
                         EXHIBIT 23


                INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Brinker International, Inc.:


We  consent  to  incorporation by reference  in  Registration
Statement Nos. 33-61594, 33-56491, 333-02201, 333-93755,  and
333-42224  on Form S-8 and 333-74902 on Form S-3  of  Brinker
International, Inc. of our report dated July 31, 2002, except
for Note 13, as to which the date is August 6, 2002, relating
to  the consolidated balance sheets of Brinker International,
Inc.  and subsidiaries as of June 26, 2002 and June 27,  2001
and   the   related   consolidated  statements   of   income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years  in
the  three-year period ended June 26, 2002, which  report  is
incorporated by reference in the June 26, 2002 annual  report
on Form 10-K of Brinker International, Inc.



                                   /KPMG LLP




Dallas, Texas
September 20, 2002




