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TGCBA Open Category
I'm cooking in a TGCBA sanctioned event. Categories are Brisket, Chicken and Spares along with Open. My question is regarding the open category. Does it have to be meat only? Can I add ingredients like jalapenos or cheese to the dish? This is my first cook off, so I just want to make sure before I start coming up with an entry.
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Scott P wrote:I'm cooking in a TGCBA sanctioned event. Categories are Brisket, Chicken and Spares along with Open. My question is regarding the open category. Does it have to be meat only? Can I add ingredients like jalapenos or cheese to the dish? This is my first cook off, so I just want to make sure before I start coming up with an entry.
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anything except brisket ribs or chicken usually
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Thanks! Now I can continue with my experiments. My neighbors love me and my samples that i am making them try.
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Yes, anything but a competition meat.... do what you want have fun with it, even add sides if you'd like.
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Desserts always do very well in open
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Desserts are not eligible per the rules of this one.
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I don't do comps but would like to just for the camaraderie.
Seems like meat is covered well enough with the competition meats - does seafood go over well in the open category? Like blackened fish or shrimp or scallops?
Seems like meat is covered well enough with the competition meats - does seafood go over well in the open category? Like blackened fish or shrimp or scallops?
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egghead wrote:I don't do comps but would like to just for the camaraderie.
Seems like meat is covered well enough with the competition meats - does seafood go over well in the open category? Like blackened fish or shrimp or scallops?
I actually won a sanctioned even last year with seafood. Grilled red snapper on a half-shell with a cream sauce over the top served w/ shrimp brochette. I've also seen people serve up fried fish and shrimp as well...
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At the EMC Fair and Rodeo BBQ Cook Off, four of the top ten (including the winner) were Bacon Wrapped Shrimp. Redfish, Pulled Pork and Stuffed Jalapenos were also there. Our BBQ Gator Uramaki Sushi Rolls finished 12th out of the 96 entrants. If I had used shrimp, I wonder if I would have hit the top ten.
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Scott P wrote:At the EMC Fair and Rodeo BBQ Cook Off, four of the top ten (including the winner) were Bacon Wrapped Shrimp. Redfish, Pulled Pork and Stuffed Jalapenos were also there. Our BBQ Gator Uramaki Sushi Rolls finished 12th out of the 96 entrants. If I had used shrimp, I wonder if I would have hit the top ten.
Bacon wrapped shrimp served alone are far to common at these events if you want to stand out in my opinion...
But yes, it does make you wonder... Congrats on 12th, nothing to be ashamed of out of 96 teams.
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Re: TGCBA Open Category
This was our first ever competition, so we were very excited to finish 12th in the Open category. I really worked hard on coming up with something unique using not common ingredients. I had stuffed jalapenos and pulled pork made for the guests and never thought they would be good enough for a competition creativity-wise.
Here is a pic of our entry, BBQ Gator Uramaki Sushi Rolls. I did rotate them so all the gator eat was lined up before I closed the lid. I do wish I chose a better piece for the front on the right that had a better "look" with the swirl.
Breakfast sausage was rolled out and topped with roasted hatch chile peppers and bacon. Strips of yellow bell pepper, poblano pepper and gator tail meat were laid in the center and the whole thing was rolled up on a sushi mat. If you are familiar with Uramaki, the breakfast sausage is the rice, the bacon and hatch peppers are the nori and the fillings are the gator and peppers. I think a thinner cut of bacon and red bell instead of yellow bell would be improvements in looks for better color contrast. The taste is fantastic though.
Here is a pic of our entry, BBQ Gator Uramaki Sushi Rolls. I did rotate them so all the gator eat was lined up before I closed the lid. I do wish I chose a better piece for the front on the right that had a better "look" with the swirl.
Breakfast sausage was rolled out and topped with roasted hatch chile peppers and bacon. Strips of yellow bell pepper, poblano pepper and gator tail meat were laid in the center and the whole thing was rolled up on a sushi mat. If you are familiar with Uramaki, the breakfast sausage is the rice, the bacon and hatch peppers are the nori and the fillings are the gator and peppers. I think a thinner cut of bacon and red bell instead of yellow bell would be improvements in looks for better color contrast. The taste is fantastic though.
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