Put on that camp stove, and get some warm chow – proper campfire cooking will lift your spirits even if it’s cold, you’re tired, and there’s some muddy water inside your boots, too. In dire situations any camp stove will be the best camp stove. Also: A human body will not function on bare motivation; you gotta replace that used energy by shoving calories down your throat – otherwise your cheeks will get all concave and you’ll have to swap your frieze pants for smaller ones.

Some folks are all about pleasure when it comes to outdoor cuisine – they will look at the forecast and out the window for that little slice of heaven called sunny skies, and put their picnic blanket out in the open without messing with all sorts of tarps, pergolas, or pavilions. Although, using shelter for rain or sun is not all evil when it comes to camp cooking, many times it is even advisable. If you go all wild, you can put up a line of tables to help you in your cookery and serving operations. Using tables will put your camp cooking literally on another level.

Everybody agrees that open fire sausages are the best outdoor food, but if you have any ambition, you should strive for camp cooking excellence, and really up your game with proper side dishes. Get a good camp chef stove – you will prepare potatoes, cabbage, artichokes, carrots, and other wonders of Mother Earth right there and then. Top shelf camp stoves include the two-burner Primus Kinjia, but you can get your side stuff done also with regular camp stoves (or a couple of them) if they have sturdy pot holders on them.

Do everyone a favor, and leave those disposable tray BBQs on the market shelf – there shall be less waste, less bush fires, and less trash bins in flames. Actually portable and durable gas grills are a thing now, like the Primus Kuchoma. On top of their other wonderful qualities, the Kuchoma and Kinjia work with regular trekking gas stove gas canisters. Easy peasy!

When your campfire cooking grills, propane camp stoves, and other gadgets are up and running, use should put the food stuffs in proper pans and pots to get them done. Your campfire cooking equipment should withstand hard use and the test of time – “buy once, cry once” is the guideline here, too. After the campfire cooking is done, you’ll have to serve your masterful dishes to people, and all things considered, you might want to avoid using disposable tableware if possible – and if you’re running solo somewhere in the great beyond, a good dining kit is much more preferable than some fistful of soggy cardboard on the bottom of your rucksack side pouch.