Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has announced its expansion plan in Arizona with a recently executed 10-store development agreement.

The first store will open in Surprise in 2016, with two stores opening per year for the next five years. No location for the Surprise has been disclosed.

“We look forward to continuing to expand our brand presence throughout Arizona,” said Roland Dickey Jr., CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. “This development agreement will double our locations in The Grand Canyon State.” 

This recent deal marks one of the largest franchise agreements for Dickey’s with two of its youngest owner/operators, Tiffany Oder and Chad Burge, who are siblings. They come from a family of multi-unit franchisees.

Oder, 25, got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Arizona State University and her CPA license before embarking on her career as an entrepreneur.

Burge is attending college at Embry Riddle University and plans to join the family business as a co-owner. 

“We knew as soon as we first tried the food that we wanted to invest in Dickey’s,” Oder said. 

Dallas-based Dickey’s Barbecue was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey. It now has over 540 locations in 43 states.