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Post by alex on Oct 6, 2012 15:59:30 GMT -7
The Penny Stove thread got me to thinking after Geron posted about the hay box cooker. My thoughts ran wild for a moment or three...what is your preferred method of cooking with fire? Is it via the penny stove, the hay box, the spit over open flame, the fire irons with suspended dutch oven, dutch oven with coals??? Tell us what your preferred method of fire cooking is.
I enjoy using my fire irons and dutch ovens. Just two weekends ago we had a 14" dutch over the fire with a HUGE pot of Chili. I did it all in the dutch....from browning the ground beef to the final product...I had it over a high flame that licked the dutch for the start and ended 3 to 3 1/2 hours later over a bed of coals with the dutch suspended about 14"-16" above.
I really like cast iron cooking and feel that the best cast iron dishes come from being cooked over fire/coals.
what's your favorite?
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Post by offtrail on Oct 6, 2012 18:51:45 GMT -7
Since I carry and use my survival gear I always use small camping pots and a grill just to keep the pots out of the fire. I like an open wood fire because it does two things, cooks my food and keeps me company   |
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Post by angelhelp on Oct 6, 2012 18:59:40 GMT -7
I prefer just cooking over an open fire. I've done it since I was in my early teens and it never gets old. I've only recently begun using a Dutch oven; my first foray involved my putting it into the oven in my kitchen. Outdoors I'd probably place it atop a grill, but suspending it via tripod or quad-pod would be easy. We don't eat chili but I sure love making soups and stews.
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Post by graf on Oct 7, 2012 4:08:24 GMT -7
It depends on time I have, if I'm camping I use Dakota fire pit my all time favorite, if home I use the fireplace either with a rack or dutch oven or dutch oven in a trash can. If hiking and limited time I'll use Esbit folding stove or Kelly Kettle. Last year camping I enjoyed using a Sweedish Fire Torch for cooking then turned into a nice evening fire. In fact I always have a Sweedish Fire Torch made and ready to go in with my stack of fire wood.
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Post by Lawdog2705 on Oct 7, 2012 10:47:29 GMT -7
When DH and I started out, we cooked over an open fire with a large metal grate to hold our dutch oven and other pots/pans. As we became more "sophisticated" (LOL), we began using Coleman stoves and were using regular pots and pans. While these have always been nice to have, especially during power outages, I regret not continuing to cook on an open fire. I'm about to build a fire-pit so I can start practicing cooking new recipes I'm finding for the dutch oven and I can't wait!
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Post by pathwinder14 on Oct 18, 2012 8:54:47 GMT -7
Tinfoil cooking in a camp fire. Season and wrap a potato or steak in tinfoil then throw it in the coals. |
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Post by cajunlady87 on Oct 18, 2012 9:30:25 GMT -7
I really like the Dakota Fire Hole to cook on. My favorite though is usually open fire, sometimes I use a grill resting on logs, sometimes I justs use the logs without a grill. Once I cooked a steak right on the partially burned firewood, no problem doing it this way and the taste was awesome. I've already baked in the ground by burying coals. And if you haven't eaten a baked potato or yams wrapped in foil and placed in embers, you're missing out big time, the best!  |
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Post by offtrail on Oct 18, 2012 11:41:21 GMT -7
I really like the Dakota Fire Hole to cook on. My favorite though is usually open fire, sometimes I use a grill resting on logs, sometimes I justs use the logs without a grill. Once I cooked a steak right on the partially burned firewood, no problem doing it this way and the taste was awesome. I've already baked in the ground by burying coals. And if you haven't eaten a baked potato or yams wrapped in foil and placed in embers, you're missing out big time, the best! Many times I have eaten hot dogs straight from the coals  Not because I put them there  when is someone going to invent a square hot dog ;D |
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Post by Georgia Survivor on Oct 18, 2012 18:31:14 GMT -7
Depends on the type of camping. When backpacking, I prefer either an alcohol stove or my Emberlit wood burning stove. If base camping, Dutch ovens are my preference.
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Post by Cwi555 on Oct 18, 2012 18:53:56 GMT -7
I really like the Dakota Fire Hole to cook on. My favorite though is usually open fire, sometimes I use a grill resting on logs, sometimes I justs use the logs without a grill. Once I cooked a steak right on the partially burned firewood, no problem doing it this way and the taste was awesome. I've already baked in the ground by burying coals. And if you haven't eaten a baked potato or yams wrapped in foil and placed in embers, you're missing out big time, the best! Many times I have eaten hot dogs straight from the coals Not because I put them there when is someone going to invent a square hot dog ;D Umm take your favorite sausage maker, Square out the extrusion hole, pack your hotdogs through the meat grinder, and extrude a square hotdog... It could work. |
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Post by jimmyq on Oct 18, 2012 20:07:16 GMT -7
been using squirrel cookers and cast iron skillets a bunch the last couple years, still waiting to find that good deal on a small dutch oven. I have a tripod/spit but I have only used it a few times. Its my featured vid on my channel if you have some time to kill youtu.be/bJ76BwGqW1g |
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Post by WILL on Oct 19, 2012 5:47:16 GMT -7
Question- When you cook over a fire with cast iron, does the flame and carbon off the fire mess up the seasoning on your Dutch oven/ skillet/ cast iron pan? I ask because when I back-pack, the fire leaves a hot, black mess on the exterior of my aluminum pot. It has to be scrubbed off with sand or else it gums up everything in my pack. I wonder if it would jack up the seasoning on the exterior side of the cast iron causing rust issues, only one functional side of a skillet, ect?
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Post by twicebitten on Oct 19, 2012 7:14:16 GMT -7
You've tried coating the outside of the cooking pans with liquid soap before cooking?
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Post by WILL on Oct 19, 2012 7:28:10 GMT -7
You've tried coating the outside of the cooking pans with liquid soap before cooking? I don't carry liquid soap while back-packing due to trying to pack light and keep it simple. I usually just rinse out or scrub my pot with sand and water to clean it. I've never used any soap on cast iron because I heard it cuts the seasoning. I clean them with hot water and a bristle brush. When clean, I dry and apply a light coat of cooking oil. |
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Post by thywar on Oct 19, 2012 8:18:46 GMT -7
Will, you can carry an SOS pad in a ziplock, wet it and coat the outside of your cooking pot with the soap and then cook. Makes the black come off easier.. of course don't get any of the soap on the inside or in your food.. for those who have been to Philmont Scout Ranch you've no doubt heard of or experienced the 'Tetrox Trots' (tetrox was the soap issued at Philmont... man I'm 43 years removed from that time and I remember it like yesterday.. lol). You're right about the cast iron treatment though.
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Not because I put them there 
when is someone going to invent a square hot dog ;D
