Would I be crazy to want to do this as my first competition...I would be doing the Backyard category...
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Not if ya did it for the $175 off entry fee.
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That sounds fun. I would be bringing the WSM for sure.Comment
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I would absolutely do it. Im an idiot. You know your sh— er, stuff; if I can do it, you can do it.
Draft controls and remote/stay in monitors are strictly for at home convenience, so you can pay attention to multiple things, go to the store, sleep on an overnight cook, etc; convenience. At a competition, you’re going to be there paying attention the whole time anyhow. You don’t need the convenience. It serves no purpose.
Photographic analogy:
Situation #1) Im going to The Air Show! Oh boy! I’m going see lots of great airplanes, talk to people about them, meet some friends, and have a blast! I’d better set my camera to full automatic, and dynamic picture mode. Better yet, just use my phone.
Situation #2) I’m going to The Air Show! I’m going to get great photos of airplanes, angles, shadows, up close, far away, in motion, static, old, new, great crowd shots… I’d better shoot full manual and raw.
You’ll be in situation 2.
I might come visit. It looks like the kind of thing I’d enjoy. I’d enter, but I’m pretty clueless about what goes into it, I’d rather see how involved it is first.Comment
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Go for it!
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Why not? Let us know!!Comment
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I would definitely do it with one of my WSM 22's. I say go for it.Comment
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Heck yeah, go get it Pitmaster!Comment
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What a great opportunity to test your skills and also learn a ton. Just the interaction with the other Pitmasters would be reason enough to go for it...
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Looks like fun, Chris!Comment
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I'd drag along your Pit Barrel, for sure. And is your Meadow Creek gas only, or can you use charcoal/wood with it?Comment
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The Meadow Creek has gas but I mainly only use the charcoal tray. I got the gas model so that I could put the gas on to keep things warm after cooking but I have never been able to keep the pilot light lit while I was using the charcoal tray so I never fool with the gas. Wish I had bought the one with the slide out tray and no gas.
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Go for it Chris!Comment
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Just go for it. Worst case scenario you get to hang out with a bunch of like minded folks and maybe learn a few things.Comment
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You are not crazy, you may have to be a member of KCBS did not see that in the rules. Is it in York PA? If you have someone to help or a team member take them with you. It's a lot.Comment
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I would do it.
First off - the restriction on no fan controllers is not a big deal if you know your cooker. Especially on a shorter cook for chicken or ribs. And not being able to have a leave in thermometer I assume excludes grate thermometers too - on my kettle and kamado, I've learned what the dome thermometer reads well enough to trust it for many cooks.
And for chicken parts or ribs - I do not use a leave in thermometer on either of those type cooks anyway. Just my trusty Thermapen. You kinda know when ribs are done by time temp and feel, and with chicken - you know when to start checking things with the instant read thermometer.
So I say GO FOR IT. I would most definitely enter such a cook, and would probably take my Performer to it, since I would never want to transport my SNS kamodo.Comment
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