Everything has finally slowed down after a very busy Christmas season. Many of you have already received one of the 1,700 new menus that Rudy Mikeska's sent in January. We cherish all of our clients and we sincerely appreciate all of the favorable responses about our new menus and prices.

President Bush Nominates Major General Daniel James to head the Air National Guard

Major General Daniel James with his wife Dana along with Candy & Tim Mikeska
During the NGAT Awards Dinner held at the Adams Mark Hotel in Houston.

Crockett High School Fall Sports Banquet

Crockett High School's Fall Sports Banquet featured our Chicken Fried Steaks "cooked on location" served with cream gravy, buttered new potatoes, seasoned green beans, tossed garden salad, 3 dressings, homebaked bread, butter, banana pudding, and iced tea.

Our Mobile Kitchen - Catering Trailer outside Crockett High School
where we prepared the Chicken Fried Steaks

Everybody raves about our Creamy Banana Pudding !!!

Super Bowl Party!

Yes, it has happened again..... another incredible Super Bowl Party sponsored by my Vanecek cousins.

Please Click Here for the Party Picture Page

Thanks to all of our great friends......

Rudy L. "Tim" Mikeska Jr.

Diamond Inn Hamburger Count....... Tuesday's Only Total....... 26,218

Web Articles Relating to Our Business:
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Austin Chronicle Article About the Mikeska Family Food Businesses
American Statesmen Article About Rudy Mikeska's Turkey Fries
Texas Army National Guard Article About Tim Mikeska's Trip to Bosnia
Austin Article...."Smoke Gets in Your Mouth" Rudy Mikeska's
National Article About Texas Bar-B-Q Spice and Seasoning Rubs
UT Bar-B-Q Club Food Review About Rudy Mikeska's (4 1/2**** Stars)
Food Networks TV Source Listing For Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Google Web Directory Listing For Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Austin Chronicle Article About Central Texas Bar-B-Q
Food Networks TV Recipe Listings for Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Yahoo Web Directory Listing for Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Texas Cooking Newsletter About Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Top Twenty Texas Bar-B-Q Restaurants (Texas BBQ Homepage)
Austin Article on "Out of Town" Barbecue

Past Events and News Archives:
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Archive Highlights: 12-29-99..........Hoover Family, Rudy Sr's Prayer Garden, Uncle Maurice
Archive Highlights: 1-15-2000........ Merle Haggard's Wedding
Archive Highlights: 2-14-2000........ A Mikeska Wedding, Sheriff Ed Richards, Crockett High School Sports Banquet
Archive Highlights: 3-2-2000.......... Diamond Inn Hamburgers, More of Gerry's Wedding, BOSNIA yes or no?
Archive Highlights: 3-13-2000....... Baylor University Award, Lent Specials, SnakeShow, Meggie's Scholastic Award, Definition of "Bohemian"
Archive Highlights: 3-25-2000....... Movie at the Mikeska Home, My Children, Candy's Birthday, Military C-130 to California Catering, Some of My Aunts.
Archive Highlights: 4-9-2000.......Serving the Governor at the Capitol, Longhorn Band, Lt. Gov.Rick Perry and Timothy, Astros at Enron Field, Nolan Ryan
Archive Highlights: 4-20-2000......History of our Building, cooking a ton of beans, New Round Rock Express Stadium "Dell Diamond", SP-500 Mobile Pit smoking our famous Pork Loin
Archive Highlights: 5-1-2000.......Mr. Rudy's Grand Champion, Cooking Crawfish, Our Corporate Airplane, Picnic for 3,000,
Archive Highlights: 5-15-2000..... My Grandfather John Mikeska, Mom & Dad in the 1950's, My Dad and I in 1961, Skiing Mikeska Cousins, Bosnia Update
Archive Highlights: 6-10-2000.....San Francisco, Taylor Publishing Party, Rudy's Glazed Brick Pit/Smoker.
Archive Highlights: 6-15-2000.....Texas Barbecue Book, Keith's New McDonalds Franchise, Tribute to Matt Maddox, Bosnia Itinerary.
Archive Highlights:6-27-2000......Stephen & Angie Mikeska's Wedding, Texas A&M University's Stiles Farm Foundation Annual Bar-B-Q.
Archive Highlights:7-10-2000......BOSNIA.... my personal thoughts and my first list of pictures
Archive Highlights:7-18-2000......BOSNIA... more pictures, our July 4th Bar-B-Q at Eagle Base Tuzla, Bosnia
Archive Highlights:8-7-2000.......BOSNIA.... more pictures, BIG Redfish
Archive Highlights:8-14-2000 ......Mikeska Kids:"Wanted Poster", Rudy III and Tim making "Mikeska Brand" sausage, few more BOSNIA pictures
Archive Highlights:8-28-2000.......The "Quiet Birdmen", Mikeska's 22nd Annual Taylor International BBQ Cookoff Judges Party, Our meat selections,
Archive Highlights:9-17-2000.......Westlake High School's 1,400 guests at the Stadium, Ribs Served Hot Off The Pit, Happy Birthday Mike Vanecek
Archive Highlights:9-25-2000.......Texas National Guard Family Readiness Dinner, Soldiers Return From Bosnia, One Last Picture From Bosnia
Archive Highlights:10-3-2000......Sunbelt Rentals Catfish Buffet, Tim Mikeska....appointed to the Board of Health.
Archive Highlights:10-18-2000......Rudy Mikeska's Featured in United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine, Taylor High School "Ducks" Homecoming Lunch, Zimmerhanzel-Altman Wedding
Archive Highlights: 10-24-2000......Complete Coverage of the Zimmerhanzel Altman Wedding.
Archive Highlights: 11-1-2000......Food Network's Food Nations Program Announcement with Tim Mikeska, Texas Heritage Coalition Event at the State Capitol, Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs visits Rudy Mikeska's Bar-B-Q.
Archive Highlights: 11-12-2000......Pictures of the Filming of Food Network's FoodNations Program with Chef Bobby Flay
Archive Highlights: 11-28-2000......Press Reports of the Food Networks "FoodNations" Program, Las Vegas Catering Pictures
Archive Highlights: 12-3-2000.......Texas Army National Guards Bosnia Homecoming Party, Tim with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Archive Highlights: 1-1-2001........Christmas and New Years Wishes, City of Taylor's Christmas Party,Williamson County Judges Christmas Party
Archive Highlights: 2-1-2001.......Food Networks FoodNations Program Air Date, Happy 16th Birthday Meggie Mikeska, THS Sophomore Class Catfish Dinner Fundraiser, Vanecek Family's Superbowl Party Pictures.
Archive Highlights: 3-1-2001.......Food Networks 5th Replay of FoodNations Program and Show Schedule, Temple College Mardi Gras Event Fundraiser, Smoked Pork Loin, Joy Mikeska's Shrimp Gumbo
Archive Highlights:4-1-2001.......Tim Mikeska Awarded the "Texas Eagle Award" in ceremony at Houston's Adams Mark Hotel, Small Business Bar-B-Q at the State Capitol
Archive Highlights:5-1-2001.......Serving the Texas State Legislature, House Speaker Pete Laney, Del Webbs Sun City Event, New Austin Convention Center "Topping Out" Party, Schwertner Farms: "Quiet Birdmen"
Archive Highlights:6-1-2001.......Serving the Governor of Texas, Hyde Park Baptist Church Quarries, Dell Computer Event, TXDOT Fish Fry at Camp Mabry, Making Cherry Plum Jelly, Mikeska's Picked as an Official Yahoo! Site.
Archive Highlights: 8-1-2001......Tribute to Our Mother, Joy Aline Mikeska 2-19-1922 - 6-30-2001, Obituary and Eulogy by Tim Mikeska
Archive Highlights: 9-26-2001..... Picture Tribute for 9-11-01, Catering the Texas Task Force One Return From New York Rescue Homecoming Event, with Senator Barrientos and old friend Rescue Specialist, Rod Dennison
Archive Highlights: 11-19-2001...... Austin Chronicle Article about the Mikeska and Vanecek Family, New Airplane for Mikeska's, Family Time
Archive Highlights: 12-25-2001....... Taylor Christmas Parade, Labtops Christmas & Williamson County Judges Christmas Parties, Aunt Martha Mikeska Vanecek, Vanecek's Missile-Hunting Silo, Candy and the Kids.