Summer is well on its way and more and more families are spending time outdoors this time of year. If you love to spend time around a fire — whether at a campground or in your backyard — you may want to consider cooking your next meal around the campfire. It is fun for everyone, imparts a great smoky flavor to some of your favorite meals, and is a great way to spend time with family and friends.
Here is a better look at the best ways to cook over a fire pit and the tools and utensils you may want to consider for your next fire.
How To Cook Over a Fire
When you think of cooking over a fire pit, you may think of marshmallows or hot dogs on a stick from when you were a kid — but trust us — there are many ways you can enjoy a delicious meal while you spend time around the campfire. You can grill steaks to perfection, bake cookies in a dutch oven, cook a baked potato in tinfoil, and much more.
We want to help you make the most out of your next camping trip or backyard campfire at Fox River Fire Rings. To help — we have highlighted a few great ways to cook a delicious meal over your campfire.
Grilling
Grilling a meal over a campfire is incredible if you love the smoke flavor of a campfire and can be used to do a few fan favorite meals. The clear benefit of grilling over a campfire is the ability to use direct heat and sear your food. If you want to grill over your campfire, you will need a grill grate. Heavy-duty steel grill grates are available that can rest over the top of your fire pit, be suspended on a tripod, or use alternate mechanisms that provide a stable cooking surface for you to grill on.
Favorite Meals: Steaks, fish filets, chicken, kebabs, hot dogs, brats, and corn on the cob.
Baking
Do you prefer to bake your meals? You can create some gourmet campfire recipes when you bake with a campfire. A cast-iron Dutch oven is an incredible tool to have when you bake over a campfire and is a versatile cooking utensil that can be used for many different meals. If you don’t have a Dutch oven, you can bake a lot of your favorite meals with just a roll of tinfoil and the coals in your fire.
Favorite Meals: Tinfoil potatoes, soup, stew, baked beans, tinfoil chicken and vegetables, skillet chocolate chip cookies, and campfire cinnamon rolls.
Boiling
You can boil a lot of food over the fire with a Dutch oven. This is a great way to cook over a campfire or boil water to sanitize it or wash dishes when you have finished your meal. A cooking grate provides a stable surface and can be used to boil water in a pot or Dutch oven that can be used to cook your meal over your campfire.
Favorite Meals: Soup, pasta, mashed potatoes, Ramen noodles, instant oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, and couscous.
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If you are looking for ways to kick your next campfire up a notch, you may want to cook your next meal over the campfire. We hope this quick list of the best ways to cook over a fire pit will help get you started and spend time with family and friends.
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