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A beginner’s guide to competition pork, Training Episode 3

This is to help anyone out there that is thinking about entering a BBQ competition, this is the third of a 4 part series covering Ribs, Chicken, Pork and Brisket, excuse the quality, turned into a windy day!

Filmed 1 year and three stone ago! I will be working on new videos soon, with more close ups and better editing. The 4 episodes in this series were filmed over a 24 hour period so there is some cross over. Remember this is to help beginners with comp cooking, I appreciate there are thousands of variations and techniques, hope you enjoy watching. I am more than happy to answer any questions.

A great meal for one. Wonderful looking pork.

From a judge's perspective, I can only echo the importance of including the bark.

One-bite judging.

Also, keep the pieces large enough to keep their moisture. Fully-shredded pork dries out so quickly, and dry is almost as heinous a crime as bland.

Another great vid.. do u use neck end all time or other cuts.
Iam new to this proper BBQ stuff and trying to find the cuts of pork, ribs and brisket has
Been a pain every things boned and rolled.

Hi BigM talk to your local butcher, they will usually be able to help, although some of the terms here will n eed explaining to him. There are topics here covering this...................somewhere

BigM wrote:Another great vid.. do u use neck end all time or other cuts.
Iam new to this proper BBQ stuff and trying to find the cuts of pork, ribs and brisket has
Been a pain every things boned and rolled.

By taking off the bone underneath and trimming on one side you actually end up with a pork Butt. By going with a neck end or collar you cant go wrong for pulled pork.

Hey, I love the vids, sorry if this has been asked elsewhere but what is the big BBQ being used?, I like the look of it, a lot of cooking area.

its a Weber ranch, you can smoke or grill on it. when we competed in Las Vegas earlier in the year the guy next to us used two for his comp meats. All kettles are very versatile, this one just has a bigger capacity.

thanks for the info