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Fernandina Beach Rib Cookoff (Fernandina Beach, FL) March 15th

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dougmays

dougmays

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I'll be heading up to Fernandina Beach for there yearly Rib cookoff in 2 weeks! This will be a fun event to narrow our focus on just Ribs (Spares AND Babybacks) as well as the optional Chicken competition. Also no vending so this will just be a fun event and with less stress.

If your in the area come check us out and we'll shoot the poo for a bit! 

More to come...
 
and I know it will be some of the finest food a person could eat.... thanks anyways... going to Daytona next weekend and then gonna try and get a trip in over to Port St Lucie to see the grandson in some spring training before going to N FL.... weekends will be tied up for a month or so... but like I say.. kick ass and take names later.... :biggrin:
 
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Yea i'm not sure where exactly the venue is but it its on the water that'll be even better!
 
it doesnt say an address, only says "main beach park"...but I just emailed the event director asking for a physical address because i am not familiar with Fernandina Beach at all. I'll let you know as soon as i do
 
From the organizer....

"The event is held at Main Beach Park, 25 Tarpon Ave. If you are coming from I-95, take exit 373 East and head onto Amelia Island. Once you go over the bridge, continue on SR 200/AIA until you reach Atlantic Avenue. You will take a right onto Atlantic Avenue and head east until you reach Tarpon Ave. (the left right after Fort Clinch St. Park). Take that left and the event site will be about ¼ mile on the right."
 
Hey, pretty sure the wife and I (maybe a kid or two as well) are going make the trip up for a little while.

Question....... I see the turn in is at 11-11:30-12.  What would be the best time to come and stop by?  I don't want to come when you guys are busy but I'm not getting there at 8 a/m either.

I suspect it would be after turn-in and before awards?

Doug
 
JckDanls 07 said:
as soon as he drops off the last turn in.. he'll be ready for a beer and a shot .....
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10-4 on that! haha!

Yea anytime after noon is cool. if you wanna come early and see how we do the turn ins your welcome to come and watch. But we'll be settling down and enjoying ourselves after noon and till the awards ceremony 

looking forward to meeting ya!
 
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It was good to meet ya.  Nice to put a face with a name.
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It was nice to meet you as well Doug! Wish you could have tried some of the competition food before i had to haul it off to the tent. 

Competition was nice, great setup by the beach! I think we made some of the best ribs we've ever cooked for competition, unfortunately to our dismay the judges didn't agree. We placed right in the middle of the pack which i guess could have been worse. 

Biggest disappointment was chicken which we got dead last! I'm really hoping there are comments because the scores i saw posted when we were all hovered over the computer were remarkably lower then even the person ahead of me. The only explanation i can think of is a disqualification or something, but i double checked temps and each piece was well above 165, clear juices flowed and no blood in the samples pieces we ate. Nice smoker color and taste. Really disappointed in that. 

They said that even thought this wasnt a sanctioned event, 75% of the judges were sanctioned FBA judges and i guess the rest were celebrity judges. The thought keeps going through my head that maybe by chance i got 5 judges that were not familiar with BBQ and saw the smoke coloration in the chicken meat and they thought that pinkness meant it wasn't cooked properly. but maybe i'm just making excuses.

But i would do this event again! We also got some good feedback on some of the sauces we sold and added new "friends" to our facebook page haha!
 
Here are some pictures! Let me know your thoughts on the meat turn-ins. Just a note: this competition didn't factor in Presentation. So boxes aren't as pretty as we normally do.

About 9am getting, ribs have been cooking and getting ready for the chaos :)

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Our setup! The Tarp company sent me the wrong size tarp so i had to "patch" it up with our banner

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Sold some of our goods to pay for travel costs :) 

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New addition to the team...Mr. Pigglesworth

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Taking a peak at the Spares

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Chicken Turn in

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Had some really good receding of the bones on the Spares!

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Come on, these aren't in the top 20?? ;)

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My friend brought her kids and this little guy especially loved all the BBQ!

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decent smoke penetration on the baby backs

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well... If I could taste them I could tell ya.. :biggrin:

as far as pictures go.. Ribs ...that's an awful lot of pullback.... a little to done maybe ?
Chicken ... I'm not a big fan of the thigh... don't really have a comment for them


But anyways ... I'm sure y'all had a blast... and the PIT area sure is shaping up (looks good) .... glad to hear ya supplemented your trip with some sales... Thumbs Up
 
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