Dickey’s Barbecue Pit owners Michael and Dawn Carnel plan to open their first Dickey’s location in the coming weeks with more stores to develop in the future.
“Since 1941, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has been a family owned business priding ourselves on serving folks across the nation authentic, slow-smoked barbecue,” says Laura Rea Dickey, CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. “We are excited to have Michael and Dawn join our family and look forward to their success in their local community.”
Originally from the Gallup area, Michael and Dawn look forward to bringing Dickey’s Texas-style barbecue to the folks in their community. Though the Carnels are very experienced business owners, Dickey’s will be the their first restaurant venture.
“We have always loved Dickey’s slow-smoked barbecue and after looking into their franchising model, we knew it would be a perfect fit for us and for Gallup,” says Michael.
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Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., the nation’s largest barbecue chain was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey. For the past 77 years, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit locations across the nation have served guests Legit. Texas. Barbecue. At Dickey’s, all meats are smoked low and slow on-site, every night in every location. The Dallas-based family-run barbecue franchise offers several slow-smoked meats and wholesome sides with ‘No B.S. (Bad Stuff)’ included. The fast-casual concept has expanded worldwide and includes more than 500 locations in 44 states. In 2016, Dickey’s won first place on Fast Casual’s “Top 100 Movers and Shakers” list and in 2018 Dickey’s Barbecue Pit made the Top 10. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has also been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine, Franchise Times and Nation’s Restaurant News. For more information, visit www.dickeys.com.
