Recent content by Troy B

That last picture is surreal! The work looks incredibly hard, but the fun is just beginning.

Howdy Thanks for the update Mike. Croatian Smokers were excellent people and I appreciate how things were handled. We were already ecstatic about 3rd place. I just wanted to say that we will be back next year as well. As a side note, we were first time bbq competitors ever, and found our...

Howdy Mike, I was wondering about the turn in box. Do we need to buy some of the styro foam boxes prior to the competition or do you provide those? I have seen examples in this forum where it can go either way. Also, can I prep the ribs by removing the membrane and the packaging the night...

Hi Mike, Is there a website or an email trial that I could join to get more specific information regarding the overall competition? Cathleen called me to let me know that I had to cook 6 racks of ribs for the people's choice and the main competition. I can barely fit that amount on my 2...

Wonderful. We are very excited and could use all the help we can get. Thanks, Troy

Hello, I am signed up and set to participate in my first ever competition. I was wondering if there is any information regarding timing of turn-ins? Since I'm a newbie, I just want to practice using the time constraints that the competition will be using. Thanks, Troy

Sorry, I was using the link towards the bottom of the page and not the one in the body of the page. The first one, inside the storyline, works fine. Thanks, Troy

Hello, I am having difficulty downloading the entry form. The link seems to send me to the same page that the link is on. What deadline is there for signing up? Thanks, Troy

Hello, During Memorial Day weekend, I will be camping with friends and everyone is picking one meal to feed everyone. I was planning on doing roadside chicken over the firepit using bone in chicken parts. What is an acceptable amount of time that chicken could be marinated using a plastic bag...

Has anyone ever soaked their cedar planks in anything other than plain water, like beer with water? I don't want to burn the place down (wood ceiling on screened in porch) I'm doing cedar plank salmon for only the second time. Thanks, Troy

The food looks good and at least you got some rain. We are brown, brown, brown here in Madison

Ive got 3 racks of st louis spares setup for tomorrow. I usally cut them in half for ease of handling and ease of foiling them. I will actually be scientific and do some with and some without. Just need to somehow know which are which at the end of the cook. Sometimes the fun is in the...

Thanks Kevin and all, would you say that there is a minimum amount of time exposed to smoke that is necesssary for the smoke to penetrate ribs?

Yeah, as always, it comes down to.. just try it and see what you like. So far, I am enjoying the show and it is easy to adapt differnet techniques.

Hello, during a recent BBQ Pitmasters, Johnny Trigg said that squeezable butter was the greatest invention since sliced bread. (or something like that) He was using a yellow commercial bottle to squirt butter/margarine onto his ribs just before foiling them during his cooking process. I went...