What the teams turn in to the judges and what teams put out for the people's choice is totally different. So judging another teams competition bbq by what they have on their serving table is not accurate.

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: I can tell you there was something very bad
: with the judges at Saluda Shoals. We scored
: extremely low, almost slap in the face low.
: We had an SCBA judge with us all night as he
: was doing his overnight cook to become a
: "senior" judge. He tasted our
: meat right before it went in to turn-in box
: and said taste, texture, and tenderness were
: "spot on". Then he called us
: later that day to find out where we finished
: and we got dead last in taste and
: tenderness/texture. And he said that was
: ridiculous, that there is no way we were
: dead last and that low. So, I dont know
: what taste and tenderness these judges think
: they were looking for, but they shouldnt be
: judges. The public absolutely loved our
: Que. There were numerous people sampling
: that made special trips back to us to tell
: us ours was the best by far. Even a SCBA
: judge came out after the judging and sampled
: it and said it was a "17". These
: terrible judges are going to drive
: competitors away from the Columbia events.
: These same ridiculous judges are going to be
: doing the Harley event in 4 weeks. Heck the
: one Que that finished in the money in the
: top 5 tasted like crockpot que soaked in
: chicken stock, it was gross and they got 4th
: or 5th. That's embarrassing.
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