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What a sport to share your competition recipie!! I saved it and will give it a try when cooler weather returns.
ModelMaker
Have fun by the way...
ModelMaker
Have fun by the way...
Not a big thing to share. Competition jambalaya cooking is a lot like competitive bbq, a bunch of guys cooking the same thing with small variations in technique and seasoning. At a competitive level most bbq participants produce excellent results. The winners are the guys who know how to manage heat and time and who have their finished product peak appropriately. With jambalaya, it is all about moisture control or having the necessary liquid in the pot to cook the rice to the perfect consistency. Of course everything that you throw into the pot with the exception of rice adds liquid which rice absorbs. Cooking 6 lbs of rice with 20lbs of seasoning in a 6 gallon pot on an open fire can be real tricky. Championship level jambalaya cooks are masters of fire/heat management. Basically you get one shot at getting it right. Adding liquid produces mush. Falling short results in crunchy uncooked rice.ModelMaker said:What a sport to share your competition recipie!! I saved it and will give it a try when cooler weather returns.
ModelMaker
Have fun by the way...
Yea. I have a small pot recipe sowhere that I will post. I also have a user friendly technique using par-boiled rice that I will post.thillin said:Have any home size portion recipes? Only 2.5 of us in the house. :mrgreen:
Absolutely a hoot and if you are a football fan just unbelievable. Great food, great fellowship. The list of celebrity QBs who show up at this event is always fluid. There are always big names in town, but Elway. When he strolled into the backyard you could have heard a pin drop. Even Peyton seemed in awe.Q_Egg said:.. hard to really get a feel for the great experience you describe, but it has to be a truly unique set of memories! Those specific individuals, together on that specific night, with all that great food ...... maybe actually better then going to the Superbowl !! It must have been a hoot.
Congrats on the successful jambalaya.
bbqbull said:The heat/humidity would probably lay me out hard/fast.