
                              
                         Exhibit 23
                              
                INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Brinker International, Inc.:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement Nos. 33-61594, 33-56491, and 333-02201 on Form S-8
and  Nos. 33-53965, 33-55181, 33-63551, 333-00169, and  333-
07481  on  Form S-3, of Brinker International, Inc.  of  our
report  dated  August 1, 1997, relating to the  consolidated
balance   sheets   of   Brinker  International,   Inc.   and
subsidiaries as of June 25, 1997 and June 26, 1996  and  the
related  consolidated  statements of  income,  shareholders'
equity  and  cash flows for each of the years in the  three-
year   period   ended  June  25,  1997,  which   report   is
incorporated by reference in the June 25, 1997 annual report
on Form 10-K of Brinker International, Inc.



                                   /KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

                                   KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



Dallas, Texas
September 23, 1997

