Pork Box 180

5/22/2014

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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5/21/2014 06:49:48 pm

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bruce nickels

5/21/2014 11:14:08 pm

Score/Reasons = 7, show interior of meat slices. Slices looks too thin. Slightly over sauced.

Suggestions/Comments = fan out meat slices for better appearance. chunks look good.

Doyle H. KCBS CMJ/CTC

5/21/2014 11:23:06 pm

9 - I like the look of the box altho the slices look a little dark, could be the quality of the photo.

Ike, KCBS CBJ

5/21/2014 11:45:26 pm

Score = 9.

Picture doesn't help this presentation. Pork looks tender and hopefully not too much sauce. Nice sized chunks and good bark on the pieces.

RandyE

5/22/2014 12:03:23 am

I giv ethis one an 8. The sauce is too heavy, looks painted on. Greenery doesn't help, very random, and so is the large pieces of meat. Meat looks tasty, but everything needs cleaning up.

Shawn-KCBS CBJ CTC and Comp Cook

5/22/2014 12:31:03 am

9. I like the idea of dipping one side of the chunks in sauce!!

Tony Graham

5/22/2014 12:32:22 am

8. MM slices are thin, which automatically makes me think it may be undercooked. The ends of the pulled dipped into sauce looks a bit awkward, but I understand what the cook is trying to do here. The horizontal piece of pulled at the bottom looks like it may have a bit of fat or gristle on it, not real sure what that is.

Otherwise, its not a bad box, I like to see big pieces of the pulled, that tells me the cook is happy with the "doneness" of the meat.

Tiffany - KCBS CBJ/CTC

5/22/2014 01:00:29 am

8 - The meat looks good - but the slices could be 'fanned' out a bit to give them and equal symmetry with the tubes. It also looks like the tubes that don't have bark just had the tips dipped in sauce? I would just arrange the tubes to show off the bark if that's the case and not do the 'tip dip'.

PS CBJ BBQ BRETHREN

5/22/2014 01:12:50 am

Why did the cook try and hide the slices? From the top view, the meat looks to be ever sauced, the other pieces look questionable as to their moistness. Score 7

Dick-MCBJ/CTC

5/22/2014 01:25:42 am

Score 7. I believe this box would present better if the larger slices were place on a slight angle, so the side of the meat is exposed. I also would like to see slightly less of the thick sauce coated on top of the slices.

Steve Amos

5/22/2014 01:28:21 am

7, way too much sauce, 5 similar plugs and an odd piece, slices are just set in there.

The inconsistent parsley doesn't help to showcase the meat. Offset the slices a little to show some meat. I love bark, but with all of the sauce, it is not good visually.

Bryan CBJ/KCBS

5/22/2014 01:42:57 am

8 Picture is to dark to see and judge meat on top. However, chunks look great.

Hank CBJ/KCBS

5/22/2014 01:51:01 am

Score = 8

Picture needs more light
Bark Color looks dark ? Could be due to photo. Would like to see more meat in the turn-in

BlueSmoke KCBS MCBJ/COMP COOK

5/22/2014 02:20:22 am

7.....Money Muscle is over sauced. Chunks look dry. The sauce on the left piece is distracting.

Sauce all the pieces or none. Put more meat in the box.

Mike- KCBS, GBA, CBJ

5/22/2014 02:25:54 am

7- Glaze/sauce appears too dark. Slices could be more uniform in size and the tubes could be arranged a little neater as well.

Bill C. KCBS MCBJ/CTC

5/22/2014 02:37:58 am

7. Looks like some of the pieces were dipped in sauce to mimic bark. The back pieces look over-sauced and it's hard to see the meat.

RonnieB

5/22/2014 02:47:04 am

8-meat on bottom should be neater

cogeo

5/22/2014 03:06:40 am

7

Pros: Nice smoke on the chunks. Doesn't appear to be overly sauced. I would really like to sample them especially those in the middle; they look yummy! Dark pic, so hard to see the slices in back.

Suggestion: I know we don't judge on garnish, but in this case it draws the attention away from the meat with the uneven appearance in the back of the box. Lots of open space in the box, ergo, more room to put more meat! A little more attention to presentation and you could have a really nice box of pork.

GregG KCBS/MCBJ, CTC

5/22/2014 03:10:19 am

8 - Color appears dark but could be the photo and/or the sauce. Possibly a 9 in person.

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

5/22/2014 03:13:41 am

Score/Reasons = 7, photo is so dark that it looks like ribs on the top! Not crazy about the looks of any of the meat.

Suggestions/Comments = garnish could be better arranged, meat could be better arranged in the box, and that purple thumbnail polish doesn't help the appearance of the meat at all!!! (none of these were scoring factors!)

Jim H - CBJ SBN/KCBS

5/22/2014 04:45:53 am

Score/Reasons = 7/The chunks in front don't look too bad, but all I can see on the meat in back is sauce.

Lorne Rae

5/22/2014 05:11:48 am

7. Look moist, Good layout. Arrangement looks haphazard even though there is a pattern. This detracts from the overall impression of the box.

5/22/2014 05:14:49 am

8 Looks moist. Needs more uniformity. Garnish could be tighter. Looks yummy! MCBJ

Glenn - KCBS CBJ, CTC

5/22/2014 06:23:47 am

7 - (Picture not the best) Not a very "organized" box. Money muscle looks like the ends were dipped in sause but do look like they would taste good. I'm assuming those are slices at the top of the box but they look very unevenly sliced and over sauced.

Doug KCBS MCBJ & CTC

5/22/2014 07:09:46 am

Score = 8, Can't really see the slices very well from the angle of the photo. Chunks look OK though.

jaja01 KCBS MCBJ CTC

5/22/2014 07:12:39 am

Score/Reasons =7, Even though the pic is rather dark, I can still tell there is way too much sauce and it really looks as if it would be extremely sweet and gooey. The chunks look to be a little dry.

Suggestions/Comments = use less sauce.

Matt KCBS CBJ

5/23/2014 02:02:00 am

Score/Reasons = 8, meat looks moist, albeit over sauced where the bark is.

Suggestions/Comments = Box looks hurriedly put together. I would take some time to trim those chunks and place them in a more pleasing fashion in the box... but that is just my opinion and didn't affect my scoring.

Frank KCBS MCBJ CTC

5/23/2014 03:26:09 am

Score/Reasons = 7, based solely on the chunks. The picture is too dark to adequately judge the slices. The sauce looks a little heavy on the slices and the chunks look a little dry. It may just be the picture.

Suggestions/Comments = Fan the slices so we can see the surface. Neaten up the garnish - it's not supposed to factor in the scoring, but some judges will mark you down.

Deb KCBS MCBJ/CTC

5/23/2014 06:28:57 am

Score/Reasons: 7; Sections that can be seen appear to be rather dry with an over-abundance of sauce.

Suggestions/Comments: Photo quality is very poor and the meat is really hard to see clearly.

Ernie CBJ

5/23/2014 07:54:11 am

8 - not uniform

Shawn Higgins

5/23/2014 08:36:06 am

Score = 7

The pieces look moist and the color is nice, but the sauce is really heavy and covers up any bark. The box is very limiting...meaning the the variety of the pieces could be better, which would show the judges if this pit master knows his/her way around the pit. Too bad...I would be interested in how it tastes.

MoleBS

5/23/2014 11:48:46 pm

william holladay (scba)

5/24/2014 02:02:46 am

8-- Sample looks good , money muscle sliced thin as it was would have presented better if laid more diagonally than straight up. I give the box a 2 blue thumbs up.haha

Scott A. KCBS/MBJ

5/25/2014 02:23:48 am

8 but that's because I can't see what's in the back of the box. Could be a 9 if that looked good.

I like the chunks in front. Sauce on one end so you can get a sauced taste and an unsauced taste from the same chunk. They look moist too

Ed KCBS MCBJ

5/25/2014 03:04:06 am

I wouldn't fight somebody over it but I'd be more than happy to dig in!
A very good 8.
A little more of each meat and some housekeeping on the meat pieces and it's more towards a 9

Dennis M

5/26/2014 12:56:01 pm

Score 8

Achu

5/27/2014 05:17:38 pm

Score/Reasons = 7, photo is a little dark near the top, but slices look too wet. Rightmost slice appears to be not cut even. More slices, or thicker slices would have made the row more appearing. No apparent attempt was made to line up the cubes into some semblance of order or a pattern. Garnish is uneven and detracts from the box.

Suggestions/Comments = More slices to fill up a row; line up cubes better and cut them more uniform or into a pattern. Practice on garnish to square off the box better.

Don Ousley

5/29/2014 06:31:59 am

score 7, the slices look ok cant see the inside of the meat. The pulled pork looks very dry and the sauce on the tops draw more attention to dryness

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