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2010 Butt to Butt XII Lineup
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Monday, 26 October 2009 06:35
Posted by Plowboy(Todd) on October 25, 2009 at 13:32:51:

Looks to be the Butt to Butt lineup of all time!

Pork Pullin Plowboys - B2B XI Champion
Iowa's Smokey D's - Shannon, IL Champion
Jerry King - American Royal Open Champion
I Smell Smoke - Great American Invitational Champion
Emerald Buffalo - Jefferson City, MO Champion
Pellet Envy - Hammond, LA Champion
Smokehouse 72 - Marshalltown, IA Champion
Smokey Mountain Smokers - Clarksville, TN Champion
Swamp Boys - Jack Daniels Champion
JP Custom Smoke - KCBS Pork TOY (Current leader, pending final TOY pts)

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 02:53
 
Full Jack Results
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Monday, 26 October 2009 06:33
Posted by Ernie on October 24, 2009 at 19:05:26:

Click below for full Jack results.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 02:54
 
About imported food
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 05:02
Posted by Ray Basso on October 19, 2009 at 18:38:45:

What's next. Is it possible that your local supermarket will someday be selling meat items, imported from China. How does that sit with you, would you like to find your ribs pork butt, brisket and chicken was a product of China? Well I never would have thought anything like this was possible but it may be happening right now and I just haven't seen it yet.

Here's what got me started on this, I went to the local (Large Midwest Owned) Supermarket store and bought some private label bottles of fruit. It was mixed fruit in a canning type glass bottle with a nice (Large Midwest Owned) private label label on it. After I brought the fruit home, my wife read the label on the bottle and discovered that said it was a "Product of China" I was outraged to find that the the (Large Midwest Owned) store chain was selling fruit imported from China. We all know that we can't trust drywall and kids toys made in China and I sure don't want to eat their fruit in heavy syrup.

I called the companies complaint line and they thanked me for the input. They said that they always try to buy American made products. I guess they can't find any US grown peaches, pears to put their private label on.

Ray Basso

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 02:54
 
Pulled BBQ Beef...Chuck roast
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:41
Posted by Roguejim on October 14, 2009 at 18:39:17:

Can a boneless, chuck pot roast be smoked for pulled BBQ beef, or will it just dry out on me? If it'll work, cook until 195F internal temp?

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Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2009 06:32
 
Riddle me this.........
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 05:41
Posted by Salmon on October 05, 2009 at 14:20:33:

Well the Royal is over, we got a week or two before all the turkey questions start pouring in so help me understand something....

In Rick's world good bbq is good prep work and finishing skills to include the last 30 minutes or so on the pit with several hours of heat in the middle. Agreed fire control is important but those of my era learned the basics of fire in 2nd grade and anyone worth his/her weight can figure it out on their own particular pit after a few cooks.

So why is it that there are so many cooks who feel it is of the up most importance to sit and watch a fire burn for hours on end and toss a log on the fire every hour and to them this is what it takes for good barbeque......I just can't wrap around this way of thinking.

Rick

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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:39
 
vending smoked chicken advice needed
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Monday, 05 October 2009 06:22
Posted by Pit Stop on September 30, 2009 at 12:33:09:Posted by markh91902 on October 03, 2009 at 21:24:21:

when vending I usually have what i call a smoked chicken thigh sandwich.this sandwich is my number 2 seller behind pulled pork,every time we go out to our normal spot we get complaints because we dont do breast,1/2 chickens, ect.we added it for the non pork crowd.then there is that one jerk who comes in at almost closing time so we give him a good deal on two 15 min later he comes back and makes a scene stating our food was highway robbery and that I served raw chicken because its pink and everybody knows if chicken is pink its raw it dont matter if you cooked it for hours ant the temp is 200 its still raw I politely offered a refund and apologised but he wouldnt take the refund. so how do you serve smoked chicken without getting hassled did i mention the chicken is always the first to sell out sorry for the long rant I just needed to get that off my chest
mark

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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:39
 
How does this look?
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 05:58
Posted by HD Fboy on September 28, 2009 at 11:04:36:

Look at this barbecue contest turn in box for brisket and tell me what you think!

Thanks

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 October 2009 04:32
 
Disposable cutting boards; how many per contest?
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 17:42
Posted by The Virginian on September 20, 2009 at 12:25:30:

I will be trying out some disposable cutting boards at my next barbecue contest. For those of you who use these things, how many do you use per contest?

Brett

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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 October 2009 05:59
 
I don't understand the garnish?
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 05:42
Posted by Liberty MO on October 06, 2009 at 11:05:01:

I just started out this year doing three contests and I understand that you are supposed to use lettuce and parsley to garnish your bbq turn it, but why? What's the point of that crap?

I don't pretend to know much, I'm a simple guy who is new to this whole thing, but if it's a meat cooking contest, why not turn in the best meat you can in a plain box and let the judges decide based on the merits of the bbq, not how pretty you can arrange a bunch of green fluff in a box.

You don't go to a car show and get judged on how pretty the parking lot is.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 05:11
 
New teams old teams
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 04:32
Posted by snyder625 on October 05, 2009 at 16:26:21:

there are so many new teams and even some old time BBQ teams that have no idea what happens when they turn in their boxes that why not have reps for the many organizations actually show them with empty boxes to prove to many doubters that the judges /table captains DONT KNOW whose boxes that they get and that the reps ensure that each category will go to a different table unless they are very short of judges ..also there are many many teams that don't know how to look at their score sheets that they get after a contest ,why couldn't the Reps help explain and show these teams how this can help you get better scores...to me its a mystery why these things shouldn't occur on a continuous basis to help those who want to know and those who want to learn.........

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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:39
 
Royal BBQ Contet Questions
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 06:00
Posted by Pit Stop on September 30, 2009 at 12:33:09:

What (or where) exactly are the rules for the sausage category? Can you use multiple types of sausage? (something like the tray hawgeye mike posted last year) Can you stuff em as long as the meat still makes up 70% of the finished product? Tips are more than welcome!

Also, do the water trucks at the Royal have the capabilities to refill RV/toyhauler holding tanks? Will they do that?

Thanks in advance. See y'all there! Site 941

Rick

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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:39
 
Last meal - what would you choose smoked/BBQ
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Friday, 25 September 2009 04:31
Posted by Briggsy on September 23, 2009 at 11:43:58:

Just curious, If you could choose your last meal and it was only one "main" BBQ'd / smoked item. What would it be?
Briggsy

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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 October 2009 05:59
 
New Green Poll
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Friday, 18 September 2009 21:38
Posted by Merl on September 15, 2009 at 20:55:34:Posted by Ray Basso on September 17, 2009 at 10:59:49:

Just wanted to be sure everyone noticed the new poll.  This Poll is about the use of green in the KCBS barbecue contests.

Ray Basso

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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 October 2009 05:59
 
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