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                             December 15, 2022

       Bruce Lewis
       Controller
       Biglari Holdings Inc.
       19100 Ridgewood Parkway, Suite 1200
       San Antonio, Texas 78259

                                                        Re: Biglari Holdings
Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
                                                            Filed February 28,
2022
                                                            Form 10-Q for
Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2022
                                                            Filed November 4,
2022
                                                            File No. 001-38477

       Dear Bruce Lewis:

              We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In
some of our
       comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
       disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2022

       Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations, page
       20

   1.                                                   Please revise to
supplement your disclosure with analysis of underlying reasons for
                                                        changes in results. For
example, we note that insurance losses increased as a percent of
                                                        premiums earned for
First Guard and Southern Pioneer.
       Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021

       Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 32

   2.                                                   Please tell us your
consideration of providing insurance disclosures required by ASC 944,
                                                        specifically ASC
944-40-50-3 and 50-4B through 50-4H.
 Bruce Lewis
Biglari Holdings Inc.
December 15, 2022
Page 2
Note 19. Supplemental Oil and Gas Disclosures (Unaudited), page 51

3.       Please expand your disclosure to provide the information relating to
the costs incurred for
         property acquisition, exploration, and development activities. Refer
to FASB ASC 932-
         235-50-18.
4.       We note disclosure on page 51 indicating you determined that the
Company had
         significant oil and gas producing activities during the year ended
December 31, 2021 in
         accordance with ASC 932    Extractive Activities-Oil and Gas.    Refer
to the requirements
         in Item 1201(a) and expand the information relating to Southern Oil to
provide the
         disclosures specified in Items 1202 through 1208 of Regulation S-K.

5.       We note you determined that the Company did not have significant oil
and gas producing
         activities during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. Please
provide us the
         rational in reasonable detail supporting your conclusion.
Estimated Quantities of Proved Oil and Natural Gas Reserves, page 51

6.       Please expand your disclosure of proved reserves, and the changes
therein, expressed as
         barrels of oil equivalent to clarify the basis for converting your
natural gas volumes to
         equivalent barrels of oil (e.g. the number of cubic feet of natural
gas per barrel of oil
         equivalent). Refer to Instruction 3 to Item 1202(a)(2) of Regulation
S-K.

7.       Please expand the presentation of your proved developed reserves and
proved
         undeveloped reserves by individual product type to include the net
quantities as of the
         beginning of the period presented, e.g. as of December 31, 2020.

        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       You may contact Sandra Wall, Petroleum Engineer, at (202) 551-4727 or
John
Hodgin, Petroleum Engineer, at (202) 551-3699 if you have questions regarding
the
engineering comments. Please contact Abe Friedman, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-8298 or
Lyn Shenk, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3380 with any other questions.



FirstName LastNameBruce Lewis                                 Sincerely,
Comapany NameBiglari Holdings Inc.
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