Barbeque Beef - $3.00 a serving

Makes 8 servings · american · easy · USDA MyPlate Kitchen (public domain)
$23.96
basket total, in-store
$3.00
per serving (8 servings)
-$1.63
cheaper than the $4.62 median dinner

Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-19 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 1 pantry staples excluded. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

The recipe saysWe foundPackageUsesCostsLeft over
1 unknown frozen beef roast (2 pounds, thawed)Choice Beef Chuck Roast · 1 lbx2$8.99907 g$17.98$0.00
4 cloves garlic (chopped)Kroger® Whole Garlic Bulbs · 5 ct$2.494$1.99$0.50
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauceSweet Baby Ray's® Original Barbecue Sauce · 28 oz$3.49360 ml$1.58$1.91

beef roast drives this basket at $17.98, 75% of the total. The next biggest lines are barbecue sauce ($3.49) and garlic ($2.49). $2.41 of the basket - 10% - is package remainder: food you buy because stores sell packages and recipes call for amounts. It does not vanish, it sits in your kitchen for the next meal.

This recipe is delicious on its own, served with either rice or potatoes and vegetables. Or try spooning the cooked beef onto a sandwich roll.

This recipe is credited to a partner program (Recipe adapted from Food.com), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

Recipe adapted from Food.com. MyPlate took its recipe pages offline in 2026 - the original lives on at the Internet Archive. More on this: What each protein actually costs per serving.
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