{"id":9984,"date":"2015-05-27T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2015-05-27T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T15:56:23","slug":"midsouth-nama-and-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=9984","title":{"rendered":"Midsouth NAMA and BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_2522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_2522-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth 05 14 15 IMG_2522\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_2522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_2522-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_2522.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4712-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth 05 14 15 IMG_4712\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4712-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4712.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4713-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth 05 14 15 IMG_4713\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4713-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-05-14-15-IMG_4713.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth at SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015 012\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-012-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-015-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth at SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015 015\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouth-at-SwineDineMinMBBQFest2015-015-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouths-K-Polatty-05-14-15-IMG_2525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/\/Midsouths-K-Polatty-05-14-15-IMG_2525-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Midsouth's K Polatty 05 14 15 IMG_2525\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouths-K-Polatty-05-14-15-IMG_2525-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouths-K-Polatty-05-14-15-IMG_2525-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/Midsouths-K-Polatty-05-14-15-IMG_2525.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Midsouth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s May meeting backdrop was the world-famous World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, a part of the Memphis in May International Festival. Their\u00c2\u00a0very own Kelli Polatty, a member of the legacy Swine &amp; Dine Cooking Team, hosted the\u00c2\u00a0MidSouth NAMA group on Thursday, May 14th. Kelli has been a member of this team for 17 years, and was nice enough to step away from her team duties to entertain our NAMA friends.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone on the team has a job to do, the most important one being the pit master.\u00c2\u00a0 Carl Pfeifer has been one of the team&#8217;s BBQ pit masters for over 30 years.\u00c2\u00a0 Carl took the group behind the scenes to show off the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand new custom cooker, and walk through the whole cooking process.\u00c2\u00a0 Without giving away too many trade secrets, the Swine &amp; Dine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s winning pork shoulder is based on cooking temperature, seasonings, and timing of when things are seasoned during the 17 hour cooking process.<\/p>\n<p>Along with their new $12,000 custom cooker, Carl was also boasting about the new technology that the team was using this year.\u00c2\u00a0 A new &#8220;Guru&#8221; website application allows him to monitor the temperature of the meat from his hotel room.\u00c2\u00a0 If the temperature rises too high, he can turn on a fan with a click of a button. \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s a new level of cooking&#8221; Carl said.\u00c2\u00a0 He added, &#8220;It&#8217;s all about consistency. Consistency of meat, preparation and temperature yield a consistent product&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 This concept was immediately familiar to the\u00c2\u00a0fellow agri-marketers, not so different from Precision Ag!<\/p>\n<p>It was a good end to the Midsouth NAMA\u00c2\u00a0year.\u00c2\u00a0 Twenty-four members and guests were in attendance.\u00c2\u00a0 And the pulled pork was to die for!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midsouth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s May meeting backdrop was the world-famous World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, a part of the Memphis in May International Festival. Their\u00c2\u00a0very own Kelli Polatty, a member of the legacy Swine &amp; Dine Cooking Team, hosted the\u00c2\u00a0MidSouth NAMA group on Thursday, May 14th. 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