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bigabyte
03-03-2011, 01:28 PM
It is time to decide the winner of the "SPECIAL - My California BBQ" Throwdown!

The winner will be announced after the poll closes on Saturday 3/8.

Click Here (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99547) to go to the Throwdown thread, or click on the person's name for more pics/info on the entries.

bigabyte (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1537572)
#1 - California MOINK Ball Wrap - $5
All great change in America begins at the dinner table. --Ronald Reagan
Four of our big, juicy, delicious 100% Beef meatballs wrapped with hickory smoked bacon and grilled to perfection with a delectably sweet and spicy glaze of smokey good BBQ sauce, all wrapped up in a bed of crisp, cool lettuce, vine ripened tomato and fresh sliced avocado, with mayonnaise and blue cheese crumbles. This wrap can tear down the walls of tyranny!
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Throwdowns_2011/Special_California_BBQ/1537572_bigabyte.jpg
It's truly a delicious wrap, worthy of a landslide re-election. Sadly though, for some reason this restaurant does not succeed, despite a very loyal following of regular customers. It seems some local politicians did not like the atmosphere and changed the zoning laws.

Gore (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1561935)
Menu entry: California Pulled-Pork Avocado Sandwich: $8.95
Business Model: The restaurant California Dreamin' is a gourmet sandwich shop that embodies the California business model. We serve only the finest ingredients in our environmentally friendly sandwiches. There is no need for utensils as the sandwich can be eaten directly from the avocado skin. The avocados are grown on our own private farms and the trees are tended individually and watered with rainwater collected by hand. Because of this added care, the true cost is approximately $10,000 per avocado; however, because the operation is environmentally friendly, the state of California subsidizes all these costs.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Throwdowns_2011/Special_California_BBQ/1561935_Gore.jpg
Restaurant fate: Business became so brisk, that California Dreamin' soon opened up chains throughout the state. As each new chain opened, the state debt increased. However, after eating one of the Pulled-Pork Avocado Sandwiches, a California Scientist hit upon a Eureka moment. Returning to the laboratory, the scientist added a pork gene to an avocado plant and created the Money Tree.

JiveTurkey (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1562615)
Today's Dish: Cioppino
Price: $9.99 (Does not include fines and taxes)***
Description on Menu: Dungeness Crab Cioppino served with Sourdough Garlic Bread and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
History: Cioppino is a San Francisco regional seafood dish started by Itialian fisherman in the late 1800's. The dish usually includes all sorts of seafood such as crab and shellfish in a tomato based sauce. Typically the words "cioppino" and "barbecue" rarely go together but if there is one thing us Californian's like to do (besides drive 100mph through school zones) it is taking a perfectly delicious dish and finding a way to make it even better with live fire! With the beautiful weather and abundance of seafood I felt there was nothing better to represent California in a throwdown than Cioppino! Welcome to my new restaurant, have a seat, and your dinner with be served shortly.
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/Throwdowns_2011/Special_California_BBQ/1562615_JiveTurkey.jpg
Your Receipt:
Cioppino: 9.99
*** Required State Taxes and Fees
Sales Tax: $5.32
Recycle Fee: $7.22
Sustainability Fee: $17.89
Environmental Defense Fee: $12.11
Parking Meter Fee: $14.99
Prius Owners Subsidy: $16.27
Hazardous Smoke Fine: 3.99
CARB Fee: $7.55
Cap and Trade Fee: $2.73
Union Tax (even though we're not union): $6.84
Food that is not good for you tax: $3.71
Your Total: 108.61
Sorry Cash Only.
Thank you and Come Again!

smknhotmama
03-03-2011, 01:36 PM
I closed my eyes and voted...I'd eat all 3 but could only afford the first one :)


ETA-yay this post made me a "Chatty Farker"!!!
Carry on...

MrSmoker
03-03-2011, 01:52 PM
Can I vote twice?

Alan in Ga
03-03-2011, 05:53 PM
Had to go with Chris been eyeing that one for a while Great Job Guys

deguerre
03-03-2011, 06:07 PM
Chris, you may finally have a winner there. That's a helluva wrap!:thumb::thumb:

HOG WILD BBQ
03-03-2011, 08:07 PM
jive turkry got it going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:clap2:

leanza
03-03-2011, 09:06 PM
Lovely esoteric dishes. My dilemma resided in the fact that I hate anything from San Francisco but am devoted to all thing Italianio. My vote Cioppino.

TIMMAY
03-04-2011, 07:19 PM
@GORE... Rainwater collected by hand? I still would not buy it, the trees were not groomed and massaged by little attractive 5'2" massage therapists.:roll:

---k---
03-05-2011, 08:15 AM
All great food. Well done. :thumb: JiveTurkey's entry made me laugh, especially the receipt.

schellter
03-05-2011, 11:58 AM
Gore's is the best looking but the menu descriptions posted by both Gore and JiveTurkey (the name says it all) are so full of biosolids that I voted for bigabyte.

Gore
03-05-2011, 11:59 AM
For some strange reason, Chris' picture has disappeared. Personally, I like this one better:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc150/bigabyte/MOINK%20Balls/2011_02_05/R_IMG_0081.jpg

I would also like to air a few criticisms on another entry in this throwdown: :tsk:

1. I believe only in California can pulled pork, sharp cheese and avocado taste good together;
2. Sandwiches are made with BREAD;
3. It's a nice idea to eat this without utensils, but the skin on an avocado is hardly bite-through;
4. While a good many people think a money tree is sound fiscal policy, similar schemes have shown otherwise;
5. I don't think unicorns really exist;
6. While Santa Claus does exist, I don't think he's going to be moving to Sacramento and I don't think California labor laws would allow him to work every day.

That being said, I really had to vote for Bigabyte for combining the elements of "California and BBQ" as I imagined them in this throwdown.

Gore
03-06-2011, 08:49 AM
OK, let me try to explain this once again, since some of you apparently were not listening :tsk: : pulled pork, avocado, and sharp cheddar cheese do NOT go well together, unless, perhaps, you are from California. "B" is not an option. Select "A" or "C," please.

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 02:02 PM
OK, let me try to explain this once again, since some of you apparently were not listening :tsk: : pulled pork, avocado, and sharp cheddar cheese do NOT go well together, unless, perhaps, you are from California. "B" is not an option. Select "A" or "C," please.
Shamelessly posturing for votes again, eh?:tsk: Well, two can play that game.

Wraps do not mix well with MOINK Balls. In fact, they are downright horrible. If you had any sense of taste at all, you would not vote for "A", but for "B" (which looks very yummy) or for "C" (also yummy).

Gore
03-06-2011, 02:32 PM
How can it possibly be called a sandwich without bread? I think even in California, sandwiches have bread, in fact, I think there're about 17 laws requiring sandwiches to have bread. Definitely should've been DQ'ed. Incidentally, I'd be all over that wrap.

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 02:45 PM
I would like to point out that the wrap, while labeled a "California Wrap", did not contain any sprouts of any kind. Any self-respecting person would disqualify that entry immediately, which (I fell) should call into question the integrity of the so called "Throwdown Moderator" this place has.

I think all from avocado-land would agree that a "double-down" version of a pulled-pork and cheese sandwich so oozes with California essence that it should have simply been declared the outright winner right away.

I tell ya, these things are RIGGED!

Gore
03-06-2011, 02:56 PM
But NONE of the entries have sprouts. That definitely is not an excuse. I should remind the voters that "B" is loaded with false claims. It simply is not possible to eat that avocado without utensils, as the skin is a definite choking hazard (not adequately labeled as such, I might add).

Incidentally, I will agree with Chris' comments regarding the moderator's integrity. He not only purposefully sabotaged Chris' entry by not selecting the photo I posted above that is much nicer, he also did not post my preferred entry photo:

http://atomicgator.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/unicorns-rainbow.jpg

JiveTurkey
03-06-2011, 03:00 PM
Just vote for the entry that was actually made in California, with ingredients from California, heck even the garlic for the garlic bread was from Gilroy, and finally it was all washed down with a wine from Napa Valley. Vote for me and all of your wildest dreams will come true.

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs4/300W/i/2004/220/d/b/Vote_For_Pedro_1.jpg

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 03:09 PM
Incidentally, I will agree with Chris' comments regarding the moderator's integrity. He not only purposefully sabotaged Chris' entry by not selecting the photo I posted above that is much nicer, he also did not post my preferred entry photo...
I definitely thought that your preferred photo artistically distilled the pure essence of California BBQ, and I bet had that picture been used, then the moderator would have felt there was no need to vote at all. It was like when Arthur pulled the sword from the stone...there was no need to vote then.

I am beginning to think we should post a poll about this moderator.

deguerre
03-06-2011, 03:09 PM
Dang Pedro. That's some doo homes.

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 03:10 PM
Just vote for the entry that was actually made in California, with ingredients from California, heck even the garlic for the garlic bread was from Gilroy, and finally it was all washed down with a wine from Napa Valley. Vote for me and all of your wildest dreams will come true.

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs4/300W/i/2004/220/d/b/Vote_For_Pedro_1.jpg
Actually...for some...that distills the view some others have of California BBQ. This is a tough one indeed.

Gore
03-06-2011, 03:11 PM
Ooooo, a poll! I just love to take polls!

Probably you are correct about using the unicorn. That really would've been unfair.

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 03:13 PM
http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/a/a8/Thor_Vol_3_8_Textless.jpg
As the moderator of this here Throwdown Forum, I must state that calling out of the Throwdown Moderator will not be tolerated.

deguerre
03-06-2011, 03:13 PM
Farking Throwdown Mods.:tsk:

Gore
03-06-2011, 03:18 PM
Dang, I see a whole bunch of typos crept into my posts. My fingers have been a little spastic lately. Must be the Kona. I have only the utmost respect for the mod of this subforum, even if he is a bit grumpy sometimes. :becky:

bigabyte
03-06-2011, 03:20 PM
He didn't say anything about polling a moderator though. Just sayin.