
It was BBQ week in the Carolinas this past week, and the stars of Season 23 stayed up all night cooking whole hogs, playing cornhole, and even making s’mores for longtime judge Tom Colicchio. After a couple of weeks in a row where the judges and guest judges were less enamored with the food, everyone really did a pretty good job during BBQ week. It was fun to watch the two different teams strategize, and I thought the format of the challenge was also well-crafted. And yet, by the end of the episode I was pretty unhappy with the decision that came down the pipeline.
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