So the end of a successful day is finally here. While the competition wasn't fierce, only 5 total rib competitors...I was able to win first place! There were a total of 4 people doing the judging for today. I took my time today, learned some more stuff, and turned out what I thought was a pretty good turn in box. I don't think the competition part of cooking is for me, but I'm glad I tried it once. It's a lot of time and preparation.
Here are a few pics from the day. So many people stopped to look at the grills I had on display, many questions if I painted them, are those real, is that yellow grill homemade? I laughed, but a lot of people thought the display grills were super cool. Every team that cooked ribs had 3 slabs to do, we were given baby backs. The turn in box consisted of 8 ribs (2 per judge). The rest was sold to people at the fest at 1.00 per sample (1 bone each). The just over 2 slabs I had remaining were gone within 20 minutes. Lots of positive compliments from the public. I was hoping to have a small trophy for the win, but cash was the prize today and that's never a bad thing!
Started the day with a quick rub (on the ribs) in the morning. Everything had to be prepared the day of.
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Ribs onto the smoker.
The shadow makes one of the slabs looks like its done already!
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The turn in box
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What's a party without wheelin' in the Ranger?
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