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pharp
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I shared a similar thought process as the OP after my first few competitions. After thinking about it I came to two conclusions.
1. You are really cooking to a rubric that evolves/changes over time. If you can't swallow that your cooking to a crowd-sourced rubric, competition BBQ is not a good hobby because you will go crazy.
2. The best cooks are awesome cooks that have also cracked the code of this rubric. If you threw these cooks into a contest that had restrictions on sauce, rubs, ingredients, etc they would still rise to the top because of how well/consistent they cook.
1. You are really cooking to a rubric that evolves/changes over time. If you can't swallow that your cooking to a crowd-sourced rubric, competition BBQ is not a good hobby because you will go crazy.
2. The best cooks are awesome cooks that have also cracked the code of this rubric. If you threw these cooks into a contest that had restrictions on sauce, rubs, ingredients, etc they would still rise to the top because of how well/consistent they cook.