fred nevill
TVWBB Member
I was trying to think of a eye catching title but thought it would be better to get straight to the point.
Last weekend I entered my first comp and my main goal was to learn and have fun. I did have fun, met some great people like fellow forum member Brad W. who beat me in overall(congrats on a great performance Brad) and for the most part I learned alot.
I did get a couple of judges comments on my ribs such as "wonderful Glaze"(Blues Hog thinned with pineapple juice) but I also got a rib comment of "too salty" which is amusing because my rib rub contained zero salt. Overall I still did OK on ribs so I am satisfied.
But where I am having a hard time learning what I did right or wrong so I can improve is on my pork. We already know we deserved our appearance scores 7s and 6s as time almost got away from us. Tenderness is a little confusing as to how to improve 7,9,6,9,6,7 so two 9s and two 6s ??? But....where I am really lost as to how to improve is my taste scores 8,9,6,9,9,5 so three 9s an 8 and then two lower scores???
Being a certified judge I know personal taste comes into play but for that big a difference Those 4 high score makes me feel I did something right but then those 2 low scores concern me. So any advise would be greatly appreciated because I would like to do better.
Last weekend I entered my first comp and my main goal was to learn and have fun. I did have fun, met some great people like fellow forum member Brad W. who beat me in overall(congrats on a great performance Brad) and for the most part I learned alot.
I did get a couple of judges comments on my ribs such as "wonderful Glaze"(Blues Hog thinned with pineapple juice) but I also got a rib comment of "too salty" which is amusing because my rib rub contained zero salt. Overall I still did OK on ribs so I am satisfied.
But where I am having a hard time learning what I did right or wrong so I can improve is on my pork. We already know we deserved our appearance scores 7s and 6s as time almost got away from us. Tenderness is a little confusing as to how to improve 7,9,6,9,6,7 so two 9s and two 6s ??? But....where I am really lost as to how to improve is my taste scores 8,9,6,9,9,5 so three 9s an 8 and then two lower scores???
Being a certified judge I know personal taste comes into play but for that big a difference Those 4 high score makes me feel I did something right but then those 2 low scores concern me. So any advise would be greatly appreciated because I would like to do better.