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It was good seeing everyone there. We had a great time.

After a comp, the best thing to do IMO is to burn it out. I remove the mid-section and lid and let the fire rage and then burn out. By 2pm (1/2 hour after last turn-in) the fire is on it's last legs anyways, so it burns out within an hour while I pack up my other equipment. Then I dump the...

When I cook for myself or friends & family, I don't inject, brine, layer rubs, finish rub, mop, nor scrape. Comp BBQ to me is one-bite BBQ. I overload my food with complimenting flavors and hope for the best.

This is not correct. Once you separate any portion of the pork butt, you CANNOT continue cooking any portion of it at all whatsoever. You cannot even use sterno in a cambro to hold it, since sterno is considered an active heat source. It is my understanding that this rule will change in 2014...

BTW, this is with 2 bone-in pork butts on the bottom grate & two 12 lbs. packers on the top. After I removed the long haul meats, I put in 6 racks of spares on the top grate and 16 chicken thighs in a full size foil pan on the bottom. I was testing doing all 4 KCBS comp meat in a single 22.5...

I've been able to maintain a 22.5 WSM with a full ring of charcoal (with the outer portion of the ring of charcoal stacked up to the water pan) at 250º for 17 hrs. with a Pitmaster IQ 110. I used no water in the pan...foiled only.

My regular partner & money man won't be there for this event, so I'm doing this one alone. A buddy of mine is going along, but he's not going to be much help, so I'll be doing all the cooking. I usually do the ribs & pork butt and my partner does chicken & brisket. As soon as turn-ins are...

Yes, you can purchase them as one part. The part # is 61486. This includes two brackets with two wooden handles, plus installation hardware. Ranch kettles used to use the same brackets with the plastic handles; however, they changed to a different bracket & handle last year. I ordered two...

Those look like Weber fireplace handles and not Ranch kettle handles. They are less expensive too. When I purchased them they were 2 handles for $16.00. The Ranch handles were like $12.00 each and not wood.

We'll be easy to find since there are very few teams signed up so far. I hope more teams sign up soon.

Vicious Smoke will be there...and at Pechanga the very next week.

To avoid rubbery skin, you should try removing the skin and then scraping the fat from underneath the skin. Then just lay it back over. That's a popular way to get bite-through skin in competitions.

I agree, but seeing how the pork is going to hit ~200º it might not be a big deal. When I cook chicken with anything else in a single WSM I try to either put it below or on the side (if they're on the same level).

$6.98 for 30lbs. is actually ~$0.23/lb.

I loaded up fat on that $5.88 on twin 13.9lbs. bags. I took home 20 and just finished the last bag at the comp in Long Beach this past weekend.

Lowe's in San Diego has them for $9.99! I picked up 4 twin packs. 2 in self checkout and then I went back in and bought 2 more in a reg. checkstand. I'll go everyday this week to get more. I want to stock up for about 12 months worth. Also, Cowboy hardwood lump is $9.99 for a 20lbs. bag.

How can they stop you from buying 2 more later in the day? You can go through self checkout and then go through a reg. checkstand a few min. later. Then come back later in the day and do it again.

Thanks. We really try to do our best, but 2 walks in each of our first 2 comps this season has been stunning for us. We couldn't imagine being able to throw down with such great cooks in these contests and we did okay. We count our blessing every comp because we know DAL can happen to anyone.

Thanks, Tony. I know I need to do better with prepping the garnish. We kind of lagged a bit this last time and were rushed to make it look good. I think this is the box that my brolo made upside down, so we had to flip it into another box before we put the meat inside. I think one judge gave...

Thanks, Jerry. I can only hope to match a quarter of the success you had in your first season. You set a new standard for rookies!