Unique Camping Gear - Homemade Cook Kit
 

Unique Camping Gear - Homemade Cook Kit

This cook kit has been used for as many as 6 people.  It was the cook kit of choice on all of the group trips I went on. I assembled most of it by scrounging around thrift stores.  You may even find that such a kit is superior to other store bought kits due to its functionality and versatility.

Here are the basic components:

• A large bucket and cover for holding all components
• An old metal coffee pot
• Metal pie plates
• Pot grabber (shown below)
• Two pots that nest inside each other with handles removed
• Covers for the two pots (I got lucky and found these in a thrift store)
• Two old plastic coffee cups that nest inside each other
• An "insulated" plastic glass taken apart to make 2 cups
• Ordinary old silverware (see inside coffee pot)
• A can opener
• A plastic spatula - I had to cut a little of mine off to make it fit
• A bag with soap and scrubber
• Fry pan (stored separate of kit)

Here's the trick:  Simply get all this stuff to fit inside that big metal bucket.  Mix or match, shop the thrift stores, your Mom's attic, or where ever you have to in order to find the components.  As I remember, the kit shown on this page only cost me about $10 total! I was lucky however to find the pot lids and pot grabber at thrift stores - you may have to buy these items at a sporting shop.  I bought the large bucket and cover at a sporting shop.

Here's the stuff in the big bucket

Place the pie pans over the top

Ready to go!

Here's what works great as a fry pan: an old teflon™ pan with the handle removed. It heats up much faster than a cast iron pan and is much lighter.  To make the pan function well, you heat it up good with oil in the bottom and rub the oil in good with paper towel.  Keep the pan oiled - don't wash it during your trip but wipe it out instead and you will have a no-stick camping pan. Store the pan in a plastic bag and store away with the food at night so as to not attract animals. The pan I use is shown below.

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