HOTEL HICKMAN CHUCKWAGON BBQ
About Us
About Us
Hotel Hickman Chuckwagon BBQ came into being when Scott Thomas, Proprietor,
while doing cowboy reenactments with his chuckwagon in 1999,
was asked to cook for a birthday party.
While at the party, he was booked to cater a wedding and it grew from there.
Weekends were booked with graduations, weddings and corporate events,
then in 2012, he moved the chuckwagon and smoker to the Dexter Feed Mill in Dexter, Michigan, cooking roadside barbeque.
All his recipes were developed by Scott, many using chuckwagon-style-cooking with Dutch ovens over open fire. (Ask about how the I-44 Potatoes came about…)
In the fall of 2012, when a small building in the Village of Dexter
became available, Scott thought it would be great to have
a little kitchen to cook in during the winter month.
He parked his huge smoker behind the building and opened up for carry-out.
Diners no longer have to eat in the elements or carry out.
In the winter of 2015, Scott purchased the building next door.
Now diners have the choice of enjoying their food under the
new pavilion or indoors in the Mechantile.
In addition to dining space, the newly remodeled building offers everything
from mouthwatering penny candy to Lodge cast-iron cookware,
Hotel Hickman’s own sauces, seasoning and coffee.
So where’s the Hotel part of Hotel Hickman Chuckwagon BBQ?
Scott’s wife is one of twelve kids and Scott has two brothers and two sisters,
and since someone was always staying at their house on Hickman Road in
Ann Arbor, they started calling their house Hotel Hickman.
Dressed in his familiar suspender and cowboy duds, including the hat,
Scott laughs, "I was in the restaurant business when I was younger
and got out of it because I got tired of working holidays and weekends
and now here I am working holidays and weekends!
But I love what I do, playing in the kitchen, coming up with different recipes,
even getting up at 3:00 a.m. to make our sausage.
People tell us how much they enjoy our food and thank us for being here!
That makes me feel blessed.”
while doing cowboy reenactments with his chuckwagon in 1999,
was asked to cook for a birthday party.
While at the party, he was booked to cater a wedding and it grew from there.
Weekends were booked with graduations, weddings and corporate events,
then in 2012, he moved the chuckwagon and smoker to the Dexter Feed Mill in Dexter, Michigan, cooking roadside barbeque.
All his recipes were developed by Scott, many using chuckwagon-style-cooking with Dutch ovens over open fire. (Ask about how the I-44 Potatoes came about…)
In the fall of 2012, when a small building in the Village of Dexter
became available, Scott thought it would be great to have
a little kitchen to cook in during the winter month.
He parked his huge smoker behind the building and opened up for carry-out.
Diners no longer have to eat in the elements or carry out.
In the winter of 2015, Scott purchased the building next door.
Now diners have the choice of enjoying their food under the
new pavilion or indoors in the Mechantile.
In addition to dining space, the newly remodeled building offers everything
from mouthwatering penny candy to Lodge cast-iron cookware,
Hotel Hickman’s own sauces, seasoning and coffee.
So where’s the Hotel part of Hotel Hickman Chuckwagon BBQ?
Scott’s wife is one of twelve kids and Scott has two brothers and two sisters,
and since someone was always staying at their house on Hickman Road in
Ann Arbor, they started calling their house Hotel Hickman.
Dressed in his familiar suspender and cowboy duds, including the hat,
Scott laughs, "I was in the restaurant business when I was younger
and got out of it because I got tired of working holidays and weekends
and now here I am working holidays and weekends!
But I love what I do, playing in the kitchen, coming up with different recipes,
even getting up at 3:00 a.m. to make our sausage.
People tell us how much they enjoy our food and thank us for being here!
That makes me feel blessed.”
8050 Main Street, Dexter, Michigan.
734-646-6261
734-646-6261