2026 Officers & Board

Scott Tibbets, President (Weatherford, TX)
Bart Saucier, V.P. (Sparta, TN)
Becky Conway, Secretary (Cambridge, KS)
Leon Fischer, Treasurer (Chattanooga, OK)
Mark Day, Director (Conway, MO)
Justin Jackson, Director (Howe, OK)
Jon Pugh, Director (Cleburne, TX)
Homer Robertson, Director (Granbury, TX)
David Sneed, Director (Flippin, AR)

Ray Schmid, President, Mid-America Satellite Chapter (West Alexandria, OH)

Maribeth Sexton, Admin Assistant

ACWA Contact Info:
ACWA, P O Box 626, Belton, Texas 76513
Email: acwa@chuckwagon.org
Phone: 940-532-1788

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You have found the online home of the American Chuck Wagon Association, a 501c3. Our focus is to preserve the heritage of the Chuck Wagon.

A chuck wagon continues to be an iconic symbol of the great cattle driving era in the American West. This group is dedicated to preserving the history of the chuck wagon and the cooking methods used over a century ago. Those same methods and recipes are used today by many of the award-winning chuck wagon cooks that you can meet at various chuck wagon events.

Mission Statement

To preserve the heritage of the Chuck Wagon.

The American Chuck Wagon Association started out as a small group of Old West enthusiasts and has expanded to world wide association preserving the American past through competitions, demonstrations, charity and school events and other venues.

Two days left to register for the upcoming Preserving History, The Future of the Wooden Wheel Wagon that will be held on August 14-15, 2026 in Granbury, Texas. Check under News tab for more information! Visit our Store to purchase your tickets to attend or if wish to pay using a check or money order, can mail your payment into ACWA, P O Box 626, Belton, Texas 76513. If paying with check or money order, please put into the Memo field, ACWA Conference.

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View From the Trail ~

Message from ACWA President Scott Tibbets

August 2026

Hello Friends,
August is finally upon us. Along with the normal broil setting in our temperatures and the dust dry days, we are beginning to long for the end of summer and the much anticipated first signs of fall. Oh, how we long for the weather to change and a cool morning breeze. Seems like a lifetime away but, we all know it will show it’s face as soon as the gates of hell begin to close for the year. Please stay hydrated and as cool as possible.
August brings the ACWA Board of Directors and membership the highly anticipated wagon conference: Preserving The Future of the Wooden Wheeled Wagon. The event is taking place in Granbury, Texas. An ideal place for history. The Granbury Convention Center is ready to welcome our wagons, historians, subject matter experts and our membership. We have been looking forward to this since the first thoughts and planning began to take place earlier this year. We believe this is the first of its kind conference dedicated to the wagon. Not specifically, the chuck wagon, the wagon. The truth is that our chuck wagons began as haul wagons, seed wagons, grain wagons and transport wagons. Goodnight then transformed the wagon into the mobile kitchens we so proudly represent later in the wagon’s life. We all have been bitten by the chuck wagon bug and the way of life depicted by or representing the west, the trail and the chuck wagon life. This conference brings us back to the origins of the Wagon. The heart and soul of the chuck wagon. The bones and sinews that make up our chuck wagon existence.
The foundation and strength of a chuck wagon is the wagon. Our association is assembling the strongest foundation of knowledge and support ever assembled at the same time, in the same place. We have preeminent wagon experts ready to share their knowledge and wisdom. We have the ACWA Historical committee prepared to share their support and assistance. Our Board of Directors will be on site and available. We will have a select group of vendors in attendance and each will be answering questions, taking orders and selling items. We expect this event to be a memorable experience that provides knowledge, history and answers the many questions we have all had at some point or still have. We look forward to seeing you and hope you plan on joining us in Granbury August 14th and 15th.

Happy Trails,
Scott

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2026 Chuck Wagon Events

Click on EVENTS tab at the top of the page for information on how you can participate or attend a chuck wagon event near you.

The American Chuck Wagon Association is happy to provide assistance to anyone wishing to host a chuck wagon competition, gathering or sampling. We have compiled tips and suggestions for successful cook offs; there are sample forms for food judging; youth competition forms and tally sheets to help you get started. If you would like to request these forms, have questions or would simply like to visit with someone about your plans, feel free to contact us through email or contact one of the directors.