Chris Magallanes and Ernest Morales, proprietors of Fort Worth’s Panther City BBQ, banded together with local businessmen who experienced similar thefts.
A second restaurant is now accusing a Fort Worth cafe of stealing its equipment, a week after a barbecue joint said it was in on the theft of a trailer.
Another North Texas restaurant is accusing DayBreak Cafe in Fort Worth of stealing its equipment.
According to WFAA, Paul Checkeye, who is the owner of Grease Monkey Burger in Arlington, says someone at the cafe stole his $30,000 smoker trailer from the parking lot of his business last month.
Panther City BBQ tracked a $30,000 pit trailer stolen from their restaurant to a cafe on the city's northwest side, but the cafe owner is denying involvement.