Pork Box 175

4/2/2014

This box was submitted by a competition BBQ team to be scored on appearance by Certified Online BBQ Judges at BBQCRITIC.COM.

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4/2/2014 12:41:05 pm

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jim v kcbs mcbj

4/3/2014 12:34:04 am

please see my comment below. i made an error

Jeff kcbs CBJ

4/2/2014 01:21:19 pm

8. More meat would have made it look better

MoleBS

4/2/2014 01:30:32 pm

Dan KCBS CTC,MCBJ

4/2/2014 01:31:09 pm

7 looks dry and not a good view of the meat

Fan the meat and spritz

RandyE

4/2/2014 01:32:44 pm

This one is really different. I would give this one a high 8. Not alot of meat, could have use a little more. But would love to taste.

Dick-MCBJ/CTC

4/2/2014 01:41:29 pm

Score 7. This entry appears to be overcooked and then was coated with sauce to cover the dry meat. Not very appealing.

Tina C KCBS CBJ

4/2/2014 02:29:34 pm

9. Just judging meat it looks great, good color

Ike, KCBS CBJ

4/2/2014 02:34:00 pm

Score = 7

Pork looks over cooked and dry.

Brad competition cook, CBJ/KCBS

4/2/2014 02:36:29 pm

8 color is good

Mike Cannon

4/2/2014 02:56:13 pm

7 - looks dry

John - KCBS / MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN & MIM Judge

4/2/2014 03:20:21 pm

Score/Reasons: 8 - Good color but it's a bit too dark; is it overcooked? Can't tell, but will judge that as part of taste & tenderness judging. understated sauce is good.

Suggestion/Comments: lighten up on the finished color just a little bit. Work on the layout of the pieces in front.

Jim H - CBJ SBN/KCBS

4/2/2014 04:10:07 pm

Score/Reasons = 8/The bark looks nice but the presentation doesn't allow for judging the meat underneath.

bruce nickels

4/2/2014 11:17:46 pm

Score/Reasons = 7, meat looks overcooked and under sauced.Poor arrangement

Suggestions/Comments = show interior of meat. Put rear slices on more of an angle. Not sure about the front pieces. Looks like burnt ends.

jim v kcbs mcbj

4/3/2014 12:28:12 am

6 to me it looks dry. not even sure it looks like chicken. i have no clue what the pieces are at the bottom!

GregG KCBS/MCBJ, CTC

4/3/2014 12:29:58 am

8 - Nice looking pork. Good color. Strange layout.

jim v kcbs mcbj

4/3/2014 12:32:17 am

please scratch my last post on this box. i thought i was still in the chicken boxes. it didn't look like chicken!
6 i'll stick with my original assessment that meat looks dry and the bottom section doesn't show the meat interior.

jv kcbs mcbj

4/3/2014 12:34:37 am

PS CBJ BBQ BRETHREN

4/3/2014 12:57:23 am

Score 8
The meat looks a little burnt. The burnt ends on the bottom are not evenly cut. Not too much glaze.

Doyle H. KCBS CMJ/CTC

4/3/2014 01:45:37 am

9 - Interesting display, nice color

Frank KCBS MCBJ CTC

4/3/2014 01:53:27 am

Score/Reasons = 8. nice color and glaze. Some will say this appears dry, I doubt that's the case, but some of the smaller pieces may be.

Suggestions/Comments = Taste and tenderness will be challenging due to the variation in sizes of the pieces. The small end peice of the MM is going to be much different than the large middle piece. It would be nice to see the interior meat rather than only the bark.

Tom – CMJ/KCBS; CBJ/MBN,NCPC,NCBS,NCBBQA & comp cook

4/3/2014 01:55:58 am

Score/Reasons = 7, Looks dry and strange presentation.

Suggestions/Comments = All looks the same, yet it is definitely separated into two distinct piles.

Tiffany KCBS CBJ/CTC

4/3/2014 02:15:06 am

8 - it's hard to tell if this is a bit overcooked, it may score higher in person.

BlueSmoke KCBS MCBJ/COMP COOK

4/3/2014 02:16:27 am

7.......Nice bark and color but the meat looks dry. M/M evenly sliced. Chunks look disarranged-not pattern.

Sauce a little goopy. Sauce the sides not just the top.

Doug KCBS MCBJ & CTC

4/3/2014 02:20:35 am

Score = 8: Nice looking bark, would have liked to see the meat more. Meat looks a little dry to me.

Ed KCBS MCBJ

4/3/2014 02:45:07 am

Good stuff Maynard!!
A few more chunks would be advisable, the judge that gets a little piece is gonna be pissed. If you can't get the MM to lay tight to represent it as a whole then maybe arch it so it does't show alinement so much.
Easy very good 8.

Lorne Rae

4/3/2014 04:32:15 am

8. Nice even color, look moist nice layout. However, the middle of the bottom arrangement appears random.

Larry MCBJ

4/3/2014 09:35:48 am

8 - The box looks sparse and unbalanced on the bottom.

Suggestion- Work on symmetry and careful on brush strokes as some will deduct for that. Could easily be a 9 box!

KCBS-CBJ CTC and Comp Cook

4/4/2014 02:12:24 am

5. Doesn't look like chicken

Rod

4/4/2014 02:24:18 am

on appearance only I'd give it an 8 or 9, I'd be a little leery of turning this in at a contest, a cut up money muscle and a few cherry picked chunks might start sending some flags up with some of the judges..myself included.

Dan KCBS CTC,MCBJ

4/5/2014 11:11:25 am

8 good color
Would like to see the meat fanned out, shows off grain and makes box look fuller

william holladay (scba)

4/5/2014 02:00:20 pm

Score/ Reason 5 garnish a little messy, sample sizes not uniform, looks dry.

Bobby Whitefield

4/6/2014 07:20:54 am

Attractive box. Meat appears slightly overcooked, but still inviting. A 7.

Mike- KCBS, GBA, CBJ

4/7/2014 02:38:43 am

8- The color looks great, nice shine.

Comment: I would like to see more variety in the box. I would score higher if there were some pulled meat in the box. The medallions are good but combining pulled, sliced and tubes would yield a higher score.

Ernie

4/7/2014 03:15:59 am

8 - may be a little dark on some of the pieces

Matt KCBS CBJ

4/7/2014 05:32:00 am

Score/Reasons = 8, maybe slightly overcooked, good looking bark, but there are brush marks in the sauce, box should be more "full"

Suggestions/Comments = None.

jaja01 KCBS CMBJ CTC

4/8/2014 07:11:48 am

Score/Reasons = 7, The money muscle should be even slices. The chunks should also be of equal size.

Suggestions/Comments = keeping the sizes even would improve the look and not including an end piece of muscle might increase the taste and tenderness scores because the ends are usually drier that the slices taken from the center.

Jason CBJ CSBBQA

4/8/2014 02:22:01 pm

SCORE: 6 - Pieces at the top are uneven and not cut uniformly. Not exactly sure what is going on in the bottom part of the box, kinda just looks thrown together. Hopefully that's not an attempt to sculpt the meat or arrange in in a way that would be identifiable to someone. I may consider checking with the table captain on that.

COMMENTS: There was plenty of space left over in the box, try to make better use of the space and spread out the meat at the top.

RonnieB

4/9/2014 10:38:13 am

9-nice bark

Homer link

4/12/2014 02:04:35 pm

7 The color and pieces look good.The pieces on the bottom could be rearrange to look better.

Bob CBJ KCBS

4/14/2014 06:13:09 am

Score 7 Uneven slices. Looks dry.

Hance - MiM/MBN/GBA CBJ and comp cook

4/25/2014 04:13:25 am

7

Usually when I see a box like this it's very dark and unappealing altogether. This one, the bark has a nice mahogany color to it, but the cook is under-selling the meat by only displaying the bark. Too little meat in the box, and not a very appetizing display.

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