BUZZ SODEMAN / SPECIAL TO THE PVT Emma Stone serves up a variety of barbecued meats. Advertisement

Looking for an alternative to the bountiful buffets of the local casinos, the burgers, tacos, and other "finger-lickin'" fare? Tired of the inequality of cost versus quantity of where racetrack food is concerned, and interested in providing a better return on your entertainment dollar?

Look no farther than Pahrump Valley Speedway and what it has done to try to compete to get you planted on one of those "nice, warm" metal bleachers.

The PV Speedway has solved the problem of satisfying your "need for speed" and a bountiful barbecue without draining your IRA or 401k.

It has invited none other than Tony Whitehead, better known as Big T, to provide a wide array of culinary delights.

His selection of food is a smorgasbord of barbecue cuisine. He gets the cookers going early <!-- 2013(unknown) --> no waiting in line here for your sandwich to get nuked. He offers chicken, pork ribs, brisket, bratwurst, hamburgers and hot dogs.

All are offered at reasonable prices when one considers the portions that are doled out. If you don't think that Big T isn't serious about the quality and quantity of his menu, check this out.

One night's racing requires that Big T shows up with 10 pounds of chicken, three slabs of ribs, 15 pounds each of hot dogs, beef brisket, and pork. He also brings 24 pounds of hamburger, five pounds of bratwurst, two pounds of hot links and four pounds of cheese along with every condiment that a person might request (although I didn't detect any horseradish).

The pork and brisket require 12 and 14 hours of cooking prior to being served up at the track. On one particular evening, Emma Stone manned the three barbecue cookers as Big T was either out doing a little public relations work or hiding from the camera lens.

Big T, the overall and first-time winner of this year's Las Vegas "Taste and Sound of Soul," relies on his "bevy of beauties" to assist in delivering the finished product to the customer. These "volunteers" include Stone, Rory Tricoli, and Syndei Goode.

Big T's barbecue is also a fan favorite for the more affluent "jet setters" that race their Corvettes and Porsches at the Spring Mountain road course.

"They are a whole different crowd down there," Big T said,. "They tend to buy more than just the hamburgers and hot dogs favored by the PV Speedway crowd."

For the amount of food that is doled out, the prices are proof that Big T's barbecue is an excellent substitute to other food options.

The hot dogs, which are larger than the usual fare, cost $3, the same price for a hamburger or cheeseburger.

Moving up the menu in price is the $4 bratwurst and hot links.

Brisket and pork sandwiches are $5 with the chicken priced at $8.