My 2nd BBQ Comp......getting better!
Posted: 12 Aug 2013, 07:53
Hey guys, well had my second comp this past Sat. It was another peoples choice with all the teams cooking butts at the National Baseball Congress World Series here in Wichita sponsored by Yoder Smokers and All Things BBQ. I had the Yoder Kingman in action as I was doing 6 butts. I had a great time, was way more organised than my 1st comp so things went much much smoother. Heck I even got 8 hours of sleep the night before lol.
My only issue was.....what do people not understand about a peoples choice event? I cant tell you how many folks said to me after tasting my samples "wow, this is good I wish I hadnt voted at the 1st tent" There was a tent that had 4 cooks all doing different butts and had 4 voting boxes, which they then combined into one. From what I understand they were doing a "Which do you like best of the 4?" and people were casting their tix for 1 of the 4.......sigh.
The NBCWS folks running the comp really didnt have a clue as to how to do something like this as it was their 1st time so no one told that one group they could not combine their votes. Oh well, there was no prize on the line other than bragging rights, and it was experience for me for the local KCBS comp in Sept. But man I had fun, got to meet some really good folks, and gained some experience. I was 1 vote from a tie for 3rd, but I got invited to cook the peoples choice portion of the KCBS event in Sept with the Yoder Smokers/All Things BBQ team so that made me feel great.
Looking good Buff!