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Chicken Box 113 - Frostbuster 2012

5/13/2012

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Splat KCBS/CBJ FBA/CMBJ

5/12/2012 11:31:57 pm

As a suggestion, using chopped chicken in the bottom of the box will hide a multitude of problems if you are not going to use garnish.

however, meat look great. 8, maybe 9 in person.

Scott A. KCBS/CBJ

5/12/2012 11:43:58 pm

8
The skin on the top center piece just looks raw. I know it's not but it doesn't look good. If this all looked like the top right piece this would be an easy 9. There is juice with some sauce in it coming out from under the front left pieces. I most certainly would not consider that pooled sauce. It's just juicy goodness.

Bob

5/13/2012 12:06:34 am

Score 7 Nothing really outstanding, but refreshing to see a box of meat. I would want to encourage this cooker to continue cooking, learn what wins and I am curious about the taste of this chicken.

Randy Stewart KCBS CBJ

5/13/2012 12:09:33 am

Score: 8 - Color and trim looks good, placement looks a little jammed in which took away from the overall appearance for me.

Rick cbj/kcbs

5/13/2012 12:25:27 am

don ousley

5/13/2012 12:46:13 am

score 6

Scott P. CBJ

5/13/2012 01:07:28 am

7 - While I don't like too much sauce this looks a little under sauced or is that rub added after cooking?

George B

5/13/2012 01:16:56 am

5 - this one just doesn't do it for me. Color, shapes, and sizes are uneven. Not an appetizing box.

David/CBJ

5/13/2012 01:26:06 am

7, maybe an 8 in person. Nothing pops with this entry with me. Pieces do look moist, but just not very appetizing. Struggled with whether to deduct for the gelatinous poolings, and decided to because that is one of the things with this entry that make it not very appetizing. No deductions for lack of garnish and smudges on sides of container - garnish not mandatory and smudges could have happened at turn-in.

Joey Fine CBJ/KCBS

5/13/2012 02:02:57 am

I like it when cooks do not mess with garnish. But to pull it off the meat must look REAl good. To me this does not look REAL good. I would have to score this one a 7.

Larry CBJ/KCBS/MCBJ/GBA

5/13/2012 02:26:44 am

8 - A little attention to detail would get a 9. Neater arrangement and centered in the box.

That chicken juice lets me know it'll be good!!!

BlueSmoke

5/13/2012 02:30:14 am

KCBS CBJ/COMP COOK
DQ-sauce pooling. If not a DQ in the Reps opinion-7. Uneven color and size of the pieces.

Dick-CBJ

5/13/2012 02:42:29 am

Score 7. This entry just lacks any real appeal for me.

Smitty - KCBS CBJ

5/13/2012 02:50:30 am

7. Above average.

Dean (Cook/CBJ KCBS)

5/13/2012 03:10:19 am

8 I love the absence of distracting garnish! Color is a bit pale and uneven, sizing is inconsistant, I enjoy the "chicken is the headliner" look

Mike S.; KCBS & CBJ & BBQ-Brethren Registered Judge

5/13/2012 03:58:03 am

9 - The chicken looks excellent.

Ray

5/13/2012 01:34:31 pm

Takes some B#$%'s to put chicken in the box without greens but this team pulled it off..

8. be a 9 if the juices were coverd up. Maybe move the chicken towards the bottom of the box so you don't see the juice.

Big AL - SLBS CBJ

5/13/2012 01:57:37 pm

7

Pretty clearly not on par with others. Pale, saucing and sizing issues. A good effort though.

rod lively

5/13/2012 02:52:55 pm

cbj/comp cook,8

Tom KCBS CBJ

5/13/2012 03:12:03 pm

Irregular pieces, pooling juices are legal 8

Bill cbj kcbs

5/14/2012 01:12:01 am

8
It would have been nice to see amore uniformity in size

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

5/14/2012 01:12:01 am

8
Another box with chicken pieces that are too dissimilar to be excellent. Otherwise, this looks great.

Deb/KCBS/CBJ

5/14/2012 02:25:35 am

Score: 8
This is some really good lookin' chicken, but my eye is drawn to the glop of glaze/sauce on the lower left. This doesn't appear to be intentional pooling, but it is distracting. Could also be that it happened after the cook released it, so no point deduction- just sayin'.

Rob - KCBS CBJ/Comp Cook

5/14/2012 02:49:55 am

8 - Chicken looks good. Has a nice color and not too much sauce. Just need a little more work on the presentation to get it up to a 9.

M@ CBJ/KCBS

5/14/2012 08:33:49 am

9

Fighting the "don't judge the greens..." big time here, was gonna throw an 8, but the meat looks VERY appetizing. The little drip of sauce lower left would also be very well hidden by a garnish - but it's not "pooled sauce" at all. In fact it shows by sight just how juicy these will be!

John - KCBS.MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN

5/14/2012 01:21:20 pm

8. Nice bpx, but if you're going to trim that hard, trim them the same. And there's a lot of unused space in that box. I ignored the smudges on the insides of the box, they could have happened in handling.

Frank

5/14/2012 02:57:31 pm

8. Could be the lighting, but the outside right pieces appear much darker than the top middle piece. Looks juicy; I'd like a piece.

BBQ Critic

5/14/2012 08:20:18 pm

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

Very consistent scores between BBQ Critic & Frostbuster judges!

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