Throwdowns and such

[uncle eddie]

I used to enter a LOT, then tailed off for the same reason as prior posts. My plated shots just don't look "magazine quality". They look more like National Enquirer newspaper quality.

Maybe have a random prize, or 3, for non-winners (the camera "ungifted" entries).

 

[JckDanls 07]

because if I don't I'll never get better

So true... So I had/have my grandson racing Motocross for his entire life (he's 32 now) and we are/were very competitive and looking to get better... I always told him if you don't practice with the fast guys you'll never get fast yourself... Same thing Colin1230 is saying...

 

[Central PA Cowboy]

I’d love to be more active, just too busy.

 

[Brokenhandle]

There's times we are all too busy! I missed the gravy throwdown from being too busy... and I love my gravy! So I enter when I can.

Ryan

 

[BigDave11]

first, thanks to the generous sponsors and members that give their time to organize and run these. its really cool that we do this with some great prizes.

I entered one, and cooked and photographed a dish for another that i forgot to submit in time. It's tough for a bbq forum to hold a contest and judge strictly on a single picture. Its a picture contest, not a cooking/smoking/bbq contest. I think it would be cool if the community could submit idea for and vote on the theme of the contest.

maybe a good idea could be, if the theme was, say, pork ribs. you have to submit 3 pictures. 1 while its cooking, 1 after cooking, 1 with meat cut showing inside.

i think there would be more community involvement in the throwdowns if we could decide the theme and maybe revisit the rules to make it less of an instagram-esque picture contest