Chuck wagon cook-off revisits history of American cowboy cuisine
Dave Wade of the chuck wagon “Mountain Trails” gathers utensils to cook with during the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Sherry Hobson retrieves ingredients from a tent used during cooking at the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Clint Combs, left, of the chuck wagon “Curly Cues,” removes chicken fried steak from the skillet as his son, Wyatt Combs, watches Saturday during the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Locally grown beans being cooked at the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Harry Baxstrom places battered chicken fried steak into skillets to cook during the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Beef and grill items on a prep table at the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Val Hobson, left, and Sheery Hobson prepare items to be baked over coals Saturday during the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Will Jeffries, 6, dusts himself off after practicing baking at the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Lavenia Taylor of the chuck wagon “Poverty Flats” checks on the progress of food cooking during the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Dinner is served at the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Martin Winslow of Canyon Trails Ranch in Cortez tastes gravy being prepared at the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Davin Montoya, center, grills beef during the annual La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association Chuck Wagon Cook-off Saturday as Dean Hobson assists. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
