LAY ON MC DUFF: I CHALLENGE THEE TO A BBQ COOKOFF!!!!

[Taverner]

OK - so you think GAS is for heathens?

Well, I, Taverner, using gas and a smoke box, challenge any of you to a rib cookoff!!!

Yes, my rips will be loved and savored by all, while yours rot in the summer sun, unloved and all alone...

Why? Becuase I perfected the ultimate rib rub, the ultimate mopping sauce and then the ultimate BBQ sauce. Yes, the mopping sauce MUST be different than the dipping sauce.

And for those of you who only do rubs, be prepared to convert, heathens.

And I will use gas - all gas - PROPANE!!!!! MAY THE HAND OF HANK HILL SMITE THEE ONE AND ALL!!!!!

[wryter2000]

1. He doth protest too much, methinks

:hi: Taverner

Prithee, where dost one sign up to be a judge? :)

[proud patriot]

2. I shall let my husband know

we actually live close enough for a cookoff ...

My husband uses coals and a smokebox ....

[wryter2000]

4. Hi, patriot

Partay!!!!!!!!! :bounce:

I'll bring the potato salad.

[proud patriot]

13. I know , lets get this cook off started

Yummy :D

[wryter2000]

16. We can use my dad's barn

Seriously, now that I know you guys, I'll volunteer my back yard. But I doubt Taverner wants to bring his huge, ugly propane cooker all the way to Oaktown.

[proud patriot]

27. Sounds good

potluck or something :hi:

[matcom]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i will smack you down with my ribs so fast, you won't know how to open BOTTLED BBQ sauce!

PROPANE?? :eyes:

who are you Hank Hill?

propane. *shakes head*

[Taverner]

6. Oh ye of little faith

My gas and smoke box shall smite thee with GREAT fury and vengance!

Besides, you take the membrane OFF of the back! How could you do that????

[matcom]

8. you don't?

wow. first place for chewy ribs goes to you! :D

[Taverner]

12. But thats the best part!

It gets all crunchy and it's a little like chitlins!

[matcom]

14. ummmm

no. just makes them hard to eat

[Taverner]

5. OK OK OK Check out my rub

First, I take jalepenos, serranos and habaneros and dry them in the California sun.

Then, I grind them up in a food processor. Mix in paprika, salt and pepper. Rub liberally on the ribs. Make sure to wash hands BEFORE using the bathroom.

Let set for 4-5 hours.

[matcom]

7. sounds like it would mask the taste of the pork

not enhance it ;)

[Taverner]

10. Ahhh no

Habanero and assorted peppers raise the fire content, bringing about pure pain and agony...but sweet agony at that...

[wryter2000]

15. OMG

Better bring lots of :beer:

[mark11727]

9. I really want to be a judge on this...

...just to keep things honest, mind.

[xmas74]

11. My Dad uses propane too.

And we are sauce people, through and through.
The only time we do non-propane is for brisket.

[GOPisEvil]

17. Ha! HaHA!! I will enter MY ribs, which will be cooked in my oven!

That's right an ELECTRIC oven, some foil and some judicious applications of flavorings will create a moist and tasty slab o' pork rib.

Bring it on!

[jobycom]

18. BBQ in California...

:rofl: :spray:

Y'all are funny!

[Taverner]

20. The California BBQ gods shall SMITE THEE HEATHEN

And no I won't use lime on ribs....

Lime is for chicken ;)

[jobycom]

25. California BBQ gods?

And the cook with gas? :rofl:

Do they look like smurfs?

My Texas BBQ gods like you. You amuse them. :rofl:

[Blue-Jay]

19. I, too, have perfected the rub.

<rub rub rub rub...>

Wait. This isn't a sex thread, is it?

[Taverner]

21. So will the ribs be baby backs or spares?

I vote baby backs, since with spares there are too many variables a BBQ'er can't control.

[matcom]

22. any BBQer worth his salt KNOWS there is ONLY one rib

and that would be the baby back.

the mear fact that you had to even ASK says volumes!














































:P

[Taverner]

24. Oh come ON

Spares can be delicious if done right...AND the meat is good.

That's the problem with Texas - they have to import their pork and thus get crappy spares. Get your pork from Nebraska and you won't have to worry about crappy spares :P

BTW...I seem to remember Salt Lick only having spares, no baby backs...and I do consider Salt Lick to be a god among BBQ'ers

[VelmaD]

23. I don't care who cooks 'em

as long as I'm the official judge for this contest. :)

[Shell Beau]

26. I will accept the challenge, b/c my hubby has the

bestest of the bestest ribs!!! And he uses CHARCOAL! You can't get better BBQ than in the South. Duh! :D

[Celeborn Skywalker]

28. One has to use charcoal, IMO

And you're right, the best BBQ is definitely in the South. I had some of the best BBQ I've ever had in Northern Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee.