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, 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  July 29, 1998, relating to  the  consolidated
balance   sheets   of   Brinker  International,   Inc.   and
subsidiaries as of June 24, 1998 and June 25, 1997  and  the
related  consolidated  statements of  income,  shareholders'
equity  and  cash flows for each of the years in the  three-
year   period   ended  June  24,  1998,  which   report   is
incorporated by reference in the June 24, 1998 annual report
on Form 10-K of Brinker International, Inc.



                                   /KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Dallas, Texas
September 18, 1998