One of Texas’s most celebrated barbecue joints has been forced to drop brisket from its menu as soaring beef prices threaten to put America’s beloved smokehouses out of business.
Butter’s BBQ in Sinton, Texas, has pulled the state’s signature meat after wholesale prices surged so sharply that its owner said he could no longer afford to serve it.
Andrew Soto, the restaurant’s owner and pitmaster, said he decided after the cost of brisket jumped by $1 per pound in a single week…