The Crosstimber Ranch wagon team from Mustang, Okla., claimed the championship of the Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff last Saturday, September 27, beating out four other teams.
Competing in the Saints’ Roost Museum’s 31st annual cookoff, Crosstimber won first place for the Best Wagon & Camp, which was the only award given this year. Don Johnson and Randy Whipple served as wagon judges.
After consulting with cooking teams, museum officials changed the format of the cookoff this year. Food categories were not judged, and prize money usually awarded for those contests was used as incentives to help wagon teams cover the expense of travel. Unfortunately, circumstances of health, available help, and a competing contest downstate prevented several wagon teams from attending the Clarendon event this year.
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The 18th annual Junior Cookoff the day before the big event drew five contestants, who were paired with experienced wagon teams to prepare dessert for the cooks’ dinner Friday night. First place was Noah Pearson cooking with Crosstimbers, second place was Stetson Duncan cooking with the Slim Pickin’s team, and third was August Pearson cooking with the Wild Cow Ranch team.
Other junior competitors were Connar Askew with the Double Nichols team, and Asa Bains with the Honey Do Spoiler.
The Junior Cookoff is sponsored each year by the American Chuckwagon Association.
The trade show was held throughout the day Saturday, and live entertainment was provided. Breakfast and lunch concessions were provided by the Donley County Senior Citizens.
Competing wagons served a menu of chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, biscuits, beans, and cobbler.
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