5 restaurant chains serving some of the best BBQ brisket in America, from New York to Oklahoma

A food guide has highlighted five barbecue chains serving brisket across the United States, from New York to Oklahoma. The cut is popular with diners, while rising beef prices have led one Texas restaurant to remove it from its menu, illustrating the pressures facing restaurants that serve beef.

The chains described are Mission BBQ, 4 Rivers Smokehouse, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Billy Sims BBQ and, in the article’s remaining entry, another chain whose details are not included in the supplied text. Their methods include long smoking times and ageing: 4 Rivers wet-ages brisket for 30 days and smokes it for 18 hours, while Dinosaur uses aged USDA Prime beef smoked over oak and hickory. The article says Americans consume about 58.5 pounds of beef per person annually, citing the USDA.