Man that judge must have really gotten under your skin. I had a kinda similar thing where a guy dinged me for too much smoke and I went the total opposite way for like a year, running the cleanest fire I could. The thing that got me back on track was just cooking for myself and my buddies again, no scorecards, no judges, just eating and seeing what actually tasted good. Turned out the sauce wasn't the problem, I was just overthinking it because one guy made a comment. Go back to what you liked doing before that comp and the rest usually sorts itself out.