If cooking over a roaring campfire isn’t your speed or you’re traveling to an area with campfire limitations, you can still prepare hot foods and beverages easily and safely on any camping trip with these stoves and grills.
Selecting the right camp stove or outdoor grill can feel like an undertaking when preparing for a backpacking trip. You need to be sure you have enough fuel to last the whole trip, select a fuel variety that will work well for your environment and cooking goals, and keep from adding too much weight to your pack. Fortunately, you have plenty of options for outdoor stove kits to suit any scenario.
Some types of fuel burn hot and fast so they’re ideal for boiling water or fast cooking, while other types offer more nuance for activities like grilling and simmering. You’ll also need to account for ambient temperature, elevation, and weather conditions.
Canister systems are among the easiest types of outdoor stoves to use. Whether you choose an integrated fuel canister with a twist-on burner or a remote canister system, these stoves are perfect in most situations. The self-contained fuel canisters are useful for boiling, simmering, and everything in between.
It can be tough to tell how much fuel is left, so it’s good to carry a backup canister just in case.
Liquid fuel stoves are perfect for winter trips and high-elevation cooking. Traditional liquid fuel stoves are powered by white gas, but multi-fuel stoves are a bit more flexible and can accommodate white gas, kerosene, diesel, or unleaded gasoline.
Liquid fuel stoves are refillable too, so you don’t have to worry about how to recycle your empty canisters.
Charcoal and wood-burning outdoor grills are ideal for long backpacking trips in the wilderness. Just by gathering twigs, leaves, and wood chips, you can keep a fire going and keep hot food in your belly.
Some wood-burning stoves by BioLite even let you charge USB devices with the electricity your fire creates.
BioLite, Eureka, Jetboil, MSR, and Optimus are among the leading brands for camp stoves and grills. With well-designed products that make cooking outdoors fun and easy, these brands deserve your business.