Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
:: " BOB" > wrote in message
::: Don't like the rules? Play another game. Don't like any of the
rules?
::: Start your own organization.
:::
::: BOB
::
:: Good point. I have been to competitions, but I choose not to
compete. I've
:: had some great food as prepared by the contestants, but choose not
to cook
:: along with them.
::
:: I guess you need some basic rules to keep things organized, but
seems like
:: most competitors are cooking to achieve a taste the judges will
like, not
:: what they want themselves. Sure, it does taste good, but personal
:: preference is another matter and I may like another style, level of
heat,
:: dry or sauce, etc.

Exactly. It's a game, like any other type of competition. If you
choose to participate, you play by the rules.

I'm a certified judge in both KCBS and FBA, and I sometimes cook with
some cook teams. All of the teams know that it is a game. They'd
never cook what they like to eat for a competition, and the food that
they eat for their meals *at* the competitions are never the
(generally) heavily sauced foods that they turn in. It's tough to
leave personal preferences out of the judging portion, but (at least
*I* try to) a judge is supposed to judge the entry "as it is
presented". Yes, personal tastes and prejudices still enter into it.

One example...I like pork butt pulled and slightly sauced with an
eastern NC vinegar/pepper sauce. Will that score well in Florida/ No
way. I won't penalize a team for turning in a sweetly sauced sample,
but if I get one that I particularly like, it'll score higher on *MY*
score sheet, but down here, I'll be in the minority.

This is getting long, and I notice that the original troll, err,
POSTER has pulled his usual "post a message, reply once, then run off
when someone responds with a fact or two" type of troll. I bit. But,
if this helps someone to understand why people compete in BBQ
competitions, then the pain from the hook is OK, and will heal with no
lasting scars.

BOB


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