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Chicken Box 104 - Frostbuster 2012

5/7/2012

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Josh KCBS CBJ

5/6/2012 11:17:39 pm

8 It looks like there is too much sauce on these.

Rob - KCBS CBJ/Comp Cook

5/6/2012 11:41:49 pm

7- Like the color, but way too much sauce. That much sauce really takes away how appetizing it is for me. Also, place the pieces a little closer together to close the gaps between them.

Henry L CBJ- KCBS

5/6/2012 11:56:50 pm

7 Way to dark in color. Might be a higher score in person, Probably tastes great.

Dean (CBJ/cook)

5/7/2012 12:01:49 am

8 nice color, sizing, arrangement..looks appetizing

Splat KCBS/CBJ FBA/CMBJ

5/7/2012 12:04:34 am

8 sauce appears excessive. Could be the photo

Joey Fine CBJ/KCBS

5/7/2012 12:07:08 am

Would give this box an 8.

elkski link

5/7/2012 12:31:13 am

9 but it is almost to dark! nice shape... nice gloss..

M@ CBJ/KCBS

5/7/2012 12:51:36 am

8

Oversauced

Larry CBJ/KCBS/GBA

5/7/2012 12:57:46 am

8 - Oversauced and clean the lower right side of the box.

Rick cbj/kcbs

5/7/2012 01:27:48 am

7
want to give an 8 but cant get past that sauce
looks really thick

Bill KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 01:49:35 am

8 - would have been a 9 if lower right thigh was more similar in shape and without that white speck

Bill cbj kcbs

5/7/2012 02:31:08 am

9
Good looking box

Jim H - SBN CBJ; KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 02:31:28 am

7 - Clearly I have an issue with sauce; the only thing I can tell about the chicken is the sauce; the meat may be great, but I can't see it.

frank

5/7/2012 02:34:15 am

7 - I am bouncing between 7 & 8..it does not look appetizing to me, but the placement and size is pretty good

Doug KCBS/CBJ CTC

5/7/2012 02:50:30 am

Sauce looks nice and even. The are all pretty uniform in size. Some might think the color is a little too dark, but I like it. I'd give this box a 9.

David/KCBS certified judge

5/7/2012 02:56:31 am

Probably a 9. Too much sauce for my taste, but that's just a personal preference. Everything else looks really good to me.

BBQ Critic

5/7/2012 09:30:52 pm

David - KUDOS! I like how you have managed to your put your "personal preference" aside on sauce and score this box as the cook presents it - not letting your own personal bias overcome your decision to score this box a 9.

Awesome. :-)

Oh, and I am not saying other judges here are wrong for their scores based on thick looking sauce (to each his own). I do, however, like how David gave the benefit of the doubt to the cook, and not succumb to his own bias.

-- BBQ Critic

Noel-CBJ

5/7/2012 03:05:11 am

7-- over sauced and splotchy with goobers, sauce on garnish

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

5/7/2012 03:43:37 am

8
ALMOST looks like chicken. But will you be able to taste chicken through all that sweet looking sauce??? Lost a wee bit of appetizing appeal to me.

Dick-CBJ

5/7/2012 07:45:48 am

Score 7. The chicken is oversaused and to dark to be a nine.

Deb/KCBS/CBJ

5/7/2012 08:00:04 am

Score: 8
Even tho this cook has the right idea (consistent size of pieces, layout, etc.), the chicken is WAY oversauced. Lighten it up and this would be a 9 all day long.

mkevenson CBJ

5/7/2012 09:16:39 am

8
a bit dark but may be the photo technique. clean up the sauce splotch on the box.

Smitty - KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 09:40:45 am

7. Pretty dark, heavy sauce, uneven sauce, sauce splotch on the front of the box. Good trim job though, sizes are pretty even.

Abel CBJ link

5/7/2012 09:53:11 am

KCBS CBJ

I score the box an 8.

Glaze looks great and sauce and sizes are almost right on. Sauce is a bit dark, but it's a pretty good looking box.

BlueSmoke

5/7/2012 09:55:12 am

Good looking box of chicken. May be over sauced. Not sure if the sauce on the lower right clasp indicates a marked box. 8

John - KCBS/MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN

5/7/2012 12:27:01 pm

8. Too dark and sauce too gloppy for me.

Randy Stewart KCBS CBJ

5/7/2012 04:32:36 pm

Score: 7 - Placement and trim of the pieces are good. However, the pieces are very dark, appear to have too much sauce on them, and they are smaller. This chicken appears to have been overcooked.

BBQ Critic

5/7/2012 09:24:30 pm

Frostbuster BBQ Judge "Appearance" Scores: 7,7,8,9,9,9

BBQ Critic judges were also pretty consistent with the Frostbuster judges. One common issue brought up was "dark sauce."

-- BBQ Critic

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