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Pork Box 174

1/30/2014

 
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This box was submitted by a competition BBQ team to be scored on appearance by Certified Online BBQ Judges at BBQCRITIC.COM.
BBQ Critic
1/29/2014 04:43:43 pm

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Christopher James
1/29/2014 09:27:05 pm

Score: 7 box nicely arranged. cook took the time to identify the money muscle and present it along with pulled chunks. however, meat appears dry. Here, dare I suggest, garnish would have helped the meat appearance. It does not help that the image presented is small and not properly exposed...

Tiffany - KCBS CBJ
1/29/2014 10:04:10 pm

9 - This pork looks darn good! I probably would have wiped off what looks like a couple heavy blobs of yellow sauce, but that's not gonna keep me from a 9 here.

...wondering how many people will comment on the lack of garnish...

Doyle
1/29/2014 10:28:32 pm

9 - Nice looking box. I like the way you presented the meat. Nice selection.

Ike, KCBS/CBJ
1/29/2014 10:57:12 pm

Score: 9.

Nice presentation without garnish...good job. Meat looks very inviting!

Dan KCBS CTC, MCBJ
1/29/2014 11:20:41 pm

9

RandyE
1/30/2014 12:43:31 am

I give this one an 8. The gap between the sliced and the pulled give an odd look.

Frank KCBS MCBJ CTC
1/30/2014 12:59:37 am

Score/Reasons = 8, poor picture but giving the cook benefit of doubt. Can't tell if there a bit too much sauce in some areas, but meat has nice bark and appears moist.

Suggestions/Comments = Back up to include the whole box and add some flash to even up the lighting. Tough box to judge due to picture quaity.

DJ KCBS/CBJ
1/30/2014 01:13:32 am

Score/Reasons 7 I had a difficult time with this one. It's kind of sloppy and not sure what that piece of green matter is but it still looks juicy and appetizing.

Shawn Higgins
1/30/2014 01:32:23 am

Score = 5

I am tossed on this one. The presentation is clean and the pieces at the top of the box look uniform and have a really nice color. The group below looks to be large pieces that were pulled and then cut. Those pieces look to be very fatty and I'm trying to determine what the "yellow - greenish" thingy on the top of the pile. I think it's a piece of garnish...but there is no garnish in the box. Too bad...the pile detracts from the slices that looked to give the entry a shot.

Dick-MCBJ/CTC
1/30/2014 01:36:12 am

Score 8. This is a nice entry of pork, but I don't understand the odd color of the small object on the pork and also there seems to be some of the color father back in the box. Is this a flaw in the sauce or a foreign object in the box?

Ronnie Burnett
1/30/2014 01:36:58 am

8-the pulled pork should have been arranged neater

Deb KCBS MCBJ/CTC
1/30/2014 02:30:01 am

Score/Reasons: 8; This is an example of nice, juicy-looking pork, even though the photo is very shadowy. Looks like the box may have been jostled before or at turn-in, so it's not as tidy as it might be.

Suggestions/Comments: The slices could be a bit more consistent- the additional pieces appear to be almost an afterthought, and they really don't do anything to enhance the rest of the meat. (The chunks look great though.)

Doug KCBS MCBJ & CTC
1/30/2014 02:45:01 am

Score = 6, There is a big chunk of something green on a chunk in the bottom left corner.

PS CBJ BBQ BRETHEREN
1/30/2014 03:19:49 am

Score 9
the picture is a little dark, but the pork looks shiny & moist. I like the selection of the diffrent types of meat. the burnt ends look delicious.

Bob
1/30/2014 04:42:13 am

Score 9 - Looks well cooked and is well organized plus an additional point for bravery.

Jeff KCBS CBJ
1/30/2014 04:48:23 am

Score / Reason 7 looks a little dry, color looks good could be arranger a little straighter giving a better appearance

GregG KCBS/MCBJ
1/30/2014 04:49:37 am

8 - Meat appears moist with a little bark on most samples. Color is slightly dark, but it may just be the photo. Nice

Larry MCBJ
1/30/2014 04:49:41 am

8 - Remove the end MM piece and the open area stares at me.

Mike CBJ- KCBS, GBA
1/30/2014 04:50:43 am

7- Meat looks moist, good smoke ring and good color.

Points would be deducted due to the lack of uniformity in thickness and diameter in the MM slices. The tubes or fingers look to have some fat on them and I am not sure what that blob just left of center is. Also, the bottom of the box looks messy from the sauce.

joe
1/30/2014 07:11:49 am

9 - Fantastic! Great color, nice looking slices, nice chunk pieces. Way to go! It is a meat contest!

Jim H - CBJ SBN/KCBS
1/30/2014 12:50:19 pm

Score/Reasons: 6/This meat is decidedly unappealing and demonstrates a total lack of interest on the part of the cooker.

John - KCBS / MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN & MIM Judge
1/30/2014 02:09:26 pm

Score/Reasons: 8 - I like the rich maghogany color on this meat. I'll decide later whether or not it's juicy or dry. I believe the MM in back could be more carefully presented, but perhaps it was jostled in handling during turn-in. The presentation of the meat in front, to me, could have been given more care. There appear to be loose threads that simply were ignored and, because they're of different color than the rest of the pile, they stand out and affect the box's appearance more than they should.

Suggestions/Comments: TIdy up the errant pieces and you'll have a nice looking box.

Old Goat
1/30/2014 05:11:22 pm

5
Below average because it looks as though the cook got away
from you and you had to turn in or get a DQ. Sorry, it happens
to the best.

Ed
1/30/2014 11:53:09 pm

Wonderful large chunks of nice looking pork. Thanks for not making your love muscle look like a dog turd, it looks very tasty!
It;s hard to tell from the picture but the texture of the inside of the slices looks like it was returned to the heat and has a cooked look to it. My eye is drawn to the splotch of fat or sauce (yellowish), you need to remove that. Also the single shards of meat should be picked out.
I'd like to give you a excellent 9 but those little things make it a very good 8.

John
1/31/2014 12:00:55 am

8/ looks good

BlueSmoke KCBS CBJ/COMP COOK
1/31/2014 12:54:51 am

7....Money Muscle looks dry and over cooked along the top. Good bark. Yellow looking piece of membrane on the chucks on the left center is unappetizing.

Cut or pull the chucks to me more uniform Spitz the meat before closing the box.

Shawn-KCBS CBJ CTC and Comp cook
1/31/2014 06:24:03 am

I would score this box a 9. Looks yummy!
Suggestion: put some pulled pork in the box also.

MoleBS
1/31/2014 11:33:53 pm

8

Tom - CMJ/KCBS; CBJ/MBN,NCPC,NCBS & comp cook
2/1/2014 01:13:39 am

Score/Reasons = 6, Not too appetizing to me, but can't say that it is below average; therefore, average at best. Chunks and slices look dry even with the sauce.

Suggestions/Comments = I'd DEFINITELY bring the "foreign object" to the attention of the Table Captain for disqualification! As a judge I cannot DQ this entry, but IMHO it SHOULD be DQ'd for the green leaf looking object on the chunks pile.

Raine® CBJ CTC Team Member link
2/3/2014 05:27:25 am

Score/Reasons = 5 to 6 Muscle looks dry. Some fingers look like they are sauced others do not. Remove the connective tissue.

Suggestions/Comments = Fill the box or arrange the box to look more full.

JohnnyY/NCPC,CBJ,KCBS,NCBS
2/3/2014 10:46:57 am

7 - This presentation lacked visual appeal. More thought should have gone into the arrangement and what the final product would look like in appearance.

jaja01 KCBS MCBJ CTC
2/6/2014 07:31:50 am

Score/Reasons = 7, The slices of the money muscle are not stacked up evenly. The pieces on the right are not standing up like the rest of the pieces. Also, the size of the slices are not even. The chucks of meat on the bottom are not very appetizing. There is fat on the pieces. It appears to be yellowish fat on the middle, slightly right, pieces. Also, there appears to be three tiny bones, but these could actually be strands of meat. This takes away from the appearance.

Suggestions/Comments = Line up the pieces of money muscle evenly. This may have happened during movement of the box, so make sure the pieces are lined up so they don't fall over. Also, present the pieces of approximate size.

Make sure there are no pieces of meat that can take away from the appearance such as the bone-looking objects. Just take a little more time.

Eric KCBS CMBJ
2/16/2014 08:40:49 am

Score/Reasons = 7. Move the MM piece on the right under the rest so we can see the texture of the cut piece. The bottom pieces look too "messy". Remove the stringy bits for a better look. This box doesn't look very "put together".

Suggestions/Comments = We don't consciously score garnish (unless it's illegal) but this would look so much better on a bed of greens.

Robert CBJ/KCBS
2/16/2014 10:09:41 am

Score=7 Slices not uniform. Unappetizing greenish material on chunks. Box looks greasy.
Suggestion=more attention to meat placement. This box would benefit from having some parsley. Also, photo has too many shadows.

BBQ Critic
2/18/2014 08:10:09 am

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