Brisket Box 147

2/1/2013

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1/31/2013 08:30:02 pm

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Ike, CBJ/KCBS

1/31/2013 10:57:48 pm

Score=9! Great presentation! This brisket looks very appetizing and hopefully tastes as good as it looks.

Suggestion: Please let me know where you will be cooking!!! :)

jim v mcbj

2/1/2013 12:10:21 am

8 brisket looks good and score would have been a 9 had the fat on the top been rendered and caramelized into bark. the fat rim is a little off putting.

john kcbs

2/1/2013 12:19:44 am

Score: 9 - Excellent ! !

Mike Cannon

2/1/2013 12:21:46 am

7 - love the 'burnt' ends(9) - hate the slices(5) - grey, dry looking, not enough smoke.

Deb KCBS MCBJ/CTC

2/1/2013 12:44:36 am

Score: 9 Very nicely done!!

Suggestion: Be the cook that comes up with "Taste-O-Vision" so we don't have to just sit here drooling! Good job!

Frank KCBS MCBJ

2/1/2013 12:50:43 am

8 - Another manipulated picture. It would be helpful to try to take the picture as the judges will see the box. Not sure what to make of the presentation in the back. It looks like a mixture of BEs and pulled. I like the fat on the slices but it may put some judges off. As a suggestion I would trim the fat on top. The slices look very good but I'd like to see a bit more bark.

Scott - KCBS CBJ

2/1/2013 12:50:54 am

Score = 9. Delicious looking brisket. Appreciate that both the burnt ends and the slices are included. Both cuts look delectable. This is a great example of meat allowed to stand on its own without too much sauce. Very nicely presented.

Greg MCBJ/KCBS

2/1/2013 02:11:26 am

score=9 can't get much better. just needs eatin

BlueSmoke KCBS CBJ/COMP COOK

2/1/2013 02:17:19 am

9...Meat looks moist. Nice bark on the Burnt ends. Even cut slices.

Meat is covered by the garnish. Either raise the meat with a bed of lettuce or put the garnish lower in the box.

Ed KCBS MCBJ

2/1/2013 02:27:31 am

Nice full box. Like the non square BE's. Not a fan of manufactured post cook slicing, but as presented, a good job of cuts. Slices a little thick, but I like 'em thicker.
I'm in for a above average 7

Sugg;
I think you'll find as many judges hate the fat strip as like it, you may be better off putting it at the bottom and not let it distract in your presentation score. You'll find out how it's accepted at taste and tender scores.

Bill F.

2/1/2013 02:46:06 am

8 I like this one, nice slices, arrangement excellent, perhaps a bit dry but not clear from photo.

Jim S. KCBS CBJ

2/1/2013 02:57:50 am

Appearance Score: 7
The slices look dry and dull. The Burnt Ends? (looks like some shredded there as well) is where the party is. I want some of those.
P.S. Nice work on the garnish. Keeping it simple keeps the Judge focused on the brisket, not the greenery.

Gregory Blume

2/1/2013 03:07:51 am

8 Box looks nice, nice arrangement, my question is why is the top of all the slices differant,uneven, not 1 matches?

John - KCBS / MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MN & MABA Judge

2/1/2013 03:21:24 am

7 - This brisket looks uninspiring. Slices appear to be almost gray. Slices also appear not to be facing the same direction (some fat is on left, some fat is on right). I can't tell from the photo what that jumbled pile at the top of the photo (behind the slices) is supposed to be.

Suggestions: If the jumbled pile is supposed to be burnt ends, leave out the slivers and pulled meat. If the pile is supposed to be pulled meat, then use all pulled meat. Don't do, like what appears here, a dumped jumbled mix of both pulled and burnt ends meat. They are two very different things.

Paul KCBS/CBJ

2/1/2013 03:54:02 am

7 - Dry looking fatty flat, radom odd looking pieces of point.

Seaton Hall

2/1/2013 04:02:20 am

8. Slices look dry. The chunks look moist. I'm not a big fan of showing the fat on brisket slices.

Chaz D kcbs CBJ

2/1/2013 04:17:21 am

Score: 9 Nice!
Suggestions: You might want to trim the top fat a little better. It doesn't bother me but I know a lot of judges are really put off by un rendered fat.

Rich M CBJ/KCBS

2/1/2013 06:21:18 am

Score = 7 I like how the bark in the back looks but the slices look a little dry.

Suggestion: Put something on the slices (sauce, drippings etc.) to make look more moist.

Buzz--judge---cook--bbq slut

2/1/2013 08:11:00 am

seven

Like seeing the meat presented fat side up--the burnt ends/pulled could be a little better organised--think the slices look better if trimmed before cooking

Doug KCBS MCBJ & CTC

2/1/2013 08:21:12 am

Score = 9. I was going to mark down for the uneven fat on top of the slices, but came to the decision that was nit picky. The burnt ends look awesome and I would be looking forward to tasting them.

Suggestions: I had to think bit about giving a 9 rather than it just being automatic, which it should for a well organized box like this. I like a little fat and it is tasty, but ruins the symmetry of the slices for my eye.

Shawn-KCBS CBJ

2/1/2013 09:56:38 am

I would give this box an 8. Slices are trimmed very uniform and burnt ends look great! I would score this box a 9 if the fat was trimmed off the slices.

Larry MCBJ

2/1/2013 12:43:54 pm

9 - VERY nice presentation and the TC thanks you, too!!!

Greg cbj kicks

2/2/2013 01:12:44 am

8

Maybe add less meat to the container to make it look less crowded

Jim H - CBJ SBN/KCBS

2/2/2013 06:24:07 am

Score: 7-8 - The meat appears a bit dry and the top of the slices could be cleaned up a bit to give a more symmetrical appearance.

Suggestions: The meat in back could be better placed for a neater appearance; be careful to trim the bits sticking up on the slices toward the back.

Dan KCBS CTC,MCBJ

2/2/2013 07:11:45 am

Bill C. - KCBS MCBJ/CTC

2/2/2013 07:22:16 am

SCORE: 9. Can't wait to dig in.

Kev B

2/2/2013 09:45:13 am

SCORE: 8 I like you pulled burnt ends but do not like color on the bark of the slices.

SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS: The bark on the slices of this weird brownish color that keeps my going to it instead of the meat itself.

Matt KCBS CBJ

2/3/2013 12:24:24 am

9 - Excellent looking box. No suggestions for improvement. Well done!

TerryA

2/3/2013 08:28:03 am

8 - a little bit too much fat showing on the slices and the uniformity seems a bit out of place. Not sure about the pulled pieces at the top.

Tony S CBJ

2/4/2013 11:54:14 pm

7 looks like strips of brisket, not burnt end chunks that I expect

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

2/8/2013 02:15:43 am

8
Looks pretty good, but lacks that "WOW" for a 9. Appears a bit dry too.

Dwain - KCBS/CBJ

2/8/2013 05:01:44 am

6 - average

Comment: Slices look dry in photo. May look better in person. However cubes/chunks/pulled looks moist.

Suggestion: Align slices and cubes/chunks/pulled for even balance appearance. Increase moist look in slices more like cubes/chunks/pulled.

Glenn KCBS CBJ

2/13/2013 11:45:12 am

8 - Nice looking box. Well balanced. I would have liked to see a little color in the bark.

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