Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping. What do you all bring with you?

(11-02-2020, 11:41 AM)TriangleRider Wrote: Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping. What do you all bring with you?

Hmmmm ... interersting topic indeed for me. Are you into motocamping and cooking?

I have what I consider a complete setup complete with the Kitchen Sink. Maybe I will do a video of this ... I've been intending to do one for some time now. In the meanwhile, look at this video for an idea:

(11-02-2020, 11:41 AM)TriangleRider Wrote: Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping. What do you all bring with you?

A credit card for the restaurant or grocery store near the Hampton Inn where I'm camping.

(11-02-2020, 01:25 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:

(11-02-2020, 11:41 AM)TriangleRider Wrote: Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping. What do you all bring with you?

Hmmmm ... interersting topic indeed for me. Are you into motocamping and cooking?

I have what I consider a complete setup complete with the Kitchen Sink. Maybe I will do a video of this ... I've been intending to do one for some time now. In the meanwhile, look at this video for an idea:

I am into motocamping, and am taking a look at my cooking situation.
I saw you have two very different MSR stoves. If you had to pick one..which would it be?

(11-02-2020, 02:05 PM)TriangleRider Wrote: I am into motocamping, and am taking a look at my cooking situation.
I saw you have two very different MSR stoves. If you had to pick one..which would it be?

The Universal stove, without a doubt.

(11-02-2020, 02:14 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:

(11-02-2020, 02:05 PM)TriangleRider Wrote: I am into motocamping, and am taking a look at my cooking situation.
I saw you have two very different MSR stoves. If you had to pick one..which would it be?

The Universal stove, without a doubt.

I was afraid you would say that...I was just to pull the trigger on an MSR cannister stove.

(11-02-2020, 02:23 PM)TriangleRider Wrote: I was afraid you would say that...I was just to pull the trigger on an MSR cannister stove.

The Universal is far more flexible in terms of what it can burn, even gasoline. I got the second one for the ability to cook two things at once, but also for the convenience of the ability to ship out a stove quickly and start cooking.


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(11-02-2020, 11:41 AM)TriangleRider Wrote: Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping. What do you all bring with you?

Depends....
I always carry a spoon, salt, garlic, basil, honey, peanut butter, coffee cup, water bottle, and lately, chop sticks. (The chop sticks slow me down and make any meal seem a little exotic.)

I travel solo for most of my trips, so I don't need to impress anyone with my culinary skills.

Last trip, I didn't bring a stove or cook kit and found that a can of albacore with a little garlic powder and salt hit the spot when eaten with chop sticks. A spoonful of peanut butter and honey made a great dessert. Clean up..., what clean up?

When I do bring a stove and kit, I have a lot to choose from, but I usually leave most of it at home.

I haven't used my MSR dragonfly in years. I guess I keep this multi-fuel stove just in case I ever have the opportunity to ride through Nepal.... It sure is noisy - especially when using the bigger jets that allow use of kerosene.

I own a couple of MSR pocket rockets, which are cannister stoves. This is my go-to stove when I need one.

I have a 750 ml mini-cook kit that seems to find primary duty boiling water for coffee. A cut-down press-pot filter from Bodum fits perfectly, though I believe MSR makes a model-specific version. I own a 30-y-old hand grinder for beans and store the beans in the grinder. If you're an espresso addict, nothing like a coffee from my old stainless steel, single cup, espresso boiler - I think GSI makes one. (Got hooked on this while camping one January north of Whitefish.)

I also have a 2 liter MSR ceramic pot for those trips where I need to show off a little.

No reason to spend money on the super light stuff. I have it because not all my two-wheeled ventures are motorized.

You should use pots you're familiar with - often, that can be an old small Revereware sauce pan that's been replaced in the kitchen. One should always make a few meals at home on the equipment they plan to use on the road.

I've sold off all my expedition-sized cook kits, pot insulators, windscreens, stoves, and Chuck Boxes as they invite far too much work and expectation from others. They assume your investment means you want to do all the cooking... and clean up....

In the end - I hate to pack anything I'm not going to use (well - except the first aid kit, spare parts, and tools). If I bring a stove, I'm almost obligated to plan my meals around it. If I don't bring it, the meals can be more creative.

And don't forget - you're on a motorcycle. I agree with some of the sentiment above. Even if you're on a back road discovery route, you can get pretty good meals to go at any gas stop or grocery store.

Maybe we should have a thread on collapsible cooler/warmer packs if which to transport our carry out....

Cheers.

Great post..thanks!

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Some years back, I was in the Territorial Army (UK) as a Combat Medical Technician, (basically, a first aider with a few extras) 

Anyway, there was this Captain, and he once said to me, when you're packing for a weekend exercise pack the night before the night before you're leaving, then, the night before you leave, unpack, put to one side everything you don't need and re pack what's left and you always be 30% lighter..   

I usually end up taking more than I need, but you never know, there's always gonna be that day you need it, or at least that's how my mind works and the reason I have a 58ltr givi trekker and a pair of 33ltr panniers and my mates have just a fecking rucksack lol   

This bag contains all of my cooking stuff, with room for some food. I think I've added a few more bits since this photo was taken. I bought it from a angling (fishing) gear website. It takes up exactly half of my givi top box.

Nice. Looks like a kit for someone who actually cooks a proper meal when camping and not just play-camping with kid food. Two stoves mean you can cook the meat and sides simultaneously and not wait for one or the other to cool down in the meantime. Mess tins are quite versatile if a little more bulky than flat plates; cuts down on extra pots.

Bet you that your mates with the rucksack always need stuff that would be in your kit. I used to use a 60 litre drybag in addition to the panniers, but have since shrunk that down to a 40 litre bag. Between my top box, the 40 litre bag, panniers, and tank bag I can travel indefinitely. As for food, I have a dehydrator for when I get serious, and then there are always grocery stores.

You're right, they're always on the cadge..    but they're a great bunch of lads so I don't mind.

I usually just cook simple stuff for breakfast, and for the evening we get there, I have a pre made tub of beef stew, warm it up and get the crusty bread out, it goes down a treat. 

That breakfast looks delicious.

(12-19-2023, 09:20 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: That breakfast looks delicious.

It was, Bacon first, then the eggs in the bacon fat, then just toss a tin of beans in there.. Mmmm!

(11-02-2020, 02:01 PM)36654 Wrote:

(11-02-2020, 11:41 AM)TriangleRider Wrote: Looking for some cooking kit for motocamping.  What do you all bring with you?

A credit card for the restaurant or grocery store near the Hampton Inn where I'm camping.

I'm with you. However if push comes to shove a Motel 6 will serve in difficult circumstances.

(12-19-2023, 05:54 AM)af1-windy Wrote: Some years back, I was in the Territorial Army (UK) as a Combat Medical Technician, (basically, a first aider with a few extras) 

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This bag contains all of my cooking stuff, with room for some food. I think I've added a few more bits since this photo was taken. I bought it from a angling (fishing) gear website. It takes up exactly half of my givi top box.

   
Love that kettle - but no whistle? Or is that left from days as a combat med tech when you didn't want to advertise you were making tea?

I just try to keep it simple if I have to camp. I use a Jet Boil for water to reconstitute some Mountain House freeze dried food and make morning coffee. After that it's just some chips or trail mix. Morning java is usually Starbucks Via or hobo coffee. Since I'm not going to be in the wilderness on an RS, a sit down indoors is never that far away.