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I always cook outside, just under the porch if necessary, or holding an umbrella, just like a BBQ really

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We have always used a gazebo with adapted pegging points and guys so it won't blow away. This year we have bought a outwell hartford and their new canopy as a kitchen extention. Haven't used it yet, OH busy at work until middle of May so got to wait.

Hi

We uses to use a fishing brolly and it was also handy as a sun shade to sit under as well, do think the utility tents look good though if you have the room.

Thanks all for the comments...

Quote: Originally posted by fiona karen on 08/4/2006

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Hi

We uses to use a fishing brolly and it was also handy as a sun shade to sit under as well, do think the utility tents look good though if you have the room.

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We have a Nissan Tardis 5d hatch with roof box, I have every confidence we'll just get what we need and in it will go...  Passengers could be problem though...

Andy

Usually would cook outside but had to do it in the tent last night. To be honest, everything was so blummin cold and soaked through, that the warmth off the cooker didn't even go up over towards ceiling. Kept checking with my hands and all they got was colder and wetter!

Saw some brave souls cooking behind a windbreak last night but we'd've blown away in the snow!

we've just bought a Khyam Utility Tent to cook in / store all the stuff we dont wnat in the living room of the tent.

If the weather is nice is, I would move the cooker out of the tent though.

We're happy to cook inside & have done so for years, but it uses up space. So we've just this year bought the Wynnster Utility tent - cost £45 at Barretts of Feckenham (and they do free delivery I believe if purchase mail-order - we're close so picked up ours from them). Not yet had chance to use it - going away end of April/beginning May so will use it then.

Sunncamp also do the "Handy" utility tent very similar to the Wynnster but a fraction dearer.

Last week I did see (forget where exactly) online, when searching for windbreaks, a windbreak with an overhead canopy poled out to provide some cover. Just do a search on windbreaks & you should find it. The Sunncamp (?) "Tarp" that someone mentioned, is a little expensive compared to the utility tent.  

In past I have just used a windbreak to cook behind but not ideal when it rains. I have also used a beach shelter (ours had a zip up front panel so we also used it for storage & to zip away all the kitchen stuff tidily out of sight when not in use) to cook in, although you have to sit on a stool to do that, with the stove on a low stand (we used a single shelf of those multi-shelf cooking stands), and my poor old back can't cope with being scrunged up like that any more.

I take a utility tent for trips of a week upwards, and a tarp with spare pole-out poles for short trips.

A utility tent is worth its weight in gold for stress-free cooking . Plus your main tent will be far more comfortable without all the kitchen clutter underfoot.They don`t take much time to erect either. Great bit of kit.Yes, they take up more space, but we put ours on the roof rack between the bikes, well tied on.