mr dirts bbq
Full Fledged Farker
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2012
- Location
- yorktown, new york
i gotta say, i was fully planning on competing this spring/summer in northeast, i went and signed up with KCBS and NEBS, printed out schedules and planned my weekends out. Been que'ing every weekend practicing, doing my homework, refining my skills etc. after seeing pics of bbq (appearance) and reading about what to do and not to do, what judges are looking for im a little discouraged and thinking maybe skipping this year. I will go to a few and see what i can learn and pick up from competitions, and seriously thinking of going to a BBQ school to see what i can learn before i jump in head first.
If anything else this forum has opened my eyes to how much thought and practice goes into comp bbq, and i feel if i went ahead and did some comps this year it wouldve been a waste of time and money, for this i thank all of you. I never expected to be the next pit master on TLC or win anything better than maybe 20th this year, but after a week of read these posts and seeing pron here, i think i should go back to practice more. Im pretty sure my que is good ( i was positive it was good before the brethren schooled me) but i know now there is definitely room for improvement. there was a thread i saw the other day about what not to turn in, and the pics of what not to turn in looked fine to me, but i guess the judges are looking for picture perfect. all my years in culinary arts school, winning 2 comps there and a scholorship to CIA in hyde park ny, cooking in the navy couldve never prepared me for what is expected in BBQ competitions. Im very glad that i signed up here and didnt start competing with any expectations of getting better than last place. ok rant over, lol thanks again to all of you!
If anything else this forum has opened my eyes to how much thought and practice goes into comp bbq, and i feel if i went ahead and did some comps this year it wouldve been a waste of time and money, for this i thank all of you. I never expected to be the next pit master on TLC or win anything better than maybe 20th this year, but after a week of read these posts and seeing pron here, i think i should go back to practice more. Im pretty sure my que is good ( i was positive it was good before the brethren schooled me) but i know now there is definitely room for improvement. there was a thread i saw the other day about what not to turn in, and the pics of what not to turn in looked fine to me, but i guess the judges are looking for picture perfect. all my years in culinary arts school, winning 2 comps there and a scholorship to CIA in hyde park ny, cooking in the navy couldve never prepared me for what is expected in BBQ competitions. Im very glad that i signed up here and didnt start competing with any expectations of getting better than last place. ok rant over, lol thanks again to all of you!