Soaring meat prices a tough sell for barbecue pitmasters

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Pitmasters worry for the future of their barbecue restaurants as beef, pork and poultry prices continue to rise

Denver For about twenty minutes, Alex Barbosa had his full menu on display -- written in permanent marker on peach-colored butcher paper -- before he had to start taking parts of it down.

"Sorry, ma'am. We're already out of the burnt ends," Barbosa, owner of the mobile barbecue trailer Barbosa's Barbeque, tells the patron standing out front of his trailer-turned-small business."They were really popular today and we had a big order." The price for pork steaks, roasts and ribs increased 19.2% the past year, according to the Consumer Price Index.

 

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They got nothing to worry about. We see prices rise when we shop. So we know it must affect our favorite outspots. Now who it WILL affect are those spots who are 3rd-4th options for most folks. For me it won’t hurt JB albertos 1 thin crust spot. But the 4 others I go to?

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