A historical recreation of a chuckwagon at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo in Austin.

A chuckwagon was originally a wagon that carried food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Cooking is the process of preparing Food by applying Heat, selecting measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure for producing safe and edible Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page They would form a part of a wagon train of settlers or feed nomadic workers like cowboys or loggers. Wagon Train is a Television Western Series on NBC from 1957 - 1962 and then on ABC from 1962- A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of A lumberjack or logger is a man who harvests lumber The term lumberjack is somewhat archaic having been mostly replaced by logger. It was common for the "cookie" who ran the wagon to be second only to the "trailboss" on a cattle drive. The cookie would often act as cook, barber, dentist, and banker.

While some form of mobile kitchens had existed for generations the invention of the chuckwagon is accredited to Charles Goodnight, a Texas rancher who introduced the concept in 1866. Charles Goodnight ( March 5, 1836 &ndash December 12, 1929) was a cattle rancher in the American West, perhaps the Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Chuck was then a slang term for food. Chuckwagon food included easy to preserve items like beans and salted meats, coffee, and sourdough biscuits. Bean is a common name for large plant Seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae used for human food or animal Pickling, also known as brining or corning, is the process of preserving Food by Anaerobic fermentation in Brine (a solution CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom Sourdough (or more formally natural leaven or Levain) refers to the process of leavening Bread by capturing wild Yeasts A biscuit (ˈbɪskɨt is a small baked product the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world Food would also be gathered en route. In Texas, it is said that chile peppers were planted along the cattle trails to serve for future use. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The chili pepper, chilli pepper, or chili, is the fruit of the plants from the Genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade

Today, Chuckwagon racing is an event at some rodeos mainly in Western Canada such as the Calgary Stampede. Rodeo (ˈroʊdioʊ or /roʊˈdeɪoʊ/ is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States The Calgary Stampede, which bills itself as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, is a large Festival, exhibition, and Rodeo held in Chuckwagons are raced around a figure eight barrel obstacle, and the stove and tent poles within the wagon must not be lost. The racing team also has four "outriders" who load the tent poles at the start and must finish the race with the Chuckwagon. Many such races are held each year in Western Canadian cities and towns.

The Chuckwagon finals at the Calgary Stampede 2006