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Ring
The Dinner Bell – Pigeon Forge’s
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Chuck Wagon Cookoff
Rolls Into Town March 2
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Pigeon
Forge, TN – January 2019 / Newsmaker Alert / A weekend of family-friendly
competition, entertainment and delicious frontier food awaits March 2-3
during Pigeon Forge’s
Chuck Wagon Cookoff.
Lunch, consisting of from-scratch
dishes prepared for the competition, will be served at high noon on March
2. Tickets are $12.50 per person. That evening, guests and chuck wagon
chefs can enjoy a little entertainment after a long day’s work with fine
cowboy entertainment from cowboy poet and humorist Andy Nelson and cowboy
music singer/songwriter Brenn Hill takes place at Dollywood’s DreamMore
Resort & Spa. The show begins at 5 p.m. for $20 (tax included) per
person. Seating is first come first served.
Tickets to all events, including
lunch, can be purchased onsite or in advance at MyPigeonForge.com/event/cookoff.
The event has sold out for the past seven years.
“The Chuck Wagon Cookoff
celebrates an important piece of American history and highlights a couple
things the people of Pigeon Forge
know very well, delicious food and entertainment” said Pigeon Forge Executive
Director of Tourism Leon Downey. “While the chuck wagon cooking never disappoints,
the interactive elements of the weekend make it an event that our visitors
and residents look forward to each year.”
Seven teams will circle their
wagons at Clabough’s Campground (405 Wears Valley Road) for a day of frontier-inspired
fun. These modern-day mobile chuck wagon cooks, or cookies, as they are
known, rely on simple ingredients to guide their menus and fire to power
their ovens just as the early American chuck wagons did in the 1800s.
Chuck wagon cookoffs aid
in the preservation of cattle drive trail days as well as ensuring the
authentic reproduction of the mobile kitchens. The competition includes
cash prizes for most authentic wagon and awards in various food categories,
including meat, potatoes, bread, beans and dessert. All food items must
be prepared onsite and using ingredients provided to the cooking teams.
Condiments may be used at the cook’s discretion. Prohibited ingredients
are announced prior to the competition.
The cookoff event also includes
several free activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: an old-time Western Buckaroo
Roundup for children and adults of all ages with Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch
providing roping and branding demos; cowboy lookalikes and Sisters on the
Fly, the largest women’s outdoor adventure group in the country, with free
tours of their Cowgirl Caravan of vintage trailers; and Western poetry
and music featuring Andy Nelson, Marshal Andy & the Riders of the Silver
Screen Band from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The weekend continues on
Sunday, March 3, with the Chuck Wagon Breakfast and Cowboy Church at Stages
West (2765 Parkway). The cowboy-style breakfast will be served 8:30 to
10 a.m. for $5 per person (tax included). Cowboy Church follows at 10:30
a.m. and admission is free.
For more information about
the Chuck Wagon Cookoff and other events, please visit MyPigeonForge.com
or call 800-251-9100.
Media Contact:
Katherine
Henry
for Pigeon Forge Department
of Tourism
615-327-1189 |