CompBBQUK Champion Series Freestyle
What is it?
Our own Champion Series Freestyle contests is a contest format and structure that enable your creative juices to flourish. The contest uses a consistent set of rules in terms of contest processes and scoring, but gives teams competing a loose theme, ingredient or guidelines for them to produce their turn-ins.
How does it work?
The contest structure is loosely based around the more tradition low and slow style contests. but with much less prescriptiveness around what your entry must be. There are no turn-in boxes or specific types of turn-ins, the contest briefs are deliberately loose enough for you to interpret how you would like. The brief may be a specific type of product, such as a burger, but with the team able to interpret that how they like. It might be a theme like picnic or afternoon tea, or it may be a specific ingredient like cheese, or cow.
The basics.
Each contest will have a number of rounds, usually 3 or 4, but it's entirely contest specific. Each round will have a brief, which as long as you meet it, anything goes. The brief may dictate how your turn-in needs to be submitted, or it may dictate the type if turn-in.
There are a standard set of rules, but these do not include rules around the type of turn-in. There is a standard scoring structure and judging process to ensure blind and fair judging, and the judging process is designed so that turn-ins are judged on how close they are to their potential and not judged against the other entrants.
Scoring.
Turn-Ins are scored against four categories.
Visual Appeal – How appetising does the entry look? How much does its visual appeal make you excited to eat it?
Flavour – How appealing are the flavours? Does the combination of flavours work together? Is there a good balance of flavours? Are the key elements identifiable and pleasing?
Mouth Feel – Does the entry feel pleasant in the mouth? Are the textures appropriate and pleasant? If there are combinations of textures, do they work together?
Creativity – How well has the brief been interpreted, how much imagination and skill has been used?
Rules and Scoring Detail
