Campfire cooking... How do you cook? (with pics)

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I enjoy cooking over flame. Sometime on the propane grill at the house, but mostly over a campfire. We love cast iron. It took awhile to get to know how to use it, and the longer we use the pans, the better it gets. We cook for a number of people quite often. Usually anywhere from 7 -10 and up to 20 commonly. So we love the 20" pans, and the big rectangle pans and kettles... Our grill is 36" across and it holds all the weight and also gives us a "cowboy Kitchen" type of feel. Burgers, shrimp, fish, chicken, pork, or lamb... and don't forget the beef! Clams only when we are lucky enough to be back east... And always the vegies, and the potatoes!

What do you cook on when doing so over a fire?

Here are some pics to start the hunger pangs...

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getting ready

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helping make tinder

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Bring on the Bacon and accessories (note the spoon) My son made that from Maine apple collected from an 100 year old dying apple tree on the family farm in northern Maine... We brought enough home to do several spoons and some knife handles...

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Bacon and Bannock and beans Was 1st time making home made bannock... It was a huge hit!

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I could not wait for the main course, so I made an appetizer...

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It was a very good burger... Pink in center, and lots of flavor from bacon grease.... And yes, my cholesterol is perfectly fine.
 
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In this case, with trailbum's gas grill. 10 lb. pork loin was too big to cook on anything else:

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Marshmallows we just do oven an open fire ;). I have taken a liking to using the cast iron pan, whether wood, coal or gas. Keeps the juices in burgers, and keeps the bacon from setting everything on fire.....
 
10 lb pork loin... I will try that... Sounds great... We do leg of lamb that we raise here on the farm.... They weigh about 7 to 8 lbs...
 
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What size kettle is the big one visible in the corner? How wide and how deep? It looks big....
 
You guys are doing it right. I can almost smell the deliciousness through the screen this morning.
Brian77 That looks like a really handy set up with the divided grates over flame. hmmm
 
Here was the camp fire cooking tonight... I got in to late to photo the hotdogs... But the shmore's turned out great! Even the dog thought so.

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Love cooking on fire, don't do it often enough. If I'm going to do it, I want to do it right. Clams are a great starter.
 
Love cooking on fire, don't do it often enough. If I'm going to do it, I want to do it right. Clams are a great starter.

Clams! awesome! I grew up near Quakertown, PA. Clams are rare here. Makes my mouth water!
 
Well, it wasn't over a campfire, but it was as close as I could get in the rain today. I cooked a loin roast on the ol' Weber rotisserie under the shed for my nephew that just got back from his 13 week vacation at Paris Island !!!! Had to use the 15 to sneak a piece off of the roast while no one was watching. Used the Becker kitchen knives in the kitchen to finish prepping the meal.

BTW, all of those food pics y'all posted looks great !!!!
 

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most of the time with a titanium pot:

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carbon steel fry pan if there's a lot of bacon and other meats:

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bush grill:

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directly over the coals:

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sometimes using a rock over the fire:

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...short answer, it depends how lazy i'm feeling :p
 
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