“Where do cowboys cook their meals?”/“On the range.”

A cowboy riddle is:
 
Q: Where do cowboys cook their meals?
A: On the range.

       
The “on the range” joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.support.depression.recovery on February 24, 1998.
 
 
Google Groups: alt.support.depression.recovery
Kids’ Jokes By Scott Nickel
JeuDeMots
2/24/98
(...)
Where do cowboys cook their meals?
On the range.
 
Twitter
CowgirlOasis
@CowgirlOasis
Retweeting @cowboyboots: Bad joke of the day: Where do cowboys cook their meals? ................ On the range! (You’re welcome.)
3:49 PM - 16 Feb 2009
     
24 July 2010, The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand), “Event Management” by Vicki Anderson, pg. E3:
Today is Tell An Old Joke Day and National Day of the Cowboy. Thus, I present: “Where do cowboys cook their meals? On the range.”
     
Google Books
Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series

By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
Pg. ?:
Where do cowboys cook their meals?On the range.
 
YouTube
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Published on Jan 23, 2016
Where do cowboys cook their meals?
On the range.
   
Reddit—Jokes
Where do cowboys cook their meals?
submitted December 10, 2016 by comisohigh
On the range
 
Twitter
Lucky Score
@LuckyScoreNet
Where do cowboys cook their
meals?
On
the range.
#Joke from #CowboyJokes in #Jokes, #Humor and #Satire
1:52 PM - 24 Mar 2018