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Question for Gonz Jamb Fest competitors
Posted on 11/7/26 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 11/7/26 at 3:57 pm
I’ve never been but I was speaking with a couple people who have competed. I read the rules and they were saying that the jambalaya you cook to compete isn’t the best jambalaya to eat although they serve it up. They were also saying that the Jamb Calculator recipe is a much better flavored jambalaya. So what’s the facts ? What’s the good bad and ugly about the rules, the competition and the product ?
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:01 pm to Boston911
They give you the ingredients and tell you what they want you to cook. The results are jambalayas that should be on the same level for judging but it doesn’t necessarily yield the best tasting jambalaya.
It’s the best way for cooks to honestly compete. It’s the worst way to produce your best tasting jambalaya.
It’s the best way for cooks to honestly compete. It’s the worst way to produce your best tasting jambalaya.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:55 pm to Boston911
No one that makes money selling jambalaya sells a jambalaya that they would make at the festival.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 9:30 pm to Boston911
For the competition, you can't really use black pepper because if the judges see black specks in the jam, they assume you burnt something on the sides of the pot.
Similarly, if there is anything green in the pot, they call that "salad", which is a sin. So no celery, green pepper, parsley or green onion. (All of which make jambalaya taste great.)
They also are obsessed with the idea of "popped rice", which means the grains of rice are split lengthwise, so that they look like miniature open hot dog buns. This is 5% of the score. To accomplish this, you have to boil the rice at the start, but it doesn't make anything taste better.
In my humble opinion, they should start having an open category, which would yield jambalaya that is the best tasting, rather than a rice-cooking competition with rice that has to be cooked over a wood fire.
Similarly, if there is anything green in the pot, they call that "salad", which is a sin. So no celery, green pepper, parsley or green onion. (All of which make jambalaya taste great.)
They also are obsessed with the idea of "popped rice", which means the grains of rice are split lengthwise, so that they look like miniature open hot dog buns. This is 5% of the score. To accomplish this, you have to boil the rice at the start, but it doesn't make anything taste better.
In my humble opinion, they should start having an open category, which would yield jambalaya that is the best tasting, rather than a rice-cooking competition with rice that has to be cooked over a wood fire.
This post was edited on 11/7/26 at 9:32 pm
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