CodyJ.
Full Fledged Farker
What am I supposed to do for a dessert category? Do I bake a cake and cut it into six pieces or some $#!t?
Wtf dessert? Smoke a cake?
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Sure. Cake, pie, cheesecake, all sorts of things show up as dessert. We took first place recently with cheesecake that I cooked in my Memphis Pro pellet cooker.
peeps
somebody shut me the fark up.
I'm no comp guy, but why not do a dessert in the smoker?
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186193
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186193
buttburnersbbq
Full Fledged Farker
Last comp we grilled peaches , drizzled with homemade caramel sauce topped with bacon .
Blythewood BBQ'er
Babbling Farker
Those look good man!
Butt Rubb'n BBQ
Take a breath!
You don't have to cook it in a smoker. It can be prepared ahead of time if you want. I did the dessert category at the last comp I did and took first place with fried pecan pie.
That's not always true. At the St. Charles, IL competition, where we won, the dessert had to be prepared on site. Same thing for the upcoming Kenosha, WI competition. More and more competitions are doing this because folks were entering store bought desserts.
Check the rules for your specific competition, Cody!
peterz
Knows what a fatty is.
Well, with that kinda attitude why even bother with it ?
Yes exactly that. Bake a cake and cut it into a minimum of six pieces and some $#!t. The 6 pieces is key.......and $#!t.
Why so upset/angry about dessert?? You don't have to do it.
Alexa RnQ
is One Chatty Farker
Check with the organizer. Since dessert is not an "official" category, it's up to the organizer's discretion as to whether desserts must be *cooked* on site/in a smoker, or *prepared/assembled* on site, although most specify no prepared purchased desserts allowed. Also take into account whether desserts will be submitted in a blind box, or whether it's open garnish -- i.e., on a tray with whatever you want, although often a maximum size of tray is specified.
If you have room, you can bake about anything in a smoker. Lots of people do cheesecake, or cobblers, or specialty bread pudding. You could bake little cakes to make fresh-fruit shortcakes. I've even done white chocolate chipotle crème brûlée in a WSM.
I haven't tried this one yet, but I really want to. I can just see it laid out on a tray, with a whole one in the middle, and portions dished into little plates all around it. Pineapple, coconut, nuts, cookies, Eagle Brand and booze, all oozing together -- what's not to love?
http://www.wiveswithknives.net/2013/03/27/gratineed-pineapple-revisited/
If you have room, you can bake about anything in a smoker. Lots of people do cheesecake, or cobblers, or specialty bread pudding. You could bake little cakes to make fresh-fruit shortcakes. I've even done white chocolate chipotle crème brûlée in a WSM.
I haven't tried this one yet, but I really want to. I can just see it laid out on a tray, with a whole one in the middle, and portions dished into little plates all around it. Pineapple, coconut, nuts, cookies, Eagle Brand and booze, all oozing together -- what's not to love?
http://www.wiveswithknives.net/2013/03/27/gratineed-pineapple-revisited/
That looks soooo good! I've bookmarked it!
CodyJ.
Full Fledged Farker
I'm not upset. Just baffled by it. Been spending all my time learning meats. Have no idea what to do with a dessert. Does it go in a regular 9x9? How can ya garnish? It's just throwing me for a loop and don't know where to start.
You guys are really helping me already.
Thanks!
You guys are really helping me already.
Thanks!
Porcine Perfection
is One Chatty Farker
Having judged my share of desserts, appearance means as much as taste (non-statistically) and some teams go all out!
I have had this pie and it's a winner!
Goddahavit
is one Smokin' Farker
You need to start thinking of your smokers as Cookers, anything you can make in the oven can be done in the smoker. Well thats our thoughts anyway...
Let your imagination run, cheescake is popular, as is bread pudding, this is the fun part have fun testing recipes..
Let your imagination run, cheescake is popular, as is bread pudding, this is the fun part have fun testing recipes..
deez butts
Full Fledged Farker
Since you are in CT I'm assuming this is NEBS. I don't have the rules handy but you need to cook it there and use wood, charcoal or wood pellets as the fuel source. You can't make it ahead of time. Cheesecake usually does well.
Here's a pic of one we did where lemon was the surprise dessert ingredient. This is a pic of before we cleaned/finished it up for turn in and garnished the platter. Cheesecake with a lemon glaze on top, also had candied nutts and vanilla whipped cream.
This one came in 1st.
Here's a pic of one we did where lemon was the surprise dessert ingredient. This is a pic of before we cleaned/finished it up for turn in and garnished the platter. Cheesecake with a lemon glaze on top, also had candied nutts and vanilla whipped cream.
This one came in 1st.
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Wampus
somebody shut me the fark up.
At our last competition, we scored a PERFECT PERFECT 180 with a caramel peach bread pudding that we cooked on the Jambo onsite with nothing but an oak fire.
Ah sorry. Normally "$#!t" on top of a "wtf" infers some extent of anger/upsetness :crazy:. I must have misread the tone. It was subtle
.Check with the organizer about what container you can use and the garnish. Most of the time we see open container and open garnish, but it varies. Sometimes it has to be in a normal box.
Use the Google search at the bottom to get some more dessert ideas of what people turn in. Also cooking onsite is pretty simple. We've cooked many desserts in our backwoods.
peterz
Knows what a fatty is.
Ah sorry. Normally "$#!t" on top of a "wtf" infers some extent of anger/upsetness :crazy:. I must have misread the tone. It was subtle
Now that's funny !!!!! Thank you for the good laugh .
kenthanson
is one Smokin' Farker
Last year we did a chocolate cake from a box mix and served it in a martini glass with some home made ice cream. Looked delicious but we got murdered so I'm not doing dessert anymore.
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