{"id":1205,"date":"2012-05-09T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:14:09","slug":"competition-101-team-and-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/competition-101-team-and-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition 101: Team and Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And the\u00a0most important thing your awesome team\u00a0needs to be successful is the ability to juggle many balls and have perfect timing.\u00a0 Competition quality bbq has to be just right.\u00a0 A few degrees too high or low, a few minutes too long on the smoker…and you’re toast.\u00a0 And there’s no way to nail it all by yourself.\u00a0 That’s why these two pieces go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

In every St. Louis competition there are at least 4 categories – and in the BBQ Bash there are EIGHT.\u00a0 I have people that help me brine, marinate, baste, spray, rub, grill, garnish boxes and plates, wrap in foil, reset the fires, add wood, stay up all night and keep track of time.<\/p>\n

Whew.<\/p>\n

Turn in times are in 30 minute intervals, so when it’s go time – it’s really<\/em> GO time.\u00a0 There are people scrambling and screaming and cutting and spraying\u00a0and garnishing – and running the entry up to the judges with seconds to spare.<\/p>\n

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This is the same for KCBS events as well, where you turn in pulled pork, sliced brisket, sliced ribs and chicken thighs – all perfectly glazed and in garnished boxes – within an hour and a half.\u00a0 That’s what I mean by every minute is critical.\u00a0 Cook your pork 2 degrees too much and it’s dry.\u00a0 Keep those chicken thighs on 5 minutes to long and they lose juice.\u00a0 It’s a delicate balance.<\/p>\n

This is where Competitive BBQ has become a sport.\u00a0 It really is intense and controlled chaos for hours at a time.\u00a0 After it’s done we all take a deep breath, high 5, sit down and grab a drink.\u00a0 It’s exhilarating and exhausting all at the same time.\u00a0 And THAT is why when my name gets called, I’m so ridiculously excited that I can’t help but scream in delight…as is reflected in every picture taken of me getting a ribbon or trophy.<\/p>\n

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If you haven’t been to a competition – you should.\u00a0 If you don’t know anyone on a team – well, now you do.\u00a0 Find SLABS a’ Smokin and hang out with us for a while.\u00a0 Come witness the exhausting fun of Competitive BBQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The single most important thing you need to be successful in a BBQ\u00a0Competition is an awesome team.\u00a0 You’ve got to have people you trust, people to support you, people to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extraordinarybbq.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}