Yazoo's, thanks so much for your input!!! It helped tremendously.
We competed this past weekend at our first MBN competition against
fairly stiff competition, including a past MIM GC, reigning MBN GC, and
many other notables including Stumps. We finished 7th in Pork Shoulder
and it looks like we landed on the same table as either the GC or RGC
of this comp with straight 9.9's in overall score in blind, a 10, a 9.9, and
a 9.8 overall score from on-site. We are ecstatic. Exhausted beyond
our wildest belief (SIGNIFICANTLY more work than KCBS, etc), but worth
every moment.
1st place Seafood, 2nd place Margaritas, 2nd place Hot Wings, 4th place
Chicken, 5th place Sauce, 7th place MBN Pork Shoulder, 14th place MBN
Ribs. Dont know yet about Peoples Choice other than we weren't 1st place,
and we dont know in Stew or Bloody Mary's other than we weren't in the top 4.
A few pics below:
Quick team photo right before on-sites begin:
First on-site judge, me talking about how awesome we are and that the Lang works when we aren't...
Inside the smoker (sans meat) presentation:
Meat - On Site:
Things are going well..... High 5
Different angle from on-site, can see the meat a little:
Dog, not quite as impressed (she's seen this before)
Awards time. Trophy for an ancillary. In this case (pic), just money:
Then, Sunday back home for some R & R:
We competed this past weekend at our first MBN competition against
fairly stiff competition, including a past MIM GC, reigning MBN GC, and
many other notables including Stumps. We finished 7th in Pork Shoulder
and it looks like we landed on the same table as either the GC or RGC
of this comp with straight 9.9's in overall score in blind, a 10, a 9.9, and
a 9.8 overall score from on-site. We are ecstatic. Exhausted beyond
our wildest belief (SIGNIFICANTLY more work than KCBS, etc), but worth
every moment.
1st place Seafood, 2nd place Margaritas, 2nd place Hot Wings, 4th place
Chicken, 5th place Sauce, 7th place MBN Pork Shoulder, 14th place MBN
Ribs. Dont know yet about Peoples Choice other than we weren't 1st place,
and we dont know in Stew or Bloody Mary's other than we weren't in the top 4.
A few pics below:
Quick team photo right before on-sites begin:
First on-site judge, me talking about how awesome we are and that the Lang works when we aren't...
Inside the smoker (sans meat) presentation:
Meat - On Site:
Things are going well..... High 5
Different angle from on-site, can see the meat a little:
Dog, not quite as impressed (she's seen this before)
Awards time. Trophy for an ancillary. In this case (pic), just money:
Then, Sunday back home for some R & R:
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