A Texas legend meets a great Texas pastime at this fun roadside attraction. Meet Texas Jack, a jackalope-shaped smoker in Denton, Texas.
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Texas Jack is a real, working, barbecue pit shaped to resemble a mythical jackalope. It is ten-feet tall, weighs 3,600 pounds, and can smoke a great deal of Texas barbecue.
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What is a jackalope? The jackalope is a mythical North American animal often described as having the body of a jackrabbit with the horns of an antelope. The name is a portmanteau of the two creatures: jackrabbit and antelope.
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The smoker belongs to Joe Amos Amyx, who won his first BBQ Cookoff competition in 1977, taking home the blue ribbon at the North Texas State Fair in Denton.
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The giant jackalope bbq has removable antlers to make him transform into a mild-mannered bunny. His tail that opens to hold the fire, the belly stores the cooking meat, the ears let out steam, and an…appendage…between his back legs lets out the grease.
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If it’s not cooking up at a competition, you can find this jackalope-shaped smoker near Denton Square (right down the street from the Atomic Candy muffler men heads). It’s fenced off in a yard, so you can’t get too close. But there’s a good view from the street.
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If you love jackalopes, be sure to check out these other roadside attractions: Big Jackalope on a Roof in Fort Worth, Texas; Fiberglass Jackalope at the Jackalope Bar in Austin, Texas; and the jackalope at Wall Drug in South Dakota.
Texas Jack: Jackalope Smoker
Address: 123 E Hickory St, Denton, TX 76201
Cost: Free to See
Hours: Always Visible
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