My long weekend is over, time to get back to work. Bummer. It was a good weekend though, I’m moderately rested up. I did come to the critical decision that I’m quitting the sport of BBQ though, so if you have any new hobbies for me, feel free to offer up some ideas. Needless to say the BBQ competition didn’t go so well. They took my whole enthusiasm for the contests this time, I don’t think I will do another one. I turned in my best brisket, a veritable masterpiece of beef in my opinion, and they chewed it up and spit it out. Quite literally, from the scores they gave me. @#()$%!!!! I’m not going to let it bother me though. I’m over it already actually. @#%*^. Zim did get a ribbon in turkey though, saving the team from total disgrace. Our other entries just didn’t do well for some reason. We did manage to eke out a slim victory over our arch-rivals, the Red Glove BBQ Team, but we’re not in much of a position to gloat over it. I guess you could say we did just a little less terrible than them.
Since that effectively wasted my entire weekend, I have nothing else to relate. However, I do have another fascinating tidbit of info. This guy at work, who has several “unique” hobbies (even better than BBQ’ing) recently built a homemade chicken plucker. “However would you do that,” you ask? Well, you simply buy the best-selling book on the Internet, “Anyone Can Build a Tub-Style Mechanical Chicken Plucker.” I am thankful I was busy the weekend the chicken-slaughter went down, because he was looking for volunteers. He did have the courtesy to video the event though, which was nice of him I thought. Check it out:
Probably one of the top 10 amazing things I’ve ever seen.
I’m not sure from the video but I’m assuming the chicken ‘volunteers’ for this demonstration had already bought the farm so to speak. Or will you and your friend soon be starring in an episode of the animal cops, KC edition, with some ASPCA enforcer dressing you down and making you cry?
Ha, that was my first question actually. Yeah they’d been humanely dispatched and given a nice warm bath prior to being introduced to the Whizbang Chicken Plucker.
Maybe on those cold nights when the frozen margaritas arent so popular we could use the Margy Machine for Chicken soup ? Just thinkn out loud.
Phil,
Maybe you need to stop practicing and let your talent come out during the competition.
Just relax for a weekend or two and you will be ready for the Grand Daddy of all BBQ contest.
The American Royal…. We personal love your brisket and what do the JUDGES know anyhow.
Just something to think about.
Oh one more thing WHERE ARE THE PICTURES???
Hey I put a picture up!! And a video too!!!
Sorry, I can not view them or watch the video.
I was looking for pictures in your photo album.
Now that guy is a “CHICKEN PLUCKER” !!!!!
Maybe that should be the name of our band.
Ronda—You’d better thank your lucky stars that you can’t see the video! I can’t get it either, but I understand it’s the most gross thing ever. Yucky, yucky for chicken pluckin’!! The hand method is much better!!!
Ohhhh you don’t know what you’re missing. Modern technology at work.