Service area
BBQ Catering inWashoe Valley
Which means there is nothing here to book. An event in the valley happens on somebody's land, on open ground, or at a property that is not in the business of hosting events — and the whole planning problem follows from that one fact rather than from the mileage.
- Distance from our base
- about 12 miles northStraight-line from 5110 S Edmonds Dr, Carson City — not a road distance.
- County
- Washoe County, Nevada
- Good to know
- Unincorporated Washoe County. The valley has no town government of its own — it is the rural corridor between Carson City and the Truckee Meadows.
Events on ground that belongs to somebody
This is horses, acreage and houses on large parcels between the range and the highway. What that generates is private and almost entirely outdoor: ceremonies on family land, anniversary parties in a field, a working day on a property that ends with everyone being fed, memorial gatherings, the occasional club event held on a member's place.
None of those arrive with a coordinator, a power supply near the right spot, or a flat rectangle to stand a serving line on. They arrive with a view, a great deal of space, and a host making every decision themselves. The advantage is that nobody is telling you what time to be out; the cost is that every practical detail belongs to you.
Everything a hall would havearrives on the trailer
On open ground there is no back of house. The twenty-foot trailer carries the rotisserie, and with it come the tents to serve under, the tables to serve on, the warmers and the serving gear — all of it standard, none of it needing a kitchen at the other end.
That is what makes a field a workable place to feed a hundred people. The meat finishes on site, the line goes up where the wind is not, and when it is over the crew takes its own kit away again with it.
Twelve miles, and air that does not sit still
Twelve miles changes the economics rather than just the mileage. It is a short run for a loaded trailer, short enough that food still arrives the way it left, and short enough that not every job up here has to commit the whole crew for a day. Whether a travel fee applies to a given address is a question for the quote — our terms add one outside the immediate area, and we would rather answer it for your site than have you guess.
The valley's own condition is wind. It funnels between the range and the water and it can get up in an afternoon that began perfectly still, which is a real constraint on tents, canopies, tablecloths and anything light enough to leave a serving line unaccompanied. It is planned for rather than feared: what the crew sets up gets staked and weighted, and where the line faces should be decided on the forecast rather than on the prettiest view.
The one direction where a drop-off really works
Twelve miles is inside the range where a drop-off is a genuinely good meal rather than a compromise. Food leaves here finished and reaches the valley without having spent a long stretch sitting in a warmer, which is precisely why we are wary of that tier at three times the distance. The published minimum is 20 people.
That is not an argument against the full cater. Forty and up, with the cooker on site and a crew to run the line, is still the better version of a day and it is the right call for a ceremony or anything else running to a schedule. But if you are feeding thirty people in a field and mostly want the food handled, the smaller tier is a real option here in a way it stops being further north.
What we usually suggest here
Drop-off and pick-up
20-person minimum for drop-off and pick-up · 40-person minimum for a full cater. Every event is quoted individually.
Travel fees are added to caters outside our immediate area.
Also nearby
- Carson CityCarson City, NV · about 3 miles north of our base
- RenoWashoe County, NV · about 29 miles north of our base
Not sure any of these is the right page? Start with what a full cater involves or read the menu.
Send us the date and where the ground is
Tell us the date, a rough headcount and whereabouts in the valley you are, and say whether you want the food dropped or the whole line set up. Both are sensible answers at this distance, and we will tell you which one your day actually calls for.