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I have never cooked a BBQ competion before and I am going to enter a local bbq comp that is only doing three types of ribs.

Spare ribs
Baby Backs
Country style

I am going to take this comp seriously and do the best that I can even though I don't have the time to become a serious comp cook. This is an IBCA sanctioned event so those rules have to be followed also. Seeing as I cook ribs like most backyard people do and really have no idea about flavor profiles outside of what I have been reading on this forum, what am I looking at for the different types of ribs. Do they all get cooked alike as far as flavor or is there a recognized flavor profile for each individually. I know I am probably not making sense so let me give my impressions.

Baby backs that I have had from well named restaurants are very sweet and have lots of sauce on them.
Spare ribs I have had from Q joints are generally just cooked with a little sweet rub with sauce on the sides
I have no idea abut country style at all. What do I need to start practicing?

I am going to build a UDS or two soon, not just for this comp but for myself. So I will be cooking on that. Any other info you need to give me direction? Thank you in advance.

I cook spares 3-2-1 @ 250
Baby acts 3-1.5-1 @ 250
And hot grill the country style ribs and sauce the last 10 min.

Good luck man

So where is this cook off at?

It is in Rockwall in October.

Ill be there again....Had 51 teams in 2011....was RGC there in 2011.......is a great one day event on the square in Downtown Rockwall.........

3 star redneck wrote:Ill be there again....Had 51 teams in 2011....was RGC there in 2011.......is a great one day event on the square in Downtown Rockwall.........

Same date as the Royal Jeff!!!

Big Ed wrote:

3 star redneck wrote:Ill be there again....Had 51 teams in 2011....was RGC there in 2011.......is a great one day event on the square in Downtown Rockwall.........

Same date as the Royal Jeff!!!

Shouldnt conflict with Jeff's schedule ... you have to win to get an invite to the Royal

jtilk wrote:

Big Ed wrote:

3 star redneck wrote:Ill be there again....Had 51 teams in 2011....was RGC there in 2011.......is a great one day event on the square in Downtown Rockwall.........

Same date as the Royal Jeff!!!

Shouldnt conflict with Jeff's schedule ... you have to win to get an invite to the Royal

Really Josh??.... want me to send you a postcard from the AR? ...... ......Ok Ed....thanks for keeping our schedule straight... ...Ok so I wont be in Rockwall this year....

Redneck is that good!! He can be at two comps at once!!! I guess that Superman Tat does make you fly!!!!

Woody Wood wrote:Redneck is that good!! He can be at two comps at once!!! I guess that Superman Tat does make you fly!!!!

Dang Skippy!!!!.......bahahahahahahahah

3 star redneck wrote:Really Josh??.... want me to send you a postcard from the AR? ...... ......Ok Ed....thanks for keeping our schedule straight... ...Ok so I wont be in Rockwall this year....

See ya there

3 star redneck wrote:Really Josh??.... want me to send you a postcard from the AR? ...... ......Ok Ed....thanks for keeping our schedule straight... ...Ok so I wont be in Rockwall this year....

I kid, I kid ...

Three ribs in Rockwall during a cooler fall sounds a blast. Can somebody post the link to the info or flyer?