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Originally Posted by Gerald
I have never seen anyone cooking in a big pot with a fire that has that much "flames" around the pot. There is a lot of unburned wood in the fire.
An open flame is too hot and IMO would start burning what ever they are cooking.
I have always seen the cooking done with "coals" after most of the flames have stopped. Maybe have a fire burning on the side so that more coals can be added later.
Are these guys "Rookies".....that pot looks new.
That pot looks like it is from an old sugar mill.
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Well, by the guys squirting lighter fluid all over the wood, I'd say they were just lighting the fire, getting the temp up. As far as rookies, I don't really know but, I'd doubt it. That fastival is bigger than church here. I doubt they'd let a bunch of guys that don't know what they are doing anywhere near that pot. As for the pot looking new, I suspect it was. I'd bet that it was built just to break the record for largest jambalaya. If my memory serves me correctly, I think they put somewhere along the lines of 275 lbs. of meat in it.