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.  333-00169 and 333-07481 on Form S-3,  of  Brinker
International,  Inc.  of our report  dated  July  30,  1999,
relating  to  the  consolidated balance  sheets  of  Brinker
International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 1999 and
June  24,  1998  and the related consolidated statements  of
income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of  the
years  in  the three-year period ended June 30, 1999,  which
report  is  incorporated by reference in the June  30,  1999
annual  report  on Form 10-K of Brinker International,  Inc.
Our  report  refers to a change in the method of  accounting
for the cost of start-up activities in fiscal 1999.



                                   /KPMG LLP




Dallas, Texas
September 24, 1999