Barry Bean wrote:
:: "Pierre" > wrote in
:: oups.com:
::
::: Barry for an indepth discussion, you might pose the question to
the
::: http://www.rbjb.com/rbjb/rbjbboard/ board, as Bob suggested.
::
:: Thanks. I'll consider that.

But not when I suggested it?

::
::: Here's my take: Its been my understanding that the use of
"non-uniform
::: garnish", (if a contestant choses to use any garnish at all), may
::: present an opportunity for any given entrant to identify their
entry,
::: as unique to all others submitted. This would defeat the
presumption
::: of chosing entries that are truly blind. If by some
(unlikely)chance
::: this actually happened, such that your entry happened to be judged
at
::: a table with whom you've become friends with some of the judges,
they
::: might be inclined to alter their score upon viewing a "marked"
entry.
::: Not just by garnish, but by; for example arranging your meat in
the
::: shape of an "X", or painting the lid with sauce; it is for that
::: reason(s) that the garnish rules are in place.
::
:: But the fact of the matter is that when there are a core group of
:: contestants and a core group of judges, its not that difficult to
pick
:: out someone's BBQ, especially when over the course of a small
relaxed BBQ

BULL SHIT! You know nothing about blind judging.

:: contest, you've had a chance to visit each team and sample what
they're
:: cooking. My mesquite smoked sage rubbed meat looks, smells and
tastes

Maybe you are "Marking" Look it up. It's in the rules.
If the sage was in large flakes or chunks, read the rule on garnish.
Specific things are allowed. Others (some specifically mentioned,
others not specifically mentioned) are not. If they are *NOT* in the
allowed list, they are illegal. Read the rules.

Or maybe they just don't like you. It's easy to *not* like you, but
in blind judging, it doesn't matter because no one knows who's product
they are sampling.

:: very distinctively different from the brown sugar, red pepper, and
:: vinegar basted hickory smoked meat my neighbor was cooking. It
wouldn't
:: take a food expert to tell them apart or have some idea where they
came
:: from. So it seems to me that singling out garnish or meat rosettes
is
:: largely beside the point. Seems to me that you'd do better to
either
:: eliminate garnish and arrangements by having teams submit whole
pieces,
:: or allow teams to present however they see fit and trust judges not
to
:: play favorites.

RTFR. In case you have never heard, it means Read The ****ing Rules.
If you don't like the rules, don't play the game.
::
::: Keep in mind, some contests are "open garnish". Go ahead and it's
OK
::: to Grandma's doilees under your lamb kabob. The rules are up to
the
::: sanctioning body and the organizer.
::
:: I'm aware, hence my note that this was a KCBS contest.

Hence, you agreed to play by their rules.

Sounds (again) like you were disqualified for using an illegal
garnish. Did you bother to read the rules *BEFORE* you went to the
competition? If so, tuff luck. If not, tuff luck again.

BOB




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