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Chicken
10) Iowa Smokey D's
9) Short Creek BBQ
8) Meadow Valley BBQ
7) Quau
6) Pork County BBQ
5) Smoken Big Dawgs
4) Southland Park BBQ
3) Iowa Outlaws
2) Pondarosa BBQ
1) Shotgun BBQ

Ribs
10) Meadow Valley BBQ
9) Racoon Flatts
8) Buster Dog BBQ
7) Dry 2 Da Bone
6) Pork County BBQ
5) Cant Quit Smoking
4) 4 Mile smokin Crew
3) Quau
2) Grumpy Old Farts
1) Vinny's BBQ

Pork
10) Quau
9) Dry 2 Da Bone
8) Boondoggle
7) Poppas pit
6) Ponderosa BBQ
5) Brians Beef
4) 4 Mile Smokin Crew
3) Iowa Outlaws
2) Iowa Smokey D's
1) Meadow Valley BBQ

Brisket
10) Grumpy Old Farts
9) Blazed BBQ
8) Pork County BBQ
7) Shotgun BBQ
6) Quau
5) If You Got'em Smok'em
4) Brians Beef
3) Ponderosa BBQ
2) Vinnys BBQ
1) Iowa Smokey D's

Overall
10) Dry 2 Da Bone
9) Vinnys BBQ
8) If You Got'em Smok'em
7) 4 mile smoken crew
6) Pork County BBQ
5) Ponderosa BBQ
4) Shotgun BBQ
3) Meadow Valley BBQ
2) Quau
1) Iowa Smokey D's
 
Heres how the judges looked when they ate my food..:icon_sick

I just as well crapped in the box. Probably would have scored better. :mad: The pork was 12th. That was the best I did and I'm happy I got that since my pork is typically the one that tanks.

It was a humbling experience and will NOT happen again. :cool:

Roo...can I borrow your party again?:mrgreen:
 
I thought we weren't going to talk about it! :frown:


There was no mention of scores. I'd say the samething if I finished......lets say 13th?..:biggrin:

And I have to vent..It helps me cope.:icon_smil
 
My pork pics.

Damn nice box.!.should have scored better. OK, maybe not.

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Well Ray, Since you didn't ask I'll give you my thoughts anyway!!!
I'll give you a high 7. That center section of pulled just doesn't strike me as real taste tempting. Maybe try to get a better sampling of similar sized pieces. Some pieces are very large and yet you see some strings of meat. My second thought was where did all those sliced pieces come from? Is that the money muscle from 2 butts?
Lastly your garnish is near perfect! Not overdone, not skimpy but just enough to surround the offering in a very unobtrusive way.
Just some random ramblings.
Nice job.
ModelMaker
 
Thanks for the input modelmaker.
I would also agree on the pulled but that was about all I had.
Yes the slices came from the money muscle off 2 butts.
 
I'll show our pork pic when my brother emails it to me. It got 9's from all 6 judges for appearance.

Hey, what's the first tiebreaker to determine higher place when the top 5 judges scores are tied?
 
We got 8th in pork, not as good in others.

Chicken - 27th, yes DAL. No excuses, I turned in crap. Got it up to the desk at 12:04 without even taking a bite. After giving Don a quick hand with ribs, I tried a bite and knew I turned in crap.

Ribs - 13th, we were happy with what we turned in. We were hoping for a call, just wasn't to be.

Brisket - could have been cooked a bit longer, but we were disappointed with our place. I don't have the score sheet, but it placed somewhere in the 20s.
 
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Ray / Bobby,

Don't hang your head too long guys. You're both great cooks and you'll bounce back next time!
 
Ray, here's our pork:
998 978 987 988 977 986 = 159.4286 (tied with 7th, this got 8th)
guess the judges liked the way it looked, but didn't think the tenderness was all that. One more tenderness point and it would have been 5th - :icon_pissed sadly I don't know what to change there.
 

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