Thousands gather for free tacos at Cowboy breakfast

SAN ANTONIO – Thousands gathered at the 38th-annual Cowboy Breakfast early Friday morning for free food in the parking lot of Cowboys Dancehall.

The breakfast menu included thousands of sausage and eggs tacos, chorizo and egg tacos, biscuits and gravy, tamales, juice and coffee.

The Cowboy Breakfast is the unofficial warm-up to the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, which runs this year from Feb. 11-28.

Click on the videos below to see all the excitement from Friday's event.

Watch: Chairman and Founding Member prep for the 38th-annual Cowboy Breakfast & 

Watch: KSAT 12's Ashly Custer talks about the opening of the 2016 Cowboy Breakfast

Watch: Adam Caskey interview with a server at Cowboys Breakfast & watch Adam quiz patrons at Cowboy Breakfast

Watch: Residents get a taste of Cowboy Breakfast & A behind the scenes look at the cooking flames of Cowboy Breakfast

Watch: KSAT 12's Ashly Custer rides the mechanical bull at Cowboy Breakfast & Adam Caskey makes a new friend