Have noticed a lot of 1st time competitors.

3970010 · Posted: Sep 26 2006 Post subject: Have noticed a lot of 1st time competitors.

Have noticed a lot of 1st time competitors, thats a good thing and it is exciting. I hope yall are having as much fun as I am. Lots of work though, huh�

kimmal · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 19 Location: Ottawa, ON

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mrcustomsteel · Posted: Sep 26 2006 Post subject:

I just finished my rookie season with 3 comps and I'm hooked. I had some successes, failures and all around good times. I encourage everyone to give it a try. It is an expensive hobby though. To do 8 - 10 comps per year, like I want, I'll need to get some more dedicated help.
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DawgPhan · BBQ Super Pro Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 3444

I think that we are going to continue to see lots of new teams every year for a while....competitive BBQ is growing and should continue to grow very quickly...To me BBQ is just like poker, everyone thinks that they can BBQ(the friends always say theirs is the best Wink

) and for the netry fee and what not you can go out and put your BBQ up against the best in the world. Not to many other things where you can show up with the same stuff you use at home at compete with the pros...Just like poker....pros use the same deck and the same chips you do...I think that has helped poker grow and I think that it will help BBQ grow as well...

they just need to figure out how to make BBQ watchable on TV and we will have something. I think that the TV part of it is big, but they should also be stressing the fact that some BBQ folks are just BBQ folks that they actually have day jobs and what not...like they do with poker...they kinda tell you the brief history at folks at the final table...so and so started playing online a year ago and now he is sitting at the final table with 5 million in chips in front of him...

I think that a lot of times you see the shows on the food network and stuff and you get the idea that you have to drop lots of money have a big rig to go out and win...you dont....you can win on anything...I still have 2 contest left in my rookie season, next year I plan on setting my goals a little higher...

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Big Tom · Posted: Sep 27 2006 Post subject:

I agree it is always good to see new competitors.

The growth of KCBS and FBA really helps to get the new commers in the contests. Thier contest styles don't require huge cooking rigs or large teams to cook enough product for the judging.

This is the big thing I see that is limiting some new participation in the MIM contests. To really do the MIM contests properly you got to have a cooker(s) that is large enough to cook a whole hog, or 6 whole shoulders, or 12 racks of ribs; just to cook enough for the different judges (the preliminary blind and on-site and then finals). I have been an MIM competitor for 10 years, our equipment has grown and evolved over the years when we cooked our first contest we had no clue what we were getting into, or what to do, much less be competitive. We got some TV time on a Food TV special about the 2004 MIM World Championship (3rd place ribs)

I like to give back as well, and am willing to help anyone that wants to learn more about the MIM process.

Through the internet and some of the TV specials the interest in competitive BBQ will continue to grow.
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Rub N Smoke · Posted: Sep 28 2006 Post subject:

Ive done 7 this year and plan on one more in Nov.. Even the smallest one Ive done was 10 times more work than they show on the tube. The thing I found funny is when Bobby Flay got beat he even admitted he could grill but really couldnt BBQ. (AHHHH sweet victory.) Just goes to show you that in real life this whole Q thing is alot of work and dedication. Most cant just watch TV and jump right into competition. Happy Q-ing! Twisted Evil

(Will any of you be at the Houston/ Diamonds and Dollars Comp. in Nov?)
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dabaslab · BBQ Pro Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 515

Texas Holdem' Poker didn't get popular or do very well on tv until they implemented the "holdem cam" so that the viewers could see what they were betting with.

Maybe tv smoking competitions need a "Smoker cam"? Shocked

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I dont know if that will help or hurt the popularity of the sport...on the plus side there is a lot of money involved....on the down side it is the same group of folks that you see on every program. So it doesnt really inspired anyone new to come out and try and compete...with poker it seems that every final table has some guy that won his way into his seat playing in a $20 satelite game or something, or playing on the internet...

BBQ has that aspect but they just have to show it off..

You can just be watching it on TV one day and then come out and compete with the big boys...BBQ needs to highlight that..Big money isnt going to make the sport grow, people thinking that they can win big money is going to help the sport grow...

mrcustomsteel · Posted: Sep 28 2006 Post subject:

I doubt any of us are going to break into that gig. That same old group is probably going to keep under pretty tight control and not let someone off of any of our BBQ circuits come take a slice of their pie. It will probably be more like WWF than poker. But hell, we'll watch it. That's all Weber, Kingsford, Bud, etc want to know.
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Rub N Smoke · Posted: Sep 30 2006 Post subject:

The Dollar and Diamonds comp. is going to be Nov. 10 & 11. in Katy, @ (I think) a place called Bryants Ice House. Twisted Evil

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