Framed for murder, Dewey \201CMac\201D McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac\2019s never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west -- as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He\2019s as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun -- which comes in handy on a dangerous trail drive beset with rustlers, hostile Indians, ornery weather, and deadly stampedes. Mac can hold his own with any cowboy twice his age. At least until the real showdown begins. Trail hand Deke Northrup is one mean spit in the eye. Before long, he\2019s made enemies of all his men. When Mac learns that Northrup is planning to double-cross the herd\2019s owner, he stands up to the trail boss and his henchman. He might be outgunned and outnumbered, but Mac\2019s ready to serve up some blazing frontier justice -- with a healthy helping of vengeance.