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Bring the joy of great BBQ, flavor and family to your city, village or International Space Station by joining the Pecos Bbq expansion.

OUR STORY:
Crazy Great FOOD, FLAVOR, and FAMILY.

Pikes Pit BBQ Restaurants trace their roots back to when Ron and Debra Wise opened the first Pikes Pit BBQ on Seattle’s 1st Avenue South in 1980. They served two essential ingredients to their guests; warm welcomes and smoked meats. Their delicious alder smoked, slow-roasted beef and pork are now legendary.

Ron and Debra connected with Gerry Kingen, and the dream to make Pikes BBQ a nationwide name was hatched. Gerry is an accomplished Seattle entrepreneur and restaurateur with 6 decades of experience & success. Best known for famously leading a single Red Robin location from a one door business to a NASDAQ IPO and following that up with the successful launch of the iconic Salty’s Restaurant Group. Gerry and the Pikes Pit team are gearing up to again bring great food, flavor, family and fun nationwide, this time under the banner of Pikes Pit BBQ. We’re looking for people to join our family.

WHY FRanchise with PECOS?

Our vision is to be the nation’s first scalable BBQ franchise with delicious food, the best people and the strongest community presence in the universe. How are we going to achieve that? Our shared passion for the joy of BBQ, its community, and its inspiration to deliver the total guest experience. Audacious? Nah. Not with a couple centuries of getting together over fire and meat concept testing behind us.

We have 5 stars that will get Pecos Pit and our partners to the barn:

1. Iconic Seattle Brand

Ask anyone where to get BBQ in downtown Seattle and they'll say Pikes Pit. After 40 years in the SODO district of Seattle, the Pikes brand has a nearly cult-like following with locals who love a deliciously sloppy sandwich.

2. We love spreading the joy of BBQ

BBQ is full of passion for preparation, cooking, and sharing. We’re spreading the good word of the great food. Through a pristine central kitchen, we ensure every location serves consistent, unmatched quality. BBQ hasn’t scaled because different humans usually run each and every pit. Our chef-ready food preparation solves that.

3. The best people

The best people, supporting the total guest experience from everywhere in the building. We entertain all along the way with the astonishing powers of nice, that maximizes the joy of our shareable success. People leave Pikes with a full-body smile. Call it our captivating culture, but we’re crazy about getting people around a table.

4. MORE WAYS TO EARN = Attractive ROI

We provide a concept with multiple revenue streams, excellent store level economics, low start-up costs, and a low break-even point. It just so happens doing what we love turns out to be nicely profitable, as well.

5. Building Community

BBQ brings people together. It’s more important than ever for us to be community leaders and set an example of what it means to be great to, and for, each other.

Franchising & Franchisee support

Our unequivocal promise to our guests is to deliver the best tasting BBQ combined with an incredible total guest experience. We strive for this consistent experience for every visitor to a Pikes Pit. To fulfill this promise, we provide all our franchisees with a very particular set of tools. Tools we have acquired over a very long career. Let’s talk about it.

The opportunity

It’s go time. We offer a number of different ways to hang a shingle or three. From single store opportunities to multi-store clusters, all of our opportunities are incentivized to move fast. If you can start slinging BBQ by 2022, our team can jump in and be hands-on with support both on location and at the corporate level.

THe 3-Pack

The 3-pack. Own a 3 store cluster in WA state – including a combination Pit and restaurant. Enjoy the benefits and efficiencies of a Central Pit where all the smoking is done. $2M Minimum investment