--Previous Message--
: This weekend Jerry Vandergriff cooked with
: Commando BBQ for his final task to achieve
: the rank of Master Judge. Congratulations
: to Jerry! We had some very good discussions
: about barbecue and I have no doubt that he
: is indeed a master.
:
: Huge thanks to Jerry for helping me improve.
: We talked about how I cook, what ingredients
: I use and what steps I go through to prepare
: my box. I asked him for his honest opinion
: as a judge and he gave me good, critical
: feedback in a helpful manner. Although I was
: doing a lot of things correctly, he said my
: sauce wasn't quite right for SCBA. The
: flavors were too strong in some areas (ie:
: too sweet, spicy, tangy). Early Saturday
: morning, he sampled the pork and said it was
: terrific on it's own. We couldn't decide
: what to do about the sauce, so we decided to
: leave it out and see what happened to my
: scores. (My barbecue went commando!) The
: risk worked and I learned a lot! We scored
: 7th and I had my best scores ever.
:
: I also let him help me prepare the pork,
: select the turn-in meat and build the box.
: We truly worked as a team. He got a first
: hand experience of the pressure we have as
: cooks, and the diligent amount of works it
: takes to build a box.
:
: It was an excellent weekend in Union with a
: cook and a judge. We had a good time and
: learned a lot from each other. One of the
: reasons I love SCBA is all the friends and
: the comradery between teams and judges.
:
: I'm looking forward to future cooks with
: judges.
:
: (Side note, I would not advocate going
: without sauce. My taste score wasn't so
: good, but it was my personal best score.
: Just proves that Jerry was right, and my
: sauce was the problem.)
:
: Looking forward to next season!
:
Responses « Back to index | View thread »