BBQ Cooking Question

zilla · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject: BBQ Cooking Question

Do you think that Competition Style BBQ and its techniques as described on forums like this and in current BBQ books have an influence on how you cook your BBQ at home?
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daddywoofdawg · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

I compete and I cook at home like I'm competing and log times temps outside temps.always practicing.
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ou812warford · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Of course, I am always learning on this site.
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whitey · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yep!
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NCBBQFAN · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yes, because it is assumed that the poster is more experienced or knows better about what they�re talking about than does the reader or end user of the information. This is not always the case but that is the perception of many.

It also think most of us after cooking for a while get into a grove with times, spices, temperature, cooking methods and so on. So we really don�t change the way we do something just because we read it in a forum, but read how others do it for the interest. But for the newbie the Smoke Ring is a wealth of information on what to do and what not to do.

dsapp · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

I think there are three answers to your question:

#1: Learning - folks new to Q learn from the forum posts and discussions (techniques, methods, spices, etc...)

#2: Confused - folks can get confused by or question the different methods and techniques (fat up/down, foil or no foil)

#3: Because folks have learned and potentially been confused or questioned, they sometimes tend to try things for themselves solidifying their personal techniques. Once in awhile this leads to new techniques that just perpetuate the cycle.

JMO, YMMV, BNI, ASR

Old Dave · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yes
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Old Dave · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yes
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Old Dave · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yes
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Trilbysdad · Newbie Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Hanson, MA

I am always learning whether it's competing or at home. You can pick up some good tips on this site but need to try different methods depending on weather conditions. Laughing

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ah · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

yes, I've grilled/smoked for quite awhile. I entered a Backyard BBQ contest a few yrs ago and since then the Competition Style BBQ has figured into most of my cooking since then. i pay more attention to spices, temps, times, presentation and technique ever since.
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BigOrson · Posted: Jul 24 2009 Post subject:

Yes. Never competed but hope to someday. In the meantime, I can look forward to racks of ribs steadily improving in quality.

SmokinOkie · BBQ Super Pro Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 2078

It's basically asking the question we have before, whether you cook your food at home the same way you compete.

No, two different methods for two different audiences.

I do think the comp threads make mountains out of mole hills. Until the internet came along NO ONE at contests really ask questions about "bite through chicken"

Now, I do think competition techniques might be a good question I'm sure that has.

RDOwens · Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 15 Location: Millville, NJ

I have no idea. I don't compete and do not plan to. I read this and other boards. I find lots of interesting things. I try some of them. What I tend to gravitate towards is not outwardly attributed to competitions or what has been learned in comps. It doesn't mean that there aren't roots there, but if they are I am unaware of them.

Rojellio Es Caliente · Posted: Jul 25 2009 Post subject:

I dont know about Competition style and all that. I just like cooking what tastes good. Trying new things, and arriving at my own "style".

In Colorado we really don't have a particular BBQ style that I am aware of. So I guess I am not tied down to a regional style or standard. The closest thing we have is 'Southwest Cuisine' which as far as I can tell is just made up by the same Interior Decorators that invented the Kokapelli and the 'Southwest' style home decor.
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Smokinfunk · Posted: Jul 25 2009 Post subject:

Has Competition-style affected my own style? Well - I'd say yes, but indirectly. Meaning, a lot of the great advice here (of which I've taken advantage) comes from folks who compete, however, I never have myself.

Like RDOwens and Rojellio note - I wouldn't define mine as any particular style. I started my BBQ journey when growing up in the Panama Canal Zone, then Florida, got a job involving mega-travel that allows me to sample and learn from different styles all over North America, was relocated by my company to North Carolina for 3 years where I got healthy dose of their interesting mixed east/west input, then came back to FL just 'cause it's home. So I'm not sure it's so much a style as it is the sum total of some early failures (and, I freely admit, the occasional modernday failure), a TON of great (and not-so-great) advice, study of cookbooks/food channel/web resources, observations made at social events, hybridized with making the unique adjustments that are required to accommodate your own equipment and location (wind, humidity, etc), and finally adjusted to the taste I prefer. So I guess it'd be Funk-style, with roots from every freakin' place.

Bet many here will say the same.
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Big Ron · Posted: Jul 25 2009 Post subject: Re: BBQ Cooking Question

smokeology · Posted: Jul 25 2009 Post subject:

I think it goes both ways. There are things I've done at comps that work well at home and vice versa. I believe any time you cook Q you are learning and trying to improve. If it works and turns out a good product, go with it. I would really hope no one is cooking at home watching a clock and stressing like I do at comps though! Very Happy

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rockin b · Posted: Aug 06 2009 Post subject: competition vs home

i use alot of things ive learned in competition while cooking BUT, at home i cook ribs where they truly fall off of the bone. i like my brisket very very tender. these things just wont go with judges

jawquin · Posted: Aug 06 2009 Post subject:

Absolutely!!! I have never cooked in a comp but reading forums like this helps prep meals for home and there are plenty of judges here. Very Happy

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