The table captain has no authority. When we act as table captains, we are there to assist the judges in following KCBS rules, ensuring that each judge writes the proper team number in the right place on the judging slip and plate, places the sample in the correct spot on their judging plate, circles the proper category on their judging slip, and that they have the correct table number.
It is not the table captain's job to ask for an explanation of the judge's scoring. That is the rep's responsibility, and since comment cards are voluntary, even a rep cannot require a judge to fill one out (though they can ask the judge, if that judge deigns to hang around after judging, WTF?)
A 1 is a DQ and can only be allowed by the KCBS Rep. Even if the meat is raw, it can only be a 2 (inedible), not a 1. If the judge did not get a sample because pieces were stuck together or there were not enough, then a judge would see a 111, but not a score in taste and a 1 in tenderness.There was some weird stuff going on for sure. We had no problems, our scores were fairly normal. But our next door neighbor had something like an 8 6 1 score on one of his meats, can't recall if it was pork or ribs.
I didn't think that was possible to get a 1 from a single judge, unless maybe it was raw meat or something:shock:
1 contest I did this summer I got a 2 in chicken. All others were 8s &9s. went to the rep and said it was raw. So could be that one piece was not good. comment cards would be good
I requested a copy of the judge slip, and I'm told I'll get it in a few days. Sure if it was an 8 I would have moved up to 2nd place in chicken and gotten some extra $$, but that's not the point. I just would like to know if someone truly hated it that much. I still think that writing out three or four would eliminate any concerns about typos.
I requested a copy of the judge slip, and I'm told I'll get it in a few days. Sure if it was an 8 I would have moved up to 2nd place in chicken and gotten some extra $$, but that's not the point. I just would like to know if someone truly hated it that much. I still think that writing out three or four would eliminate any concerns about typos.
Well I don't know for sure how it works, but I thought going from dropping a 3 (counting a 7) to dropping a 7 (counting an 8 ) in taste would give me 2+ points.
Do you drop the lowest total score, or the lowest score in each category, appearance, taste, and tenderness? I always thought, perhaps incorrectly, that it was the lowest score in each category, not the sum of the lowest scoring judge.
Last year we took third in brisket and had a 929 for one of our score. I asked the rep to look into it, actually just hoping that there was a comment card. It was a keying error, should have been an 8, and we were quietly awarded 1st place after the fact, plus the additional $$. If award $$ is at stake, might be worth asking.
Brett
Earlier this year I was awarded third in ribs. Right after awards it was loudly announced that presenter misread and I should have been fourth, but I would get to keep the $$$ even though I offerred to return it. I asked to make sure I understood how I came in fourth, and as it turned out, the announcer was right all along and I got third. They never loudly announced that I was that good, but at least I got my check and the knowledge.
dmp