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Pork Box 171 - Frostbuster 2013

12/11/2013

Frostbuster 2013 - Special BBQ Competition Coverage (non-sanctioned event): Judge scores from this contest will be posted along with BBQ Critic Online Judges scores & comments after all judging has closed. It will be interesting to compare the live scores to the BBQ Critic online scores. www.bbqcritic.com

BBQ Critic

12/10/2013 07:42:53 pm

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Score/Reasons = 9, reasons such as nice meat looks moist, etc

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David - CMBJ/KCBS

12/10/2013 11:08:00 pm

score - 8

Ike, KCBS CBJ

12/10/2013 11:16:15 pm

Score = 9.

Good looking pork entry! Nice bark and color and the pork looks juicy and tender. I love this sample!

PS CBJ

12/11/2013 12:23:55 am

Score 8
The presentation is plain pulled pork. No sauce. The meat does look moist, but only a taste will tell, The burnt ends could have been cut a little better, as they are not uniform.

Larry MCBJ

12/11/2013 12:39:58 am

9 - Nice color, bark, and appears moist.

Note- The different garnish in the corners could be marking the box.

Michael Cannon

12/11/2013 12:47:40 am

8 - needs some sauce.

Jim H - CBJ SBN/KCBS

12/11/2013 12:57:26 am

Score/Reason = 8/Meat looks good, not too much sauce and a good mix of bark and pulled.

Suggestion: While there are enough bark pieces to see the outside of the butt as well as the inside, consider marketing them in the same way you might with burnt ends. It's certainly not necessary, but it makes for a more direct presentation. Just a thought ...

Lorne Rae

12/11/2013 01:27:21 am

7. Looks moist, good layout but could use more evenly spread bark.

George

12/11/2013 01:33:49 am

8 - Would look better with more in the box. Nice bark. Looks moist.

Doug KCBS MCBJ & CTC

12/11/2013 02:13:00 am

Score = 9, Great looking pork box. Meat looks moist with nice big chunks of bark. I would look forward to tasting this box.

joe

12/11/2013 02:17:02 am

9 - Excellent! Nice bark, meat looks very moist, I really like this one!

Dick-MCBJ/CTC

12/11/2013 02:30:12 am

Score 9. Great looking entry again. Nice presentation, moist and nicely sauced meat.

BlueSmoke KCBS CBJ/COMP COOK

12/11/2013 02:49:35 am

9...Gooding looking pork. Nice bark. Meat looks moist.

The garnish is overpowering and takes away from the meat. Removing the corner lettuce would tone it down.

Frank KCBS MCBJ CTC

12/11/2013 03:22:57 am

Score/Reasons = 8. Looks a bit over-cooked and dry (not much); may just be the picture. Still want to try this one!

Suggestions/Comments = No need for the garnish embellishment.

Dan KCBS CTC, MCBJ

12/11/2013 05:30:27 am

9 nice looking box

Dan S

12/11/2013 07:11:14 am

score = 9

RandyE

12/11/2013 09:00:53 am

9, The meat looks nice. But I don't care for the lettuce in the corners. Over board to me.

MoleBS

12/11/2013 11:38:39 am

interesting greens but I will give the MEAT an 8

GregG KCBS/MCBJ

12/12/2013 09:11:33 am

8- Some shred, some chunks, a little bark, I like it. Very good presentation.

Moopie

12/13/2013 01:02:50 am

7... looks dry from this picture

Comment: I LIKE seeing the variety of garnish however, it doesn't affect my scoring. Some judges don't like to see variety in garnish and even though we are taught not to include garnish in the score, it still happens... I'd stick with one type of garnish.

DJ Martin

12/14/2013 01:11:28 am

Score/Reasons = 9 Looks moist, plenty of bark. Good looking box.

jaja01 KCBS MCBJ CTC

12/14/2013 07:17:57 am

Score/Reasons = 9, the box really looks good. Just the right amount of sauce.

Suggestions/Comments = Maybe the only thing is make sure the meat is arranged a little better. Keep the circumference of the prestened meat more uniform

Shawn-KCBS CBJ and Comp Cook

12/14/2013 07:39:35 am

I would score this box a 9. Meat looks moist and bark looks amazing.
Suggestion: try to fill the box up with meat if possible.

Jeff KCBS CBJ

12/14/2013 04:15:20 pm

score/reason 7 little dark in color borderline burnt, looks moist. The burnt part of the bark makes this look unappealing

Jeff T - CBJ/KCBS

12/15/2013 12:53:38 am

Score 9 - Meat has great natural color with nice amount of bark. Looks moist and juicy without the sauced appearance, making me think when I sample this one, I am going to taste smoked meat. Interest arrangement of greenery, however some in KCBS may challenge it as a marked box because of the lettuce in the corners. Good job anyway.

Matt P. link

12/16/2013 12:49:17 pm

Score/Reasons = 9, meat looks moist even without sauce. Good BBQ really shouldn't need sauce and this cook appears to have confidence in his meat. Then again, maybe he just got in a hurry and forgot the sauce; my mouth is watering either way.

Suggestions/Comments = I love all the bark chunks too, that's usually the best tasting part so keep putting them in.

BBQ Critic

12/16/2013 03:48:38 pm

Box 171
Live Judge Scores at Frostbuster 2013
Appearance/Taste/Tenderness
997 989 888 989 878 998

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