Chipotle's Mesquite-Smoked Brisket Returns November 5 in the U.S. and Canada — No End Date and No Price Announced

Chipotle said on October 26, 2026 that its mesquite-smoked brisket returns to participating restaurants across the United States and Canada on Wednesday, November 5. The company frames the timing around football season in the release's own headline.

The announcement comes from Chipotle itself rather than from reporting, which is what puts the date on firm ground. Stephanie Perdue, Chipotle's senior vice president of brand marketing, is quoted saying the company is "bringing guests a responsibly sourced brisket that delivers big flavor."

Chipotle describes the brisket as a limited-time protein and does not say when it will leave. There is no end date anywhere in the release.

There is also no menu price. Chipotle states none, and the only figures in the announcement attach to the delivery offer rather than to the brisket itself. A price circulating elsewhere is not Chipotle's figure, so this page does not carry one.

The release does note that the item has sold out early before, saying it "has been known to disappear from menus quickly." That is the company's own characterisation, and it is the reason this page has a November 5 re-check rather than treating the launch as settled.

Chipotle is waiving delivery fees on Smoked Brisket orders from November 5 through November 18, 2026. The offer requires a Smoked Brisket entree and a minimum order of $10 USD or $12 CAD before tax and fees, and it works only through the Chipotle app, Chipotle.com or Chipotle.ca.

It does not apply to catering, Burritos by the Box, or third-party delivery platforms, and it is limited to participating locations' delivery areas. Chipotle notes that higher menu prices apply to delivery orders and that other fees are applied at checkout, except in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Virginia. The company says it may modify or end the offer at any time without notice.

The practical point: the fee waiver ends November 18, while the brisket's own run has no announced end at all.

Chipotle last announced a brisket return on September 10, 2024, for participating restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. That release described the item as coming "out of the vault after three years," which places the original run in 2021.

That 2024 announcement also set no end date for the brisket and stated no menu price — the same two gaps as this year's. It paired the return with a $0 delivery fee offer running September 12 through September 29, 2024, a narrower window than the item's availability, exactly as in 2026.

Chipotle has not published an announcement saying when the 2024 run ended, so this page does not state one.

Nation's Restaurant News reported that brisket debuted in September 2021 and that Chipotle's then-chief financial officer, Jack Hartung, told an earnings call the company ran out of inventory in the middle of November that year, saying "We ran out of it so fast."

Chipotle has not published a statement giving a reason for the item leaving the menu in any year, so this page does not assign one. What the record does support is that the first run ended earlier than the company had planned for it, on its own CFO's account.

According to the release, the beef is seasoned with spices including smoked serrano and chipotle chili peppers, then smoked over mesquite wood. Chipotle says restaurant team members sear it on the plancha, finish it with spices, toss it in a sauce made with smoky chili peppers, and hand-chop it in small batches throughout the day.

Nevielle Panthaky, Chipotle's senior vice president of culinary, describes "a low-and-slow smoking process" that gives the brisket its "bold, beefy, smoky character," and a "tender bite with a little kick." Those are the company's words, quoted as such.

Chipotle says the brisket uses Responsibly Raised beef, and the release states the company estimates roughly 5% of U.S. beef meets its animal welfare and quality standards — standards it describes as requiring cattle raised on a strictly vegetarian diet, without added growth hormones or routine antibiotics, and traceable back to the ranch of origin.