Thieves Nab Barbeque Pit Resembling Dale Earnhardt's Car

NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth ^ | September 3, 2003 | NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth

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Thieves Nab Barbeque Pit Resembling Dale Earnhardt's Car

Victim: 'They're Just Ignorant'

POSTED: 9:50 a.m. CDT September 3, 2003
UPDATED: 10:00 a.m. CDT September 3, 2003

FORT WORTH, Texas -- North Texas thieves are on the run with a unique getaway car.

Tuesday afternoon, a Plano resident spotted someone hooking up his neighbor's meat smoker to the back of a maroon pickup.

Boyce Hancock built the cooker by himself, but this was not just your average smoker.

Hancock and his wife are big NASCAR fans, and they built the barbeque pit to look like the car once driven by Dale Earnhardt.

"I don't think they know what they have ... they're just ignorant," Hancock said.

The neighbor who spotted the suspected thieves said he was unable to catch the license plate number of the truck.

A police investigation is ongoing.

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[Russian Sage]

Presumably on its way to a barbeque chop shop...

[dighton]

This falls in some category or other. Do your best.

[NormsRevenge]

Hold my ribs and brisket , Honey! Somebody just stole my BBQ.

[Mo1]

Stealing a BBQ Pit in of all places Texas?? ... I pity the fool when they catch up with him .. not cool and not smart

[Shmokey]

I smell death penalty. Pass the slaw.

[Invasionofthebodysnatchers]

The horror.....the horror

[NormsRevenge]

Yup, I hope they smoke out the perps real soon. ;-)

[King Prout]

"just damn" ping (actually, this one really deserves a "hold muh beer!")

[Michael Barnes]

Why would anyone want a busted up smoker?

[anymouse]

"Don't mess with Texas BBQ or NASCAR fans."

"D@mn BBQ thieves. Isn't anything sacred anymore?"

[tubebender]

The neighbor who spotted the suspected thieves said he was unable to catch the license plate number of the truck.

"I think we have the thief"...said Chief Moose.

[#3Fan]

Isn't it ironic that the fastest BBQ somoker ever to go down a road (maybe) had a #3 Goodwrench painted on it? :^)

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

North Carolina BBQ is sooooooooooo much better then Texas'

[Hank Rearden]

I can't decide whether it's tackier to steal such a thing, or to build it in the first place.

[strela]

Not an easy thing to hide as you're pulling it down the road. The thief must have been on the sauce.

[Iwo Jima]

Confess, you did it.

[steveegg]

Isn't it ironic that the fastest BBQ somoker ever to go down a road (maybe) had a #3 Goodwrench painted on it? :^)

Not quite ironic (more like "appropriate").

[steveegg]

Hold my ribs and brisket , Honey! Somebody just stole my BBQ.

I sense someone's going to spend a lot of time at the big red trailer soon.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

North Carolina BBQ is sooooooooooo much better then Texas'

Having eaten NC BBQ (and VA) all my life, on my one trip to Texas I tried the local stuff. Talk about culture shock!