Mr. Dickey's Barbecue Cookbook: Recipes from a True Texas Pit Master

I just got this book in anticipation of cooking out for the 4th. Amazon delivered it on time, heck it got here earlier than predicted. But then I looked at the recipes I wanted to cook. Primarily smoking some ribs and of course that requires the Dickey's rub. The recipe says it produces 5 cups but the ingredients only total 2 cups. Worse is the recipe for Old Fashion BBQ Rub on the same page. It claims to produce 8 cups but the numbers add up to 12 cups including 4 CUPS of Cayenne pepper. 4 CUPS? It is probably 4 tablespoons but really, can't they take time to proof read this thing? How can I trust any of the recipes if they let these two gross errors slip through. Very disappointed in the author and the publisher.EDIT!!!!!!! I called Dickey's, spoke to their PR manager and she told me that the 2nd edition of the cookbook has been corrected. The "4 CUPS" of cayenne pepper should have read 1 teaspoon! She told me that she had not been aware that the Rib Rub claimed to make 5 cups but that every other recipe is accurate. She also told me that I was only the 2nd person in a year to call them about the error.

Seller was great I got it used but was in like new condition

I have always enjoyed eating at "Dickey's Pit Bar-B-Q" restaurants even to the point when I moved to an area that didn't have one of their franchises near-by, I bought myself a smoker and smoked my own briskets. Mr. Dickey's cookbook gives some good pointers to be followed if you want to get a truly tender brisket. His suggestions using smokers for other types of meat adds variety to your menu.

Very nice addition to my 3,000 cookbook library.

I loved this book, tracing the Dickey Barbeque history, plus sharing recipes. I know that some wanted more recipes, and less jawing.I enjoyed the humor, hard work, and honesty shared in the stories. I found Mr Dickey's anecdotes, and musings not only endearing, but also full of little life lessons which benefit his readers.

I like this cookbook a lot. Good variety of recipes, and the book itself is a very nice quality. Only thing better would be if it was a spiral.

This book contains a load of nice pictures and great detail on the history of Dickeys.However, there is not a single recipe on how to make BBQ sauce.Page 50 shows titles of "Spicy and Sweet BBQ Sauce Recipes". However, the main ingredient is "Bottle of Dickeys BBQ Sauce".You have to find a dickeys BBQ and get pre-bottled sauce for the recipe? What kind of scam is this?This book is being returned for too much fluff and not enough real content.One star Mr Dickey (I still love your food, but your book stinks)

What a rip-off! The majority of recipes in this book really have little or nothing to do with barbecue or smoking. Most disappointing was the barbecue sauce recipes. The base BBQ sauce requires you to buy a 19 ounce bottle of Mr. Dickey's barbecue sauce. For sweet barbecue sauce, it tells you to add one sweet ingredient to a 19 ounce bottle of Mr. Dickey's barbecue sauce. For hot barbecue sauce, it tells you to add two ingredients to a 19 ounce bottle of Mr. Dickey's barbecue sauce. Definitely a waste of money.

I was hoping for some great ideas and recipes from this book, and am really disappointed. I don't think they ever tested a recipe with a foodie. I am a foodie, and I saw many errors, missing steps, missing instructions and some recipes that were just dumb.