KCBS considered banning pellet, electric and thermostatic cookers

I would suggest you go read the last KCBS BOD summary notes on their site first. It is not completely like you are saying here.

CAn you give me a link to where that is Ribdog? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Maybe this fellow had the wrong info too. Thanks much, Rick in CO

I hope this is not a day after April fools joke.

Queman

Some areas of the country have occasional "town hall" meetings and banning eveything except a traditional stickburner comes up.

Also,when everyone is snowed in and has cabin fever,a thread is usually started on Ray Basso's forum.

That tends to be the extent of it.

Well Rick, my memory failed me once again. Instead of what I read being on the KCBS website, it was actually in the March 2007 KCBS Bullsheet. It was in an article about the minutes from the December 2006 BOD meeting.

What was written in the article was:

"Carolyn Wells polled the board regarding an inquiry from a member regarding the proposed auto relight feature on the new CookShack FEC controllers. It was decided that no action was required on this matter as this feature was not available at this time."

I think this is the comment that is maybe being taken out of context.

Hope this helps.

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Originally posted by Rick201m:
Hi all,

I was judging a KCBS event this past weekend and had heard that the Board of Directors of KCBS had considered banning any electric, pellet and thermostatically controlled oven in competitions. They ended up not voting for any of this, but is this a real issue to the sanctioning boards? I hadn't heard of it.

Seems like if they don't apply rules as to the proper method of cooking Q, then why would it matter what type oven it is cooked in.

Just wondering what any of you had thoughts of and/or knew of this discussion.

Rick,

Out of curiousity, where were you judging in February? KCBS has no sanctioned events then.

For the record, I am on the board and we did not vote to ban pellet cookers. At the annual rules meeting held in Lenexa, KS in November, the group that attended proposed and voted to send a recommendation to the KCBS board of directors that pellet cookers (summarized) be banned from competition. Only the items and issues that receive enough votes in this meeting and others move on to be considered by the board. This issue received enough votes, but the board decided no rule change was necessary.

Rod

Hi Rod,

I was judging just this past weekend...not in February.

Ok, so then there was a recommendation by a group to submit it to the board to review. I understand now.

What about electrics or thermostatically controlled cookers? Were they discussed at all?

Thanks for the infomation, Rod!

Rick in CO

if they ban pellet cookers, who would be around to keep the stick burners company while they pump logs into the fire?

of course, since I'm a hybrid (have both) I guess I'm my own best friend!

Rick,

It was all lumped together - augers, eletronics, thermostatically controlled . . . .Currently the heat source must be a wood or charcoal and pellet cookers meet that definition. Delivery systems are not addressed. This is just my opinion, but I don't see KCBS taking a step backwards any time soon.

Rod