Dickey’s Barbecue Pit

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a family-owned American barbecue restaurant chain based in Dallas, Texas. Travis Dickey established the restaurant in 1941. Roland Dickey Jr. serves as Dickey’s Barbecue Pit’s CEO. The restaurant is the largest barbecue franchise in the United States.

In 2014, the restaurant was named a “Top 10 Growth Chain” by Nation’s Restaurant News for the third consecutive year. Fast Casual included the restaurant on its list of “Top 100 Movers and Shakers: Restaurants” in May 2014. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is a fast-casual restaurant that serves beef brisket, pulled pork, pork ribs, barbecue honey ham, polish sausage, turkey breast and chicken. The restaurant chain smokes its meat on-site over hickory wood-burning pits. Additionally, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit serves home-style sides including fried okra, jalapeño beans, green beans with bacon, waffle iron fries, barbecue beans, Caesar or garden salad, macaroni and cheese, and onion tanglers. The same recipes have been used since the restaurant was established in 1941.

Haskell Restaurant Group opened their first Dickey’s BBQ Pit in 2009, their second in 2013, and will open two more locations in 2016. He is a local operator based in Midland with over 15 years of experience with corporate restaurant operations. Presently, Haskell Restaurant Group’s two locations rank #2 and #3 in sales nationwide for all of Dickey’s.