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Pork Box 88 - Frostbuster 2012

5/9/2012

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Big AL - SLBS CBJ

5/9/2012 08:54:59 am

9

fantastic box. just a wee-bit too saucy but i'd like to dive in!

Herb...what do you think about the potential for making given the butter lettuce in the corners? It looks like the same team as the nice chicken box in the first set of pics. I'm thinking DQ in KCBS?

John - KCBS/MCBJ, CTC, Rep; MBN

5/9/2012 08:57:16 am

8. The meat is arranged nicely, could be better, but it's nice enough. However, I find the gloppy sauce offputting.

Joey Fine CBJ/KCBS

5/9/2012 09:00:39 am

Looks appetizing, a little saucy for me but would score it a 9.

Bill cbj kcbs

5/9/2012 09:04:37 am

9
Really looks good

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

5/9/2012 09:21:18 am

8
Rather mono-typical (all one kind of pork) with definitely too much sauce on the meat. Looks pretty good, but lacks the POP or WOW factor for me.

David/CBJ

5/9/2012 09:27:41 am

9. Sauce not evenly on meat, but looks really good - I want some!

don ousley

5/9/2012 09:44:19 am

I would dq this box because of the 4 cornered produce sticking up
Meat doesnt look appealing
score 5

Bob

5/9/2012 09:46:43 am

Score 5 I tried to look at this positively and I hate to discourage anyone who takes the effort to cook, but I have never judged any entry that looks like this and I'm not inclined to want to taste it. I can't tell from the photo if it is cooked and it might be considered "pooled" by some.

Rob - KCBS CBJ/Comp Cook

5/9/2012 10:00:15 am

8 - Like the full box. Would be more appetizing to me if I saw more bark and less sauce.

Abel CBJ link

5/9/2012 10:08:57 am

KCBS CBJ
I give the box an 8.

Meat looks great and nice sauce, but I can see some pieces with no sauce at all or "dry spots". If your going to sauce pulled pork make sure all pieces are sauced.

Keith - KCBS CBJ

5/9/2012 10:14:34 am

7 - I would bet that pork is quite tasty but it is not all that attractive. Still way better than the "cat just barfed on a pile of lettuce" boxes but it could be better arranged.

BlueSmoke

5/9/2012 10:18:02 am

KCBS CJB/COMP COOK
Good looking box. Nice chunks but way over sauced. 8

MK evenson CBJ

5/9/2012 10:20:21 am

7

oversauced and the ornaments in the corners do not add to the overall picture.

Basic Patrick (KCBS cook & cbj)

5/9/2012 10:30:25 am

7

looks mushy and over sauced

Rick cbj/kcbs

5/9/2012 10:49:00 am

8

Need to check up on this. I understand this is not sculpted meat but
this very noticeable box design is losing favor with me. Kind of hard to ignore something like this box after box meat after meat.

AL CBJ-SBN/SCBA PITMASTER

5/9/2012 11:01:51 am

8 Garnish overwhelms presentation

BBQ Critic

5/10/2012 10:02:44 pm

AL - We do not judge garnish in a meat contest. This is a MEAT MATCH, not a GREEN GAME. Please do not allow the garnish to impact your score unless it is covering the meat prohibiting you from judging the meat. Thanks! :-)

-- BBQ Critic

Henry L CBJ/KCBS

5/9/2012 11:05:15 am

8 Looks good and moist

Smitty - KCBS CBJ

5/9/2012 02:14:14 pm

8 borderline 9. Fill that box! That is a nice looking box of pork, a little too saucy though.

Doug KCBS/CBJ CTC

5/9/2012 03:09:42 pm

Nice looking pork box. Sauce looks a little uneven. Would like to see some more chunks of bark. I'd give this an 8.

Scott A.KCBS/CBJ

5/9/2012 10:43:26 pm

8
Looks nice, just no pop. i know it's not sculpting or illegal garnish but this same team did the four corners thing on the chicken and rib boxes too. Very recognizable. Fishy.

BBQ Critic

5/10/2012 10:05:18 pm

Scott - You may have a valid point. It appears some judges have picked out this team pretty easily on other box submissions. However, in a KCBS contest, there is a strong effort to make sure the same team does not end up at the same table in other categories. So this would probably go unnoticed but not always. There seems to be such a fine line between creativity & marking. A team may want to make sure they approach their greens carefully by not create a "brand" kind of look that connects all the other boxes together in some way.

-- BBQ Critic

Splat KCBS/CBJ FBA/CMBJ

5/9/2012 11:20:35 pm

Pretty box. It could have used less sauce, but sill pretty box.
9

Alissa

5/10/2012 12:53:22 am

CBJ and competition cook

OHH
9
for sure - looks so good!
And I like the garnish in the corners on this box... think it actually enhances the meat. Some boxes with additional garnish covers up the meat.

M@ CBJ/KCBS

5/10/2012 02:19:03 am

7

The pattern of the strands of pulled pork doesn't appeal - either pull it or don't kinda thing. Remove just a couple strands and this would be more appetizing to me.

Deb/KCBS/CBJ

5/10/2012 02:19:38 am

Score: 9
That is some good lookin' meat! Wish we had Taste-O-Vision.

Mike CBJ KCBS

5/10/2012 02:24:20 am

8, too much sauce, but it does look moist.

Dick-CBJ

5/10/2012 08:06:06 am

Score 8. Nice pork entry. Lighten up on the sauce and it's a nine.

BBQ Critic

5/10/2012 09:55:23 pm

FROSTBUSTER BBQ JUDGES "Appearance" Scores: 7,8,9,9,9,9

Another round of consistent scores.

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