My dad and I made the trip to GrillBillies in NC for the third time to attend one of their classes...This class was called Ribs 201, and was meant for people than had attended the Ribs 101 class and want to learn more advanced techniques.
The class had 22 students which were then divided into 2 teams of 11...each team was partnered with a pitmaster from a professional competition team as the mentor...My dad was on the team lead by Brian from Mutley Crew and I was on the team lead by George from Twisted Pair BBQ...
Each student was given a rack of spare ribs to prep and cook. The mentors went over how they trim ribs and then went through different seasoning combinations that they use for the rub, the wrap and eventually the glaze. Then we were able to choose how we wanted to prep and season or ribs.
My teams mentor didn’t focus on a competition Ribs but more along the lines of a rib that would be good as an appetizer for a party where guests would likely only eat one or two bones versus a whole rack.
When everyone’s ribs were done each team selected three racks to be submitted for blond box judging.
My my team won the overall by 2 points and my ribs tied for first overall. I am pretty pleased with my outcome. I won my first competition, I should quit now while I am ahead.
Here are are some pics.
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