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Listowel BBQ Competition

posted Jul 17, 2011 7:41 PM by Jeff Ohlhausen

Well this one went much better. Team ran like an (almost) well-oiled machine. Notably absent was panic, mayhem, confusion and terror for the most part. We stayed calm and let the smokers do the work. We were much more organized than in the past and our past competition experience is helping us out now.

Long story short - we got a 2nd place in chicken which was a big milestone for us as it was our first call! We didn't get any other calls but I still felt like it was a great success. We turned in what I thought were our best ribs ever and they only came in front - somedays you never know where the judging will be. I knew we didn't do great in pulled pork which is usually our best category - fortunately, I think I know how to fix it. Brisket flavour was great but we managed to dry it out. I'm going to go back to the drawing board with the brisket and try some new ways out that keep it nice and moist.

I'll post results soon. Big thanks to the team and the team wives (and girlfriends, not wives and girlfriends). I almost forgot to mention Scott who came out and gave it a try - he was a huge help. Hopefully he'll be up for some more competitions. I think I have my eye on Oinktoberfest in late September... haven't mentioned it to the team or the wives yet!

- Jeff

Roc City Rib Fest

posted Jun 2, 2010 10:39 AM by Jeff Ohlhausen [ updated Jun 2, 2010 10:42 AM ]

Ohly Smokes at the Roc City Ribfest….

Hi Everyone,

Here’s our summary from the contest. In some ways we did great, in some not so much but I guess that is how it goes. We finished 68/69 overall – in large part due to our disqualification in brisket. Somehow a toothpick got in the box which was really too bad because (somehow J ) the brisket turned out great and might have been our best category. I figure that if the brisket got even the worst score (other than DQ’d) we would’ve finished in the top 40.

We were:

48^th in chicken – wasn’t bad… not sure where to go on this

63^rd in ribs – back to the drawing board here

41^st in pulled pork – was not our best pork I thought

Disqualified in brisket

Some things I think we did well:

Turn in went well

We built our boxes well (I think – check out the pictures)

We were light years more organized than before

Some things that went bad:

I think I used a rub that was too old. I think I need to adjust the spiciness up a bit and use fresher spices

The sauce was off – I’m going to work on some new recipes and start with some different sauces for the chicken and brisket

The ribs were overcooked

I thought that the meat we used this time was great. So back to the drawing board and some recipe testing. We’ll be looking for some victims sometime soon to let us know how it really tastes. So we had a bit of a rough contest but I’m looking forward to the next. Definitely a big time learning experience. As always the event was great and the other teams were great to us. Especially Penalty Box BBQ who placed first in chicken – they helped us a ton.

Thanks to everyone for your support! Especially thanks to our wives and kids for putting up with us at the competition and special thank you to Dieter’s Accessories, Hogtails BBQ and S&B Southern BBQ for all their help and support. Check out their links on our website.

Here’s a link to some photos:

http://cid-2a787193e7941a06.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Rochester%20-%20Roc%20City%20Rib%20Fest?ct=photos&sa=794547975

Jeff, Jason and Grayson

http://www.ohlysmokes.com

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