Some of Texas’ Most Famous BBQ Joints Forced to Close Due to Sky-High Beef Prices

Where’s the beef? Not in Texas — at least, not as much as it used to be.

Texas barbecue joints are shutting their doors across the Lone Star State as sky-high beef prices turn brisket — once the centerpiece of a blue-collar meal — into a luxury item that many customers can no longer afford.

From Houston suburbs to rural smokehouses, pitmasters say soaring wholesale beef costs, inflation and shrinking customer traffic are crushing margins and forcing some of the state’s most celebrated BBQ institutions out of business.

“This is as bad as it gets,” Houston-area pitmaster Russell Roegels told the Washington Post.

“Everybody’s at risk these days: You’re one bad week from closing.”

Among the casualties is Brett’s BBQ Shop in Katy, which closed late last year after seven years in business, according to Texas Monthly. (Read more from “Some of Texas’ Most Famous BBQ Joints Forced to Close Due to Sky-High Beef Prices” HERE)

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