Rib-off

Well, we competed. That's about all I can say. The event was fun, exhausting, rushed, stressful, and fun. I didn't put out my best ribs. Not by a long shot. I did, however, put out 21 racks of okay ribs in a pretty great sauce (homemade Korean bbq), 10 whole chickens that were spatchcocked and stuffed with curried butter under the skin and then salted and cooked under a brick, and over 100 vegetarian items which coincidentally were actually quite good (grilled tofu marinated in sesame ginger sauce). All in all it was a good time, and I will be competing again next year, albiet with more room for grilling/an additional smoker. Oh, I also pulled my propane Weber out of a two year retirement, and managed to get a pretty wicked grease fire going in the lower compartment. It was pretty interesting.

A Full Plate Rib Cook-off

Liberty Lands Park (3rd and Wildey)
Saturday, September 11
Doors open at noon
$20 all-you-can-eat
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This is what I will be doing tomorrow. Below are some scenes from last year. Nevermind that for an AMATEUR rib cook-off, we are expected to cook twenty(!) full racks of ribs, eight(!) whole chickens and 100(?) vegetarian options. Don't ask me why a rib cookoff REQUIRES vegetarian items, because I don't get it either. If you are in the area, you can do worse than stop by and watch all of the contestants stress about having to work at feeding a massive crowd of people. Oh and last year my shoulder was in nine pieces. So barring any insanity today, I should be in one piece this year.