Editing Chuckwagon (section)

{{Short description|American field kitchen covered wagon}}
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[[File:An authentic chuckwagon, the cook's wagon that accompanied cowboys as they drove cattle across the dusty plains of the early American West, on the rodeo and Frontier Town grounds at the Cheyenne LCCN2015633288.tif|thumb|An authentic chuckwagon at the Frontier Town grounds in Cheyenne, Wyoming]]

A '''chuckwagon''', or '''chuck wagon''', is a horse-drawn wagon operating as a mobile [[field kitchen]] and frequently [[covered wagon|covered]] with a white tarp, also called a '''camp wagon''' or '''round-up wagon'''.{{r|smith}} It was historically used for the storage and transportation of food and cooking equipment on the [[prairie|prairies]] of the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Sheryl |url=http://www.americanprofile.com/article/5321.html |title=Cowboy Cooking |publisher=American Profile |access-date=2010-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708090334/http://www.americanprofile.com/article/5321.html |archive-date=2009-07-08 }}</ref> They were included in [[wagon train|wagon trains]] for settlers and traveling workers such as [[cowboy|cowboys]] or [[Lumberjack|loggers]]. In modern times, chuckwagons feature in special cooking competitions and events. Chuckwagons are also used in a type of competition known as [[chuckwagon racing]].