Time line

Planned
Bixby 2008
2:00 PM prep meat
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM light grill
7:00 PM dinner
8:00 PM cooks meeting
9:00 PM light smoker
10:00 PM all brisket & butt on
11:00 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 AM
2:00 AM
3:00 AM
4:00 AM
5:00 AM
6:00 AM ribs on
7:00 AM chicken on
8:00 AM fix turn in boxes
9:00 AM wrap ribs
10:00 AM sauce chicken in pans
11:00 AM sauce ribs
11:30 AM peoples choice starts
11:45 AM chicken off
12:00 PM Chicken turn in & ribs off
12:30 PM rib turn in & pull butt
1:00 PM Butt turn in & slice brisket
1:30 PM brisket turn in

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Actual

11:00 arrival
1:30 unloaded and semi set up
2:00 lunch at Sonic down the street
3:00 finish setting up and settle in
4:00 start thinking I forgot something
5:00 Dad leaves to pick up items
6:00 dad arrives back, finish putting on additional temp guages
6:15 light charcoal for hamburgers
6:20 light smoker for cleaning
6:30 find out cooks meeting is moved from 8 to 6:30
7:30 return from meeting and find no one has cooked hamburgers
8:00 burgers finished
8:15 start rubbin'
9:00 put briskets on & send everyone home
9:30 pork shoulder on
11:00 rub ribs seal
11:30 marinate chicken & seal
12:00 get blow up mattress out & ready for bed
12:30 bed, temp at 260
1:15 up for smoker check
2:15 up for smoker check
3:15 up for smoker check, temp @ 200 (air temp began cooling off
4:15 up for smoker check
5:15 up for smoker check
6:15 oh hell why not just stay up. Temp 175
6:15 brisket temp 156, moved closer to firebox, ribs out of cooler
6:20 ribs on, chicken out of cooler
7:00 chicken on
7:20 forgot to put rub on chicken
7:30 rub chicken, wrap pork & brisket @ 169
7:40 get peoples choice tables ready
7:50 brisket temp 174
9:00 prep turn in boxes, wrap ribs
10:30 peoples choice briskets off & in cooler
11:15 slice peoples choice
11:20 start service peoples choice
11:45 chicken off
11:55 fix chicken turn in box
12:03 turn in chicken box
12:15 take ribs off, brisket off & into cooler
12:20 slice ribs
12:25 box & turn in
12:30 pulling pork (way too early)
12:40 should have pulled pork
12:50 box
12:55 turn in box
1:00 get a drink
1:15 get brisket out of cooler
1:25 slice & box
1:30 turn in
1:45 break down site
3:00 awards
4:00 headed home
4:10 start unloading at home
6:00 finally showered