Allow propane. Put in a breathalizer for cooks. No reason you have to get drunk.Propane and drunks -- that's a great mix.
what.
the.
fark?!?!
... It's the idiots burning small upright charcoal burners that get knocked over by drunks.
I emailed them my thoughts. I am sure that doesn't mean anything but my own satisfaction.Email the BOD today with your comments. Some have already left for the conference so email all. I've sent my comments and even had 3 replies so far.
Allow propane. Put in a breathalizer for cooks. No reason you have to get drunk.
Besides there's more sites with propane tanks than ones without. Weed burners, turkey fryers, pits with propane and gas assist and the list goes on not to mention the car gas tanks right next to an open charcoal or wood fire with sparks. Especially those oil leaking cars.
Most folks that invest 10K in a cooker are not planning on being drunk. It's the idiots burning small upright charcoal burners that get knocked over by drunks.
I emailed them my thoughts. I am sure that doesn't mean anything but my own satisfaction.
See that's just it.
Most of us (read most of KCBS membership) does not have 10K to invest in a cooker, nor would we want to.
Speak for yourself. I see a large % of team with well over $10 k invested at contests these days and the % continues to go up.
It is the cook not the cooker....remember?
So who cares what people cook on. Unless you are threatened by cooks using gas because they may put out a better product and it would prove they were the better cook.
If you can't create great BBQ over an an open pit (read live fire) you shouldn't be in a BBQ contest anyways.
If you feel this way start your own BBQ association with these rules. Don't try to outlaw others to meet your standards.
And a WSM is not an open pit as it can be a smoldering pile of charcoal. Same for a Stumps, Backwoods and many other pits.
There are lot's of cooking competitions that use gas....ovens...BBQ shouldn't be one of them.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Many/most contests have a no alcohol policy but let it slide so long as teams are discrete and don't cause problems. Some are in public parks and as such are enforced by the local police dept and they have the right to arrest anybody with an open container.Ford - You hit a nerve brother.
A breathalyzer, propane?
I can't think of a quicker way to screw up a good contest.
Let's outlaw alcohol, get rid of charcoal, wood fires and anything else that could be considered offensive.
We will all get our gas grills, wood chips in a foil pack & our green tea, and go pretend we are cooking BBQ.
Come on man! (ESPN mod)
Propane was brought up in the same conversation as pellets... It went something like...Propane and drunks -- that's a great mix.
That was a $hitty read. Propane? Really? And have to agree 100% with Todd, thanks for the hard work Paul, keep up the reporting
Many/most contests have a no alcohol policy but let it slide so long as teams are discrete and don't cause problems. Some are in public parks and as such are enforced by the local police dept and they have the right to arrest anybody with an open container.
Now I'm not saying don't drink but there's no need to get drunk. If that's why you go to a contest then fine with me, just means one less team I have to worry about at awards time.
But if a person is drunk using a WSM and knocks it over and start a fire I hope they throw the book at them. No reason for that to ever happen.
FYI i enjoy an adult beverage at a contest just don't see any reason to drink more that is allowed for driving. Cookers and cars can be dangerous when operated by a drunk. Designate a sober person to tend fire and the rest of the team can have fun just stay away from the fires.
My comments in red. Any chance you'll be in Mobile, Little Rock or Hammond? Be glad to put a side bet on how we finish and I'm coning down to your neck of the woods for these contests not in the friendly confines of the midwest.
Many/most contests have a no alcohol policy but let it slide so long as teams are discrete and don't cause problems. Some are in public parks and as such are enforced by the local police dept and they have the right to arrest anybody with an open container.
Now I'm not saying don't drink but there's no need to get drunk. If that's why you go to a contest then fine with me, just means one less team I have to worry about at awards time.
But if a person is drunk using a WSM and knocks it over and start a fire I hope they throw the book at them. No reason for that to ever happen.
FYI i enjoy an adult beverage at a contest just don't see any reason to drink more that is allowed for driving. Cookers and cars can be dangerous when operated by a drunk. Designate a sober person to tend fire and the rest of the team can have fun just stay away from the fires.
I was at the rules meeting....
Propane was brought up in the same conversation as pellets... It went something like...
"Should we allow propane? This could end up like a pellet discussion."Yea, and you can thank Paul for the whole chicken conversation. He was the only one that was pushing it. Interesting how it ends up on the agenda when no one else was for it....
Vote was no. End of discussion.
Yea, I feel REAL represented...