BBQ Texas Style — Dickey’s BBQ Coming to Columbus This Month
BBQ is an art — a tireless tradition that requires patience, knowledge and legit skill. It’s hard work to cook something for thirteen hours without ruining it or getting bored and ordering a pizza.
We have a dearth of BBQ joints in Columbus — sure we’ve got some good ones, Ray Ray’s, City BBQ, and current #1 on Yelp — B&K Smokehouse. Three ain’t good and sometimes you need a little southern tradition to kick start some competition. Which is why legendary BBQ’ers Dickey’s will be opening their first in Franklin County.
Where? Hilliard.
What makes this place so special? 75 years of slow cooking meat that started out as a single shack before growing into a restaurant chain, 560 locations deep. Their Brisket and pork is smoked for 13 hours overnight daily in the on-site smoker, which is impressive for a chain. Originally opened by one, Travis Dickey in 1941, it has featured many of the “fast-casual” ordering styles since inception. You move down a line, pick your grub, your sides and then you pay.
This likely won’t be the last in central Ohio either, with franchise owner Kelley Millikin keeping his options open after his first opens later this month (potentially as early as next week.)
“I’m open to doing more,” he said. “For now, I’m going to be in here every day working. We’ll wait and see how this goes.” Millikin said to Bizjournals.
Here’s a video of some of Dickey’s trade secrets.
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