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Thieves steal at least 20 whole briskets worth thousands of dollars from famous Texas barbecue restaurant​

• Thieves stole briskets worth thousands of dollars from a famous Austin restaurant, KVUE reported.
• La Barbecue said the thief was filmed jumping a fence before loading the meat into an SUV.
• Briskets at the restaurant, which said it has been broken into five times, are worth about $180.

Thieves broke into a famous Texas barbecue restaurant and stole thousands of dollars' worth of beef briskets, according to local reports.

Austin's KVUE reported that a thief broke into la Barbecue at 4am Thursday local time, jumping over the side fence, cutting off the barbecue pit locks and loading more than 20 whole briskets into an SUV before driving off.

Each brisket was worth $180, according to reports, meaning at least $3,500 worth of brisket appears to have been stolen.



On its Instagram page, the restaurant wrote: "It happened again!!! This time this guy took 20 briskets that were prepped and cold smoking on our pits overnight. I am so sick of this!! Does anyone recognize this guy or car?"

This was the fifth break-in at its Austin site since opening a decade ago, the restaurant told KVUE. It is appealing to anyone with information to call local police.

According to a report by MySA, brisket is more expensive than ever amid rising production costs and soaring demand among amateur pitmasters across the US. High price rises appear to have made the delicacy more attractive to thieves.

Indeed, one of the ramifications of rising inflation is likely to be more crime, with a criminologist telling Insider that Americans could expect more theft, burglaries, and even homicide as a result of soaring prices.

La Barbecue was founded in 2012 in Austin by Leann Mueller after parting ways with legendary pitmaster John after a spat, according to Texas Monthly. The joint regularly appears on lists of essential barbecue restaurants in the city published by the likes of Conde Nast Traveler and Eater.

 

[Toadman005]

.....meat....

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[midcal]

Wtf? Took them right out of the pit? What are you gonna do with that much meat? I would think it’s too late to freeze it, it would be too obvious trying to sell it out of the trunk of the car, and even a Mexican family isn’t big enough to put away 20 briskets.

 

[Bullitt08]

$180 for a brisket????

 

[AlaskaGuy]

$180 for a brisket????

 

[midcal]

$180 for a brisket????

I think they mean that’s what it’s worth after they slice it up and sell it to 15 different customers. Like how they always give the street value after a drug bust.

 

[pooods]

I think they mean that’s what it’s worth after they slice it up and sell it to 15 different customers. Like how they always give the street value after a drug bust.

good analogy

good brisket = meat crack

 

[Bullitt08]

I think they mean that’s what it’s worth after they slice it up and sell it to 15 different customers. Like how they always give the street value after a drug bust.

Insurance claim.

 

[OldDevilDawg]

$180 for a brisket????

The math:

At the local grocery store a brisket is going for $6.99 per pound. Typically briskets are about 20 pounds +/-. That's a Select grade brisket that retails for around 120-160. My experience in the grocery business tells me that wholesale, they will be around $5 per pound. That's around $100 each. After cooking, $180 is very fair. Restaurants typically have a 50% profit margin built in above cost.

Again, those numbers are based on Select grade beef. If they buy Choice grade wholesale, they are probably paying over $6 per pound.

 

[Bullitt08]

The math:

At the local grocery store a brisket is going for $6.99 per pound. Typically briskets are about 20 pounds +/-. That's a Select grade brisket that retails for around 120-160. My experience in the grocery business tells me that wholesale, they will be around $5 per pound. That's around $100 each. After cooking, $180 is very fair. Restaurants typically have a 50% profit margin built in above cost.

Again, those numbers are based on Select grade beef. If they buy Choice grade wholesale, they are probably paying over $6 per pound.

$6 a pound for brisket? Damn that is a tough, collagen-filled cut of beef. But it is like chicken wings used to be they were trash. But that much??? Right now the local grocery has preferred Angus boneless rib eyes for $8.95 last week it was T-bones for $6.95. Oh drove by AG a couple of weeks ago and I drove very fast.

But damn $6 a pound for brisket???

 

[Bama Believer]

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