Competition Categories

motoeric · 11-04-2007, 12:32 PM

Hi,

I was wondering what the favorite categories for the non-KCBS standards were.

Please answer the poll and feel free to post.

Poll One

Fruit
Dessert
Other (meaning other specific Dessert type item)

*Polls will follow regarding other specific categories (ie. Steak vs. Beef or Fish vs. Shellfish)

G$ · 11-04-2007, 12:40 PM

I picked other, primarily because it just sort of personally drives me crazy when cheesecake (that had nothing to do with on site BBQ set up and prep) wins the dessert category.

We haven't really been doing the 'other' catergories anyway, so take my answer with a grain of kosher salt.

Bentley · 11-04-2007, 12:57 PM

I like anything butt, but when it is done, I wish it was more defined by the promoter, i.e. seafood, tri-tip.... I chose dessert because it is a "define" category.

barfly · 11-04-2007, 01:21 PM

other, depending on what other categories are offered, fish is nice.. we did clams this year, i thought it worked out well but the judges disagreed, <g>

Q Haven · 11-04-2007, 01:26 PM

For a 4th category I love a wide open chef's choice, open garnish, anything goes.

G$ · 11-04-2007, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tedlor70

For a 4th category I love a wide open chef's choice, open garnish, anything goes.

In your view, does it have to be cooked on site? That is where the "opens" get to me?

BBQchef33 · 11-04-2007, 03:18 PM

I'd like to add to the options.

Chefs Choice
Dessert
Chili
Sausage

FRUIT IMHO is just plain old lame. Either make it DESSERT, or make it OPEN FRUIT meaning let the chefs use some creativity, but a farking grilled apple, peach, or pineapple slice gets old quick.

pigmaker23 · 11-04-2007, 03:23 PM

i agree with poobah

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBQchef33

I'd like to add to the options.

Chefs Choice
Dessert
Chili
Sausage

FRUIT IMHO is just plain old lame. Either make it DESSERT, or make it OPEN FRUIT meaning let the chefs use some creativity, but a farking grilled apple, peach, or pineapple slice gets old quick.

smoke-n-my-i's · 11-04-2007, 04:40 PM

I choice other.... I usually do not do the optional categories.... as I too have seen too much store bought stuff brought in and win.. where is the real make it there competition.... I do the four KCBS categories and let it go at that.

MilitantSquatter · 11-04-2007, 06:21 PM

I'm not a big fan of dessert categories although I know they are a judges favorite.

From my experience, when dessert is a category, too many teams are submitting pre-purchased cakes/pies/pastries etc. It really ruins it for those who actually spend time under less than ideal conditions preparing dessert on site.

Same goes for sauce category with some just pouring our from a bottle vs. those making on site from scratch

I know that there are no guarantees in either case as to which will win.

I think Chef's Choice is a great category or Pizza or I I also liked what I saw at BBQ on the Farm/River where they do an Iron Chef. Every team gets a bag of three ingredients and all teams have to work with them for the turn in

Or how about a stuffed baked potato ?

G$ · 11-04-2007, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MilitantSquatter

Iron Chef. Every team gets a bag of three ingredients and all teams have to work with them for the turn in

Now THIS idea is one I would go for.

tonto1117 · 11-04-2007, 07:01 PM

I chose other. For exanple, in Lebanon Tn this year they had a what's your beef open catergory, any cut of beef you would like to use...any garnish you would like. Put mine(6 individual pieces, as per there instructions) on a bed of grits diablo with some other '"garnishes". I just feel it gets the creative side going. Could be beef, seafood, or whatever, just as long as the rules are clearly defined.

Edit: Sorry Motoeric, just saw the asterick at the bottom of your post.

SmokeInDaEye · 11-04-2007, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G$

Now THIS idea is one I would go for.

That would be a blast.

I can't understand dessert. It doesn't have to touch a grill in any way, shape or form? Shouldn't that be a baking contest?

MilitantSquatter · 11-04-2007, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeInDaEye

That would be a blast.

I can't understand dessert. It doesn't have to touch a grill in any way, shape or form? Shouldn't that be a baking contest?

Call it what you will, but we "baked" this monkeybread in a Weber Kettle at BBQ on the Farm sitting just over the grate sitting in a bunt pan on top of bricks.. I had no clue what monkeybread was, it was Sean's recipe and we had a blast making it from scratch. We placed pretty well, but I saw a lot of desserts that looked straight out of a box including donuts (not sure how you cook that in a kettle !!).

Sledneck · 11-04-2007, 11:47 PM

I voted other

I would like to see a cevapcici(pronounced che-vap-chi-chi) category.(croatian sausage)

View Poll Results: Preferred Competition Category
Fruit	1	1.85%
Dessert	16	29.63%
Other	37	68.52%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

11-04-2007, 12:32 PM	#1
motoeric Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-07-06 Location: huntington, ny Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Competition Categories Hi, I was wondering what the favorite categories for the non-KCBS standards were. Please answer the poll and feel free to post. Poll One Fruit Dessert Other (meaning other specific Dessert type item) Polls will follow regarding other specific categories (ie. Steak vs. Beef or Fish vs. Shellfish) __________________ Smoke Signals Current Issue A BBQ Brethren Publication 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Exodus 12:9 Last edited by motoeric; 11-04-2007 at 02:09 PM..*

11-04-2007, 12:40 PM	#2
G$ is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-01-05 Location: Southern Arizona Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I picked other, primarily because it just sort of personally drives me crazy when cheesecake (that had nothing to do with on site BBQ set up and prep) wins the dessert category. We haven't really been doing the 'other' catergories anyway, so take my answer with a grain of kosher salt. __________________ Totally Que-Less BBQ Team

11-04-2007, 12:57 PM	#3
Bentley Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-14-07 Location: Eden After the Fall Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I like anything butt, but when it is done, I wish it was more defined by the promoter, i.e. seafood, tri-tip.... I chose dessert because it is a "define" category. __________________ 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."

11-04-2007, 01:21 PM	#4
barfly Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-25-04 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	other, depending on what other categories are offered, fish is nice.. we did clams this year, i thought it worked out well but the judges disagreed, <g> __________________ Chris Qeer Eye for the BBQ Guy I Like Smoke N Lightning 22 in. weber kettle Large BGE

11-04-2007, 01:26 PM	#5
Q Haven Take a breath! Join Date: 04-26-06 Location: Orange, CT Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For a 4th category I love a wide open chef's choice, open garnish, anything goes. __________________ Ted Lorson Backwoods Competitor, Backwoods Party 2x, NEBS Board Member, KCBS Member and Certified Judge

11-04-2007, 03:18 PM	#7
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	I'd like to add to the options. Chefs Choice Dessert Chili Sausage FRUIT IMHO is just plain old lame. Either make it DESSERT, or make it OPEN FRUIT meaning let the chefs use some creativity, but a farking grilled apple, peach, or pineapple slice gets old quick. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

11-04-2007, 04:40 PM	#9
smoke-n-my-i's is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-27-07 Location: Hillsborough, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I choice other.... I usually do not do the optional categories.... as I too have seen too much store bought stuff brought in and win.. where is the real make it there competition.... I do the four KCBS categories and let it go at that. __________________ KCBS Member Smoke-N-My-I's Competition BBQ Team 2 Chargriller SuperPros with SFB's 2 UGLY drum smokers Weber 22 1/2" & 18 1/2" Kettle Super fast RED Thermapen Screaming fast ORANGE Thermapen KCBS Certified Table Captain

11-04-2007, 06:21 PM	#10
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: soon to be in Mooresville, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm not a big fan of dessert categories although I know they are a judges favorite. From my experience, when dessert is a category, too many teams are submitting pre-purchased cakes/pies/pastries etc. It really ruins it for those who actually spend time under less than ideal conditions preparing dessert on site. Same goes for sauce category with some just pouring our from a bottle vs. those making on site from scratch I know that there are no guarantees in either case as to which will win. I think Chef's Choice is a great category or Pizza or I I also liked what I saw at BBQ on the Farm/River where they do an Iron Chef. Every team gets a bag of three ingredients and all teams have to work with them for the turn in Or how about a stuffed baked potato ? __________________ Vinny 22" WSM & Kettle Former owner: Jambo, Klose BYC, Med. Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL & (2) Med. BGE's, (2) 18" WSM's

11-04-2007, 07:01 PM	#12
tonto1117 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-26-07 Location: ADA, MI Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I chose other. For exanple, in Lebanon Tn this year they had a what's your beef open catergory, any cut of beef you would like to use...any garnish you would like. Put mine(6 individual pieces, as per there instructions) on a bed of grits diablo with some other '"garnishes". I just feel it gets the creative side going. Could be beef, seafood, or whatever, just as long as the rules are clearly defined. Edit: Sorry Motoeric, just saw the asterick at the bottom of your post. __________________ Theresa. Smokin' Scotsmen BBQ www.smokinscotsmen.com Geer Pit by Jambo FEC-100 WSM WEBER GENISES GAS GRILL CBJ Bacon & eggs - Hens are involved but pigs are commited.

11-04-2007, 11:47 PM	#15
Sledneck is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 12-04-05 Location: Wantagh, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I voted other I would like to see a cevapcici(pronounced che-vap-chi-chi) category.(croatian sausage) __________________ BBQ Illuminati Blog Disclaimer: The poster does not take any responsibility for any bad feelings or sense of exclusion that the reader of this post may have-whether real or imagined. Reading threads poses inherent risks. The poster of this thread would like to also remind readers to make sure they have a functional sense of humor before they visit any discussion board.

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