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Hiyas, we have enjoyed our camping trips so far this year & are going to be going to the  ' Hopley's ' central meet later in the year. I can imagine camp fires ...lovely food smells etc. I have got hubby to make us a bbq / fire pit  ( have used at home & its great ) & wondered what everyone uses to cook in ? Do you all ( that cook on open fires ) use dutch ovens ...do you use pots & pans from your kitchen at home ....would normal pans with lids suffice ? Would enamel kitchen ware be good to use? As you can see i'v got no idea lol ...just want some advice on what is & isn't good for the job.

Thanks ...Madz.

Quote: Originally posted by valbarley on 05/9/2011

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enamel pans are fine to use but they get in a bit of a mess with soot!

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I have done quite a few searches for dutch ovens/ campfire cooking ...most seem to have many  photos of food & recipes ...which are very useful ...but needed to know what to use to cook all those lovely things in lol.

Madz.

As already mentioned, to keep your pans clean soap them up first.

We used to use a bar of soap and rub it all over the outside of the pan, it still gets black but wipes off once soaked in water.

Hiyas well we have had our first attempt at cooking on the firepit with my new pan/pot. Not quite a dutch oven..after much research & looking .....& more looking i decided that the cast pans would be too heavy for me to use so bought a light weight version...well you can see in the photos. Decided to cook a joint of pork for tonights dinner, below is the result.

Finished off with toasted marshmallows yummies. Was a great success & felt alittle bit like camping ....just without the tent lol.

Can't wait now to try other stuff......BBQ tomorrow, maybe try pizza in the new pan over the fire  on Saturday. No stopping me now lol.Thanks to all who gave advice.

Madz.

Quote: Originally posted by RAF35Y on 06/9/2011

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As already mentioned, to keep your pans clean soap them up first.

We used to use a bar of soap and rub it all over the outside of the pan, it still gets black but wipes off once soaked in water.

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  can you tell im rather proud of my 1st ever pork joint cooked on the fire pit lol.

It was bl**dy lovely too.

Madz.