Dickey's does not publish ingredient lists, but their own allergen guide has an MSG column showing only 9 of 1,327 menu rows contain it, and their site claims no artificial colors or flavors on the ribs, pork butt, kielbasa and brisket - with their own asterisk admitting celery-powder nitrite is used as a cure. Nothing is published about cooking oil, so that went to outreach.
Rated 2026-09-02 on additives only. Seed oil is deliberately left unrated - Dickey's publishes nothing about what is in the fryer or on the meat, so an outreach email went to guestexperience@dickeys.com the same night. On additives the evidence is unusually good for a chain with no ingredient statement, and it is two-part. Their own allergen guide carries an MSG column, and across 1,327 rows exactly 9 are marked MSG: the Buffalo and Nashville sandwiches, Ranch Hand, Crispy Chicken, Sliced Turkey Holiday Pack, Housemade Ranch dipping sauce, and three taco items. Their about-our-food page claims "No artificial colors / No artificial flavors / No nitrates or nitrites added*" on the ribs, pork butt and kielbasa, and "No additives" on the brisket - but the asterisk is theirs and it matters: "*Except for those naturally occurring in celery powder", which is a curing nitrite by another name.