Merl's Contest Debut this weekend

Good thing comp cooks are the most helpful and friendly folks on earth.

Sure would be a good time to let a rep experience what we all complain about.

Hope you both have a great cook.

Merls Minority Voice Smokers

"Team Potentially Hazardous" will debut at Claremore, Ok at the Boots and BBQ Cookoff. Now if we can remember to turn in all four meats, then we will exceed our expectations. (Just kidding). We will be the made in Oklahoma team cooking on an FEC and a Hasty Bake, with some kind of Head Country product hidden away. We will have fun, but the only true expectation is that some team gets so drunk they will be "DAL" and save Team Potentially Hazardous.

Come and visit us.
Carol and Merl

Good luck Merl..........and have lots of fun.

Mike

I don't know how hazardous you plan on getting, but don't park beside the big red trailer. They will be enforceing the quiet time at this contest so at 9:00pm turn the boom box down and untap the keg.
Okay glad your comeing and cooking, did you get sick from those 2 slices?

You go, Merl!!!

Team Potentially Dangerous did themselves proud this weekend. Got a call in Pork and a perfect 180 in Dessert (Carol, you never DID give out samples).

Fun to see Merl out working all night, lots of stories to tell, including the group's attempt to "help" Merl enjoy his first contest.

If you come out again Merl, no U-Haul trailers.

Congrats!

I see Smokin' picked up calls in pork and ribs,so all the work and the winter layoff must not have made him forget everything.

Congrats.

A great weekend. Carol and I took on our first cook. You should have seen our faces when we got our first call in Pork. Then a 180 in dessert. OK if this was the accademy awards:
We want to thank Cookshack for the great FEC, Russ, Mike, David, and so many other for tips, encouragement and drinks, Eddy and Paul for a great cooking class and of course all of our competition friends who called in with encouragement.

We had a blast, CCR played on Friday night, horse racing to watch as we made our turn in boxes, great organizer, great friends, and great competition.

The FEC purred all night long and put out some great product. Wearing the FE?cookshack cooking class apron, lots of folks stopped to see the FEC. It was fun to show it off.

Oh yes and that judge who cheated me with a 6 when I deserved a seven and kept me out of the top ten, (10-12 th place .0006 difference) I just could not pass up a judging complaint.

Thank to all
Merl

Congrats Merl and thanks for dinner Friday.

Also, way to go SmokinOkie on 3rd Overall


SueBQue

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Originally posted by Tom:
I see Smokin' picked up calls in pork and ribs,so all the work and the winter layoff must not have made him forget everything.

Congrats.

ACTUALLY Tom, I got calls in Ribs, Pork and Brisket and missed RGC by .5714, thanks for asking (It was Merl's thread so I didn't want to detract from his success)

Worst chicken score of 3 years, otherwise, I might have GC. Oh well...grrrr

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Originally posted by Merl:
A great weekend. Carol and I took on our first cook. You should have seen our faces when we got our first call in Pork. Then a 180 in dessert.

Thank to all
Merl

I sat next to Merl at the Cookshack Cooking Class and just knew I was witnessing the evolution of a true future championship cooker. He was so detail oriented, he was focused, he was ... ah, did you say his wife, Carol, was on the team with him. Oh, that explains why they did so great the first time out.

Congrats Merl (from the folks who sat behind you at the FE class).