Chuckwagon
![A historical recreation of a chuckwagon at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo in Austin](/Images/godic/202501/04/Chuckwagon1036.jpg")
![Charles Goodnight's chuckwagon was named in 2003 as the](/Images/godic/202501/04/MVI_2975_Chuckwagon_exhibit1036.jpg")
![Chuckwagon still used to prepare food at gatherings in Pecos County, Texas](/Images/godic/202501/04/Chuckwagon_in_Girvin,_TX_SCN10771036.JPG")
![Cooking in ashes](/Images/godic/202501/04/Cooking_in_ashes_DSCN10731036.JPG")
A chuckwagon or chuck wagon is a type of "field kitchen" covered wagon historically used for the storage and transportation of perishable food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. Such wagons formed part of a wagon train of settlers or fed traveling workers such as cowboys or loggers.