BBQ Pitmasters Show

[red stick bbq]

I watched episode #2 and was really disappointed. Not what I was hoping for. This show seems to be more backgound/drama as everyone has mentioned.

And I agree, I believe Myron is just playing to the cameras. He may be a bit arrogant, but what true competitor you know isn't just a little cocky?

The best BBQ show I ever watched was The All Star BBQ Showdown which was on the old Outdoor Life Channel. They took some pros, mixed them with some backyard chefs and put them into a unique contest. From IMDB, "This show takes a look (albeit brief) inside the world of competition BBQ. It takes two well known cooks (or teams) as well as local "amateurs" and has them compete for a chance to win cash. The cooks do not know what they are cooking or what they are cooking on until that day.All ingredients are given but they are allowed to bring one "secret ingredient." After they finish, the results are then judged by a panel of BBQ judges. The contestants view the judging on closed circuit so they are allowed to hear the judges' comments. This is good for the Qers because this isn't allowed during real competition." They cooked on anything from a high end Cookshack cooker to a sinder block pit for pork butts! You could really learn some stuff!

Mike Davis from LottaBull BBQ won it. Now, you want to see a nice humble guy who can really cook? Mike's your man. Myron was in it too. As I recall, he had some "choice words" for the judges.

Here's a little video of it I found on Youtube.

 

[fire it up]

Every other word out of his mouth is damn.
"I'm here to do some damn cooking and if you don't damn get out of my damn way then I'm gonna have to damn you in damn damn damn cause I'm the damn best"
that's about how Myron sounds.
I like the show, not what I was expecting but it is a good show except I absolutely despise Myron.
He seems like the captain of the football team who never experienced defeat and so he doesn't know how to properly act around other people in a somewhat civilized and "normal" manner.

Claiming that if you didn;t win it wasn't because of your cooking or the meat but because you have "sorry ass judges"

I'm sorry but that guy, good at BBQ or not is not what this art is all about.
Competition or not, rivalry or not that guy is pretty much a scumbag. I'm sorry to say but I truly do not think he KNOWS what BBQ is truly about.
Just because you can cook a piece of meat doesn't mean you know what this is all about.
The common goals, friendship, enjoyment of some of the finest things we can enjoy on this Earth and that guy pretty much puts a damper on it.

Myron is pretty much the Kanye West of BBQ, thinks he is the greatest, no respect for others and everyone is wrong except him...

Thinking of making a youtube parody of that show, I think it would be kind of funny, especially making fun of him with his "dolled up hair and dolled up rigs, but I also love Trigg, that guy is a humble, old school true barbequer.
And he probably does carry a pistol in his boot...

 

[danj]

If 3 or more say it, is it true? My wife said he is a jerk (she wont swear but i think she would agree with jackass.... yup it means jackass. ) I guess it must be true. I would also agree.

 

[gnubee]

Almost every successful reality show has to have a bad guy on it these days. Its TV kiddies you have to roll with the punches. Talking smack is what the public wants.

If you watched Myrons line of BS patter and listened carefully to what he said about impressing the judges and researching them long before the competition even started, how he gets a sense if they like lots of sweet sauce, or do they like more just the naked meat itself to get you a win. He had lots of tips in there for anyone of us who want to get into competitions. You have to cut thru the bs and listen to what he is actually saying. If you take any other footage of that show both episodes you will learn more by listening to him brag his rude ass off than all the other contestants combined. He even opened his rig a bit pulled out some drawers for the camera and showed off his setup. Sure it was just to show off but the end result was you got to see a bit of his rig.

I forgot the lady contestants name , She offered up a few tips and things. Which is really what I am watching the show for anyway. I watched her beat Bobby flay by a whisker. Her joy just because he thought enough of her to show up with a throwdown was really a fun thing to see. Genuinely nice person.

I like everything I saw about that show, even was amazed at how hard that kid was to wake up. As for letting his fire go out, I watched that happen for real at the Trail BBq competition. When people realized it they went all over looking for the guy to alert him. Its a comp but still they are all friends.

I think the last 3 or 4 minutes of the show were most telling of all. It was after the judging and the awards were over with. Myron and all the rest of them walked around congratulating each other in what looked at least to me genuine friendship and respect. I'm surprised the producers didn't cut that brief glimpse of the true reality of the show. Even the drunk showed a bit of class in the end, albeit a tad late.

I don't doubt for a moment that that guy has a holdout gun in his boot.

 

[fire it up]

Lee Ann Whippen

 

[ddave]

Dave

 

[kurtsara]

That must be for a MBN contest and not a KCBS contest, you never know what the judges like at a KCBS contest other than maybe like the vinegar based sauce or something like that, or am I missing something?

 

[red stick bbq]

Kurt, this comp was a combined KCBS and MBN. Myron blew the KCBS part, but he could wow the judges with his rig, his technique and his thick line of BS.

Some may say he's rude and crude, but he can apparently turn on the charm and impress MBN judges. Even Lee Ann admitted his rig was designed for just such a competition.

And I've heard him mention more than once that he uses a huge water pan...it's got me thinking for sure.

 

[csmith2884]

I also am no myron fan, but I will say I respect what he said about this being his job and he was there to win and friendship and such was second to that. He also was right on time and really had a smooth time with the hectic schedule.

That being said experience and equipment must have a lot to do with that 3 independent smokers on that rig SWEET. I am fascinated with the equipment but the cost vs what they win.They show lifetime earnings for champions and I don't think it would pay for the hauler much less the rig. OMG I will keep watching but with one finger on fast forward and one on pause when they show the gear.

 

[ddave]

He also talked about all the different points you inject on a whole hog. Again, that's MBN stuff I guess, but if you listen closely, he does inadvertantly weave a few tips in there.

Admittedly it is pretty hard to hear the tips when they are buried in that really thick coating of bull s**t.

Dave

 

[carpetride]

I must be the oddity...I liked this episode better than the last...didn't have the kid. Myron always talking in third person gets annoying. Somebody should bet him to have a 30 minute conversation, the challenge would be for him not to talk about himself.

 

[got14u]

LOL....that's funny

 

[pepeskitty]

You could do another bet.....he couldn't use the word damn for five minutes of talking.

These are very safe bets to be sure.

 

[hungryjohn]

Myron's original place was in Vienna, GA (opened by his daddy, I think), always did pretty good, but then he opened a place down the road in Cordele, just off I-75, and filled it with his trophies.

The barbecue there was quite ordinary, nothing that anyone would think about entering in any contest, but he was trying to sell it mostly to yankees heading for Florida and probably figured they wouldn't know any better anyway.

I talked to him at a small contest in N. Florida and told him I had eaten there. He said he was closing it because they had raised his rent to the point where it was just impossible to make a profit. His brother was running the place in Vienna. Don't know whether it closed too.

 

[igolf2]

Not sure how fair this whole series is as far as the competitors and their equipment - Myron with his $100k+ rig with 3 special smokers - one for each meat versus two guys with a couple WSM's!?

Kinda reminds me of Major League Baseball.


Give them all the same smoker and meat then pick the best - that's what I would like to see.

 

[fire it up]

If he was truly that good, and running a business and not relying on comp. for a living then he should have put out better food.
You're going to do your best for the judges but not serve your best to the folks who eat at your place and by buying a meal are putting a meal on your plate?

I'm just saying, if he was truly that good a raise in rent wouldn't matter, hell, if he was that good he should have had his own Q joint on his own land and not worry about rent.
I guess damn guys and their damn sillyness kept his damn place from being a damn hit and that's is all because of the damn sorry judges...

That guy really needs to grow up.

 

[ddave]

Doesn't matter in KCBS. It's all blind judging. Whoever cooks the best wins.

Only in the on-site judging of MBN would the judges know who is cooking on what.

Dave

 

[smokeon]

I understand what you're saying there. And I think it's a common practice that BBQ resturaunt owners/BBQ Cometitors will serve their best to the judges at the competition and something else/less to their customers. Someone here suggested that Myron is using $200 briskets in competitions. How does one run a resturaunt serving something like that and stay in business?

It could also be a lack of motivation -- competition cooking looks like a lot of work. Could one run at the competition pace -- cooking all night long every day 7 days a week? Although it could be economics factoring in as well. Intensive labor requirments raise the cost of doing business.

I was at a local KCBS competition as a spectator and tried some ribs from one of the professional vendors there. They had a huge facade on their booth and tons of trophies on their counters. Their ribs were Meh and my wife commented that there's no way they won those trophies with the ribs they served us. And for $30 for two dinners, I felt I had been cheated.

 

[txbbqman]

It is a competition, each brings their own stuff and therefore their own style,
it is the same in IBCA as it is in KCBS. It's all blind judging.

My rig, while nothing compared to Myron's has lost to a guy with a single UDS, and I aint scared to admit it

 

[coyote-1]

'Fair' ain't the issue. Besides, it ain't the size or price of the rig that makes the difference.... think of the most costly violins in the world such as Stradivarius and Guarnieri. Now think about your 6-year-old neice taking lessons via the Suzuki Method, and she's on her third lesson. You think putting a Strad in her hands will suddenly make her sound awesome?

Unfamiliarity with gear could lose you a contest, but even being completely familiar with a $100K rig won't guarantee you a good showing. That comes entirely from your ingredients, effort, knowledge, and caring.