A Full Plate Annual Rib Cook-Off

Who are the Judges?

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:50:00 +0000

This year's judges represent a varied group of Philadelphia foodies and community members.

Bill Anderson - Host of "Wake up with Bill" 900AM WURD
Collin Flatt - Editor at NBC's The Feast
Anna Goldfarb - Shmitten Kitten
Brian Gralnick - Certified Kansas City BBQ Society Judge
Taylor High - Mac & Cheese
Ann Karlen - Fair Food Philly
Esther Martin - Meal Ticket at Philadelphia City Paper
Matt Ruben - Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association
Robert Weinberg - City Food Tours

There is also an award for People's Choice, so make sure to eat up and cast your vote!

Who are the Teams?

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:46:00 +0000

A Full Plate's 5th Annual Rib Cook Off is this Saturday, September 10th from 11-4pm and we're very excited about this year's contestants!

Professional Teams
Beck's Cajun Cafe
George Wells
North Bowl
Blind Pig
Darling's Diner
Sonata
Khyber Pass Pub

Amateur Teams
Kimball Street
Rack Attack
Pork Sword
Mermaid BBQ
Docs of Hazzard
The Girls from Ipanema
Philly Underdogs
Baja Tacos

Don't miss the opportunity to attend this great event and eat your face off!

Deadline for Entry Septermber 3rd

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:21:00 +0000

September 3rd is the applicationd deadline for participation in A Full Plate's 5th Annual Rib Cook-Off. Don't wait a minute longer or you could miss out on this awesome event!

Professional and Amateur divisions of competition as well as Vegetarian and Meat-tastic categories.

Sign up now to secure your space!

For more information please contact us at info@afullplate.net or call us 215.627.4068. You can also visit our facebook page (events section) or our dedicated cook off website www.afullplateannualribcookoff.com for a registration form and full rules and regulations.

Time is running out...

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:09:00 +0000

Call for Cooks

Professional and Amateur
Vegetarian and Meat-tastic

Sign up now to secure your space!

For more information please contact us at info@afullplate.net or call us 215.627.4068. You can also visit our facebook page (events section) or our dedicated cook off website www.afullplateannualribcookoff.com for a registration form and full rules and regulations.

5th Annual Rib Cook Off

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:01:00 +0000

Teens4Good

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:48:00 +0000

A portion of the proceeds from this year's event will be donated to a local charity, Teens 4 Good, which works to transform vacant lots in Philadelphia into urban gardens, empowering teens to become healthy responsible adults while improving community access to healthy food.

5th Annual Rib Cook Off Rules and Regulations

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:36:00 +0000

The A Full Plate 5th Annual Rib Cook-Off will take place at Liberty Lands in Northern Liberties on September 10th, 2011. This year the Cook-Off will include a Vegetarian Quickfire and an “Anything Goes” competition so get ready for our best Cook-Off yet. AFP is also proud to be donating a portion of the proceeds from this year’s event to a great local charity – Teens 4 Good which works with youth to transform vacant lots into urban gardens/farms, empowering them to become healthy responsible young adults while improving access to healthy food for local communities.

The following are the basic rules and regulations for this year’s competition:

Each entrant team should consist of 3 people (discounted bracelets can be purchased for additional team members.) There are three categories of competition as described below. Teams may and are strongly encouraged to enter more than one category.

• Ribs: AFP will provide each team with approximately 12 to 15 racks of pork ribs for grilling (final amount to be determined as we get closer to event.) Amateur teams may come to the Café the day before the rib cook-off to inspect and/or marinate your meat, but you may not take your meat off the premises. Professional teams can take your ribs back to your restaurant for marinating but no par-cooking is permitted. All entries must be cooked on location over a fire of wood, charcoal or gas. (Sorry, you can’t dig a pit.) Smoker type barbeques are also allowed.

• Vegetarian Quickfire: AFP will provide a variety of vegetables and pantry items to be revealed at the start of the event. We’re reaching out to the local farming community in an effort to procure the highest quality local ingredients possible. Each team will be given 2 hours to cook at least 200 2 ounce samples of whatever vegetarian dish (food or beverage) you’d like using the available ingredients. The only requirement is that the main component of the dish must be grilled.

• “Anything Goes”: The “Anything Goes” category is defined as your choice of a favorite grilled recipe. This entry can be anything but pork ribs, as long as the main component of the dish is cooked on the premises and on the grill. You must bring the ingredients you require and prepare at least 200 2 ounce samples of the food or beverage.

A panel of esteemed judges will select 1st and 2nd place for the best entrant in each category for both amateurs and professionals. A “Peoples Choice” award for the best dish of the entire competition will also be awarded.

Team Entry Fees

The entry fee per team will be:

Cook-Off Category Amateur Teams Professional Teams
Ribs (AFP provides ribs) $75 $100
Vegetarian Quickfire (AFP provides ingredients) $25 $30
“Anything Goes” (Teams provides) $10 $15

• A hand-washing station and hand sanitizer will be provided on site. Participants must comply with Health Department food handling requirements.

• Teams can bring their own grills, charcoal and/or smokers. 2’ x 5’ grills will be available for rent for an additional fee of $75 per team.

• Please let us know if you need electricity. A power source is available to power electric cooking equipment, but teams must bring extension cords and let us know ahead of time so that we locate you close to that source.

• Each team will get a 10’ x 10’ space for whatever they want to bring, e.g.: tent, display, tables, chairs, etc. AFP will have a table and 2 chairs available for rent for an additional cost of $12 per team.

• Requests for grills and tables/chairs are included in the general entry form, which must be submitted in person at the café, by mail (see address below) or via info@afullplate.net no later than September 2nd, 2011.

• Themed decoration of your area and related team costuming is strongly encouraged.

• Contestants are responsible for supplying all of their own cooking and serving utensils (cooking pots, cutting board, knife, can opener, ladles, etc..) AFP will provide sample 2 oz cups or paper serving boats and napkins along with condiments and sides.

• Each team is responsible for cleaning up their area and cooling and disposal of coals at the end of the event. AFP staff will be available for assistance and garbage cans will be provided. No items will be allowed to remain after the close of the Cook-Off.

Cook-Off Schedule
A Full Plate staff will be on site at 6 am when entrants may begin setting up their tables and cooking areas. Teams participating in the Vegetarian Quickfire or “Anything Goes” categories must be set up by 10 am. “Gates” will open to the public at 11 am. The Vegetarian Quickfire competition will begin at 11:15 am. The AFP buffet of sides and all teams can start serving at noon. Official Turn-In times for the three categories are as follows:

• Rib Turn In: 12:30-1:00 pm
• Veggie Quickfire Turn In: 1:30 – 2:00 pm
• “Anything Goes” Turn In: 2:30- 3:00 pm

Winners will be announced at 3:30 pm and the even will end (and clean up begin) at 4:00 pm.

Cook-Off Procedure

The entrance fee for the general public will be $20 for adults (people over 12) and $10 for children aged 5 to 12. Children under 5 can enter for free. With this entrance fee, guests will receive a wristband and ballot for voting for the People’s Choice prize. AFP will supply 2 oz tasting cups (and boats for the ribs) to all the cook-off teams for dispensing their dishes. Starting at 12pm the public will be able to taste the ribs, and Anything goes items along with some great AFP sides and desserts provided by the one and only Flying Monkey Patisserie. Philadelphia Brewing Company will also be on site, selling a bottomless bear cup for $15.

Cook-Off Judging

Entries must be turned in for judging during the allotted time slot for each category. All entries submitted for judging must be submitted in the container supplied by A Full Plate Café and must contain entries only, no sides or decorations. (Lettuce is the only garnish permitted). Each team must submit 3 separate portions of entry in the provided container. Entries will be scored on a scale of 1 to 10 in the areas of Taste, Tenderness and Appearance for Meat categories and in the areas of Taste, Appearance and Creativity for Non-Meat categories. This is a blind contest; the committee of judges will not know the identity of the cooking teams. If there is a tie, the lowest score will be dropped to determine the winner. Ruling of the judges is final. No contestants are allowed in the judging area before or during judging.

There will also be an overall “Peoples Choice” ballot box for people to vote for best overall dish (i.e. not category specific.) Ballots will be given to people entering the cook-off area when they pay their entry fee and receive their wristbands.

To register a team, please fill in the Official Entry Form below and for additional information contact Shannon or Liz at A Full Plate Café at info@afullplate.net or 215- 627-4068. Visit our facebook page

5th Annual Rib Cook Off

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:57:00 +0000

We can hardly believe that 2011's Rib Cook Off will be our 5th year hosting this awesome neighborhood event. We're teaming up with the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association's Fall Music Festival in Liberty Lands. This year's Rib Cook Off will be held on September 10th, 2011 and will consist of two categores Ribs and a Vegetarian QuickFire Challenge! More details to come, but for now hit us up at info@afullplate.net if you have specific questions or want to sign up!

Rib Cook-Off 2010

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:16:00 +0000

A Full Plate's 4th Annual Rib Cook-Off was a great success! Saturday was a beautiful day, and the Rib Cook-Off was the perfect compliment to the annual Music Festival held at Liberty Lands.

Teams arrived to set up as early as 5am and were busy all day cooking in three categories of competition: Whole Chicken, Vegetarian and Ribs.

A Full Plate provided a vegetarian buffet of side dishes ranging from their famous mac and cheese to roasted beets. The Flying Monkey Patisserie supplied a selection of brownies and bars to cleanse the palate in between enjoying contestant's grilled items.

The competition was stiff, and the winners worked hard for their achievements. Here is a rundown of the winners:

Whole Chicken - Teams were given eight 3 pound whole organic chickens to grill.

Professional

1st Place - North Bowl
2nd Place - Sonata

Amateur

1st Place - NoLib Rib
2nd Place - Your Mom's Rack

Vegetarian - Teams were asked to prepare at least 100 portions of a vegetarian entry. Anything that did not contain meat was scored in this category.

Professional

1st Place - Darling's Diner
2nd Place - North Bowl

Amateur

1st Place - Smokey Crossbones
2nd Place - NoLib Rib

Ribs - Teams were given 20 racks of pork ribs to grill or smoke.

Professional

1st Place - Darling's Diner
2nd Place - Home Slice Pizzeria

Amateur

1st Place - Mermaid BBQ
2nd Place - Your Mom's Rack

Crowd Favorite - NoLib Rib

** Teams who would like details about the scores should email afullplateribcookoff@gmailcom with their team name included in the subject line**

Thanks to all of our sponsors, we couldn't have done this with you and your support. Partnering with the Music Festival at Liberty Lands made this a great day for our neighborhood and those who attended both events had a great Saturday. We'll see you next year!

Updates to Rules and Regulations

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:35:00 +0000

Hello!

A few of you have written in with questions and concerns, I have added some points of clarification to the Rules and Regulations. Below is a summary of those changes.

Team Size: Each team is made up of one head griller and three assistants. If you feel you are going to need additional help serving your food, you may bring up to two junior assistants but they will each be charged a $10 entry fee.

Cooking Area: Originally, we had allotted a 12' X 12' space for each team. Because your team will likely require at least two cooking devices in order to prepare the amount of food we are providing each team, we have expanded the cooking area to 12' X 15'. We strongly suggest planning your layout ahead of time to make sure all your necessary equipment fits within the allotted space.

Meat: Each team will be given 8 fresh, whole, organic chickens for the Chicken category. The chickens will be whole when you receive them, but it is up to you whether or not you prepare them whole. We will provide you 100 2oz plastic cups to serve your samples of chicken to the crowd. We suggest a 1oz portion.

Keep those questions coming!

Don't delay in submitting your entry form and entry fee. Due to space limitations we can only accept the first 22 teams who enter. Deadline for entry is September 4th.

Rib Cook Off to Partner with Music Festival

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:53:00 +0000

This year, A Full Plate's Rib Cook Off will take place at Liberty Lands Park (3rd and Wildey) on September 11th immediately preceeding the annual Music Festival sponsored by NLNA.

A Full Plate's Rib Cook Off will entertain patrons from noon till 4pm and the music festival will start at 5pm.

Date Annouced for 2010 Rib Cook-Off

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:56:00 +0000

Hold the date for this year's Rib Cook-Off sponsored by A Full Plate Cafe!

Saturday, September 11th

2009 Rib Cook-Off Recap

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:54:00 +0000

This year's Rib Cook-Off was a huge success! The weather cooperated and we had close to 600 people attend the event. The owners of A Full Plate and I couldn't be happier with the event, the participants and the food they grilled as well as the attendees.

Here is a run-down on the judges final scores, as well as the crowd favorite. Judging was blind and each divisional category had a separate panel of three judges who gave each entry a score from 1 to 10 on Taste, Tenderness and Appearance.

VEGETARIAN

Professional 1st Place = Q BBQ and Tequila Bar

Amateur 1st Place = Mediocre BBQ

BRISKET

Professional 1st Place = Q BBQ and Tequila Bar

ANYTHING GOES

Amateur 1st Place = Smokey Crossbones

RIBS

Professional 1st Place = Fran from Tower Investments

Amateur 1st Place = George Wells Meats

CROWD FAVORITE

Sonata

It was a stellar event thanks to the staff from A Full Plate and Home Slice, all of the volunteer judges who gave us their Saturday afternoon, Stoudt's Beer, ROOT liqueur and of course all the contestants who prepped long before competition day to put out their best ribs and other grilled fare. Check out all the pictures from the day, here.

We're definitely doing it again next year, so if you missed this legendary cook-off you can redeem yourself a year from now.

Rain or Shine

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:11:00 +0000

The Rib Cook-Off is rain or shine.

Rib Cook Off This Saturday!

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:00 +0000

It's Wednesday, so that means only three more days to wait until A Full Plate hosts its annual BBQ extravaganza.

The professional division is 9 teams large, so here is run-down on the competitors:

El Camino Real (last year's Vegetarian winner)

Bar Ferdinand

North Bowl

Darling's Diner

Q BBQ and Tequila

Sonata

Koozeedoo (a yet-to-be-open spot taking over the Copper space on N. 2nd Street)

Mermaid BBQ (last year's 1st place & Crowd Favorite winner)

Tower Investments (last year's 'Anything Goes' winner)

Each one of these professional teams will be grilling or smoking loads of ribs, grass-fed organic brisket, and a vegetarian item for the crowd.

The amateur division is also chock-full of talented grillers:

Little Mermaid BBQ

Mediocre BBQ

Ribbed for her Pleasure

Garden State Porkway

SoCo-licious

George Wells

Smokey Crossbones

Pork Sword

Got Ribs?

Pork Barrel Politics

For an admission price of just $20 you get to sample the ribs from each division plus the grass-fed organic brisket and veggie options from the professional teams. In addition to the live grilling, A Full Plate cafe will be offering a buffet of all-vegetarian side dishes including:

Southern Style Slaw

Baked Beans

Brussels Sprout Salad

Sesame Kale

Mac & Cheese

Oatmeal Whoopie Pies

Rust'n ROOT Chocolate Cupcakes

With your $20 admission price you also get a beer from Stoudt's and a cocktail mixed with ROOT liqueur. A bottomless cup can be purchased for an additional $10. Doors open to the event at 1pm. The first 35 people through the door also get a FREE Rib Cook-Off t-shirt from Philly Fresh Prints!

A Full Plate's 3rd Annual Rib Cook-Off
2nd and N. Hancock Streets
(directly behind The Piazza @ Schmidt's)
FREE PARKING
1 pm
Saturday, September 12th

Rib Cook-Off 2009 Entry Deadline

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Today is the last day to enter A Full Plate's 3rd Annual Rib Cook-Off as a competitor. The entry fee for an amateur team is just $75 bucks and supplies you with a 10 X 10 foot space on Hancock Street behind the Piazza at Schimdt's to grill on, plus 12-15 racks of ribs to prepare for hungry guests. The event is Saturday, September 12th and opens to the public at 1pm.

If you're a professional cook or restaurateur you can enter the Professional Division of competition to battle the BBQ prowess of El Camino Real and other local BBQ experts.

Categories for Professional Teams include Ribs, Brisket and Vegetarian, while categories for Amateur Teams include Ribs, Anything Goes and Vegetarian.

For the amateur category turn in times are as follows:

1:00 Vegetarian

1:30 Anything Goes

2:00 Ribs

For the professional category turn in times are as follows:

1:00 Vegtarian

2:00 Ribs

3:00 Brisket

We'll be setting the whole Rib Cook-Off up on Hancock Street behind The Piazza at Schmidt's and Stoudt's brewery and ROOT have agreed to provide samples of their libations throughout the day.

If you'd just like to show up and eat the wonderful samples from both Professional and Amateur teams as well as full buffet of vegetarian side dishes courtesy of A Full Plate Cafe, it's just 20 bucks for a ticket on the day of the event.

For details on rules and regulations or to download an entry form, please visit A Full Plate's Annual Rib Cook-Off official website.

Mark you calendars today and spread the word to your friends who think they have what it takes to compete to win First Place in the 3rd Annual Rib Cook-Off!

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:52:00 +0000

A Full Plate's 3rd Annual Rib Cook-Off is less than three weeks away!

Just 20 dollars at the door gets you unlimited access to contestants rib samples, a buffet of A Full Plate's vegetarian side dishes and samples courtesy of Stoudt's brewery. ROOT will also be on site sharing their fine creation. This year's Cook-Off will take place on Hancock Street just behind The Piazza at Schmidt's. Doors open at 1pm.

Professional Division Rules

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Professional Division Rules are now up. Download them and send those entry forms in!

Entry Form & Amateur Division Rules

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000

If you're thinking about entering the Rib Cook-Off as a contestant, please find the Entry Form and Amateur Division Rules on the right sidebar. Download the entry form, fill it out, mail it in to A Full Plate Cafe with your entry fee and you're all set and ready to grill come September 12th!

Rib Cook Off! Saturday, September 12th, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Rib Cook Off Announcement

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Rib Cook-Off! Saturday, September 12th

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:26:00 +0000

Rib Cook Off 2009 Information

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The Date is Set

noreply@blogger.com (e) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:20:00 +0000

We've picked a date for the 3rd Annual Rib Cook-Off, sponsored by A Full Plate Cafe. The date is Saturday, September 12th, 2009. Mark your calendars now, because there is no excuse for making other plans.