The 44 contestants in the competition included several former world champions. This was the first contest the two had ever cooked in. Basically the cooking technique determines the winner. Flaherty and Sciortino combined several recipes to produce their own jambalaya recipe. The pot they use can make a difference.
Every pot cooks different.
Flaherty and Sciortino cook together for all major holidays and frequently for events at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. As members of the Men's Club, they cook for the church fair and all types of fund-raisers. But jambalaya is only a part of their repertoire. They do lots of barbecuing. They also fry fish and boil crawfish.