My wife and I started competing about three years ago and have had a blast so far. One think I have noticed are more pellet smokers. Every team I have ever set up next to always have the same opinion about these pellet smokers. The opinion seems to be they are acceptable for the backyard bbq but should not be allowed in competitions. There was a trailer that pulled in this weekend and the guy next to me says "Great, we have a guy with two Easy Bake ovens". He was referring to two gravity fed pellet cookers on the back of this trailer.
We talked a couple more times about the pellet cookers and after thinking about my past conversations with my other neighbors, it seems like we the same issue come up.
Part of the challenge of cooking competition bbq should be about maintaining a constant temperature using wood logs. Nothing has been mentioned about fan controllers. Just the pellet smokers. The biggest challenge is keeping a constant temperature without the assistance on an electric auger to feed the fire. Also controlling air flow and the responsibility of the cook to get up out of bed during the night to tend their fire.
I look forward to the responses.
We talked a couple more times about the pellet cookers and after thinking about my past conversations with my other neighbors, it seems like we the same issue come up.
Part of the challenge of cooking competition bbq should be about maintaining a constant temperature using wood logs. Nothing has been mentioned about fan controllers. Just the pellet smokers. The biggest challenge is keeping a constant temperature without the assistance on an electric auger to feed the fire. Also controlling air flow and the responsibility of the cook to get up out of bed during the night to tend their fire.
I look forward to the responses.