BBQ Pitmaster show on TLC tonight

[alx]

We cooked a wagyu and a angus brisket at a comp once....We ended up turning in the angus.....

The high heat is more common then folks think...


we were next to Tuffy(COOL SMOKE) at the first comp of the year in salisbury,md.








This pic was like 1 a.m. and he is just starting to warm up his rig.Bad picture,but i was suprised he was just warming it up....





Obviously some folk are cooking much quicker....

 

[geek with fire]

Can't find the original source, but saw this on another forum a few months ago. Not a confirmed source, so take it for what it's worth.

"The KCBS Board is hereby requested by Myron Mixon of Jack's Old South competition cooking team, whom upon discovering an inadvertent error in registering for two contests on the same date, under the same name, and to further the Spirit of BBQ competition and the Creed of KCBS that the results of each contest be modified to award the Reserve Grand Champion in each case the Grand Championship, and all other places be corrected accordingly. Jack's Old South wants to do do what is right and honorable thing.
Myron Mixon stated he made a mistake in filling out his applications and he is sorry for that. Jack's Old South was meeting an obligation and promise he made to a friend and organizer of the Myrtle Beach, SC contest several months ago. After that the TLC BBQ Reality Show came along and it was a fast paced deal. Myron Mixon never intended to get or want points from two contests. The KCBS Board stated Myron Mixon has never done anything but promote BBQ and KCBS and other BBQ events. Myron Mixon and Jack's Old South is a team of integrity that loves BBQ and the competition and will compete by the rules of any organization and abide by those rules. Vote:
11 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions"

 

[kurtsara]

I had a similar post back about 10 posts

 

[alx]

He did inject his brisket.Alot of em do not even cook the point.If you just need 8 slices from the flat and you can get a tender product at those times/temps...Why change!!!

Alot of folk grill/smoke the thighs in a foil tin with thighs half covered in butter...When myron showed his thighs in the cupcake holders the next step was the butter....Bizare what wins in comps...though anybody can be a judge if you pass the course...

At our first comp of year 50 of the 100 judges were first timers...We know a table captain and he sais it was sad for the competitors...They barely new rules on certain things...but with 98 teams they needed judges

 

[bman62526]

Regarding comps...I plan on participating in a couple this next summer, but both of them are the "backyard comps" - basically, just amateur stuff. It doesn't cost as much to enter, and there are fewer categories than with the regular KCBS comps, but I figure it's a good way to get my feet wet just seeing what it's all about.

As a far as the show, I think the drama is blown a little out of proportion, like others here have said - toally for ratings. I wouldn't let that discourage anyone from doing a real life, "non-telivised" comp...as I'm sure that's a lot more fun going on at these comps, than what you see on TV. Just my thoughts...

 

[geek with fire]

Yea I saw that. It's what actually led me to look for the quote. What I was trying to point out is that Mixon actually initiated the request to the KCBS to be disqualified.

 

[alx]

The night/day before is best time.The day of comp is serious and the show didnt show that well...Some great people and some you know whats...

 

[bman62526]

Exactly! I would LOVE all the fun leading up to a comp - maybe more than the comp itself...

I like to camp out, cook outside (obviously) have a party, listen to tunes, bust out the guitar, etc...then after all that - what better way to kill a hangover, than by smelling sweet Que all morning the day after the party.

 

[alx]

Exactly...It is also a great place to meet local caterers/bounce ideas around etc....Some real characters and the hangover part is so true....

Joining a new team out of deleware this year and the other cook is a older gentleman who is a riot.

 

[smokey2569]

Myron is the man. He needs his own show.

 

[eman]

Here in louisiana we have some kind of fair or festival allmost every weekend in the spring ,summer and fall.
Before there was allways jambalaya cookoffs but now alot are moving to
Grilling / smoking comps.
our cooking team from saltycajun.com is doing a comp dec 12th.
not only Q but a seafood comp , wild game comp and (other). cost $20 per catigorie to enter.
It's a charity cook off that is part of a fund raiser for a marine who was parylized from the neck down in a freak accident right at the end of his basic training.
Funds to be used to help w/ exspenses that the govt. will not cover.
For the smoke comp, i am doing 2- 7 lb boudin stuffed pork loins.
i believe we are doing chilli for the other and grilled redfish on the half shell for the seafood. doing a deer and rabbit sauce piquant for wild game.
The rules state that whatever dishes you fix must have at least 10 lbs of meat. They are selling bracelets for $10 that allow you to taste everyones cooking. So far we have 34 teams doing at least one catagorie.
this is about all the comp i want.

 

[pignit]

I enjoy the gettin together and the smokin and the eatin and the guitar playin. I think the competition part would take away from the fun for me with judges that are trained as to what tastes good. I'm just not that competitive.

I think it would be fun to have 20 competitors smoking and judging themselves. You get to taste everybodies smokin except your own. Presentation wouldn't count... just sittin on a paper plate with a fork.

 

[oneshot]

Now that would be a comp. that I would enjoy. Helping our serviceman is an honorable and the right thing to do.

Being the present administration is severely lacking in this area!!!!

 

[figjam]

Any idea who Smokey D is?

I am from Des Moines originally, and my SIL's brother (doesn't really make him my BIL, but you get the jist) does do some competitive queing. I don't know what name he uses though. I'll have to try and find out.

 

[thunderdome]

I thought it was funny hearing how the judges were "trained" in meat judging.

I know they're going off texture criteria, etc.

But I'm curious who would have won with a flat out blind taste test

 

[alx]

Thats what i dont like about competing.....Taste and tendernes are 3/4 of score and appearance is judged first.If the entry does not look perfect it will effect other scores....even though its not supposed too...The judges are told not to judge smoke ring on brisket,since tenderquick will produce one....but judges i talked with will lower appearance if its not there...Same with the garnish...Almost everyone uses the parsley"putting green" box.....

 

[the dude abides]

I don't know any of them personally. Good ribs though. They have a couple of resturants in town.
http://www.smokeydsbbq.com/
Be sure to click the link to the Taste of Elegance winning recipie, Maple Bourbon Glaze Ribs (and more). Got to try that out sometime soon.


My guess/prediction would be that this will be a season long competition much like "Deadliest Catch". Each show will give updates of where on the points and money scale each of the featured teams (meaning the teams that TLC is paying) rank against each other. Remember that there are a lot of other teams there that are not being shown on-camera, yet we kept hearing their names during winners announcements. I'd guess these teams didn't want to commit to doing the full circut. Meaning, those teams we saw last night will more than likely be in most if not every one of the episodes. And legally TLC can't put the others on TV unless they pay them or get their permission to do so.

If Myron has backed out of his win last night that will be the big draw for a while to see if he can mount a comeback. It'll just make him meaner and more swearing as he trys to climb out of the hole. The Slap Yo Daddy dudes from California will be the lovable yet competent comedy relief, the kid from Texas will eventually start to get to his act together (never win, but will start to move up) because his wife will demand that he either shapes up or they're going back to Texas. I also think the kid is going to loose his cool at some point and start a fight with someone. The Wood Chick's will be the obligatory attractive female trying to prove their worth in a man's world. They'll impress and make everyone respect them. Tuffy will be the normally level headed guy who trys to get along with everyone, Trigg will just get more cranky as the season progresses.

Just my predictions.

 

[placebo]

Got me wondering about the Parsley Putting Green Box. It does look good, but to me that takes away from the true spirit of the BBQ comp which IMO should be based solely on how good your food tastes, nothing more.

 

[the dude abides]

Question for you guys that do some comps...
It looked like there were quite a few judges set up there. How does that work? They only turned in one box in each category. How do all those people judge off that one box? Or are there different tables of judges for each category? And what, 6 judges for each category?

 

[got14u]

ditto....That is my major turn off of comps...way to much attention on $hit that doesn't matter for good BBQ...it should come to them on some old brown paper with a side of white bread.