Last Updated on March 26, 2026 by admin
An entire corned beef brisket. Not a nibble. Not a corner chewed off while no one was looking. The whole thing — lifted out of a Crock-Pot by an orange cat named Rio, carried across a kitchen counter in his mouth, and deposited somewhere off-camera where, presumably, justice does not apply.
The footage, captured on a home security camera in Katie Carreiro’s Rhode Island kitchen, sat on her phone for nearly a year before she posted it to TikTok on March 18. The original heist happened around St. Patrick’s Day 2025. Katie had left a corned beef brisket slow-cooking while she was out. Rio had other plans for it.
The security camera tells the whole story in under ten seconds. Rio jumps onto the counter. He approaches the Crock-Pot with the calm focus of a cat who has done the math. One paw goes to the lid. He unlatches it, nudges it aside, reaches in, and clamps his jaws around the entire slab of beef. Then he drops to the floor and disappears from frame, brisket and all.
He didn’t rush. He didn’t hesitate. He moved like a cat who had rehearsed this.
And then there’s the accomplice.
Katie’s gray tabby is visible in the footage the entire time. Standing a few feet away. Not helping. Not interfering. Just… present. Viewers on TikTok immediately declared the gray tabby the lookout — the one who cased the kitchen while Rio executed the grab. Neither cat has commented on the allegations.
The clip has now passed six million views and more than 850,000 likes, as reported by Newsweek. The comments section is exactly what you’d expect from a video of an orange cat committing a felony in broad daylight. “Orange cats don’t have a single thought in their heads and yet they plan heists,” one commenter wrote. Another: “The gray one is 100% the brains of the operation.”
Orange cat owners are not remotely surprised. This is a demographic that has already accepted their cat will open cabinets, knock full glasses of water off tables for sport, and stare directly into their eyes while pushing something fragile toward the edge of a counter. A slow-cooker brisket is just the next logical step.
For anyone worried about Rio’s dinner choice, veterinarians note that corned beef is too salty for cats and the seasoning — often garlic and onion-based — can be harmful. The ASPCA warns that excess salt and allium seasonings are among the top people-food risks for pets. Katie has not reported any ill effects for Rio, but the brisket did not survive.
Rio, for his part, appears to have no regrets. He is an orange cat. Regret is not in the operating system.
Has your orange cat ever stolen food right off the counter? Tell us what they took. 🐱