Cookout for 10 people now costs 73.82 dollars according to Farm Bureau survey.
Price up 2.90 dollars or 4 percent from last year.
Ground beef pork chops chicken and some sides drove the increase.
Per person cost reaches 7.38 dollars the highest ever in the survey.
Inflation explains most of the rise with food prices up around 3.1 percent.
Quartz article on cookout costs: https://qz.com/fourth-of-july-cookout-costs-10-year-high-2026-063026
American Farm Bureau Federation survey details: https://www.fb.org/market-intel/fourth-of-july-cookout-costs-reflect-inflation