The “COWBOY WAY Church” of Hartford, South Dakota entertains “He Paid Your Fees” Chuck Wagon Cook-Off annually. The event is a western theme with a Chuck Wagon cooking competition, Dutch Oven Cooking Competition and an equestrian Play-Day Rodeo which was held over the of July 24 and 25, 2010 weekend. “The only entry fee is to simply attend the services of the Cowboy Way Church.

The Gold Nugget Museum of Paradise, California is hosting Cowboy Poetry and Dutch-Oven Cook-Off on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at the Museum located at 502 Pearson Road, Paradise, CA 95967

All proceeds will go to help the Paradise Boys and Girls Club along with the Gold Nugget Museum http://www.goldnuggetmuseum.com/

The Troy, Texas Chamber of Commerce added an old fashioned Chuck Wagon Cook-Off during Fun Fest 2010 held April 17th. The annual Fun Fest includes having an opening parade lead by horse teams, arts and craft show, tough as nails car show, carnival, and other attractions that build city support also held last weekend. Like many town festivals, the Fest concluded with its American Fire Work Show.

Whenever we are getting together for a family gathering, no matter if we have already planned our dinner...I'll always get a call from one of the kids asking me to cook up some of these ribs.

Simple, easy and soooo good!

Dutch Oven Barbeque Spare Ribs

5-6 lbs boneless pork spare ribs (“Country Style Ribs“)
1 - 2 liter bottle Coca-Cola

There are many manufacturers of Dutch ovens...so how do you choose?

When you have been cooking as long as I have you know what works and what doesn't.

My preferred choice is Lodge Mfg. cast iron cookware. They are out of Tennessee, over a 100 years old and still family owned. They carry a big selection of Dutch ovens for camping and the real fancy ones for the kitchen too.

A common question I get at all my classes is; "What size Dutch oven should I get?"

That is a good question...since "size does matter".

Dutch ovens come in sizes of 10", 12", 14" 16", these are the most common...yes there are smaller and bigger one but let's not worry about those just yet.

What size you get really depends on how many are you feeding and what are you cooking.