Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Ferndale Review & Coupon! #bloggersdobbq

Posted by Jason Underwood

Recently, I had a meal at Dickey's Barbecue Pit.  I am not huge on BBQ places.  The sauce is almost pure sugar, the cuts of meat are suspect and service is usually lacking.  These are not problems for Dickey's.

As you can see from the photo above, it is laid out like a diner.  The ordering starts at one end and you pick-up and pay at the other.  They prep the food right in front of you, so you know you are getting the good stuff.

If you have limited time on you lunch break from work, they have online ordering at dickeys.com.  Several places are doing this now, but I usually see it for pizza carryout.

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The Meal: 

I ordered the 2 meat plate, double brisket.  It is hard to get a bad brisket.  The meat was cooked well, but it could have used a marinade.  The sauce really made the meal.  They have Original, Sweet and Spicy.  The original has a good flavor and tang, low on the sweet.  They were not selling it that night because they ran out, apparently a usual thing.  The sweet wasn’t over the top, but definitely sweeter than the others.  The spicy was more than I wanted that evening.  I remarked to the manager that mixing the two was probably a good idea and that I was impressed with the sauce offerings.  Very few do I find to my liking.

With the meat plates, you get two sides, onions, pickles and a roll.  The roll wasn’t my favorite and I don’t like pickles.  I got the mac and cheese and the fried onion tanglers (onion straws).  Drink was coke products on a self serv machine.  I got the big yellow cup.  A little pricy, but you get unlimited refills and a big cup to take home that likes to travel (it even says so on the side).

For afters, there is a softserv dairy free ice cream.  This is probably the best softserv, beating out the stuff from the steak places.  While there are no fixins, you can get it in a cone, or, like I did, get a side cup and a spoon.  We were informed that the founder’s mother was lactose intolerant, so they made sure she could the ice cream.

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The others in the group had brisket, ham, ribs and the like.  Pecan pie was the hit for the evening.  There were other options as well, but I don't remember what they were.  It was good news all around from the group.

 The only little one wasn't on solid food yet, but I did notice signs that showed kids eat free on Sundays. 

Children's menu: 

• chicken nuggets
  
• a sandwich or 
  
• a meat plate.  
  

All for $5.50 each ($0 if you go on Sundays).  Not a bad deal for a family night out.

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I am not a huge tea person, but they had sweetened and unsweetened, if you are into drinking it without help.  I believe they had lemonade as well, so you could make a half & half, if you were so inclined.

Overall, I had a good meal and a good time.  When I go back, I will be looking over the other items on the menu, such as sandwiches, salads, turkey, chicken and sausages.  They even sell some of the meats so you can cook them at home.

On the humor side of things, just about everything has something to say.  Even the napkins try to get you to enjoy the BBQ.

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Ready to check out the new Dickey's location in Ferndale? You can print out coupons for a BOGO adult meal and drinks or $5 off a family pack! If you're not able to print them out, feel free to show them my blog post and you'll still get the deal! All the coupons expire 11/15/14 so don't wait!

Dickey's also is letting you save by texting! Text DICKEYS934 to 25328 and you can get a text to get a FREE fountain drink in a big yellow cup with a purchase.

Dickey's Coupon
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