On 7-Sep-2009, Craig Watts > wrote:

> Nonny wrote:

> Hi Nonney.
>
> I do remember that Bobby Flay show and it was a big to do
> here in Raleigh. They suckered Ed Mitchel to think he was on
> a cooking show to teach his BBQ skills. Then in walks Bobby
> Flay and the challenge was on!
>

.. . .

>
> AND- Ed Mitchel won the challenge over Bobby Flay!
>
> craigster in Raleigh

And Ed got national advertising that he couldn't have bought
with a winning lottery ticket. For the next couple of years, no
BBQ loving tourist traveling through Raleigh will pass up the
chance to find out if Bobby Flay knew what he was talking
about.

And that's not a bad thing. We here all know that a lot of
people around the country don't know beans about BBQ.
Some think that Texans don't know anything about BBQ
despite the fact they have been cooking meat over hot
coals since before the Alamo. Oh yeh, there wasn't much
pork in Texas back then so it couldn't have been BBQ,
huh?

Give a shit that Bobby loses a throwdown more often then
he wins. That's not what he's there for. His job is to put on
a show that people will change channels to watch. He does
that and in the process he illuminates regional cuisines all
over the country in a manner that no amount of commercial
advertising could accomplish. If you have watched many of
his "throwdowns" you will have noted that he has intentionally
lost on many occasions by straying so far from tradition that
he had no chance to win. Buffalo wings in NY comes to mind
and Philly Steak is another. And only Bobby Flay would
have the audacity to mess with "Pink's Hot Dogs". Guaranteed
to lose. But, a bunch of people now know that Pinks sets the
standard.

--
Brick (Youth is wasted on young people)