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Thieves Nab Barbeque Pit Resembling Dale Earnhardt's Car
NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth ^ | September 3, 2003 | NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth

Posted on 09/03/2003 8:34:57 PM PDT by Recourse

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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.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barbeque; daleearnhardt; pit
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1 posted on 09/03/2003 8:34:59 PM PDT by Recourse
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To: Recourse
Presumably on its way to a barbeque chop shop...
2 posted on 09/03/2003 8:41:26 PM PDT by Russian Sage
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To: Constitution Day; mhking; IowaHawk
This falls in some category or other. Do your best.
3 posted on 09/03/2003 8:42:06 PM PDT by dighton (NLC™)
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To: Recourse; glock rocks; Pete-R-Bilt; tubebender; #3Fan; countrydummy; WestCoastGal; steveegg; ...
Hold my ribs and brisket , Honey! Somebody just stole my BBQ.
4 posted on 09/03/2003 8:42:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: NormsRevenge
Stealing a BBQ Pit in of all places Texas?? ... I pity the fool when they catch up with him .. not cool and not smart
5 posted on 09/03/2003 8:45:17 PM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
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To: Russian Sage
I smell death penalty. Pass the slaw.
6 posted on 09/03/2003 8:48:18 PM PDT by Shmokey (Always be prepared)
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To: Recourse
The horror.....the horror
7 posted on 09/03/2003 8:50:14 PM PDT by Invasionofthebodysnatchers
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To: Mo1
Yup, I hope they smoke out the perps real soon. ;-)
8 posted on 09/03/2003 8:57:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: mhking
"just damn" ping (actually, this one really deserves a "hold muh beer!")
9 posted on 09/03/2003 9:05:04 PM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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Why would anyone want a busted up smoker?
10 posted on 09/03/2003 9:18:25 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (carpe ductum)
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To: Recourse

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

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

11 posted on 09/03/2003 9:21:56 PM PDT by anymouse
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To: Recourse
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.

12 posted on 09/03/2003 9:34:09 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: NormsRevenge
Isn't it ironic that the fastest BBQ somoker ever to go down a road (maybe) had a #3 Goodwrench painted on it? :^)
13 posted on 09/03/2003 10:02:25 PM PDT by #3Fan
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To: anymouse
North Carolina BBQ is sooooooooooo much better then Texas'
14 posted on 09/03/2003 10:51:36 PM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const tag& constTagPassedByReference)
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To: Recourse
I can't decide whether it's tackier to steal such a thing, or to build it in the first place.
15 posted on 09/03/2003 10:54:54 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Dick Gephardt. Before he dicks you.)
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To: Recourse
Not an easy thing to hide as you're pulling it down the road. The thief must have been on the sauce.
16 posted on 09/04/2003 1:09:31 AM PDT by strela (It is not true that Larry Flynt's biggest financial donor is Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills.)
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To: #3Fan
Confess, you did it.
17 posted on 09/04/2003 2:46:49 AM PDT by Iwo Jima
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To: #3Fan
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").

18 posted on 09/04/2003 4:57:29 AM PDT by steveegg (I have one thing to say to the big spenders; BLIZZARD OF RECALL TOUR!)
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To: NormsRevenge
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.

19 posted on 09/04/2003 4:58:41 AM PDT by steveegg (I have one thing to say to the big spenders; BLIZZARD OF RECALL TOUR!)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
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!
20 posted on 09/04/2003 5:00:11 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
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