Dickey s Barbecue Pit Revenue and Competitors

Dickey\'s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., the nation\'s largest barbecue chain was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey with the goal of authentic slow-smoked barbecue. Today, all meats are still slow smoked on-site in each restaurant living up to the company tagline, \"We Speak Barbecue.\" The Dallas-based family-run barbecue franchise offers a quality selection of signature meats, home style sides, tangy barbecue sauce and free kids\' meals every Sunday. The fast-casual concept has expanded to more than 560 locations in 43 states. This year Dickey\'s won first place on Fast Casual\'s \"Top 100 Movers and Shakers\" and ranked in the top ten of Franchise Times\' \"Fast and Serious\". Dickey\'s Barbecue Pit was recognized for the third year by Nation\'s Restaurant News as a \"Top 10 Growth Chain\" and by Technomic as the \"Fastest-growing restaurant chain in the country.