It was an interesting show, and it gives me an idea as to what cooks have to deal with during competition. Enjoyed seeing the different smoker setups and rigs. Nice stuff. Also, it wouldn't be considered interesting TV by the producers unless there was a healthy storm or one of the cooks fighting exhaustion due to an equipment failure(think that's why he came in last place?). Some of the barbecue looked delicious.
But unless you watched "Man vs. Food" last night in the Arkansas episode (there were 4 episodes in all), you wouldn't believe the BBQ setup that gentleman had in his barn. Mind boggling. He had huge smokers in what would be each stall. Imagine you're at a horse race and are looking through the horse barn with horses looking out of each stall on both sides of the barn. Instead of a stall with a horse, this guy had a large smoker in each location mounted flush to the wall. Maybe 10 or 12 of them in all. This fellow could really crank out a large quantity of Q. Thanks to Todd for the heads up on this one.