RIP Farrah

You were always an angel now you just get your wings…..R.I.P

Enjoy this tribute

Why Dan Nelson is the coolest singer of Anthrax ever!

 

Besides having amazing vocal talent, and being a great front man, look at the jersey he is wearing.  That’s right folks, Dan Nelson of Anthrax is sporting a Winnipeg Jets jersey.  You rule Nelson!

 

Here is Dan at work …Järvakandi, Estonia June 13 2009….Caught in a Mosh

Everyone wish Jess Luck

My friend Jessica has a chance to win a crazy awsome trip, tomorrow  morning(Monday June 15th 2009).   She was lucky caller 25 last week on Go Country 105 FM and not only won herself a copy of the new Reba CD “Keep on Lovin You”, but she is also entered to win a trip to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to see an exclusive Reba concert, plus a meet and greet.    Wishing you lots of luck Jess.  I hope you win.  Everyone who reads this wish Jessica luck as well.   Good luck!

Attention Murderers and Murderettes

An open invite to all who read my blogs and are a fan of Notley Que BBQ:

If you are on Facebook please look up Notley Que BBQ Catering and become a fan

If you are Twittering please follow me NotleyQueBBQ

And always come say hello to all of us at any contest we are cooking at.  Sometimes we have lots of goodies to give out.  Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce, and Swag (www.gringobandito.com), Meat is Murder….Tasty Tasty Murder Stickers,  and other cool items.     Maybe we will even invite you in for a beer. 

 

Thanks again: www.notleyque.com

Look forward to speaking to all of you:

California is the new BBQ Mecca thanks to Harry Soo

A few weeks ago my good friend Harry Soo and Marc Tung from the  Slap Yo Daddy BBQ  Team took 2nd place overall at the Great American BBQ contest held in Bonner Springs, Kansas.  This is one of the country’s largest profession BBQ competitions, and Harry and Marc made the 1500+ mile trip and were the only team to represent the State of California.   At the invitational portion of the contest Harry and marc placed 25th overall out of 44 teams.   The following day at the open portion of the contest, Harry, being the incredible chef that he is changed his game plan, and took 2 place (or Reserve Grand Champion) out of 166 teams.  A team from California goes out to the BBQ mecca and shows them whats up.   Harry is one of the most incredible chefs out here in California.  I predict if not this year, then in the next 2 years Harry will win the prestigious World Championship Jack Daniels Contest held in Lynchburg Tennessee.

Harry Soo I salute you.  You are the king.  Long Live the King

California Uber Alles

The Offspring Gig 2009

NotleyQue BBQ Catering has had the incredible fortune of catering some pretty fun events this year.  Once again I find myself pinching my arm to see if I was dreaming.  When I started barbecuing years ago all I wanted to do was make great tasting ribs.  Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be serving the food that I created, to the bands I love to listen to.  And in turn have them become fans of me.  Here is my latest adventure in barbecue. 

 Notley Que Catering The Offspring

Keep Em Seperated.  Passes are cool 

This past week, I had the great honor to provide the pre-show dinner for the punk rock legends The Offspring for their home town show in Irvine, California.   I work with Gringo Bandito Hot sauce (www.gringobandito.com) at my BBQ contests, promoting their product like crazy, and Dexter Holland (The Offspring vocals/founding member) had tried my food before when I brought the Gringo Bandito office BBQ one visit.   Dexter is the creator of the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. 

Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce+Notley Que BBQ Sauce=orgasms for your taste buds

The menu was basic, cook for about 60 people.  Pulled Pork, Pork Ribs, and Strube Ranch Wagyu Brisket (www.struberanch.com), along with my BBQ  Beans, Coleslaw, and Hawaiian sweet rolls.   It was a very stress free cook, that went perfect.  I think it was the best pork I had ever cooked, and the Strube Ranch Wagyubriskets cook so beautifully.   I wanted to have a cooker on site for a “show and smell” effect, but my first choice Chris Rocke from www.ranchorocke.com was unavailable, so Mike Wilkins from the Smoke Peddlers stepped in on short notice and showed up with his Lang. 

Strube Ranch Wagyu Briskets and Pork Butts just off the Smoker

We arrived at the venue at about 230 and set up shop.   We were right behind the stage, set up beside a large covered deck.  We set up the smoker just yards away from where the massive tour buses were parked.   I just love the tour buses bands use. So big and beautiful to look at.  Minutes after the smoker was fired up, people were coming off the buses to see what was up.  Paul Rucker, drummer from the band The Street Dogs, really had an interest in what we were doing, and hung out with us for a bit, asking BBQ questions and said he enjoys cooking on his tiny Weber.  Made me happy he wasn’t a gasser, and knew about real BBQ.  .  He was really nice to hang out with.   The crew and band members knew they were in for some good catering that evening.   The smell of wood mixed with meat and spices is hard to ignore.

Backstage Area. Nice Buses

 

 

 Mike Wilkins taking care of the BBQ

Briskets and Tour Buses

The area were were given to host our BBQ was a large deck, right next to the usual catering being offered by the venue.   The BBQ was a special treat for the hometown show, and we had a whole area to ourselves.   I wish I would have had tables and chairs to fill out the room.  Next time I will have that.  Each event is a lesson learned.  Even though it wasn’t required, it would have been nice.  Set up went pretty quick, but by the time we got finished, it was just minutes before  5 oclock dinner bell.    There is nothing better than having the freshest BBQ, made with the finest meats,  and freshly made sides served to your guests to show them that BBQ can be a classy meal.  We had a steady stream of people the whole evening.  We finally shut down at 8:30 and fed everyone, the band, the opening bands, the crew, the limo drivers, the security guards.   The little bit of leftovers were traded to the show ‘runner” for a few beers.  BBQ for Beer, what a great trade.

Final details of the food being worked on.

Notley Que BBQ to be served here

Rough set up before changes are made

 Almost finished setting up

Showtime: Gary Notley and Mike Wilkins 

 

Dexter Holland (Vocals The Offspring) about to eat the Best BBQ in So-Cal

For Tia: About to serve Dexter some amazing Strube Ranch Wagyu Brisket

 

Matt from Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce, and his room mate, enjoying some Strube Ranch Wagyu Brisket

 

The road crew and guests of The Offspring enjoying a nice change from the usual backstage catering

Paul Rucker (drummer from The Street Dogs) is now a fan of Notley Que BBQ.  (thanks for the shirts bro)

 

It was a great event, we fed a bunch of hungry people who loved the food, made quite a few of them laugh, met some great people, and got to enjoy a great concert by a great band.   Thanks to Matt, and Kristen from Gringo Bandito, Mike Wilkins from The Smoke Peddlers, Dexter, Brian, and Scottie from The Offspring, Paul Rucker from The Street Dogs (again thanks for the shirts) .  I hope to see and work with you all again soon.  Thanks for the great time.

             

I really liked this skull that kept flashing on and off

My new friends Dexter Holland , and Noodles (guitar The Offspring)

17,000 People having a great time.

 

Ramona Rodeo BBQ Cookoff

This past weekend I had the great pleasure of cooking BBQ at the Ramona Rodeo, in beautiful Ramona, California.   It was a backyard style contest, and teams were allowed to serve the public samples for $2.00.   It was a totally fun event, and Notley Que had a great time interacting with the crowd.  We served about 300 people, and were the last team offering the public samples and ended up serving almost 2 hours past everyone else.   I hope this becomes an annual event, but I hope it stays small and fun.  The cooks at this event were treated really well, with plenty of ammenities.  I had a good time hanging out with my family who made the trip up Saturday.  It was good to see Kelly Macintosh  and share a beer or 2 with him, and  the great help Jessica and Amy provided with the peoples choice was very much appreciated.    Mike W. it is a great pleasure to cook with you, you make this BBQ thing so worthwhile and fun. 

NotleyQue.com HACKED

 

 

Some mother f-er hacked my site and inserted code kinda a Trojan Horse.  I had to take NotleyQue.com offline and while it is down my own personal Oscar Goldman (my amazing sister:LOVE YOU SIS) will fix it for her little brother.

Why hack a BBQ site????  They got my friend Neil the other day as well.   Must be vegan activists.  LOL

 

Anyway my twitter account has been suspended because of this, as my site was corrupt, and I had my site linked on my twitter account.  So not off to a good long weekend.

 

Notley Que dot com will be back up again soon, better, strong, faster…

Smoked Turkeys

I did some smoked turkeys this past weekend.   I never got to try them out as they were for someone else, so I was nervous at how they would taste.   Here is the email, I got from him.  (Sorry not many pictures)  Big thanks to Brian Zalewski (4 King BBQ/Notley Que BBQ) and Jason Fisher (The Smokepranos) for their pointers.  They helped. 

“Gary we did’nt really get to meet all i did was grab my turkeys and left i felt bad but i felt really bad after cutting into the turkeys, they were totaly awsome, juicey, and the flavor was incredible i dont know what you used but it was more than just a smoked turkey . The turkeys were the hit of party i only got one serving by the time i got back for seconds there was only scraps in the pan . One friend came up to me and told me that normally she will not eat other peoples turkey but this turkey was so flavorful she loved it in fact she prepared a plate so she could take some home to eat.I dont know if i could ever eat regular turkey again,we’ll see .I hope sometime we can actually meet and also i want try all your other work, brisket , ribs, chicken. Thanks again and if anybody wants to know about your work have them give me a call.”

 

Updates This week

Sorry I have not posted anything in a while.  I have been really busy, and my mom and dad are in town from Canada.  I will have a bunch of updates, and pictures by the weekend. 

 

Also will review the new Nihilist CD “Blood Portraits”