Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is an American family-owned barbecue restaurant chain based in Dallas, Texas, and is a subsidiary of Dickey’s Capital Group. Since Travis Dickey established the restaurant in 1941, it has become the largest barbecue franchise in the United States.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a true American success story. In 1941, Travis Dickey, a WWI veteran, opened the first Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in Dallas, Texas. Dickey was a true Texas character blessed with the gift of gab and the love of authentic, slow smoked barbecue.
In the beginning, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit was truly a family operation with Travis working the block and Miss Ollie Dickey serving sandwiches. Space on the restaurant sign was rented out to help pay the start-up costs for the restaurant and the menu was limited to beef brisket, pit hams, barbecue beans, potato chips, beer, bottled milk and sodas.
The restaurant began franchising in 1994. Technomic named Dickey’s Barbecue Pit the “Fastest-growing restaurant chain in the country” in 2012. That year, QSR Magazine included Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on its list of “Best Franchise Deals.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit established its Barbecue, Boots & Badges Foundation, a charity foundation for law enforcement officers and firefighters, in November 2014. Fast Casual included the restaurant on its list of “Top 100 Movers and Shakers: Restaurants” in May 2014.
Today, the Dickey family still serves up the same quality barbecue recipes handed down for generations coupled with the same brand of southern hospitality, only on a much larger scale. With more than 650 locations in 44 states, loyal guests are what keep Dickey’s thriving in every community.
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