Hogwarts BBQ

Boy another great weekend at King of the Mountain BBQ Competition.
The weather played ball after the the weather man said it would Rain with strong winds.

The team was very relaxed especially when it's been 5 months since our last comp.

So how had did we fare:

Mixed results but we are consistent across the proteins which gave us a 7th overall 🤩

Our best result was 5th for Ribs. We'll done Rebecca Paewai 😊

9th for Pork
9th for Brisket
11th for Chicken

Big thanks to Craig Leathley for putting on an amazing event 👏
Big thanks to Black Origin for the Brisket
Big thanks to Hunting & Fishing New Zealand, Hutt Valley for your support.
Was great to catchup with Greg Hopkins

Congratulations to the teams that got calls 👌 and especially to Cook Cartel for winning GC and an invitation to compete in the USA

We're here for another KOTM BBQ Comp. All setup and rearing to go.

Come on down and say hi! if you're about.

KOTM is a week out and we'll be there!

Prep work started a few weeks ago.
Chicken and pork all trimmed vacuumed packed, rubs and sauces ready to go.
Ribs and brisket prep Wednesday.

Load trailer Thursday ready for an early start on Friday.

As always will be great catching up with the other teams.

If you're around New Plymouth come down and say hi, would love to see you there.

Oh yes we have something new coming.....will keep you posted.

This is a job I hate doing so between the rain I managed to spring Clean the drum. All done so rewarding.

All ready for King of the Mountain.

We have created custom t-shirts to support the team's fundraising efforts. If i get enough interest i will run a batch.

Let me know in the comments if you would be keen 😊

You know it's going to be good when Black Origin turns up.

What will this be?

Fired up the Trusty Rambler with what I think are NZ Baby backs $6 for a half rack in Woolies so got two.
So here's the thing! they are super quick to cook so they are great to practice flavour profiles with.

Also doing some brisket offcuts

So what ya'll got going on.

It's always great to fire up the grill and get that smoke rolling.
On the pit today swiftie's and a pork butt.
Trialled some home made rub on the ribs, it was ok....I'll leave it for the experts 😆
Finished off with pulled pork burgers and a side order of ribs.

Product Test part 2

Soaked the grills overnight in the solution
Now bear in mind my grills where pretty caked on with that black stuff.

So the instructions say to pull the grills out, put some detergent on the grill With the gloves provided clean the grills with warm soapy water.

Blimey what a messy job. Make sure you clean over some plastic.

My thoughts: if I was expecting to get the grill back down to metal again I was optimistic in fairness it did clean the grills.
If I would use it again I would use some scotchbright and clean off the grubby stuff first.

Overall would i use it again! Possibly, just to try cleaning with scotchbright.

Would be great on new grills.