--- title: The ‘World’s Largest’ BBQ Pit on Sale for $350,000 description: A BBQ pit nearly the length of a blue whale is on sale for an equally hefty price. canonical: https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-22T19:03:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:08.521Z og:title: The ‘World’s Largest’ BBQ Pit on Sale for $350,000 og:description: A BBQ pit nearly the length of a blue whale is on sale for an equally hefty price. og:url: https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fa8f739da5ff6ef/69877b58428a9e8c3ccc6b8f/bbq-truck-1.jpg?branch=production&width=604&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 604 og:image:height: 340 og:image:alt: bbq-truck-1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The ‘World’s Largest’ BBQ Pit on Sale for $350,000 twitter:description: A BBQ pit nearly the length of a blue whale is on sale for an equally hefty price. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fa8f739da5ff6ef/69877b58428a9e8c3ccc6b8f/bbq-truck-1.jpg?branch=production&width=604&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # BBQ Pit the Size of a Bus Could Be Yours for Just $350,000 > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jan 22, 2015 7:03 PM UTC  The 'Undisputable Cuz' The 'Undisputable Cuz' Courtesy of Terry Folsom  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jan 22, 2015 7:03 PM UTC A BBQ pit about the size of a whale — and almost large enough to cook one — [is on sale ](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/01/22/sale-buy-the-worlds-biggest-barbecue-pit-for-350000/22152903/)for the equally hefty price of $350,000. Terry Folsom, a man in Brenham, Tex. who says he acquired the 40-ton behemoth in a business transaction, is now looking to sell it, the Houston news source KHOU-TV reports. The pit [is listed on Ebay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/121336044050) with a sell price of $350,000. “It’s the world’s largest barbecue pit,” Folsom’s wife Kim told KHOU-TV.  The 'Undisputable Cuz' Courtesy of Terry Folsom The pit, dubbed the “Undisputable Cuz,” stretches 75 feet and is large enough to cook four tons of meat at a time. Seven smokestacks extend from the top and 24 doors open into it. Of course, the pit is also equipped with a walk-in cooler with room for beer kegs. \[[KHOU-TV](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/01/22/sale-buy-the-worlds-biggest-barbecue-pit-for-350000/22152903/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/"},"headline":"BBQ Pit the Size of a Bus Could Be Yours for Just $350,000","datePublished":"2015-01-22T19:03:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:08.521Z","description":"Perfect for cooking four tons of meat at a time","url":"https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Texas","BBQ","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fa8f739da5ff6ef/69877b58428a9e8c3ccc6b8f/bbq-truck-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fa8f739da5ff6ef/69877b58428a9e8c3ccc6b8f/bbq-truck-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bbq-truck-1","caption":"The 'Undisputable Cuz'","creditText":"Courtesy of Terry Folsom","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678424/bbq-pit-undisputable-cuz-texas/","name":"BBQ Pit the Size of a Bus Could Be Yours for Just $350,000"}}]}] ```