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.
Ribs onto the smoker.
The shadow makes one of the slabs looks like its done already!
The turn in box
What's a party without wheelin' in the Ranger?
Topic: Chicago area (Palatine) cook-off comp (Read 7470 times)