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gain experience, they can give him tips and pointers on how he can improve his products for future contests.
One thing that really impressed me about Chiles is that he is giving back to the competition BBQ World. He has served on the KCBS Board for several years. Most recently he chaired the committee that was formed to provide online continuing education for judges. He handpicked his commit- tee from across the country to make sure all areas were represented in the decisions. They developed the Judge Certification Update Program. This involves an online edu- cation program that covers several different parts of the judging procedure. Each part is followed by an online test and the participants must get 100% to complete each sec- tion. I have taken all the sections in the JCUP program and it was very helpful. There are
many judges who took their
judge training more than 20
years ago. I am one of them. I
really appreciated the re-
fresher classes and they
helped me in the judging
process. I think serious
judges will see the value in
this program and take the
training. Chiles is always look-
ing for ways to improve his
product. He has designed a
number of materials to hold
his meats while cooking or
smoking. Many of these are
now commercially available
and other teams are using
items he designed. Chiles de-
signed his smoker and had it
professionally built, and did
the same with his trailer. He is
even trying out some new
items for his brisket prepara-
tion at this contest.
He travels to events from his home in Richmond, Virginia. Chiles assist in managing data centers for the federal gov- ernment. He has irregular hours and has been able to ne- gotiate Fridays off so he can compete in BBQ events. He has a blue star list of sponsors with Smithfield leading the list. Then followed by Royal Oak Charcoal, The BBQ Su- perstore, Oklahoma Joes Smokers, Heath Riles BBQ, ARP Wood Products, ARShot Southern Honey, and Sweet Smoke Q. Chiles is the type of person we need in our BBQ Family. He is always willing to help other teams when there is a problem and always contributes to the contest where he is cooking and always giving back. He carries this atti- tude up to his position on the KCBS Board.
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