The 24th annual Cowboy Symposium took place last weekend in Lubbock, Texas. Its goal is to preserve and celebrate cowboy culture, with performers, artwork and merchandise, and a chuck wagon cook-off. Saddle up!
People collect antique "chuck wagons."
The main event of the whole symposium is the Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, where teams cook lunch from antique old turn-of-the-century chuck wagons, just like the cowboys would have used. They are judged on both the wagon's authenticity (if all the parts and cookware are old) as well as the taste of the food they cook. This year, 14 teams of wagons competed.
This guy won 1st place for the most authentic wagon.
Randy Whipple inherited this chuck wagon from his father, who bought it in Oklahoma. He and his family were not only among the youngest competitors, but they were also the friendliest and offered me beer and pizza, and made me drink some crazy shot with Everclear and apple juice.
The chuck wagons are judged on how authentic all their accessories are.
Here, they have an old timey washboard, and bucket for water.
The John Deere company started out making ploughs and wagons.
I had no idea the company was this old (turns out it was founded in 1837). Several of the chuck wagons were made by John Deere in the 1890s.
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