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Family meals under $7.50 a person in Houston
Updated Nov 2, 2026. 16 places around Houston sell family meals; 9 post a price we could check. Priced for your 4 people, before tax. How we price
- Cook it yourself$3.82a person · $15.28 for 4
- Store dinner$3.42a person · rotisserie chicken + sides
- Cheapest here$12.49Brookstreet BBQ
Cooking: USDA moderate-cost plan, Sept 2026. Store: Walmart Houston Heights, Nov 2. How we work these out
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0 spots under $7.50 a person
Cheapest firstNothing comes in under $7.50 a person for 4 people with these filters. The closest is below the line.
- Your line: $7.50 a person
- Brookstreet BBQ
Texas Trio$12.49each for 4½ lb brisket · ½ lb sausage · ½ chicken · 3 pints of sides$49.95 for 4 · feeds 3 to 4 · 3 spots: Houston, Missouri City, Sugar Land - Goode Co. Barbeque
Party Pack for 4$24.99each for 42 lb of meat, your choice · 2 pints of sides · 4 slices of jalapeño cheese bread · BBQ sauce, pickles, onions and jalapeños$99.95 for 4 · feeds 4 · 5109 Kirby Dr, Houston
1 more place sells family meals with no price posted
They sell family meals, but the price lives inside an ordering app, or they don’t say how many it feeds. We show what we can confirm and never guess a price. A parent’s “I paid $__” fills these in.
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Good to know
What’s the cheapest family meal in Houston right now?
Taco Bell’s Meal for 4: $20.83 for 4, or $5.21 a person before tax, checked Nov 2, 2026. Pizza can come in cheaper, but pizza chains don’t say how many a pizza feeds, so those numbers use our own serving estimate.
How do you work out the price a person?
We price enough of the meal to feed everyone you’re feeding, using the most people the restaurant says it feeds, then divide by your headcount. A “Meal for 2” counts twice for a family of four. Prices are the menu price before tax.
Is a family meal cheaper than cooking or the grocery store?
Almost never. Cooking from scratch on USDA’s moderate-cost plan works out to $3.82 a person per meal, and a store rotisserie chicken dinner for four is $3.42 a person. The cheapest family meal here costs $1.39 more a person than that; you’re paying for not cooking, shopping or cleaning up.
What about tax and delivery?
Prices here are before tax. Sales tax around Houston is 8%, so a $30 meal comes to $32.48. Delivery apps usually charge more than the menu price, plus fees, so we list the restaurant’s own price.