How to Buy Camping Cookware

Though you might feel tempted to take your home cookware along for a car camping trip, it's just not practical--you don't want to have to pull stuff from the kitchen when you camping, and this stuff takes a beating. Instead, get a special set of cookware for car camping.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Plastic Flatware
• Waterproof Matches
• Aluminum Foil
• Aluminum Foil
• Biodegradable Soap
• Can Openers
• Dish Scrubber
• Heat-resistant Plastic Bowls
• Heat-resistant Plastic Mugs
• Heat-resistant Plastic Plates
• 2 Camping Saucepans
• 2 Camping Skillets
• Camp-stove Fuels
• Camping Stoves
• Fuel Bottles

1. Look for the right balance of capacity and weight/volume. Though you're far less limited in a car than when you're backpacking, you've still got a car to pack.

2. 

   Seek out nonstick cookware. Cleanup is doubly troublesome when camping.

3. 

   Make sure the cookware can stand high heat. Sometimes camping stoves don't allow simmering.

4. 

   Get at least a skillet and a saucepan, preferably two of each, to allow for flexibility in culinary experimentation.

Tips & Warnings

• Find pots and pans with no plastic or other meltable substances, so you can put your cookware in or near your campfire if you're not using a stove.

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on 9/20/2006 There is a great product out there from a company called Solon, which is owned by Mossberg. It is an inexpensive set of lightweight wooden utensils (tongs, spatula, cooking fork and grill cleaner) that cost around a dollar to a buck and a half. It's lightweight to carry to the campsite, and when you're done you can toss it on to the campfire, or leave on the ground since it's biodegradable. No clean-up, no lugging back with you. I carry two sets in for each day I'm camping.