Harpoon Judging ?

pigmaker23 · 07-30-2008, 04:21 PM

Did anyone who competed at Harpoon receive a visit from a blogger / judge after the contest boasting how "poor" the food was and how everyone presented the same "Taste" ? and in light of this decided that the scores would reflect what he thought was a poor overall effort. I am tempted to file a complaint with KCBS and was just looking for some back up.

Sledneck · 07-30-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pigmaker23

Did anyone who competed at Harpoon receive a visit from a blogger / judge after the contest boasting how "poor" the food was and how everyone presented the same "Taste" ? and in light of this decided that the scores would reflect what he thought was a poor overall effort. I am tempted to file a complaint with KCBS and was just looking for some back up.

He is just looking for attention, ignore him

QN · 07-30-2008, 04:59 PM

I judged at Harpoon and would not agree with that statement at all regarding "poor" food. While there were some entries that had a lot of room to improve, there were several in each category that I thought were excellent and scored as such. I visited wtih a lot of teams and shared my opinion that there was some very good food judged that day. Sounds like Sledneck is right on this. By the way, my brother has put his photos of our trip on line; [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']http://picasaweb.google.com/don.delashaw/Harpoon2008?authkey=z8l699jyPlk hopefully the link will work.[/FONT]

Westexbbq · 07-30-2008, 07:14 PM

Mark,
Those are some great pics and really help put it all into perspective.
Wish I had been there this year, look forward to next.

DDQ · 07-31-2008, 12:51 PM

I was a judge at Harpoon. I have judged about a dozen competitions and the entries that I had were easily above average

. For example, Of the 6 chicken entries I tasted 5 were really good. In my experience I get one or two that I would say are really good.

In addition to judging many fine entries, I also met a lot of new bbq friends and drank some mighty fine Summer Brew!

Sledneck · 07-31-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DDQ

I was a judge at Harpoon. I have judged about a dozen competitions and the entries that I had were easily above average

. For example, Of the 6 chicken entries I tasted 5 were really good. In my experience I get one or two that I would say are really good.

In addition to judging many fine entries, I also met a lot of new bbq friends and drank some mighty fine Summer Brew!

Hey Alabama, glad you made it over here. Now go to cattle call and introduse yourself

Diva · 07-31-2008, 02:29 PM

I'm not sure if I met THAT guy, but, I did meet a couple of guys and had a lot of questions for them on what they considered to be "different"......

It's really interesting to hear a judges perspective from outside your region.

Steph

QN · 07-31-2008, 03:24 PM

Hi Steph,
DDQ is my little brother, Don. You just referred to us by our last name....

07-30-2008, 04:21 PM	#1
pigmaker23 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-17-06 Location: Albany, NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Harpoon Judging ? Did anyone who competed at Harpoon receive a visit from a blogger / judge after the contest boasting how "poor" the food was and how everyone presented the same "Taste" ? and in light of this decided that the scores would reflect what he thought was a poor overall effort. I am tempted to file a complaint with KCBS and was just looking for some back up. __________________ Eric Johnson / "The Sultan of Smoke" Mr. Bobo's Traveling BBQ Allstars ! *2009 Jack Daniels World BBQ BrisketChampion* *_______________________________________* *Backwoods Fatboy (2) & a Chubby* *Jedmaster " BabyJed" Ring of Fire* *OK Joe 84" Offset* *Meadowcreek PR -72 Trailer*

07-30-2008, 04:59 PM	#3
QN Take a breath! Join Date: 01-16-06 Location: North Alabama Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I judged at Harpoon and would not agree with that statement at all regarding "poor" food. While there were some entries that had a lot of room to improve, there were several in each category that I thought were excellent and scored as such. I visited wtih a lot of teams and shared my opinion that there was some very good food judged that day. Sounds like Sledneck is right on this. By the way, my brother has put his photos of our trip on line; [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']http://picasaweb.google.com/don.delashaw/Harpoon2008?authkey=z8l699jyPlk hopefully the link will work.[/FONT] __________________ Mark D. QN 2 - WSMs KCBS Master CBJ Certified Table Captain MIM/MBN Certified Judge

07-30-2008, 07:14 PM	#4
Westexbbq Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-02-05 Location: Rockin' Lake Ronfarkoma, Hinterlands of BBQ . Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mark, Those are some great pics and really help put it all into perspective. Wish I had been there this year, look forward to next. __________________ Illuminated, circa 1967. KCBS CBJ-Texas Transplant. Texas Smokemaster offset, Well-cured NB Silver Smoker, Santa Fe grill (retired). glory bee gasser. Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day 1969. IMBAS Certified. Just roll me up and smoke me when I die. Always remember, no matter where ya go, there you are. I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat. Someday, I hope to visit Penelope. Hondo Crouch, Famous Late Mayor of Lunkenbach, Texas who advocated a 'dillo diet: "You can eat nothing but armadillos for a month, but you will have to run down and catch all the armadillos you eat and it can really take the weight off!"

07-31-2008, 03:24 PM	#8
QN Take a breath! Join Date: 01-16-06 Location: North Alabama Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi Steph, DDQ is my little brother, Don. You just referred to us by our last name.... __________________ Mark D. QN 2 - WSMs KCBS Master CBJ Certified Table Captain MIM/MBN Certified Judge

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07-31-2008, 12:51 PM	#5
DDQ Found some matches. Join Date: 07-29-08 Location: Hoover, Alabama Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was a judge at Harpoon. I have judged about a dozen competitions and the entries that I had were easily above average . For example, Of the 6 chicken entries I tasted 5 were really good. In my experience I get one or two that I would say are really good. In addition to judging many fine entries, I also met a lot of new bbq friends and drank some mighty fine Summer Brew!

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Diva is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-30-07 Location: Kansas City, MO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure if I met THAT guy, but, I did meet a couple of guys and had a lot of questions for them on what they considered to be "different"...... It's really interesting to hear a judges perspective from outside your region. Steph