#Creating a Camp Kitchen

Cooking when you are camping needn t be daunting, but it does require a bit of preparation.

Why you need a camp kitchen

If you have good weather, you could get away with using nothing but a little gas stove.

get yourself the gear to make things easier However, if camping is something your family intends to do often, it makes sense to get yourself the gear to make things easier, as well as handling most of what the British weather can throw at you.

Don t cook in your tent

You may have plenty of space to cook inside your tent. But don t.

It s not worth the risk. Generally cooking inside your tent is frowned upon. It s not worth the risk.

• Although most tents have fire retardant fabric, there s still a fire risk.
• Tents only have sufficient ventilation for sleeping not cooking. Cooking in your tent increases condensation. This could make your tent damp, or worse, harmful carbon monoxide  could build up.
• Grease from cooking could ruin your tent fabric or water retardant coating of your tent.
• If you have a gas stove, it s advisable the gas cylinders are kept outside of your tent.

There are a few exceptions. Some tents have special cooking pods with added ventilation, and sometimes you can cook in an open canopy extension as you have lots of ventilation (though keep any cooking away from the walls of the canopy).

The best place is to create a camp kitchen outside of your tent. But you can t buy camp kitchens, so just how do you do create a camp kitchen?

Our camp kitchen setup

To help you get an idea, here s our current camp kitchen setup.

I say current as we re always improving and adapting.