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- Joined
- Jan 17, 2006
- Location
- Chillico...
Well guys, I have my first comp completed and I am tired and happy. :-D
The venue was very nice. It was pretty much like being in a city park with all the nice shade trees. My brother in law was my pit beeoch
and he handled the job very well. I am quite positive that without his help I would have had some major problems getting everything done on time.
I met some really nice people including Brothers Curt McAdams from Bucky McOinkums and Rick's Tropical Delight was there
taking pics as you can see from the other thread. The hospitality of the hosting American Legion was top notch.
It seemed like every hour or two someone from the post was stopping by checking to see if we needed ice or trash removal or anything else.
I learned a TON of stuff. Thanks Brother Curt for the pointers and advice. It was much appreciated.
I am calling my first comp a success because I worked up a plan of action and time line prior to the cook and with
a minor tweak (thanks to Brother Curt) it worked. Everything came off the cooker when I wanted it to, I got everything turned in on time
and I had no disqualifications and I didn't come in DAL (Dead A$$ Last) in the overall standings.
I was really concerned about cooking on just one WSM but I am here to tell you that it CAN be done!:-D
My results were
Pork- 10th place
Brisket- 7th
I tanked in chicken and ribs.
:sad:
All in all I had a great time and I learned a lot about doing a comp and I can't wait for my next one!:biggrin:
Here are pics of my turn in boxes with the scores and my thoughts too.
It's funny how you notice things in the pics that you didn't notice when you were making the box. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Chicken (DAL)
App 577788
Taste 564435
Tend 464565
My thoughts- Too much lettuce and the parsley running between the pieces should either be all the way across
or just at the intersections of the pieces or not at all. (the boxes were tiny so that is why I had to stair step the pieces)
I thought the skin looked ok but when I got home I tasted the chicken and it was rubbery.
Not just rubbery, I'm talking about Goodyear steel belted and reinforced with Kevlar TOUGH!!
I couldn't even tear it with my fingers! :evil:I have NEVER seen chicken skin this tough and rubbery!
No idea what I did wrong.:evil: The meat and sauce tasted good to me.
Ribs (14th out of 16)
App 778887
Taste 578476
Tend 758477
Too much lettuce in the back. Make ribs in the middle look like a solid slab with no meat showing.
Pork
App 678786
Taste 787777
Tend 878867
Too much lettuce. Sounding familiar yet?
Brisket
App 668877
Taste 878876
Tend 878767
Too much lettuce in front and back.
I must have been secretly craving a salad is all I can think of!!:roll:
Slices not evenly spaced.
Next time insert probe AGAINST the grain ya big dummy!!:roll:
I didn't see the holes till it was too late to slice more.:roll:
Here is a link to the rest of the pics. Sorry about the out of focus ones. I had the BIL take them because
I didn't have time to and he is kinda shaky with the camera.
I knew you guys would give me the blues if I didn't have more pics!!:lol:
The venue was very nice. It was pretty much like being in a city park with all the nice shade trees. My brother in law was my pit beeoch
and he handled the job very well. I am quite positive that without his help I would have had some major problems getting everything done on time.
I met some really nice people including Brothers Curt McAdams from Bucky McOinkums and Rick's Tropical Delight was there
taking pics as you can see from the other thread. The hospitality of the hosting American Legion was top notch.
It seemed like every hour or two someone from the post was stopping by checking to see if we needed ice or trash removal or anything else.
I learned a TON of stuff. Thanks Brother Curt for the pointers and advice. It was much appreciated.
I am calling my first comp a success because I worked up a plan of action and time line prior to the cook and with
a minor tweak (thanks to Brother Curt) it worked. Everything came off the cooker when I wanted it to, I got everything turned in on time
and I had no disqualifications and I didn't come in DAL (Dead A$$ Last) in the overall standings.
I was really concerned about cooking on just one WSM but I am here to tell you that it CAN be done!:-D
My results were
Pork- 10th place
Brisket- 7th
I tanked in chicken and ribs.
:sad:All in all I had a great time and I learned a lot about doing a comp and I can't wait for my next one!:biggrin:
Here are pics of my turn in boxes with the scores and my thoughts too.
It's funny how you notice things in the pics that you didn't notice when you were making the box. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Chicken (DAL
)App 577788
Taste 564435
Tend 464565
My thoughts- Too much lettuce and the parsley running between the pieces should either be all the way across
or just at the intersections of the pieces or not at all. (the boxes were tiny so that is why I had to stair step the pieces)
I thought the skin looked ok but when I got home I tasted the chicken and it was rubbery.
Not just rubbery, I'm talking about Goodyear steel belted and reinforced with Kevlar TOUGH!!
I couldn't even tear it with my fingers! :evil:I have NEVER seen chicken skin this tough and rubbery!
No idea what I did wrong.:evil: The meat and sauce tasted good to me.
Ribs (14th out of 16
)App 778887
Taste 578476
Tend 758477
Too much lettuce in the back. Make ribs in the middle look like a solid slab with no meat showing.
Pork
App 678786
Taste 787777
Tend 878867
Too much lettuce. Sounding familiar yet?
Brisket
App 668877
Taste 878876
Tend 878767
Too much lettuce in front and back.
I must have been secretly craving a salad is all I can think of!!:roll:
Slices not evenly spaced.
Next time insert probe AGAINST the grain ya big dummy!!:roll:
I didn't see the holes till it was too late to slice more.
:roll:Here is a link to the rest of the pics. Sorry about the out of focus ones. I had the BIL take them because
I didn't have time to and he is kinda shaky with the camera.
I knew you guys would give me the blues if I didn't have more pics!!:lol:
