Chazuke is said to have been invented by employees of merchant businesses of those days who tried to finish meals as quickly as possible during short breaks from their work.
今日の茶漬けの直接の始祖は、当時商家に奉公していた使用人（奉公人）らがその仕事の合間に食事を極めて迅速に済ませる為に、とった食事法であるといわれている。