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Camping Gear: Cook Pots and Utinsels

In addition to your stove, you will need a cook pot and other cooking utensils. You will want a pot that is big enough to cook for everyone in the party. It should have a lid to help hold in heat which will mean less fuel usage. Some cook sets are made by the makers of camp stoves, and quite often you can fit the stove inside the pot for travel. With much of the modern campfood, you will most likely be using your pot for heating water to reconstitute the dehydrated or freeze dried meals. They are normally made out of either aluminum, stainless steel, or titanium. I would bypass the aluminum because of health concerns with cooking with this material. Stainless steel is a good choice, but titanium is much lighter and stronger though more expensive.

It is also wise to have a secondary smaller pot to eat out of. I have found a military type canteen cup works perfectly. It nests on the bottom of a one quart military canteen, is light weight and takes up almost no room. This way, when you are done eating, pour a little water into your canteen cup, swish it around with your finger getting all the food particles stuck to the sides of the cup, and then drink the water. Then presto the dishes are done.

You will also want some sort of knife and spoon. You will notice I left out a fork as anything you need a fork for, a spoon will work. Though you can always use the infamous "spork" if needed. I normally carry two knifes. A large fixed blade type knife and a small folding blade pocket knife that works for preparing meals and small jobs. The spoon or spork I would reccommend would be either made of lexan (a very tough plastic) or the more expensive titanium. Your normal type plastic spoon is usually too flimsy and brittle to stand up for very long on the trail.