Contest privacy/spying?

we almost NEVER put up sides (unless it's a monsoon or we're trying to conserve heat in January)... pretty much an open door policy at the lunchmeat camp.
come on in, although it is very nice to be asked first.

that being said... we have also stopped prepping a coupla times becuz we felt that we were TOTALLY being scrutinized (shigging alert) it's all in how you're approached I think. Same as when people come up drooling during or after turn-ins, if they are friendly and seem interested in more than just getting something from you, then it's all good and I am more than happy to talk to them and feed them.

If you feel like it's not for real, then it probably isnt, and then I can get a little pissy.
 
Just more reason to do all the meat trimming at home. Get to the contest and that much less to do.

I put all my spices in stainless steel shakers (easy to clean and always seal) and labeled them for each meat. Any marinades are in a labeled jar from home. Mostly because it is mixed at home or used from a bulk container. Sauce is put into squirt bottles because it is easier to put on the meat in my opinion then just pouring it out.

I could care less if people know what I use. They don't know the amount of rub, cooking length, temp, rest times, etc. and most of the time don't have the same cooker.
 
I'll probably screw this up but to the best of my memory Lee McWright said he could give 10 people the same cake mix and same equipment to cook on and the end result would be 10 different cakes.

Do I shig? No, that's what Tina is there for. :wink:

Do I care of somebody shigs me? Not at all because that means I might have some competition for last place.

The one thing that really gets to me is when somebody comes around and wants to 'visit' at crunch time. I might be 5' 4" and 130lbs but I don't have a problem with telling them to leave. I want to get last place because I have worked for it and not because I missed turn in. :lol:
 
AAAHHHH must be a good feeling to know your schlits so good people are gunning for ya :lol: You are all welcome to come watch me if you want to learn how to finish in the middle of the pack :oops:
 
Rolling Smoke said:
Do I shig? No, that's what Tina is there for. :wink:

Do I care of somebody shigs me? Not at all because that means I might have some competition for last place.

The one thing that really gets to me is when somebody comes around and wants to 'visit' at crunch time. I might be 5' 4" and 130lbs but I don't have a problem with telling them to leave. I want to get last place because I have worked for it and not because I missed turn in. :lol:
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Oh snap... I thought Tina was coming by with all those shots because she is nice! So you were putting her up to it with your big bad 5'4" self... I must of grown from all those shots then!!!! lol
 
I'm not a frequent winner or competitor. However, I have started storing my rubs measured in ziplock bags additionally my sauces are stored in colored plastic bottles. These fit neatly in a plastic container on, my work table. I do this to prevent contaminating my bulk supply left at home. After I am through applying rub or sauce, the container goes in the soap sink if empty or back in the box . I have some additional spices in the original containers:wink: which are used to brighten the flavor before turn-in.
I don't mind visitors on Fridays but on Saturday I erect a privacy screen and flag banner barricade with a sign explaining I am preparing meat for the contest and to please come back after 2:00 for samples. I don't like a lot of distractions on Saturday. For the most part I am a one person team and have had " items" walk off. So....I really don't care for visitors I don't know and trust when I am working. If it were up to me I would like for the organizers to disallow entry into the cook area on Saturday before 1:30 and perhaps KCBS to to have a rule preventing visiting an unassigned site by team members on Saturday prior to 1:30.
 
Yeah, Jim gets the reverse Superman syndrome.....shrinkage.....
I will be in the trailer once it is time, but, it has to do a lot more with my last experience in NC, got invaded by a swarm of bees....plus, A/C, enough said
 
U2CANQUE said:
Yeah, Jim gets the reverse Superman syndrome.....shrinkage.....
I will be in the trailer once it is time, but, it has to do a lot more with my last experience in NC, got invaded by a swarm of bees....plus, A/C, enough said
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:eek:

Yes, it did get pretty warm there. That is why the bees came out... I couldn't believe how warm it did get...

I also make my rubs and sauces ahead of time and put them in the trailer. I do a lot of my prep work outside under the tent, and it is no secret what I do either. What does bother me is on Saturday morning, all of the spectators that will walk right up to you and expect you to stop and talk to them and give them samples. That is why I started putting up a barrier as well as laminated signs that state: "Official BBQ Competitor. NO sales or samples. Please do not ask." It is printed on bright yellow paper and shows up nicely on the blue sides of the tent. I started also putting them on the sides of the trailer on Saturday morning. It does help. I have had them stop at the edge and just watch. I have no problem with that at all. Just don't walk on in and try to grab a sample.... :evil: :evil: I will get very grumpy...... my other nickname.

So, you want to see what I use, no problem. I also have been know to put my stuff (rubs and sauce) in a brand name bottle and use it...

Bill
 
I make it a point to shig Swamprb's pits any chance I get...maybe that's why I haven't won yet! :twisted:

Seriously now...I'm very respectful of another competitors pit area. I never go near them unless invited. I do most of my BS-ing from a distance...and only then it's mostly generalities about BBQ. Never specifics of hows, whys, or whats unless offered up for discussion. Hell...that's what I have you guys for! :lol::lol::lol:
 
I'm just a newbie, but I coundn't care less about shigging, any special thing I might do is at home anyways,,,,,and stick it in a kraft bottle and a Raichlen rub can!
 
I remember at my second or third contest, it was gonna be a hot day.. so as we set up the canopies, we pulled out the sidewalls to put up between us and our neighboring teams tent. Within seconds a member of the neighboring team mutters kind of loudly to himself " Oh... you're one of THOSE teams.. We'll it was nice knowing you"..

He totally thought it was about us trying to hide our prep, but we were just trying to block out the sun !!!

Lesson learned.
 
I usually don't get to the contest site until a little after noon time on Friday because of work. When I do get there, I need to get busy fast. I'll do some BS'ing while I set up, but when it's time to season meat I'm ready for some privacy. One, because I can't do two things at once. If I'm talking to someone while preppiing, I get distracted and forget to do steps. Also I'll get guys over who are flat out trying to spy, and that annoys me. I had a guy come up who I had told I couldn't talk to at the moment because I was busy prepping, come onto my trailer, reach into my spice box and start going through each container trying to figure stuff out. I came very close to doing something bad to him :icon_pissed.

I have tried doing Saturday stuff out in the open, but I get busy talking to people and lose track of time too easily. So now I put on "blinders" by closing up my site some, and I'm able to focus better. Friday night and Saturday after awards I'm all about socializing, but those other times not as much.

And I try my best to respect other people's space. If they want me in, they'll invite me. Otherwise I don't crowd them.
 
Rub said:
I usually don't get to the contest site until a little after noon time on Friday because of work. When I do get there, I need to get busy fast. I'll do some BS'ing while I set up, but when it's time to season meat I'm ready for some privacy. One, because I can't do two things at once. If I'm talking to someone while preppiing, I get distracted and forget to do steps. Also I'll get guys over who are flat out trying to spy, and that annoys me. I had a guy come up who I had told I couldn't talk to at the moment because I was busy prepping, come onto my trailer, reach into my spice box and start going through each container trying to figure stuff out. I came very close to doing something bad to him :icon_pissed.

I have tried doing Saturday stuff out in the open, but I get busy talking to people and lose track of time too easily. So now I put on "blinders" by closing up my site some, and I'm able to focus better. Friday night and Saturday after awards I'm all about socializing, but those other times not as much.

And I try my best to respect other people's space. If they want me in, they'll invite me. Otherwise I don't crowd them.
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When you're as hot as you've been, I'd consider hiring security !! :wink:
 
:lol:
Sledneck said:
So George you asked the question but what are your thoughts?
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Others screening does not bother me, even when it is the team next door. I don't take it as personal. I am usually too busy to notice what is going on around me anyway.:shock:

I dont work to prevent shiggers, as I don't think we have much for folks to see, and if anyone asks, I'll usually tell, (most of it anyway).:lol:

We usually have a different assigned shigger for each contest, we like to change it up to keep those around us guessing. So far, we havent been able to come up with one thing that we could use. But, we have had a lot of fun with it!:twisted:

I try to avoid making a visit to someone thats working on contest prep, the exception here being if I am in the middle of a visit, and the host decides it is time to trim chicken, then I sometimes open my big mouth and say something stupid like, "I'll do that for you.":-D:wink:

I sometimes get a little anoyed when someone visits during prep time, not so much for being secretive, but I like to be able to work and get finished. (so I can get around and free shig):shock: The other reason is I dont like to add fillet of finga into my contest meats, which is occasionally the case when I try to do two things at once, like talk and trim meat.:cry::cry:

I have been known, when being overtly shigged upon, to pretend to add seasonings with the lids closed tight, in amounts that would make your head spin, to see what affect it has on the person doing the shigging.:twisted: I have sometimes seen them, after watching me overload a meat with a closed shaker of cayanne, walk over and whisper to their fellow shigger something like, "did you see what he just did?".:twisted::twisted: very funny:lol::lol:

One thing I do not like, is the pushy, intrusive, thinks they can go anywhere festival attendee. Especially when they belly up to the prep table during turn-ins. My question to them is always, how would you like it if I came into your kitchen while you were making dinner, this sometimes works, although, not always.:sad: I am working on a fake rub bottle that works similar to the plastic spraying flower sometimes seen on clowns at the circus. It will have a directional foot contol with a range of 8 feet. I am having a little problem with the aiming of the device, most times, I end up shooting myself!:eusa_clap As soon as I get it perfected, I plan to patent the design, then begin a mass marketing campainge.:lol:


I also agree with the earlier post about the cake mixes, I follow the directions to a tee and still can't get a cake to come out right.:cry:
 
YankeeBBQ said:
Unless it's me shigging Pork Loin off of Darren at Qlossal right ?
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Say it ain't so, I never figured you for the shigger, I aways think of you as the shiggee.

my definitions:
shigger- the person or persons doing the shigging
shiggee- the person or persons being shigged upon

:eusa_clap
 
lunchlady said:
we almost NEVER put up sides (unless it's a monsoon or we're trying to conserve heat in January)... pretty much an open door policy at the lunchmeat camp.
come on in, although it is very nice to be asked first.

that being said... we have also stopped prepping a coupla times becuz we felt that we were TOTALLY being scrutinized (shigging alert) it's all in how you're approached I think. Same as when people come up drooling during or after turn-ins, if they are friendly and seem interested in more than just getting something from you, then it's all good and I am more than happy to talk to them and feed them.

If you feel like it's not for real, then it probably isnt, and then I can get a little pissy.
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Well put Michelle. Exatly what we think and how we react to 'visitors'. On the one hand, we are generous with genune folks who just want to appreciate what we do. But....there seems to be an element that just want to take notes. At the end of the day, it's all good.


Scottie said:
I have a sponsors banner that I hang. It's also everything that I use. Do I change some things around to make it mine? Yes I do...

So in one breath I could care less. In another, all shiggers should be shot....
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Scottie, don't shoot :shock:

I just want one of your farkin "Shiggin" Mugs!!!

. . . . . . . you promised :cry:

 
Well if you happen on us at a comp we always put up the sidewall when setting up.I get distracted easily and dont need any help screwing up the prep as I do that enuff with out help.On friday you can walk right in anytime but saturday at turn ins my security officer will escort you out.God I missed having him at the Royal.Did any one else have the sauce girls walk in during turn ins and hold the bottle of whatever they were whoring over your turn in box?All the cleavage really was distracting and for gods sake what would have happened if that stuff they were peddling got all over the box.And my wife sure did not like it when the gal asked if she could sauce my meat....Seriously you would think that who ever sent these gals out on their mission would have told them about bothering the folks playin with the white boxes.
 
We keep our camp pretty much open. We like to show off our Lang 108 plus visit will other folks. Last year we were just scraping some of the loose fat off some ribs with a knife when a neighboring competitior stoped buy to visit. We chatted for a while talkin Q. About five minutes latter, one of the other members of the visiting competitor came by to ask us why we used a potato peeler to take off the membrane and if it worked.....Damn....their on to us!
 
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