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The owner of an Edmonton barbecue joint has been reunited with a food truck that was stolen early Sunday morning — but not before the thief made off with the food inside.

Terry Sept, owner of Smokehouse BBQ, said the truck was recovered just before 1 p.m., hours after it went missing from the restaurant parking lot.

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Police were at the location where the truck was found behind a motel at 150 Street and 111 Avenue around four kilometres away from the restaurant on 124 Street north of 107 Avenue.

While Sept was happy to find the truck, the food and drinks inside were gone.

“They cleaned out the fridges and there’s a bit of a mess, but that’s about it,” he said.

The truck was doing swift business on Saturday as staff members cooked ribs, pulled pork and other meat for hungry Canada Day revellers at the legislature grounds.

But on Sunday morning, it was gone.

Sept said someone made off with the truck during the early hours of Sunday morning.