What cooking vessels do you have that would be suitable for cooking over a open fire?

[ladyhk13]

I have one dutch oven (I am hoping that's what it is) and a really good set of stainless steel pots/pans that I'm sure could handle the heat of open flame.

[Katrina]

Got my cast iron skillet couple of Christmas's ago, am still working on getting a dutch oven. Have set of stainless steel pots and pans, and my MIL's heavy stainless steel tea kettle (from the 50's) got rid of the aluminum set years ago. . As long as I put the grill on the fire I can use the pots and pans. Have a stainless steel stock pot that was my mother's It's still in great condition after all these years.

[msomnipotent]

My grandmother worked at Goldblatt's and bought me a set of stainless steel pots and pans for Christmas when I was 12 years old. As any 12 year old would rationally say, I calmly asked, "wtF???" and promptly got a smack as the answer. I used them the day I moved out and I still use them daily. They still look good. I use high heat, oven temps, I have cleaned some of them with sand and boiled the others clean. All things that would probably void an Allclad warranty, but I would put them into a fire anytime.

My Lodge pieces are either so old that I don't worry about it or so new that they are (supposedly) pre-seasoned. Some are still in their boxes in the basement. I have a good wok on my amazon wish list, but that will have to wait. We also have the tongs for flipping and nearby branches for smores.

[IDTANDY]

Cast iron for the most part, Foil packet cooking in coals.

[bacpacker]

We have a Lodge outlet store down here (across the street from Smoky Mountian Knife Works) that has good sales on occasion. I picked up a 12-14" wok there for 25 bucks. I love it. Haven't used it on a fire yet but have no doubt it will do fine.

[Evolver]

Years ago I made a Wok out of a old use and discarded plough disc that I found and it worked out very nice.

I welded in (filled) the center square hole and welded on two square handles on the sides that was made from 1/8 steel rod. I wish I still had it to take pics of but I don't. I got the idea from my BIL on a camping trip that we went on and it's his main cooking vessel. It worked out great for big fish fries.

[Kodiak]

Cast Iron

[rentprop1]

many moons ago, my mom would give us all her old pots and pans when we went away to Boy Scout camp, mostly the ones with all the Teflon starting to come off, they would only stand up to 2-3 uses over the super hot open flame, but back then if we didn't burn it it was cooked perfectly......med rare pork chops anyone ....lol

[Sniper-T]

I have a full set of steel camping pots that have been used in the fire for 25+ years, including my favourite wok, which is pictured in another thread somewhere...

But I also have this little beastie. Something I made about 20 years ago, it is 18" square steel, 3/4" thick. the legs are adjustable from 6" to 11" high. I can either cook directly on it, or use it to support pots. With this, even cheap POS aluminium pots do well. It isn't something that I would want to carry around too far, but for a home base, or BOL, it is a fantastic 'fire-cooking' accessory:



and yeah... it needs a good cleaning, and re-seasoning

[Possom]

Theres not much you can't cook in a cast iron skillet. We have an assortment of cast iron that we use daily. It cooks better then conventional cookware.

But why not invest in a good wood cook stove for your Bol? They aren't that expensive and they double as a heating stove for winter. When I was growing up my grandmother cooked on a wood cook stove only. Wouldn't even hear of getting an electric or gas stove. It's amazing how much cooking can be done on a wood stove using very little fire wood. The food tastes so much better as well.