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Carson City BBQ

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Catering

  • Hands passing a paper tray holding a rib sandwich — sauced ribs stacked on a soft bun — toward the camera.
  • Whole racks of glossy, sauce-glazed ribs cooking across a wide charcoal grill.
  • Long rows of ribs stacked on the racks inside a rotisserie smoker, their surfaces darkened and lacquered from the heat.
  • Tiers of rib racks packed onto the shelves of a commercial smoker, seen from the open door.
  • A whole cut of dark, glazed smoked meat resting on a rotisserie rack inside the cooker.
  • A close-up of a single meaty rib bone with a heavy bark crust, resting on a red cutting board.
  • A full foil tray of shredded pulled pork, glistening and tossed in sauce.
  • A crew member running a countertop meat slicer at an outdoor serving station under a blue canopy, with a parking lot of event stalls and umbrellas behind.
  • Chafing trays of sliced meats and a hand lowering a tray of coleslaw into place along an outdoor buffet line.
  • A Carson City BBQ crew member slicing meat at a white-clothed prep table under a canopy, with a busy outdoor event crowd behind.
  • A smiling crew member working the slicer at the outdoor prep station, bottles of Carson City BBQ sauce lined up along the table.
  • Chafing dishes and a bottle of Carson City BBQ sauce set out on a long white-clothed buffet table on a lawn, with rows of folding chairs arranged for a ceremony behind.
  • Three staff in Carson City BBQ aprons standing behind an indoor buffet line dressed with green tablecloths, serving trays of corn, rolls and salads.
  • A white platter of raw vegetables, grapes and dip laid out as an appetizer tray on a white-clothed table outdoors.
  • Guests serving themselves from a chafing-dish buffet along a draped wall inside a banquet room, with baskets of rolls and cutlery caddies at the end of the line.
  • Staff in red shirts working a long buffet line under a white marquee strung with patriotic bunting at a forest event.
  • A cook in a Carson City BBQ apron smiling behind a whole roasted suckling pig laid out on a red cutting board, carving knife and tongs beside it.
  • Chafing dishes and a bottle of sauce along a white-clothed buffet table on a lawn beneath a tree, with a ceremony seating area set up in the background.
  • Guests filing along an outdoor buffet under a park shelter, filling plates from chafing trays on a blue-checked tablecloth.
  • A close-up of a plate of glazed pork ribs, sauce pooling on the plate beneath them.
  • An extreme close-up of a dark, heavily crusted piece of smoked beef, showing the peppery bark in detail.
  • Golden rotisserie-roasted chicken pieces stacked together, their skin crisp and burnished.
  • A close-up of creamy macaroni salad flecked with diced vegetables.
  • A close-up of thick-sliced smoked tri-tip, pink through the centre and piled in a serving tray.
  • Tongs lifting a portion from a tray of dark, charred-edged smoked meat.
  • A close-up of BBQ baked beans, a mix of kidney and white beans in a thick red sauce.
  • A whole peppered prime rib on a serving platter, partly carved to show the rare pink interior against its dark crust.
  • A tossed green salad of mixed leaves and cherry tomatoes being served with tongs from a large bowl.
  • Pulled and sliced smoked chicken on a red cutting board, the meat pale and visibly juicy.
  • A full rack of dark, bark-crusted ribs resting in a foil tray, ready to be portioned.
  • A basting brush drawing a stripe of sauce down a rack of ribs on a red cutting board.
  • A whole smoked beef brisket with a thick black pepper bark, resting on a cutting board before slicing.
  • A close-up of a smoked brisket point resting on a board, with a pickup truck and roadway blurred behind it.
  • Two Carson City BBQ crew members in aprons posing beside a person costumed as Uncle Sam at an outdoor Fourth of July event, their cooker parked behind them.
  • A cook in a Carson City BBQ apron slicing into a rack of ribs on a red-and-white checked cloth.
  • A crew member loading the Carson City BBQ rotisserie trailer beneath a pop-up canopy at an outdoor event site.
  • The Carson City BBQ Southern Pride rotisserie trailer with its doors open, racks of meat visible inside, the trailer signwritten "Award winning ribs, sauces and people".
  • A gloved hand basting sauce onto racks of ribs laid across the grill bars of the cooker.
  • A cook in a Carson City BBQ apron and red bandana standing over a whole roasted hog on a red cutting board at an outdoor event.
  • Guests gathered around a cook carving a whole roasted hog on a table under the trees at a garden event.
  • Large cuts of beef resting across the wire racks inside a dark smoker cabinet.
  • A sauced rack of ribs glowing red-brown on the grill bars inside the cooker.
  • Racks of ribs suspended on the rotisserie shelves of the cooker, lit from below by the fire.
  • A gloved cook portioning racks of dark-crusted pork ribs with a long knife on a red-and-white checked cloth.
  • A crew member seen from behind in a black Carson City BBQ apron printed "Show your BBQ who's boss — Phil", working the prep table alongside a colleague.
  • The back of a red Carson City BBQ shirt reading "Show your BBQ who's boss — Phil", worn by a cook reaching into the smoker to tend the racks.
  • Phil Hyatt working a meat slicer at an outdoor catering station under a canopy, bottles of Carson City BBQ sauce and a tray of ribs on the table beside him.
  • Phil Hyatt in a red Carson City BBQ shirt and sunglasses standing with one arm raised beside the open doors of the Southern Pride cooker trailer.

Cook-Offs

  • Three men in red Carson City BBQ shirts jumping and cheering in front of the team's competition booth, whose banners read "1st Place Sauce" and "Let us bring the ribs to your next cater".
  • Three Carson City BBQ crew members in red shirts with their arms raised in celebration, holding wooden award plaques under the booth's "1st Place Sauce" banner.
  • About ten Carson City BBQ team members in red and black shirts posing together in front of the flame-painted booth front, which reads "Award winning ribs, sauces & people — let us cater your next event!".
  • Crew in white shirts and caps standing behind a flame-printed table lined with trophies and bottles of Carson City BBQ sauce at a competition booth.
  • A crowd seated on hay bales under a canopy at a rib cook-off, many of them holding up printed fan signs for Carson City BBQ.
  • A dense crowd filling the midway at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off, walking past the tall illuminated Carson City BBQ booth signs advertising ribs, macaroni and cheese and grilled chicken.
  • A crew member in a Carson City BBQ apron smiling for the camera in front of the booth's sign board, which is topped by a banner reading "8 time winner, Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off".
  • Festival crowds walking beneath the towering Carson City BBQ cook-off booth signs, which advertise ribs, brisket, macaroni and cheese and a "Show your BBQ who's boss" pig logo.
  • The full Carson City BBQ booth facade at a rib cook-off, its stacked signs topped by an "8 time winner of the Best in the West Rib Cook-Off" banner, with a queue of customers below.
  • The Carson City BBQ crew working shoulder to shoulder along the service counter inside their tent, plating orders while the festival crowd passes outside.
  • A gloved hand using tongs to lift a portion of glazed ribs into a white takeout clamshell on a red cutting board.
  • A basting brush painting sauce onto racks of ribs laid across a black grill grate.
  • Gloved hands holding up a dark-crusted rack of ribs above a red prep table, with a filled takeout container waiting beside it.
  • A gloved crew member portioning a rack of ribs on a red cutting board with a long knife during cook-off service.
  • The back of a red Carson City BBQ shirt reading "Show your BBQ who's boss", worn by a crew member working the line at a cook-off.
  • A Carson City BBQ crew member in a red shirt working head-down at the prep table under the tent, a colleague behind him.
  • A crew member in a red Carson City BBQ shirt trimming racks of ribs on a red prep table at the Nugget rib cook-off.
  • The Carson City BBQ booth on a sunny street, tables of trophies out front beneath a tall sign reading "8 time winner of the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off".
  • A memorial banner reading "In loving memory of Duane 'Big D'" hung on the Carson City BBQ cook-off booth, with a man standing beside it holding his hand to his heart.

Awards

  • Carson City BBQ team members standing on an outdoor stage accepting a trophy from an event official in a dress shirt and tie.
  • A row of tall competition trophies with checkered-flag plaques standing on a red-and-white checked tablecloth at the Carson City BBQ booth.
  • Dozens of trophies and plaques crowded together on tables beneath the team's San Juan Bautista rib cook-off booth signage.
  • A tall silver-and-red trophy topped with flame-shaped ornaments, its plaque reading "4th Place 2022", standing outdoors at a cook-off.
  • A man in a red Carson City BBQ shirt sitting at an event table holding up a trophy toward the camera.
  • Carson City BBQ team members standing on an outdoor cook-off stage beside three tall trophies during the awards presentation.
  • A massed display of silver cups, trophies and ribbons arranged on a red and blue draped table at a cook-off booth.
  • A trophy shaped like an upright rack of ribs cast in bronze, its base plate engraved "Best Ribs".
  • A printed banner reading "Carson City BBQ — First Place Winner as Best Barbecue, Best Caterer, 2025 Nevada Appeal Best of Carson City", with the Nevada Appeal Best of Carson City 2025 rosette.
  • A man in a red Carson City BBQ shirt seated at an event table holding up a fourth-place cook-off trophy.
  • Tall flame-topped trophies standing on a draped table at an outdoor cook-off, one plaque reading "4th Place 2022".
  • A crowded table of cook-off silverware — loving cups, statuettes and ribboned plaques — displayed at the team's booth.
  • Four Carson City BBQ team members in red shirts standing on the winners' stage behind three tall cook-off trophies.

Media

  • A close-up filmed for a television segment: gloved hands pulling apart a rack of ribs to show the smoke ring, against a red background.
  • Cook-off competitors gathered on stage behind their trophies as a television camera crew films the awards, a Channel 2 microphone flag in the foreground.

Staff

  • Two Carson City BBQ crew members in black aprons, one in a straw hat, standing arm in arm inside the team's tent beside a rack of merchandise shirts.
  • Three Carson City BBQ crew members posing together in their aprons under the tent at a cook-off, laughing with their arms around each other.
  • The back of a crew member's black Carson City BBQ shirt, printed with the slogan "Show your BBQ who's boss" credited to Phil.
  • A crew member in a Carson City BBQ shirt scooping macaroni and cheese from a full steam-table tray.
  • Guests gathered on the grass between an American-flag-print canopy and a white canopy at an outdoor event in a pine forest clearing.