

We had quite a few Brethren teams there including regulars GGriffi (Bassackwards BBQ) and Papa Hogg (Papa Hogg and the Piglets) and some of the better known local teams who visit the Brethren forum once in a while such as Scottie (Cancer Sucks Chicago.com), BillM (Chi Town Smokers), although Perry and Rob were cooking without Bill who is taking some time to concentrate on his sauce business, Kate and Alex (Dr. Porkenstein), Seth and the guys (Porkcrastinators), Rick and Shawn (Smoke Hunters) and Ulcer Acres (Randy, cooking solo).

There were 30 teams overall with most of them coming from the Midwest. Florida Skin-N-Bones came up to vend and also to grab the GC trophy (Congrats!). The Get Your Wild Game on team ended up DAM (Dead A$$ Middle). We were a bit disappointed in this since we thought that our food was pretty darned good, but you never know what the judges will think. I posted some pictures in the "News Flash" thread in Wood Pile. Otherwise I didn't take may pictures around the competition. Here's a couple of additional pictures plus our turn ins.

Todd and the boys from Bass Ackwards BBQ posing for a picture with the Piggly Wiggly Pig.

Rick from Smokehunters really liked our kitchen, especially the hot running water. He used the sink and in return we made him the honorary "Dish Bitch" for the competition

Here's Greg (Parrothead) working on the Brisket turn-in...

Here are the turn-ins. We lost a point or two on appearance (8s and 7s) so any constructive criticism would be appreciated.

MileHighSmoker · 09-23-2007, 11:19 AM

One word YUM

Sir Smoke A Lot · 09-23-2007, 11:39 AM

Nice pics - nice to see that that Mark Born "Heat is on" - doesn't win them ALL...

I really wish I had a chance to do more competing this year....next year I am going to hit it hard...of course, that is what I said last year!

vr6Cop · 09-23-2007, 01:56 PM

I can't comment on the turn-ins b/c I'm a novice.

However, the idea of the contest at the zoo intrigues me. We're members of the Nashville Zoo and I think it would be a great way to raise money and bring in a different demographic to the site.

Congrats to all the Brethren teams who did well.

So did the teams get to camp overnight, or did you guys have to leave on Friday night also?

ggriffi · 09-23-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron_L

Here are the top 10 results from the Racine, WI Zoo B Que. See the next post for some pictures. Brethren teams in bold.

Overall
Grand Florida Skin-N-Bones
Reserve Quau
3rd Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
4th Chi-Town Smokers (BillM)
5th Windy City Smokers
6th The Heat is On
7th Doctor Porkenstein
8th Ulcer Acres
9th Porkrastinators
10th CancerSucks Chicago.com

Chicken
1st Doctor Porkenstein
2nd Chi-Town Smokers
3rd Windy City Smokers
4th Kre Smokers
5th Quau
6th Bass Ackwards BBQ (GGriffi)
7th Florida Skin-N-Bones
8th Get your wild game on (Parrothead, Ron_L, Mrb1986 and pimpsmoke)
9th Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
10th Ulcer Acres

Ribs
1. Porkrastinators
2. The Heat is On
3. Bunsen Burners
4. Quau
5. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
6. Papa Hogg and the Pigglets (Papa Hogg)
7. Florida Skin-N-Bones
8th Windy City Smokers
9. Doctor Porkenstein
10. CancerSucksChicago.com

Pork
1. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
2. Windy City Smokers
3. Florida Skin-N-Bones
4th The Heat is On
5. Porkrastinators
6. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear
7. Quau
8. Bunsen Burners
9. Dr. Porkenstein
10. Papa Hogg and the Piglets

Brisket
1. Florida Skin-N-Bones
2. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ
3. Ulcer Acres
4. CancerSucksChicago.com
5. Quau
6. Chi-Town Smokers
7. Bunsen Burners
8. Pugnacious Q
9. Slug Bug BBQ
10. Porkrastinators

Also, Three of the kids who were with Bass Ackwards BBQ placed in the top 10 for the Kid's Que (5th, 9th and 10th place) Sorry, Gary, I don't remember eveyones' names)

Ron,

The kids names were Carley Pigg, Skyla Stanley, and Dominic Fontana. For the record, my better half wanted me to tell you she is NOT one of the boys on the team! She is on the other arm of the PW pig. Also, looking at your pics I don't know how you all didn't do better. We still can't believe that we made our first walk yesterday.

slat · 09-23-2007, 05:27 PM

Congrats to all who walked.

Ron_L · 09-23-2007, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ggriffi

Ron,

The kids names were Carley Pigg, Skyla Stanley, and Dominic Fontana. For the record, my better half wanted me to tell you she is NOT one of the boys on the team! She is on the other arm of the PW pig. Also, looking at your pics I don't know how you all didn't do better. We still can't believe that we made our first walk yesterday.

Thanks! Is Carley's last name really Pigg? How appropriate

Tell your wife I am sorry... I didn't look that closely

willkat98 · 09-23-2007, 06:01 PM

Thanks for the rundown and the pics Ron.

Personally, every time you come in better than 13th in chicken, its a victory

;)

Solidkick · 09-23-2007, 06:05 PM

Congrats all! Looks like it was a fun contest!

MilitantSquatter · 09-23-2007, 07:16 PM

Pics look good... A little too heavy on the sauce in my opinion. I think the ribs and pork looked the best but the ribs look like a bit heavy on the sauce too. The chicken looks like it has a very light color underneath with a heavy coating of BH. Brisket is nice and even, but the sauce is so heavy, I cant even see the fibers of the meat. Looks more like bacon slices with that red color all over.

With that said, I'd like to have some of all of them so ship them up my way !!

Jeff_in_KC · 09-23-2007, 08:35 PM

Vinny, seems in the Great Lakes area, you HAVE to use a lot of sauce or the judges don't think it's BBQ. Ford Allison told me that once and we didn't pay enough attention when we did Grand Rapids.

Ron, both the chicken and the brisket look like they're missing sauce in some areas. Brisket has some pieces of what looks to be bark in the sauce lying on the surface of the slices. I'd remove those. Curious to know how your pork scored. Given the Great Lakes sauce "rule", I might have used more sauce on it. It does look excellent though... not dry looking at all. Good bark. The lower left rib seems like it has a piece sticking off the end near the exposed bone that detracts from the score. I'd score them: Chicken - 7, Ribs - 8, Pork - 9, Brisket 8. Did you guys glaze the sauce after you put it on the chicken and ribs or just paint it? I like to carmelize it a bit over high heat to make it nice and sticky. Could just be the photo but they look "wet". Where's the smoked meerkat?

Bigmista · 09-23-2007, 08:36 PM

Heavy sauce was the only thing I would say also.

Ron_L · 09-23-2007, 09:16 PM

Thanks for the feedback, guys. The sauce does look heavy in the pics. I didn't think it was that heavy in person. We also missed the bit of bark on the brisket and the bit on the ribs. Greg has the score sheet so I don't remember the scores.

This brings up an interesting question... Do you think that the judges would pick up on those things? When I judged we had about 5 seconds to look at each entry before we had to write down a score. I just wonder if they would notice those little things in that short of time. Obviously they noticed something

Ron_L · 09-23-2007, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff_in_KC

I'd score them: Chicken - 7, Ribs - 8, Pork - 9, Brisket 8.

Interesting scores, Jeff. The chicken actually scored the best and the brisket the worst. The ribs and pork were in the middle.

09-23-2007, 10:52 AM	#1
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Racine, WI Zoo B Que Results and some pictures Here are the top 10 results from the Racine, WI Zoo B Que. See the next post for some pictures. Brethren teams in bold. Overall Grand Florida Skin-N-Bones Reserve Quau 3rd Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ 4th Chi-Town Smokers (BillM) 5th Windy City Smokers 6th The Heat is On 7th Doctor Porkenstein 8th Ulcer Acres 9th Porkrastinators 10th CancerSucks Chicago.com Chicken 1st Doctor Porkenstein 2nd Chi-Town Smokers 3rd Windy City Smokers 4th Kre Smokers 5th Quau 6th Bass Ackwards BBQ (GGriffi) 7th Florida Skin-N-Bones 8th Get your wild game on (Parrothead, Ron_L, Mrb1986 and pimpsmoke) 9th Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear 10th Ulcer Acres Ribs 1. Porkrastinators 2. The Heat is On 3. Bunsen Burners 4. Quau 5. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear 6. Papa Hogg and the Pigglets (Papa Hogg) 7. Florida Skin-N-Bones 8th Windy City Smokers 9. Doctor Porkenstein 10. CancerSucksChicago.com Pork 1. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ 2. Windy City Smokers 3. Florida Skin-N-Bones 4th The Heat is On 5. Porkrastinators 6. Smokey Joel/Cubby Bear 7. Quau 8. Bunsen Burners 9. Dr. Porkenstein 10. Papa Hogg and the Piglets Brisket 1. Florida Skin-N-Bones 2. Big Bubbas Roadhouse BBQ 3. Ulcer Acres 4. CancerSucksChicago.com 5. Quau 6. Chi-Town Smokers 7. Bunsen Burners 8. Pugnacious Q 9. Slug Bug BBQ 10. Porkrastinators Also, Three of the kids who were with Bass Ackwards BBQ placed in the top 10 for the Kid's Que (5th, 9th and 10th place) Sorry, Gary, I don't remember eveyones' names) __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

09-23-2007, 11:09 AM	#2
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Zoo B Que was a fun contest again this year. It was held at the Racine, WI zoo, which is a nice location right on Lake Michigan. The Zoo coordinates other events including a CEO Grill-off for local company CEOs, a People's Choice competition and a couple of bands on Friday night and a Kid's Q and more live music on Saturday. These events brought out a lot of spectators which made the hole weekend more fun. We had quite a few Brethren teams there including regulars GGriffi (Bassackwards BBQ) and Papa Hogg (Papa Hogg and the Piglets) and some of the better known local teams who visit the Brethren forum once in a while such as Scottie (Cancer Sucks Chicago.com), BillM (Chi Town Smokers), although Perry and Rob were cooking without Bill who is taking some time to concentrate on his sauce business, Kate and Alex (Dr. Porkenstein), Seth and the guys (Porkcrastinators), Rick and Shawn (Smoke Hunters) and Ulcer Acres (Randy, cooking solo). There were 30 teams overall with most of them coming from the Midwest. Florida Skin-N-Bones came up to vend and also to grab the GC trophy (Congrats!). The Get Your Wild Game on team ended up DAM (Dead A$$ Middle). We were a bit disappointed in this since we thought that our food was pretty darned good, but you never know what the judges will think. I posted some pictures in the "News Flash" thread in Wood Pile. Otherwise I didn't take may pictures around the competition. Here's a couple of additional pictures plus our turn ins. Todd and the boys from Bass Ackwards BBQ posing for a picture with the Piggly Wiggly Pig. Rick from Smokehunters really liked our kitchen, especially the hot running water. He used the sink and in return we made him the honorary "Dish Bitch" for the competition Here's Greg (Parrothead) working on the Brisket turn-in... Here are the turn-ins. We lost a point or two on appearance (8s and 7s) so any constructive criticism would be appreciated. __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

09-23-2007, 11:19 AM	#3
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09-23-2007, 11:39 AM	#4
Sir Smoke A Lot Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-10-07 Location: Centuria, WI Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice pics - nice to see that that Mark Born "Heat is on" - doesn't win them ALL... I really wish I had a chance to do more competing this year....next year I am going to hit it hard...of course, that is what I said last year! __________________ Trust the Gorton's Fisherman....

09-23-2007, 01:56 PM	#5
vr6Cop is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-18-06 Location: Nashville, TN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can't comment on the turn-ins b/c I'm a novice. However, the idea of the contest at the zoo intrigues me. We're members of the Nashville Zoo and I think it would be a great way to raise money and bring in a different demographic to the site. Congrats to all the Brethren teams who did well. So did the teams get to camp overnight, or did you guys have to leave on Friday night also? __________________ Cheers, Adrian Large Big Green Egg, BBQ Guru Pit Competitor for overnights, Weber One Touch Silver Jere Baxter-Edgefield Lodge 254 F&AM

09-23-2007, 05:27 PM	#7
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09-23-2007, 06:01 PM	#9
willkat98 somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Chicago Western Burbs, but always south of Madison Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the rundown and the pics Ron. Personally, every time you come in better than 13th in chicken, its a victory ;) __________________ . Bill-Chicago "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Jack Reacher Bandera, M-BGE, WSM, Gold Kettle, Kenmore Gasser, 36Qt Turkey Fryer, ECB, Dutch Oven

09-23-2007, 06:05 PM	#10
Solidkick somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-21-03 Location: Bandera Owner in Missouri Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats all! Looks like it was a fun contest! __________________ Mr. Kick ------------------------------------------------ *Belly Brothers BBQ Team* "Sister Flame" Spicewine Trailer Smoker,Modified Bandera, Uni-Flame Chicken Cooker with a Spicewine Thermometer mod,Kingsford Barrel cooker and a super fast RED thermapen KC always said "fat cap up!!

09-23-2007, 07:16 PM	#11
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: soon to be in Mooresville, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pics look good... A little too heavy on the sauce in my opinion. I think the ribs and pork looked the best but the ribs look like a bit heavy on the sauce too. The chicken looks like it has a very light color underneath with a heavy coating of BH. Brisket is nice and even, but the sauce is so heavy, I cant even see the fibers of the meat. Looks more like bacon slices with that red color all over. With that said, I'd like to have some of all of them so ship them up my way !! __________________ Vinny 22" WSM & Kettle Former owner: Jambo, Klose BYC, Med. Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL & (2) Med. BGE's, (2) 18" WSM's

09-23-2007, 08:35 PM	#12
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Vinny, seems in the Great Lakes area, you HAVE to use a lot of sauce or the judges don't think it's BBQ. Ford Allison told me that once and we didn't pay enough attention when we did Grand Rapids. Ron, both the chicken and the brisket look like they're missing sauce in some areas. Brisket has some pieces of what looks to be bark in the sauce lying on the surface of the slices. I'd remove those. Curious to know how your pork scored. Given the Great Lakes sauce "rule", I might have used more sauce on it. It does look excellent though... not dry looking at all. Good bark. The lower left rib seems like it has a piece sticking off the end near the exposed bone that detracts from the score. I'd score them: Chicken - 7, Ribs - 8, Pork - 9, Brisket 8. Did you guys glaze the sauce after you put it on the chicken and ribs or just paint it? I like to carmelize it a bit over high heat to make it nice and sticky. Could just be the photo but they look "wet". Where's the smoked meerkat? __________________ 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

09-23-2007, 08:36 PM	#13
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heavy sauce was the only thing I would say also. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD. God loves BBQ! Bigmista Custom Spicewine Trailer - Olivia J. PIMA Large and Medium Spicewines Weber Ranch Kettle - E.T. Remembering Scott

09-23-2007, 09:16 PM	#14
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the feedback, guys. The sauce does look heavy in the pics. I didn't think it was that heavy in person. We also missed the bit of bark on the brisket and the bit on the ribs. Greg has the score sheet so I don't remember the scores. This brings up an interesting question... Do you think that the judges would pick up on those things? When I judged we had about 5 seconds to look at each entry before we had to write down a score. I just wonder if they would notice those little things in that short of time. Obviously they noticed something __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

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