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#3 New Holland Summerfest, New Holland Pennsylvania - August 2003
17th place overall / 43 teams
While the Dizzy Pig guys are generally a humble bunch, starting off with two top ten contests can start inflating the heads of even the tamest of egos. This turned out to be the contest that made us realize it wasn't good enough to just cook good food. Not only did we need to try and improve on what we were turning into the judges, but we began seeing that there is definitely some luck involved on which table of judges your entry lands on. Overall we were still pleased to be among the top half of the teams, but our normally strong brisket and rib scores really took a big hit this day! Ouchola.
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Chicken
6th
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Ribs
35th
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Pork
9th
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Brisket
33rd
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Sausage
10th
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Anything But
21st
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Returning to New Holland was an easy decision, as it is within reasonable travelling distance for all team members, and is a wonderfully run event in a really, really nice setting. August 22nd we left the DC area and drove to gorgeous Amish country East of Lancaster where we hooked up with Melvin Stolzfus and checked into our spot in New Holland Park. The weather was perfect, and smoke was already in the air when we arrived.
The New Holland Summerfest is growing every year, and this year 43 teams competed. Not sure what happened to our rib and brisket scores on this one, but it was pretty clear the judges were not too crazy with what we turned in!
