[inasio]

I've also heard that sous-vide is typically banned in BBQ competitions. A quick google search did find some examples to support it:

https://www.texoassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/O...

[psunavy03]

That's like saying jet engines are banned in IndyCar. Umm . . . yeah? Because they're competing to see who makes the best SMOKED meat, and sous vide would be using the wrong cooking technique.

[Workaccount2]

People would probably do stuff like sous vide and then finish with 5 minutes in the smoker.

[tayo42]

Probably the reverse becasue you want to accurately control the end temperature.

And, atleast with a pressure cooker, comes out amazing.

[Swannie]

From Meathead's posts, he talks about the smoke only being absorbed in the first part of the cooking.

I had assumed that correlated to the temperature... I would be smoking first, then sous vide if I was going for smoke and internal texture.

But if you're going for a bark/crust, I am not sure sous vide helps, as the moisture coming out of the meat is part of that process.

[tayo42]

Yeah that's probably true about the bark