Let's have a frank discussion about Throwdowns

buzd504

lkapigian said:

Honestly I would love and plan to, while my cooking skills are good, I lack in presentation and fall in the "Too Embarrassed" category for the throwdowns and tend to lean more towards specific threads such as Sausage Recipe ...

BTW thanks for putting this out there 

Crazy talk.

lkapigian

JohnInCarolina said:

I don’t participate because I don’t have a kick ash basket, because I don’t think they’re necessary, but lots of people here do have them and rave about them all the time, and this conflict has turned me into a bitter old man who yells at clouds.  Also, the Atlanta airport.

TN_Egger

Thanks Fish.  You had me at sauce on a fork.  Any likes?

nolaegghead

DoubleEgger

Thank you to those who have provided thoughtful answers. Please keep them coming. 

alaskanassasin

 I have never seen a throw down roll across the forum.  I am a new member and every one has made me welcome for the most part but I imagine I have thicker skin than some. There is a bit of a good ole boys network here. As for the shenanigans posts I’m for them!

frazzdaddy

I agree with @alaskanassasin. I also am a new member and plan to try and participate in the next one. Really don't care about winning as I'm new and really should not be competitive yet, however when I get a little better at this stuff look out. The shenanigans make this place fun and pretty cool. 

Mattman3969

If it’s not arguing about politics it seems to be a short thread.  Then when the politics is snuck into an actual cooking thread it roles on.  

@killit_and_grillit had an awesome throw down planned last weekend, minimal participation. Which sucked. I guess if he asked for chicken wings in the shape of Trump or Hillary it might have went gangbusters with the meme and gif crowd.  

nolaegghead

Snowflakes here are paradoxically the people that complain incessantly about all the darn snowflakes.

I would love to participate in more of them but I've been pretty busy and the more specific topics don't always align with what I feel like eating.

Now if someone put up some serious prizes...

RiverBBQ

Usually usually by the time my cooks are over the brown water makes me forget to take pics. I love posting pics, I don’t mind positive or negative. When I post it’s because I’m proud. I know I’m way behind in skills to quite a few of you but any criticism “at least for me” is taken seriously as far as a hobby allows

Killit_and_Grillit

MORE THROWDOWN!!!!!!!!!!

Not participating in a throwdown because you think you'll not be good at it is like not sleeping with the loose girl in school because you think she'll be better than you. Just stick to your go to moves, experiment a little, and hope you come out on top.

Did you have fun? Maybe got your a$$ spanked a little? Learned a lot of new stuff? Well there ya go.

JohnInCarolina

Killit_and_Grillit said:

Not participating in a throwdown because you think you'll not be good at it is like not sleeping with the loose girl in school because you think she'll be better than you. Just stick to your go to moves, experiment a little, and hope you come out on top.

Kent8621

so are we doing one this weekend, lets make throw downs great again.

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger said:

Thank you to those who have provided thoughtful answers. Please keep them coming. 

1. Increase the time frame.  Giving people more than a couple of days to plan the cook might increase participation.

2. Keep them simple and with fewer restrictions.  A steak throwdown for example.  Any kind of steak, cooked any way you want.

3. Just identify the top three instead of a sole winner.  Let those three decide amongst themselves who plans the next one.  Or all three of them can do one together.  

DoubleEgger

Kent8621 said:

so are we doing one this weekend, lets make throw downs great again.

No. If it is decided that we continue, ample time and notification will be provided to encourage participation. 

RiverBBQ

The football theowdown was an excellent idea, unfortunately MaBell had other plans for me

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger said:

Kent8621 said:

so are we doing one this weekend, lets make throw downs great again.

No. If it is decided that we continue, ample time and notification will be provided to encourage participation. 

That was just my suggestion.  I’m not trying to insist on anything.   If folks want a throwdown for this weekend then I’d go for it.  You might have a lot of takers given this thread, I don’t know.

HeavyG

There's a day each year for everything, including food. This calendar might spur some suggestions: https://foodimentary.com/today-in-national-food-holidays/

Picking a set day (e.g. second Saturday of each month) might also help with planning/awareness.

Legume

So many rules.  Nobody owns throwdowns.

Start one.  My advice would be keep it simple, there were some more complex skilled cooks for a while.  I do think new and different things expand our skills, so keep that in mind.

Mattman3969

Everyone that enters get acknowledged as a winner.  Problem solved 

Kent8621

I only asked because its literally my only free weekend ill have some time sunday to do some cooking before 3 straight weeks of trips so I was hopeful.

milesvdustin

I would like to do them more, as long as they aren't wings. Really a subjective topic. 

JohnInCarolina

milesvdustin said:

I would like to do them more, as long as they aren't wings. Really a subjective topic. 

Are you an anti-wingite?

COegger

YEMTrey said:

I actually prefer the “National Brisket Day” cook type threads over the throwdowns.  This eliminates some of the one-upmanship that may occur.  There’s no pressure to post your cook since you don’t have to worry about lack of votes.

There were a lot of posts in the NBD thread.  Got to see many peoples takes on prep, cook, finish, etc.  At least for myself, I’d be much more inclined to participate in that type of regular thread than a throwdown.

I agree - I think if you did a more themed event vs. a competition you would get more participants.  You could do a protein (chicken, ribs, or brisket) theme or a style (pizza, tacos, chili, dessert) weekend event.  It would inspire people like me who want to Egg something but don't know what to cook.  It would encourage people to participate if it wasn't a competition and had nothing to do with photography skills - just ideas, creativity, knowledge and experience sharing.

YukonRon

Killit_and_Grillit said:

MORE THROWDOWN!!!!!!!!!!

Not participating in a throwdown because you think you'll not be good at it is like not sleeping with the loose girl in school because you think she'll be better than you. Just stick to your go to moves, experiment a little, and hope you come out on top.

Did you have fun? Maybe got your a$$ spanked a little? Learned a lot of new stuff? Well there ya go.

Either join or Adam will pirate your flag.....

YukonRon

My problem, is the amount of entertaining we do, the timing kind of has not been ideal, because these meals are planned in advance, and the throwdown has been a spurt of the moment thing.
I agree with John. plan in advance, it will get more involved. 

Legume

Enough talking.  Do.

theyolksonyou

Legume said:

Enough talking.  Do.

There is no try.  

GATraveller

I have too many kids doing too many things right now. 99.9% of my cooks are totally pedestrian stuff between the Anova and the eggs. I spend the rest of my time doing all the "stuff" with the kiddos because next time I turn around they'll be grown. 

EggbertGreenII

I have a Kick Ash basket, but even so, am wondering, "What's a throwdown"? ...and should it be capitalized?