Russ Sylvester
TVWBB Pro
Something I've noticed over the last several months of competing... The top teams that have competed for a long time will keep the new team at an arms length. By that I mean that they will only talk to you at what I call the 'surface' which they will do for anyone. After they see you at a bunch of Comps they will start to see that you aren't just a one comp team and start to really talk to you at some depth.
During the last competition a few of these guys were standing around swapping lies, bragging, giving out totally bogus recipes, etc, etc that always happens. So I mentioned that I really wanted to move to the next level in competition and what sorts of things should I start thinking about. I got the usual stuff like going to this or that school, but one guy said that I should step up in cookers. I was shocked. He said that it was like I'm cooking on a Volkswagen while everyone else is cooking on Ferrari's. I replied something about being able to turn out a good product by knowing your cooker really well. He said that that was complete bull-biscuits and recommended I go buy a Stump's, Spicewine, FEC, Traeger, etc. It would have hurt less if he had punched me in the stomach.
Afterwards I started thinking about what he said and with the exception of Harry Soo, who really does very well at Comps with a WSM?
Russ
During the last competition a few of these guys were standing around swapping lies, bragging, giving out totally bogus recipes, etc, etc that always happens. So I mentioned that I really wanted to move to the next level in competition and what sorts of things should I start thinking about. I got the usual stuff like going to this or that school, but one guy said that I should step up in cookers. I was shocked. He said that it was like I'm cooking on a Volkswagen while everyone else is cooking on Ferrari's. I replied something about being able to turn out a good product by knowing your cooker really well. He said that that was complete bull-biscuits and recommended I go buy a Stump's, Spicewine, FEC, Traeger, etc. It would have hurt less if he had punched me in the stomach.
Afterwards I started thinking about what he said and with the exception of Harry Soo, who really does very well at Comps with a WSM?
Russ