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Grill Your Ace Off

July 07, 2009

I was asked by the owner of a Local Ace Hardware store to be a judge for his event called Grill Your Ace Off. This event was a really unique event in that all the competitors had to cook their dishes on the Big Green Egg (BGE). Andy Carlson the owner of Ace Hardware store http://www.acealamedastation.com/ contacted me because we were connected to one another on Twitter. Andy asked if I would like to help judge the June 6th event. I was more than happy to attend and judge the event. I met all the competitors the morning of and as the day went on I talked to each of them to learn about what they were cooking and why they chose to use certain ingredients in their dishes. The dishes that were cooked for this event included chili, london broil pizza, stuffed hamburgers, ribs, beef tri-tip, and sausage. The judges included myself, Dennis Scott (BGE Salesman from Outdoor Kitchen), and Chef Mike Buttles from the Culinary School. We decided to judge all the submitted dishes based on three categories: Taste, Complexity of the item, and Presentation. We ranked each category from 1-5 and tallied the votes. In our opinion all of the contestants did a fantastic job as some of them had never used the BGE to cook with. Based on our criteria we gave first place to Jen Roark who cooked the stuffed hamburgers with pico de gallo marinated in margarita mix. Second place went to Ann Holland for london broil pizza. Third place went to Brandon Terrill for ribs. The people's choice award went to Kevin O'Grady for ribs. This was also a first year event that was small but finished big.

Blog Archives

September 2009

The Que Sports Bar & Barbecue Pit - 09/20/2009

July 2009

Kansas City Barbecue Society - 07/20/2009
Grill Your Ace Off - 07/07/2009
Q'n For the Cure BBQ Event - 07/07/2009

June 2009

Serious Texas Bar-B-Q - 06/17/2009
Wolfe's BBQ - 06/15/2009
Yazoo BBQ - 06/12/2009
Colorado-Style Pulled Pork - 06/12/2009
Big Hoss BBQ - 06/12/2009
The Q Worldly Barbeque - 06/12/2009
Grilling Temperatures for Doneness - 06/12/2009
Brothers BBQ - 06/12/2009
Joseph's Southern Food - 06/12/2009
M&D's BBQ - 06/12/2009
Colorado BBQ Teams - 06/12/2009



 

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