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    1st comp ever, and good gosh, that was an experience. It was a fund raiser for Maize KS school District. It was a peoples choice thing with no categories, but was a great time.

    My new smoker arrived at 6:30 PM friday night, a shiney new Yoder Kingman on a Comp cart. It is a thing of beauty. I needed to burn it in and season it so....while it was still on the delivery trailer, and under my carport on the side of the house I lit fires and got some heat and smoke in it till about 1:30AM. Set the alarm for 5 AM to load up and head over to the comp....Over slept by 2 hours...oh boy.

    So I'm already wigging out, Did I mention I am pretty much a Team of 1?

    Unload, took 6 of us to get it off the trailer as the winch was only mounted...wasnt wired for power yet. I want to say that all the people competing were helpful as heck. So I get the fire going and get set up, My plan was to trim the butts while the smoker came up to temp and get them injected and rubbed. That was going fine until my hands started cramping on the knives...lol. How I didnt cut myself......

    Smoker came up to temp, and I finally got the butts on at 10:30 or 11, I cant remember. We serve at 6PM. Yes, I'm stressed out over the time. The Yoder stayed at 250....like clockwork. Butts hit 150 at about 3, so I crutched them in foil. Praying they would hit temp by 6PM. They did! Pulled 2 out and left them in foil and wrapped them in towels and they went into a cooler packed with towels. The other 2 we started pulling and getting the sample cups going.

    Didnt place but got a lot of great comments, I think if they had beef, pork, and chicken categories, I might have placed, but the top 2 had briskets that were awesome. I had a great time, am still exhausted, but cant wait till the next one!



    Last edited by Hookecho; 07-01-2013, 09:13 AM.
    Hook

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    Congrats on the new AWESOME offset.... Sounds like you had fun. I need to do a comp or 2 this year. I hope all goes well for you in the future!!

    I just watched BBQ Pitmasters last night and Swamp Boys BBQ has the same smoker. He won it too.
    Last edited by Big Johnson; 07-01-2013, 09:20 AM.

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    • #3
      Good job! It's all about the experience... you'll get the rewards in due time! I saw the same BBQ Pitmasters and that Yoder is a thing of beauty!
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      • #4
        Nice cooker, good job, first one and under the gun Course, now you nee d a lot of practice and probably someone to help you dispose of all that practice meat soooo . . .
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        • #5
          Congrats on getting out there and doing it.
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          • #6
            Congrats on the competition. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. I would volunteer to help if you could use a 70 year old guy but we are too far away. I would love to be a BBQ hand helping you out.

            Take care and have a great day!

            Ed
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            • #7
              Thanks guys, I really had a great time. I think the stress level would have been lower if everything (Smoker, Tent, winch etc...) hadnt all arrived on Friday afternoon/evening. Also if my girlfriend hadnt shown up I would have died lol. Everyone of the competitors helped each other out in some ways, it was a really cool time. Josh Cary who's folks are the retail side of Yoder Smokers and All Things BBQ, really helped with questions on this pit, So did Bubba Ryan Beehler who called a friend in Wisconsin who ran the same pit, thanks to them I was able to keep the thing in blanence heat wise.

              There is a local KCBS comp in Sept that I might enter, or at least go and watch to get a feel of timing and stuff. Who knows, I might just enter it and see how it goes.
              Hook

              "Sticks and stones may break my bones....but hollow points expand on impact"
              Yoder 640 Comp Pellet
              Yoder 1500 Comp Pellet
              Yoder Kingman Comp Stickburner
              (1) 85 lbs. German Shorthair Pointer

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              • #8
                Nice story didnt sound as a holiday but sounded as hard ,hard work, but ya thats what competition is all about

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                • #9
                  sounds like you did a great job
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                  • #10
                    Congrats on the Kingman, nice looking set up... and congrats for taking it straight to work and hitting the ground running without even a practice cook!
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                    • #11
                      hey great job for just doing it!! live and learn and get better!! that is the way I look at everything... you will have that baby dialed in, in no time!!
                      Brian

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                      • #12
                        That smoker is Awesome!! Bet it puts out some good grub!


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                        • #13
                          You've got the bug now!!! Comps are a ton of fun and you meet some great folks who will be your friends for a very long time!! Best of luck in the future!
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