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Chicken Box 101 - Frostbuster 2012

5/7/2012

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Jeff link

5/6/2012 11:21:03 pm

Chicken Box 101--8

Josh KCBS CBJ

5/6/2012 11:23:35 pm

8 The sauce looks uneven. I wish they all looked more like the one on the top right. I also wouldn't put garnish on top of the meat - it makes the garnish a distraction.

al cbj/sbn/scba/pitmaster

5/6/2012 11:34:06 pm

7 messy box, too much glaze, garnish not pretty

Henry L CBJ- KCBS

5/6/2012 11:48:17 pm

8 Nice looking chicken

Rob - KCBS CBJ/Comp Cook

5/6/2012 11:50:03 pm

8 - The only things that are stopping this box from being a nine is that there is a little too much sauce and the parsley placed in the center really takes away from the chicken. Other than those two things, it looks good.

Dean (CBJ/cook)

5/6/2012 11:52:10 pm

Dean (CBJ/cook)

5/6/2012 11:54:19 pm

8 sauce a lil heavy for me, as an aside, the garnish in the middle of the box was distracting..

elkski link

5/6/2012 11:57:30 pm

9
holy hunking hunks batman

to bad that must be a DQ for marking.

Joey Fine CBJ/KCBS

5/6/2012 11:59:47 pm

9- looks great

Splat KCBS/CBJ FBA/CMBJ

5/7/2012 12:01:31 am

High 8, maybe a 9. Parsley in the middle is a bit over doing it.

Larry CBJ/KCBS/GBA

5/7/2012 12:42:10 am

7 - Oversauced and the garnish covers the meat.

M@ CBJ/KCBS

5/7/2012 12:47:06 am

8

Just a tad too much sauce for my taste

Rick cbj/kcbs

5/7/2012 01:13:24 am

Solid 8 maybe a 9
Great color nice lookin box. Maybe a little saucy but I'm
pretty forgiving on that

Bill KCBS -CBJ

5/7/2012 01:44:41 am

7 Why cover the meat with parsley?

Doug KCBS/CBJ CTC

5/7/2012 01:56:06 am

Nice looking chicken, but I HATE seeing the parsley on top of the chicken in the middle. Please don't hide the meat! I'd give this box and 8.

Jim H - SBN CBJ; KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 02:15:40 am

8 - The two "roses" in the middle of the box were the first thing I saw; garnish should never overshadow the meat. The chicken looks great, and should be the most notable thing in the box.

Bill cbj kcbs

5/7/2012 02:26:47 am

9
Good looking box

frank

5/7/2012 02:35:18 am

8 - chicken looks good but overwhelmed by the garnish in the middle

David/KCBS certified judge

5/7/2012 02:48:58 am

9. I want a piece of that chicken! Garnish adds to the already great looking chicken.

Noel-CBJ

5/7/2012 02:53:55 am

7--splotchy , diff sizes, sloppy sauce

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

5/7/2012 03:37:11 am

8
Looks okay, but not great. Sauce a bit uneven, lose the garnish in the middle as it distracts from the appearance of the meat!

Dick-CBJ

5/7/2012 07:37:56 am

Score 8. Nice entry, slightly oversauced or it would be a nine.

Deb/KCBS/CBJ

5/7/2012 07:49:10 am

Score: 8
Oversauced. If the cook had taken a lighter hand with the paintbrush, this would be a 9.

mkevenson CBJ

5/7/2012 09:23:52 am

The meat is not sculpted but the box is. This could be interpreted as an obvious tip off you a judge. I would ask the table captain to call the rep for a determination of DQ. The garnish in the middle is distracting and covers the meat.

Smitty - KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 09:35:16 am

7. Uneven sauce, 2 clumps of parsley in the middle do nothing to enhance the appearance of the meat but they do distract the viewer. The judges would probably be in line questioning whether the 4 corner lettuce - 2 clump parsley is "marking".

BlueSmoke

5/7/2012 09:41:07 am

KCBS CBJ/Comp Cook Nice box. Sauces a little heavy on front pieces. Garnish in center takes away from the appearance of the meat. 8

Abel CBJ link

5/7/2012 09:48:07 am

I score the box a 7.

Nice looking glaze, but it's a bit uneven in places and the chix pieces are not proportional and don't seemed to be trimmed. Plus I don't like the extra garnish "bushes" in the middle. Teams it's a meat contest not a garnish contest so no need to purdy up a box with garnish flowers. A nice clean trimmed garnish bed is more than enough.

John - KCBS/MCBJ, CTC, Rep/MBN

5/7/2012 11:28:36 am

Solid 8, maybe a 9. Nice looking box of yardbird. A bit saucy, perhaps, but it's typical of what I'm seeing in the judging tent these days.

Randy Stewart KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 04:04:01 pm

Score: 9 - Excellent color, trim, and placement. Nice box.

BBQ Critic

5/7/2012 09:59:42 pm

Original Frostbuster Scores: 9-9-9-9-9-9

Many BBQ Critic judges take issue with the "garnish" in terms of covering the meat, distracting from the meat and possible "marking" concerns. Not one judge at the live contest found issues with the garnish.

This was the first chicken box I presented to me to be photographed and I gotta tell ya judges, I saw an instant 9. I do believe it is the PHOTO that takes away from this particular box. So I can understand how scores here ended up lower.

Four judges scored this box 999, one judge 989 and the last judge 987 (the last judge was also non-certified). Whether that has anything to with anything, I don't know. I simply wanted to point that out.

Interesting comparison thus far...

-- BBQ Critic

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