The American BBQ Showdown

Turned this on to watch during my lunch. Seems like what you would expect from a show like this. There was a point where someone said they were shooting for an IT of 170 on ribs. I think a graphic popped up saying that ribs weren't considered safe until cooked to 195. I thought they would be safe at 170, but just really tough.
 
drunkenmeatfist said:
Turned this on to watch during my lunch. Seems like what you would expect from a show like this. There was a point where someone said they were shooting for an IT of 170 on ribs. I think a graphic popped up saying that ribs weren't considered safe until cooked to 195. I thought they would be safe at 170, but just really tough.
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I don't think it said they would not be safe at 170...I think it said tender.
 
That's unfortunate. Ribs are actually safe at 145, not that you'd eat them there.

edit - they're probably safe far below that in a smoking environment, since food safety is a function of temperature and time. The temps recommended by the FDA are temps needed to instantly kill 99.99% of bacteria, but you can also kill 99.99% by holding at a lower temperature, for longer.
 
pharp said:
I don't think it said they would not be safe at 170...I think it said tender.
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I looked at it again and the judges seemed worried about the tenderness. The graphic said " 195 is the recommended IT for safely cooked ribs". Nit picky, but they could have left the word safely out of the graphic.
 
don't think the top guys cook ribs by temp rather by looks and feel ( bend in the ribs) at least i do.
 
Just finished the whole series and was not disappointed. What I liked about it was taking cooks out of their comfort zone and taking different approaches to barbecue and was a good watch IMO.
 
I'm 5 episodes in an I'm enjoying it. Rasheed is my favorite. Every time he speaks, I can't get over how much he sounds like Dennis Haysbert (Major League - Jobu / Allstate spokesman).
 
I’m a bit embarrassed that as the OP, it took me until tonight to start watching.
Got in 3 episodes. Although there were a few cringe-worthy moments, I liked it.
 
Didn't know anything about it- so I flipped it on this morning.

Having a hard time getting into it.

Not crazy about the judges/hosts- but they do seem to have some real characters as contestants.
 
Nuco59 said:
Didn't know anything about it- so I flipped it on this morning.

Having a hard time getting into it.

Not crazy about the judges/hosts- but they do seem to have some real characters as contestants.
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I didn't care for it based on the first episode, but I had nothing else to watch last night so I kept going. It gets better. They grow on you.
 
I stopped in the middle of episode one. But I have it in mind up for this evening. A couple of adult beverages seems to help my bbq experience- I think I'll give this watch the same treatment.

I'm looking forward to it.
 
I watched the first episode last night it was ok I’ll probably watch the series. I was hoping this was more of a behind the scenes of kcbs contests. Similar to the first season of pitmasters, that was my favorite season of that show.
 
I am assuming that this show was filmed over several days and if that is right then I wonder why they made everyone wear the same clothes every day. Did they buy everyone 10 sets of the same outfit? Or would everyone have to change clothes at the end of filming each day so someone could take them all to the laundry?
 
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