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Dickey’s BBQ

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    blasting said:

    I'd say Dickeys is to BBQ, what McDonalds is to hamburgers.  

    McDonald’s cooks their food onsite...
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,157
    edited December 2018
    Dickies isn’t very good but it’s substance. Every time want a meal, I’m not seeking out the best meal I’ve ever eaten. Same with BBQ. Some folks, including my wife, refuse to eat BBQ out because _____  makes it better. I’ve never understood that logic. 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Tried Dickies. I have not gone back. Likely will not do so, due to other options that are available.
    As long as I do have options, I will use them, when selecting a place to dine. Dickies is not a place I choose to frequent for dining.
    @DoubleEgger - I have had your Q, I understand Marissa's logic. You set the bar extremely high, my friend.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • logchief
    logchief Posts: 1,431
    Wife got some to go for us after I got home late a couple of months ago.  I got the brisket, it was long stringy pieces cut with the grain, bone dry and chewy like jerky.  Should have just opened a can of Hormel.  First and last time.
    LBGE - I like the hot stuff.  The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA 
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  • THA
    THA Posts: 198
    I have always said "anybody can weld, but only a very few can weld well"  Same with barbecue  I deal with a lot of welders
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    Lunch is always better at the run of the mill places. 
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  • 1voyager
    1voyager Posts: 1,157
    One and done. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,157
    GrillSgt said:
    Lunch is always better at the run of the mill places. 
    Agreed. The store manager is generally around during the day. 
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,913
    THA said:
    I have always said "anybody can weld, but only a very few can weld well"  Same with barbecue  I deal with a lot of welders
    Aslong as it holds! Your talking to a farmer.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Dickeys is a Dallas Tx original since 1941. I remember eating there in the mid to late 60's.
    Was great at that time old school BBQ from offsets, along with Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse on Inwood. Dickeys went franchise in 1994 and downhill from there.
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
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    Prosper, TX
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    Horrible place. Even worse food.  They once sweetened their tea with Lye and about killed a lady. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    @g37 enjoy it, I’m sure it’s a nice change of pace for the area.  I wish we had your seafood, climate and sunsets.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    SonVolt said:
    Horrible place. Even worse food.  They once sweetened their tea with Lye and about killed a lady. 
    I’m sure that has about zero to do with Dickies and their bbq, that’s human error that can happen anywhere.  I believe this happens in bars from time to time when they clean and don’t fully flush their beer lines.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,913
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    blasting said:

    I'd say Dickeys is to BBQ, what McDonalds is to hamburgers.  

    McDonald’s cooks their food onsite...
    Really!?
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    edited December 2018
    Legume said:
    SonVolt said:
    Horrible place. Even worse food.  They once sweetened their tea with Lye and about killed a lady. 
    I’m sure that has about zero to do with Dickies and their bbq, that’s human error that can happen anywhere.  I believe this happens in bars from time to time when they clean and don’t fully flush their beer lines.

    You’re absolute right. I should have been less vague.  Dickies sucks because their food is terrible, not because they about killed someone by putting Lye in their tea. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    alaskanassasin said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    blasting said:

    I'd say Dickeys is to BBQ, what McDonalds is to hamburgers.  

    McDonald’s cooks their food onsite...
    Really!?
    they actually do. I rarely  eat there but they crack their own eggs for egg mc muffins and pour batter for pancakes, cook their burgers on a  flat top. More than I can say for the Homewood Suites I'll be in tomorrow night. Those are some nasty-a$$ eggs. I can't do it. 
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    The Westin's food is pretty bad too. Not Dickie's bad, but still dreadful. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,524
    SonVolt said:
    Horrible place. Even worse food.  They once sweetened their tea with Lye and about killed a lady. 
    No to the tea but how about the lutefisk? 
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Smoking_Stro
    Smoking_Stro Posts: 22
    They have a couple here in Michigan , tried it wish I didn't.
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  • Cashfan
    Cashfan Posts: 416
    We had one here for a few years, and it closed this year. I could not bring myself to try it. It never looked busy, even during the lunch hour.

    My old favorite BBQ place became inedible after i got my egg. I went back there about a year after starting to make my own and can't believe I liked it at all. Got talked into eating there a few months ago and regretted it after my first bite. There is no comparison with what comes off the egg.

    The egg has ruined most of my eating out, except for candy bars and some fast food, because I don't expect much I'm not disappointed. For the life of me i can't make good mexican food, so i have a couple of places I frequent to get that fix.

    I think I'll throw some pulled pork in the sous vide now and have that for supper later!!
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