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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the class! Harry Soo certainly is passionate about BBQ and cooking in general. I've heard that the class is more backyard specific but if you ask specific questions about competition cooking he'll answer. Was Donna there too?
Have fun judging. I'm guessing turn ins will be better than most comps. I wonder how many of the teams cook this way all the time anyway? Even Harry Soo uses a Stoker for fan / pit temp control.
At competitions I still foil (crutch) my butts and brisket after they hit an internal temp of 165 - 170 - or whenever the color looks right for what I'm going for. The most important step at the end of the cook is to drain 90% of the liquid out of the pan or foil you are crutching the meat in...
Sorry - Meat, Inc. won't be competing this weekend at Santa Anita - BUT - there are lots of great teams there and lots are open for People's Choice. The last event there was awesome and I encourage all to check it out if you can. All the BBQ Teams will be on the infield.
If you go - tell them...
Welcome Bugwump! Tons of great info here with lots of people ready to answer questions and share in your success!
You can check out the SoCal group for some more "local" chatter too!
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/groups/show/23/so-cal-smokers
My suggestion would be to leave room to add a Santa Maria grill - even a 24" x 36" would be great. A show piece and a great way to have another type of cooking surface / temp for different things.
Gary was the first one to welcome most of us to the forum and always had positive feedback and thoughtful suggestions for everyone. His support of SMF Forum and the BBQ world in general has left a void that will not soon be filled.. I was lucky enough to meet Gary in person a few times and I...
Sounds right on the calculation. The next thing to do is make some tweaks for different beer styles and carbonation values.
Or get some kegging equipment
I would use turbinado or white sugar before honey.
Personally I disliked bottle conditioning (the process) so much that I switched to kegging the beer and if I had to bottle some I used a inexpensive counter-pressure filler to fill the bottles. Near instant gratification and a lot less work. ...
My BBQ Team is competing this weekend in Santee. Open to the public and a HUGE Car show on Saturday - 9am - 5pm, live music, lots of stuff to see - and Meat, Inc. BBQ Team. We are cooking up a few hundred pounds of People's Choice meats this weekend including over 50lbs of pig candy and a...
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