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Babbling Farker
Can you pre trim chicken for a comp? I am sick of doing it on sight.
Yes, you can trim meat before a contest. But make sure you have a receipt proving you bought it from a store. The reps may ask for it.
I've never had a rep ask me for a receipt, but it doesn't mean it won't happen sometime. but i wonder what the sense is of asking for it ? There's nothing in the KCBS rules that says you need proof of buying the meat in a store or something. Hopefully a rep. or board member can shed some light on this receipt issue.
I had not either until this year, at the St. Joesph, Mo contest. We had trimmed our chicken & brisket before hand and had them in vac-u-seal bags & they asked us to prove that we had bought them from a store. Luckily we had our Sam's receipt.
You just never know what will happen from contest to contest.:roll:
There's nothing in the rules about keeping chicken in a separate cooler either.
Could you imagine if you were Amish, and had raised your own chickens, pigs, and cows, and provided your own meat ? You'd be screwed if the rep asked for a receipt !!:lol:
After reading about pre trimming here before I figured I would do this for Dover. My brother convinced me to email and ask about this just incase... Fred's exact words were "Meat original package"
So if you trim do you stick the original package in the vacu seal/ziplock bag with it????
I think it boils down to the local HD wanting to see that the meat was bought somewhere that supposedly adheres to USDA standards.