CarterQ
Moderator
Question for all of you who judge and or participate in competition BBQ. Is competition BBQ good BBQ or is it tailored for the judges and the competition environment? Basically is it the way you would cook at home for guests or yourself?
The reason I ask is I went to a local BBQ joint run by a semi famous local cook yesterday and the food was terrible. Now it might have been a bad day, but the owner was there and he told me “that’s what championship BBQ tastes like” I nodded and said that I have never tasted anything like it. Some of the people I was with dug it, but they like ribs at Chili’s so I take it with a grain of salt.
It seems with the proliferation of BBQ competitions that everywhere you go there is a new BBQ joint with championship trophies on the wall and mediocre BBQ on the table. It’s almost like the micro brew thing was a few years ago. All micro brew beers do not equal good beers.
The reason I ask is I went to a local BBQ joint run by a semi famous local cook yesterday and the food was terrible. Now it might have been a bad day, but the owner was there and he told me “that’s what championship BBQ tastes like” I nodded and said that I have never tasted anything like it. Some of the people I was with dug it, but they like ribs at Chili’s so I take it with a grain of salt.
It seems with the proliferation of BBQ competitions that everywhere you go there is a new BBQ joint with championship trophies on the wall and mediocre BBQ on the table. It’s almost like the micro brew thing was a few years ago. All micro brew beers do not equal good beers.