camp cookware

langston302

langston302

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i was just wondering what kind you all use....

i just got me some coleman exponent single cook kit and it seems to be okay...well for 24.99 i didnt expect to much...

what do you all use or like..
 
Mine was stolen. I'm looking. Spending a lot of $$$ doesn't suit me.

I did just buy a canteen with one of those cups that fits it. I may stick with that.
 
I have a Brasslite 600ml titanium pot. All I cook is based on hot water -- dehydrated meals, soup, coffee, hot chocolate, etc, and 2 cups is what the dehydrated dinners take. I use an alcohol or Esbit stove for solo cooking and a Coleman F1 butane stove for groups.

If you want a cheap and light weight pot, get one of the Stanco aluminum grease pots at Kmart. Note the aluminum pots at Brasslite too. From there, look for anodized aluminum pots for good value/weight. Anti Gravity Gear is a good site for stoves and pots too
 
I have always used stainless steel stuff. I chose ss as I am willing to sacrifice some weight for durability. I started out with a small Coleman Solo kit, and later graduated to an MSR Alpine Cookset. The MSR Pots served as my everyday kitchen pots for a number of years while I was in college. Now on my solo adventures I carry a Stansport 1-liter lidded pot that has a handle that folds over the top and latchs the lid shut. I supplement the pot with a GSI or Olicamp ss bottle cup.

We do have a set of teflon-coated pots (GSI Bugaboo) for car camping, and they are nice for that application.

REI currently has a 3-piece titanium set for $40 that I have thought about trying. I've never really considered titanium stuff due to the expense, but the price seems decent on this set. I'm starting down a different stove road which may lead me to different cookware, so we'll see.
 
I use cheap stuff too, and like it very much. I don't like spending tons of money on that.

I use the GI canteen + cup, but also some Stansport gear which has been really great. Here is a pot I've been using, cost was about $6.

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I also just got a tea kettle from Stansport that I think will do great, but I haven't had a chance to use it. I tend to boil a lot of water for food and drink, so a dedicated piece for that suits me. Also good for getting clean water.
 
I have lots of cookware, SS and aluminum. It really depends on what I am cooking and how many people are going.

If 4 or more people are going I like to do some communal cooking so we usually bring bigger pots for coffee and cooking.

If it is just the wife and I maybe just the little primus .85 litre kettle and the open country camp boiler.

I think you are way better off to buy cheap cookware and have lots of difft stuff than a bunch of expensive stuff.

However If I only had to bring one pot I'd buy this one:

http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/accessdetail.cfm/SN2428

If you want to boil water fast over a fire with little wood consumption. I love this one but the finish is gone on the outside from scrubbing the fire black off.

http://www.backcountrygear.com/catalog/accessdetail.cfm/PRM1205

Also if you want to cook over a fire for a few folks I have one of these and the bail and back handle make it very easy to use over a fire:

http://www.opencountrycampware.com/products/?category=1100&subcat=200&id=253

In fact if you want to save money about Open Country is about the best deal for stuff

www.opencountrycampware.com
 
I myself use an GSI Outdoors Bugaboo cook set that came with 3 different sizes of pots w/ matching frypan lids. Sometimes I'll take one of the three out to save weight, depending on the size of the group.

Very nice set, though the mesh bag that came with it is starting to open up at the seam. I'll need to sew it back up.

From what I've read, the top pick out there seems to be the GSI Outdoors Hard Anodized Extreme cook set. For lower cost gear I've read that the pot set sold at Walmart isn't half bad.
 
#10 coffee can. :D

On longer trips I take two; one for washing and one for cooking.
 
I have a steel MSR set that is pretty basic but works good enough. I also picked up some random camp cookware at a yard sale that looks like it has a lot of years left in it.
 
well i used it to make breakfast today....eggs in the frying pan and bacon...i made my wife oatmeal...and i did it all at the same time...one esbit stove one small pocket wood stove and my msr pocket rocket.....came out ok now i am full...and the coleman stuff cleaned up real easy.
 
I have always liked the Boy Scout style mess kit. You can now get them in teflon coated aluminum, and in stainless. I learned to use one over 50 years ago (steel, they would rust back then) and still carry one. You have a fry pan, covered pot, pan/plate and cup. You can clip the two sections together and use it to bake or as a dutch oven. They are very versitile. Coleman used to make a Solo kit but I now think they have been discontinued. It is stainless, small and easy to pack. You can sometimes find them on ebay.
 
A usgi canteen cup works good for me. It was inexpensive and it's fairly lite in weight. I carry HD foil for wind shield and lid to help enhance cooking times of the cup & esbit stove combo.
 
Camp cookware can be as much as the dutch oven or a simple #10 coffee can depending on the kind of camping we're doing. I have a good collection, but I like stainless steel, titanium and when I'm frying, I love my 8" teflon folding-handle fry pan. We have a MSR stainless set that we use for the family outings, but if we're doing any light hikes or backpacking, it's usually just something to boil water in along with a cup and plastic spoon (or Spork). Most the meals are usually with tinfoil or a frying pan (trout, hotcakes or bacon...if I'm lucky), and my the kid's favorite ziplock-omlets. My wife does all the messy cooking...I just supervise the kids cleaning it up:D

ROCK6
 
hhmmm... lets see.... between my wife and i, we have a bunch of different cookware...
:D
-2 MSR blacklite gourmet cook sets..
-snow peak solo mess kit...
-montbell titanium cook pot..
-snow peak titanium cup..
-GSI light weight aluminum tea pot/kettle..
-and an oldy but goody, MSR pot with a lid...
 
I used to use a sno peak titanium set, a 3-piece set. It worked great. Recently I took the plunge and invested in a Jetboil system, and I love it. Light and compact, it fits all my needs when I'm out.
 
I have collected a bunch of cookware over the years so now I choose what I need depending on the scenario. For lightweight trips with backpacking food I carry a Ti mug, a Sqishybowl, and someone in the party carries a large cooking/wash pot. When out with the scouts I carrry an old BSA messkit, a truly well thought out design. Other times I will bring the mini Trangia, day hikes will fing the Swedish messkit.

For cooking over a fire I like a SS Nalgene bottle cup with long handles or a SS mucket, a 2l Zebra billycan, and a light steel frying pan (forgot the brand) and sometimes a plastic eating tray.

My most recent purchase is an Optimus cookset with the included neoprene cozy. I have not used it enough to form an opinion on it. For car camping with the family we take an MSR mountain cookset with heat "exchanger" or an Open Country cookset.
 
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