Kind of surprised that nobody has started a thread on the Cumming Duel (two contests out of the same cook) rule variance approval. This will make Cumming a triple contest, with the first day being two boxes turned in at the same time for each category.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the decision for a few reasons:
1) I don't like rule changes that can impact TOY points made in mid-season. I was against the perfect score ruling for the same reason. No issue with that as a rule, just didn't think that is was proper to change the rules after the fact.
2) I don't think it is proper to offer double points chances off of a single cook, especially as an exception for one contest.
3) I'm not sure I want to see this as a trend across KCBS and I think other contests will adopt it to compete for the points chasing teams.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of the decision for a few reasons:
1) I don't like rule changes that can impact TOY points made in mid-season. I was against the perfect score ruling for the same reason. No issue with that as a rule, just didn't think that is was proper to change the rules after the fact.
2) I don't think it is proper to offer double points chances off of a single cook, especially as an exception for one contest.
3) I'm not sure I want to see this as a trend across KCBS and I think other contests will adopt it to compete for the points chasing teams.