FattyMac
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- Joined
- May 6, 2010
- Location
- Niagara Region, Canada
This past Sunday I competed in my very first competition. It was an amateur event so it was only baby backs which the organizers provided.
Here are the ribs being prepped:
My lovely assistant and wife:
I couldn't have done it without her, she is a maven of organization and had us so well prepared that the other teams couldn't believe it was our first time out.
Checking for tenderness:
They were actually a little over done.:doh: These ribs were smaller and less meaty than the ones I had been practicing with. I placed them back in the cooker to get them more firm but had to sacrifice a bit of time with them sauced in the cooker.
Here is what we ended up turning in:
In the end I felt the ribs were little over cooked and the sauce could have had more time to set up. The judges comments seem to confirm this as I few comments were:
"Slightly over cooked - slightly"
"a little too saucy"
But as they say, sauce covers a multitude of sins. :becky:
In the end it was Fatty Mac Barbecue that carried the day!! :bow:
The prize consisted of this fantastic trophy and this Napoleon Apollo 3 'n 1 Smoker, Tailgate/Charcoal Grill and Water Smoker. It seems like a love child from a WSM, cajun bandit and kettle grill 3-way.
Thanks for lookin'!
Here are the ribs being prepped:
My lovely assistant and wife:
I couldn't have done it without her, she is a maven of organization and had us so well prepared that the other teams couldn't believe it was our first time out.
Checking for tenderness:
They were actually a little over done.:doh: These ribs were smaller and less meaty than the ones I had been practicing with. I placed them back in the cooker to get them more firm but had to sacrifice a bit of time with them sauced in the cooker.
Here is what we ended up turning in:
In the end I felt the ribs were little over cooked and the sauce could have had more time to set up. The judges comments seem to confirm this as I few comments were:
"Slightly over cooked - slightly"
"a little too saucy"
But as they say, sauce covers a multitude of sins. :becky:
In the end it was Fatty Mac Barbecue that carried the day!! :bow:
The prize consisted of this fantastic trophy and this Napoleon Apollo 3 'n 1 Smoker, Tailgate/Charcoal Grill and Water Smoker. It seems like a love child from a WSM, cajun bandit and kettle grill 3-way.
Thanks for lookin'!