Food just tastes better cooked over the campfire, don\u2019t you agree? If you haven\u2019t cooked over a fire before, or haven\u2019t had much success in the past, read on for our tips, tricks, and meal ideas for cooking over a campfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cast iron cookware is best for cooking over an open flame, standing up to the heat and producing crispy, delicious food. A good cast iron grill, skillet, and Dutch oven will enable you to cook almost anything over the fire. A well-seasoned cast iron is also easy to clean up, just wipe out with a damp cloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For utensils, avoid plastic or rubber that will melt, and go with metal grill tools and a good pair of tongs. Grill gloves to protect your hands are also a great tool, those cast iron handles get hot!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To provide a stable cooking surface, use a grill grate. Some fire pits will have them built in, but you can also buy folding portable ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Successful campfire cooking starts with a good fire. You don\u2019t want to cook over a roaring flame or you\u2019ll end up with food that is charred outside and undercooked inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get your fire going for at least 30 minutes to an hour before you want to start cooking, giving time for flames to die down a bit and a good amount of hot coals to have formed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you cook, feed your fire slowly. Keep in mind that it\u2019s not a consistent heat, so turn your food often and keep a close eye on it as it cooks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aluminum foil is the MVP of campfire cooking. Your favourite veggies and meat, tossed with a bit of oil and seasoning, wrapped in foil, and grilled to perfection. It doesn\u2019t get easier than that. Cook in the coals or on a grill grate over the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is it about roasting over a campfire that makes your favourite treats even more delicious? Whatever it is, we can\u2019t resist the flame-roasted flavours of these\u00a07 camping treats when they\u2019re roasted on a stick<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n From guacamole to eclairs, check out our camping recipe roundup of\u00a0surprising foods you can cook over a campfire or grill.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minimal mess, big flavours. Foil pack dinners are a popular camping food for a very good reason! Here are a few of our favourite dinners that are easily prepared and\u00a0grilled to perfection in foil.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s your favourite thing to cook over the campfire? Let us know on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Food just tastes better cooked over the campfire, don\u2019t you agree? If you haven\u2019t cooked over a fire before, or haven\u2019t had much success in the past, read on for our tips, tricks, and meal ideas for cooking over a campfire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":1568,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,18,18,22,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonlussier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}