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Brisket Box 102 - Frostbuster 2012

6/15/2012

Frostbuster 2012 - Special Live BBQ Competition Coverage
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Bob

6/15/2012 01:46:15 pm

Score 9 Good looking meat that appears to be well cooked and I would love to taste the chunks

Larry KCBS/CBJ/MCBJ/GBA

6/15/2012 02:13:20 pm

9.....A little thick but will allow the next test sway my vote.

don ousley

6/15/2012 02:50:50 pm

meat is very dry but the outside looks great.
score 7

Mkevenson CBJ

6/15/2012 04:01:02 pm

7
Edge patrol

John - KCBS/MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN, MABA

6/15/2012 04:36:31 pm

9 - very nice box.

rick cbj/kcbs

6/15/2012 11:54:55 pm

8 great lay out. TOP of meat looks great need to see the face of the meat

Dick-CBJ

6/16/2012 01:12:31 am

Score 8. The slices look "proped up", by the ends. I would like to see the slices laid out and the ends seperated.

Splat KCBS/CBJ FBA/CMBJ

6/16/2012 01:25:53 am

Excellent. 9.

Burnt Ends Rule

BlueSmoke

6/16/2012 01:39:09 am

KCBS CBJ/COMP COOK
Good color on the slices and burnt ends. Front slice looks dry. Slices should be spread out to balance the box. All the burnt ends should be together in front of the slices. 8

Kev B / KCBS CBJ

6/16/2012 01:51:36 am

Score: 7

The meat looks nice but wish it was laying down more so could see inside of meat and not just all bark. Dont like the few pieces of burnt ends up front and full row on back. My eyes keep focusing on the few up front and not the slices. I think they (burnt ends) could have been little more uniformed.

Doug - KCBS Master Judge

6/16/2012 07:50:05 pm

Good looking brisket. Looks a little discolored in spots, maybe from an injection. I'd give this one an 8.

rod lively

6/17/2012 01:22:10 am

comp cook/ cbj, 8 looks good wish i could see more.

Frank, CBJ

6/17/2012 02:32:54 am

8. Would like to see more of a slice. Would look better centered. Lots of meat in this box!

Smitty

6/17/2012 03:26:48 am

7. Those slices look awful thin. fan the slices so we can see the meat.

Paul D - CBJ

6/17/2012 02:03:00 pm

7
This looks like a face with a bow tie to me. Why put a bunch of burnt ends on top then 4 pieces on the bottom? I could see 6 nice pieces on the bottom then bonus on top but this is just confusing. It is also crooked in the box, not quite diagonal not quite straight. Symmetry is very important in demonstrating that effort was put forth in the preparation of the dish. That little bit extra leads one to believe the food is probably very good which leads to higher appearance scores.

Scott A. KCBS/CBJ

6/17/2012 11:25:58 pm

8 quite possibly 9 in person
Would like to know if those are true burnt ends or not. More and more judges are commenting on the faux ends we are routinely getting. They are usually just burnt chunks of meat and are not as good as the brisket slices. It is affecting scores at events I have judged this year. (six so far) It happened this Saturday. There was a good brisket slice but the ends were awful. Every judge would have graded higher without the ends being present.
I feel that teams would be better served by not submitting burnt ends unless they are real ones

Tom - CBJ/ KCBS, MBN, NCPC & comp cook

6/18/2012 02:08:48 am

9
Looks great from what I can see. Would like to see more of the face of the slices, but what I see looks excellent.

Bill cbj kcbs

6/18/2012 06:08:17 am

9
Good looking box

Scott - CBJ

6/18/2012 10:27:41 am

Pretty good looking entry. Maybe fan out the slices a little. - 8 -

Henry L CBJ-KCBS

6/19/2012 12:36:15 am

Abel CBJ link

6/19/2012 08:19:29 am

KCBS CBJ

Meat looks great, but would be better presented if it where on a slight angle.

I give it an 8

Tom KCBS MCBJ

6/20/2012 02:37:24 pm

This box needs symmetry the burnt ends do not balance the box. Brisket pieces need to be at a lower angel so the judges can see them. All thet said 8

M@ CBJ/KCBS

6/25/2012 02:19:37 am

8

While the product looks good, the presentation takes away from how appetizing it looks. I dunno exactly what it is, but I'd call it "Box Design" - the way the meat is laid out lacks what I'd call good design. Maybe a later submission will highlight what I'm talking about.

HMJ- CBJ KCBS/MBN

6/25/2012 04:23:49 pm

9- LOVE THE PRESENTATION, CAUTION MIGHT WANT TO SPAN SLICES OUT A LITTLE MORE SO WILL HAVE SAME AMOUNT OF ROOM IN BACK AS IN FRNT, HOWEVER THIS WILL NOT DEDUCT B/C MEAT LOOKS MOUTHWATERING

Stephen - CBJ/KCBS

6/26/2012 03:58:14 am

8 - The meat looks appetizing, but the placement is very distracting. You obviously had lots of good meat to give to the judges, but box still looks a bit empty. Fan the slices out more to show off the smoke ring and ensure that all slices are cut completely through. It looks like you have burnt ends that are very wide rectangles, you can reposition them vertically so they all fit on one row. If they look good on the sides then position them at the base of the box, if just the tops look good put them at the top behind the slices.

BBQ Critic

7/3/2012 05:55:22 pm

FROSTBUSTER BBQ JUDGES "Appearance" Scores:7,8,8,9,9,9

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