Outdoor Cooking

Stick Cooking

It’s the most common way for kids to cook food. It’s easy to poke simple food onto a stick in order to warm it up over a fire.

Foil Cooking

This is an easy method because again, tools and materials are minimal. Plus, everyone gets their very own, individualized meal.All you have to do is pick what you want, wrap it in foil, place it in the coals around the fire, and wait a few minutes. Food usually requires some preparation—like chopping vegetables or pre-cooking noodles, rice or meat.

Pudgy Pie Irons

Using pie irons is another way of cooking in which everyone gets exactly what they want. Spray with cooking oi or melt butterl to avoid bread sticking. Place the food you want inside and close it—make sure to use latch to keep it closed. Place in hot coals and wait. About halfway through the time you think is necessary, flip it over and wait a little more.Be sure to only touch handles, as the metal parts will be very hot! To clean, use cooking oil, salt and newspaper.

Grilling

Grilling over a fire is the same as if you were using an actual grill.Just place food directly on grill and watch it cook! Make sure you use proper utensils (tongs, flippers, etc) so you don’t burn yourself. This is probably the best way to cook hamburgers, chicken breasts and shish kabobs.

Pot (one or more)

Stoke the fire underneath the grill to keep your cooking area hot, and place pots (or pans) directly on top of grill. This is the best way to boil water (for rice and noodles, as well as dishwater), and to cook one-pot meals. Also use this method if you want to use a frying pan for anything, like pancakes or scrambled eggs. REMEMBER: Cover the outside of your pots/pans in dish soap, the soap will burn in the fire and make clean up much easier.

Camp Stove

This is a very easy method to use at a cookout. Stoves require setup and fuel. Use exactly like a stove at home, as it has two burners with individual controls.

Box Oven

A box oven is made from a heavy cardboard box that has a flap cover (apple or orange box), aluminum foil, and charcoal. The entire inside of the box is lined with foil, including the inside of the cover. Charcoal is heated until hot (gray or white color). The charcoal is then transferred to the bottom of the box oven. Always protect your hands when working with the charcoal. Use potholders and tongs for transferring the briquettes to the box oven. Small empty aluminum cans can be used as the rack holder inside the oven. A cooling rack may be used as an oven shelf.

Each charcoal is equal to about 40° F, so 9 charcoal briquettes would be about 360° . Bake just like an oven. Put your cake (the stir-and-bake kind are very simple), cookies, muffins, muffin pizzas, etc. into the oven and close the door tightly, but not airtight. Wait the allotted amount of time and enjoy. These ovens are not very large, so remember to use enough ovens so that all can eat at the same time.

Dutch Oven

This is a fantastic way to cook at a campfire. It’s really hard to mess up! You can use a Dutch Oven to cook anything that you could cook in your oven at home—lasagna, casseroles, baked desserts, etc. Just put your ingredients in the Dutch Oven and then nestle it amongst the hot coals to cook. It takes a little while, but it’s definitely worth the wait. Be sure to line the Dutch Oven (including lid) with tin foil to minimize clean up, and also, always use the special tool to lift the lid, as the metal will be extremely hot.

How to Clean a Dutch Oven 1.To make clean-up easier, always line the Dutch oven with aluminum foil. 2.Never use strong detergents or scouring pads. 3.Never pour cold water into a hot Dutch oven; it will explode or crack. 4.Wait until the Dutch oven cools down before cleaning it gently with a mild soap. 5.After drying lightly, grease the oven with shortening. Rub with a paper towel.