IBCA advice, world food championship

kenthanson · Sep 18, 2019

I'm coming down to Dallas from Canada for the world food championships and we've only ever done PNWBA and KCBS so looking for some insight into IBCA. I know the turn in is pretty strict as far as layout and numbers go but anything beyond that would be helpful. I've heard that because it's gen-pop judging that you should be extra tender.

Also if there is anyone in the Dallas area that can hook up an international team with some gear that would be amazing. Thanks.

ModelMaker · Sep 19, 2019

It looks to me like your about to enter a fist fight with everybody else having clubs.
Your planning on crossing the USA to enter a contest that you don't know the ins and outs of without all the equipment needed. A very scary thought to me.
BUT, it surley can be accomplished with enough investigation and pre-planning, much like your doing here. And I hear everybody and their sister in Texas has extra BBQ smokers.
Good luck, we'll be watching.
Ed

Right on Q · Sep 19, 2019

ModelMaker said:
It looks to me like your about to enter a fist fight with everybody else having clubs.
Your planning on crossing the USA to enter a contest that you don't know the ins and outs of without all the equipment needed. A very scary thought to me.
BUT, it surley can be accomplished with enough investigation and pre-planning, much like your doing here. And I hear everybody and their sister in Texas has extra BBQ smokers.
Good luck, we'll be watching.
Ed

While some of this may be true why be a downer?

I wished I lived in Texas and could help these folks out. Seems like it would be a great time.

kenthanson · Sep 19, 2019

ModelMaker said:
It looks to me like your about to enter a fist fight with everybody else having clubs.
Your planning on crossing the USA to enter a contest that you don't know the ins and outs of without all the equipment needed. A very scary thought to me.
BUT, it surley can be accomplished with enough investigation and pre-planning, much like your doing here. And I hear everybody and their sister in Texas has extra BBQ smokers.
Good luck, we'll be watching.
Ed

We are a member of the Canadian bbq society and they purchase two golden tickets to the world food championships and the top team from the east and the west get invited to go. The top teams out west were going to the jack instead so the invite came to us. The main division for the wfc is there own EAT division but they make it a double and pair it with a Ibca so since we’re down there then why not take a shot. It would be to Cody prohibitive to drive down so we’ll fly and borrow what we can and just enjoy the experience, have fun, explore Dallas and meet lots of new people.

egorham · Sep 20, 2019

If you do a Google search for smoker rentals in Dallas you will see a number of places that rent them for about $100-$150/day. I would also try the party rental places since many of them rent smokers as well. The party rental places and some of the smoker rental companies will rent coolers, tables, tents and chairs. You can get a pretty good setup without breaking the bank if you are having trouble finding equipment to borrow.

kenthanson · Sep 20, 2019

egorham said:
If you do a Google search for smoker rentals in Dallas you will see a number of places that rent them for about $100-$150/day. I would also try the party rental places since many of them rent smokers as well. The party rental places and some of the smoker rental companies will rent coolers, tables, tents and chairs. You can get a pretty good setup without breaking the bank if you are having trouble finding equipment to borrow.

Thanks, never even thought of that. WFC furnishes international teams with a 10x10, chairs and tables.

Jorge · Sep 23, 2019

Cook it until it's KCBS done, and then cook it another 30 minutes.

When you are trimming your brisket, trim it up so that the slices will fit in the box.

Good BBQ is good BBQ and it wins. That being said, if I had a sweeter flavor profile I might back off the sweet a bit if cooking your average IBCA contest in Texas. Without knowing where the judges are coming from for WFC I'm not sure that I'm offering solid advice.

Read the rules. If you believe in filling the box for a better presentation you have to do it with the required number of samples (thus the brisket trimming advice), you can't just add more meat.

If you do a practice cook, follow your program and after you box it let it sit until it's room temp or slightly warmer and taste it. That's what the judges will taste.

Prepare yourself for the extra time between categories. I can ruin some really good meat with the extra time compared to KCBS times.

PM me if you have any other questions.

kenthanson · Sep 23, 2019

Jorge said:
Cook it until it's KCBS done, and then cook it another 30 minutes.

When you are trimming your brisket, trim it up so that the slices will fit in the box.

Good BBQ is good BBQ and it wins. That being said, if I had a sweeter flavor profile I might back off the sweet a bit if cooking your average IBCA contest in Texas. Without knowing where the judges are coming from for WFC I'm not sure that I'm offering solid advice.

Read the rules. If you believe in filling the box for a better presentation you have to do it with the required number of samples (thus the brisket trimming advice), you can't just add more meat.

If you do a practice cook, follow your program and after you box it let it sit until it's room temp or slightly warmer and taste it. That's what the judges will taste.

Prepare yourself for the extra time between categories. I can ruin some really good meat with the extra time compared to KCBS times.

PM me if you have any other questions.

Thanks, yeah the extra time between turn in will be the biggest difference I think. Do you know why the windows are so spaced apart?

For the WFC anything goes, a team last year in the brisket category made a ground brisket buger so that ones just an open book.

Jorge · Sep 24, 2019

kenthanson said:
Thanks, yeah the extra time between turn in will be the biggest difference I think. Do you know why the windows are so spaced apart?

For the WFC anything goes, a team last year in the brisket category made a ground brisket buger so that ones just an open book.

The additional time is due to the judging process which is different. I don't know that it's better or worse, since the cream seems to rise to the top regularly, but it's different.

Go to the cooks meeting, listen, and ask the Head Judge any questions you have. I suspect it may be Laura, but don't know. She's great and will be as helpful as she can be.

Good Luck!

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