Nice video and variety of cooking equipment. I think both the 8" and 10" Firebox skillet and cowboy plates are worth mentioning. I do a lot of cooking and baking with mine.
Enjoyed the video, looking forward to getting started. The big hunk of meat being trimmed as it cooked leaaving the uncooked meat to cook further was a new concept for me. That kind of info/insight/tip is one reason why I and probably lots of others enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work, I always learn something new from your videos.
I found a boy scout mess kit at a yard sale,still had original box.i donated it to the boy scout museum.when I was out of hi school I worked as a waitress for awhile.i was 5ft 8 tall and 120 lbs.i could eat a platter of fries and a platter of half a chicken and a silver cup full of choc.shake.i was hungary too.now at 67 I am still about 130 lbs and still camping,looking forward to your recipes.
I recently got a canteen cook set, from the surplus. Before that I used an enameled steel 1 quart sauce pan and 2.5 quart stew pot I picked up cheap at the ?Mexican grocery store. Filled up with beans and rice and grits and coffee and oatmeal, I could eat out of those for a week. Not real light, tho.
Excellent video giving a great overview of different types of gear for different uses, with one exception. The large frying pan you show with the orange silicone cover on the handle, you describe it as a "Lodge cast iron pan". Any cast iron pans I have seen have had handles as part of the casting. This one has the handle riveted onto the pan. I believe the pan you showed is actually a Lodge "high carbon steel" pan. A significantly heaver (thicker) carbon steel than that used in the "cool handle" pan, but it is definitely not a cast iron pan.
Great video brother. During extended power outages (like after hurricanes) I've baked on my gas stove at home in one of my Dutch ovens. They are truly the Swiss army knife of cookware.. 😄
Hi, Blackie. I like the looks of your Hellfire grills. I think I would carry a couple of spring clip round carabiner (that's the nomenclature on Amazon) to clip the two grills together to form one larger grill.
A good follow on to the first 👍 .. thanks. A piece of cookware that I got a while back and which has really become one of my favourites is the Tatonka 18cm Stainless Steel Bowl (with Handle). An extremely versatile item which, the more you use, the more uses you find for it. That, together with an Aluminium Kettle (which nests nicely inside it, both packing nice and flat) and the deep GSI Cup with the large One Litre+ Kleen Kanteen nested inside it, I can do much of which I plan to do cooking-wise. Those who complain about Stainless Steel and Aluminium 'sticking' .. be patient, control the heat and don't be afraid to stir regularly. Sure they may need more hands-on supervision but then, it's the outdoors, no need to multi-task. Take care ..
You’re right about the vintage BSA sets. I’ve been looking for one for quite a while without success. I’ve got to get a squirrel cooker. Good info, Blackie.
I just did some family camping last weekend, and my buddy has a FULL BSA aluminum set, to include the big cooking pots. He's a life long Boy Scout and Master. Beautiful set.
I found an MSR lidded pot, sticking out of a snow bank. To which I added an MSR stainless steel bowl . (Heat or eat) Which makes a similar kit. I've also used a ss dog food bowl. Flat bottom cheap and stable. Two stacked with binder clips makes an oven.
I still have my Boy Scout set from the 70's. It's aluminum but it has worked for me. Just gotta watch the temp. I use cast iron now days. Love my dutch oven. It's my go to for everything from cornbread, biscuts, cakes, pies, stews, ect., ect.. My main gripe is today I can't find cast iron that has the smooth finish like my 1800's iron has. If anyone knows of a brand that has this type of finish please comment. Hard to beat my old Griswalds!
Blackie, I am really looking forward to this series you are doing! I haven’t heard you mention aluminum foil cooking in the coals yet. That is one thing I enjoy while camping. Thank you for doing this series. SP
Good morning sir. Looking forward to this series. Wondering if possible at maybe the beginning of the next video, just show a layout of all the pieces you showed? Would be useful to see everything together and compare to what we have or may need to pick up. Thank you for your time and consideration of this.
Blackie , Thank You for this series. My cooking kit ( mess kit) is the one I had in the Army and my old Boy Scout. Outstanding Video , You Are The Master Woodsman and Bushcrafter , and sure beats black eye peas and sweet relish for all the meals everyday.
Good stuff Blackie, thanks for a solid, thorough introduction and foundational talk on the gear you’re going to use. I have to admit I’m just a carbon steel skillet and small bushpot guy who adjusts my fire source based on opportunity and conditions ( no open fires out here in the mountain west 6 months out of the year), I’m looking forward to seeing some of that dutch oven cooking as well as the utilization of varoius other small kits.
I love my Dutch ovens. I have an 8, 10, 12 & 14. At a living history event where we have a competition pot luck for 40-50 I used both the 12 and the 14. The dish was well liked. Cleaned out no left overs. Day to day I used a 1. litre copper pot and eather 10 or 12 inch DO. Not that I needed the capacity. It is easier to git a spatula in it or a regular pie tin inside. At one point I picked up then passed on a 25 ! The explorers now cook a whole turkey in it. All the best 'Beekeeper '
There is a new scout set, more rounded in contour for about $8 tops in my area at walmart, where its been returned to being a steel set instead of the alluminum ones. Ive got an old bsa set but its all alluminum so the new steel set was a nice find
The SVEA and his kidney relatives are intended as a cook pot for more than one person, the idea was that a squad or team could cook (baking, roasting, boiling) a meal or more together at the same time. pot 1 boil the potatoes, pot 2 "coffee", ..... I´ve copies of 2 old german military field cookbooks and they describe very well how the cook kit every soldier got should be used
Thanks Blackie, can't wait for more videos! I have a question, what kind of camp kettle do you have? is it steel, aluminum or titanium? and what you would recommend never had or tried a kettle before. I've always used the stainless steel coffee percs. I have a 3 cup and 12 cup. I've been wanting to try a kettle since they are much shorter and compact. But there are so many out there on the market now, very daunting, and I don't want to spend too much on one.
Ok these last two are like my grandaughter "long story cut short" and then she goes into great de-tale. So I'm watching and thinking wouldn't it be better to cut to the chase and start cooking and show the pots and such then? So like you're going to cook bacon the very least you'll need a camp fire, a grill, a sheet of heavy aluminum foil and a bacon flipper of some kind.
Nice collection. Thanks for showing.
Nice functional, nothing fancy cook sets. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great vid brother. Thank YOU. You've given me some ideas and things to reconsider. Be well 🤙 JB
Glad to help
Ok great job Blackie looks like a great series of videos thanks
Hope you enjoy it!
Nice video and variety of cooking equipment. I think both the 8" and 10" Firebox skillet and cowboy plates are worth mentioning. I do a lot of cooking and baking with mine.
Enjoyed the video, looking forward to getting started. The big hunk of meat being trimmed as it cooked leaaving the uncooked meat to cook further was a new concept for me. That kind of info/insight/tip is one reason why I and probably lots of others enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work, I always learn something new from your videos.
Really glad to see this series ramp up.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm really looking forward to seeing this series!
Good stuff Blackie, thamks. I do love my big and small Mors pots, they have become collector's items too! ☺
A great comprehensive introduction to the entire range of camp cook sets. I’m going to like this series! Thanks Blackie. - Tennessee Smoky
I found a boy scout mess kit at a yard sale,still had original box.i donated it to the boy scout museum.when I was out of hi school I worked as a waitress for awhile.i was 5ft 8 tall and 120 lbs.i could eat a platter of fries and a platter of half a chicken and a silver cup full of choc.shake.i was hungary too.now at 67 I am still about 130 lbs and still camping,looking forward to your recipes.
I recently got a canteen cook set, from the surplus. Before that I used an enameled steel 1 quart sauce pan and 2.5 quart stew pot I picked up cheap at the ?Mexican grocery store. Filled up with beans and rice and grits and coffee and oatmeal, I could eat out of those for a week. Not real light, tho.
I am SO glad to see you doing this series! I desperately NEED this information. Thank you SIR!
Nice bunch of gear! Waiting patiently for the rest of the series!
Excellent video giving a great overview of different types of gear for different uses, with one exception. The large frying pan you show with the orange silicone cover on the handle, you describe it as a "Lodge cast iron pan". Any cast iron pans I have seen have had handles as part of the casting. This one has the handle riveted onto the pan. I believe the pan you showed is actually a Lodge "high carbon steel" pan. A significantly heaver (thicker) carbon steel than that used in the "cool handle" pan, but it is definitely not a cast iron pan.
Looking forward to the cooking part.
Great video brother. During extended power outages (like after hurricanes) I've baked on my gas stove at home in one of my Dutch ovens. They are truly the Swiss army knife of cookware.. 😄
Very easy to make a lid for the IMUSA Mugs.
Flat Cat Gear sells dry bake pans with the lips removed so they will fit inside lots of popular pots.
Top notch 👍
Hi, Blackie. I like the looks of your Hellfire grills. I think I would carry a couple of spring clip round carabiner (that's the nomenclature on Amazon) to clip the two grills together to form one larger grill.
Good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !
I would enjoy your thoughts on the best ways to make coffee in a camp situation.
Love the old cool handle pans. I have 4 of them that I use.
A good follow on to the first 👍 .. thanks.
A piece of cookware that I got a while back and which has really become one of my favourites is the Tatonka 18cm Stainless Steel Bowl (with Handle). An extremely versatile item which, the more you use, the more uses you find for it. That, together with an Aluminium Kettle (which nests nicely inside it, both packing nice and flat) and the deep GSI Cup with the large One Litre+ Kleen Kanteen nested inside it, I can do much of which I plan to do cooking-wise.
Those who complain about Stainless Steel and Aluminium 'sticking' .. be patient, control the heat and don't be afraid to stir regularly. Sure they may need more hands-on supervision but then, it's the outdoors, no need to multi-task.
Take care ..
You’re right about the vintage BSA sets. I’ve been looking for one for quite a while without success. I’ve got to get a squirrel cooker. Good info, Blackie.
I just did some family camping last weekend, and my buddy has a FULL BSA aluminum set, to include the big cooking pots. He's a life long Boy Scout and Master. Beautiful set.
I found an MSR lidded pot, sticking out of a snow bank. To which I added an MSR stainless steel bowl . (Heat or eat)
Which makes a similar kit.
I've also used a ss dog food bowl. Flat bottom cheap and stable. Two stacked with binder clips makes an oven.
@@gregsanderson2470 Great find! I really like the MSR pots. I have the 1.1 liter pot and it is well made.
I still have my Boy Scout set from the 70's. It's aluminum but it has worked for me. Just gotta watch the temp. I use cast iron now days. Love my dutch oven. It's my go to for everything from cornbread, biscuts, cakes, pies, stews, ect., ect.. My main gripe is today I can't find cast iron that has the smooth finish like my 1800's iron has. If anyone knows of a brand that has this type of finish please comment. Hard to beat my old Griswalds!
Can’t wait for Fall/Winter here in my Dirty South. South Carolina, Salute.
Great video Blackie. I’m really interested in the water pot, any info on it would be appreciated.
Blackie, I am really looking forward to this series you are doing! I haven’t heard you mention aluminum foil cooking in the coals yet. That is one thing I enjoy while camping. Thank you for doing this series. SP
Good morning sir. Looking forward to this series. Wondering if possible at maybe the beginning of the next video, just show a layout of all the pieces you showed? Would be useful to see everything together and compare to what we have or may need to pick up. Thank you for your time and consideration of this.
Blackie , Thank You for this series. My cooking kit ( mess kit) is the one I had in the Army and my old Boy Scout. Outstanding Video , You Are The Master Woodsman and Bushcrafter , and sure beats black eye peas and sweet relish for all the meals everyday.
Oowww I can’t wait to see the bush pizza video. I’ll share it with my nephew. He only eats pizza!
Martha White Pizza Crust is what the dry baking crowd swear by. Just add toppings and Cheese
Good stuff Blackie, thanks for a solid, thorough introduction and foundational talk on the gear you’re going to use. I have to admit I’m just a carbon steel skillet and small bushpot guy who adjusts my fire source based on opportunity and conditions ( no open fires out here in the mountain west 6 months out of the year), I’m looking forward to seeing some of that dutch oven cooking as well as the utilization of varoius other small kits.
This is looking to become a great resource for camp recipies.
I need a squirrel cooker,been wanting one forever
Self reliance outfitters...great price
Thumbs up!
Clark
I love my Dutch ovens. I have an 8, 10, 12 & 14. At a living history event where we have a competition pot luck for 40-50 I used both the 12 and the 14. The dish was well liked. Cleaned out no left overs.
Day to day I used a 1.
litre copper pot and eather 10 or 12 inch DO. Not that I needed the capacity. It is easier to git a spatula in it or a regular pie tin inside.
At one point I picked up then passed on a 25 ! The explorers now cook a whole turkey in it.
All the best
'Beekeeper '
I have a 12" deep DO and we love it and bring it when we family camp. Made everything from dump cake, nachos and lasagna in it.
Good video. The Lodge skillet you said was cast iron is really carbon steel. I think you probably know that.
There is a new scout set, more rounded in contour for about $8 tops in my area at walmart, where its been returned to being a steel set instead of the alluminum ones. Ive got an old bsa set but its all alluminum so the new steel set was a nice find
What's the type of lid that allows you to put coals on top? Like the Pathfinder pan that type of lid. Thanks
Thanks Blackie. 🔥⛺🛶
If you like a squirrel cooker have you looked at the Bedroll Cooker from Dave Canterbury and SRO ?
The SVEA and his kidney relatives are intended as a cook pot for more than one person, the idea was that a squad or team could cook (baking, roasting, boiling) a meal or more together at the same time.
pot 1 boil the potatoes, pot 2 "coffee", .....
I´ve copies of 2 old german military field cookbooks and they describe very well how the cook kit every soldier got should be used
What type of black spray paint do you recommend for the stainless cookware? Great video
Hello Blackie, You said you seasoned the boy scout steel skillet and extra dish. How did you season them?
Thanks Blackie, can't wait for more videos! I have a question, what kind of camp kettle do you have? is it steel, aluminum or titanium? and what you would recommend never had or tried a kettle before. I've always used the stainless steel coffee percs. I have a 3 cup and 12 cup. I've been wanting to try a kettle since they are much shorter and compact. But there are so many out there on the market now, very daunting, and I don't want to spend too much on one.
Still have a KMART Grease Pot somewhere in my mess of gear.
Have you used a gasifier wood stove. They are on Amazon, though I made my own using a coffee and soup cans.
What about the mess kits like you can get at walmart? Are those a good option?
Blackie how do you get them small tents that you got in that bag I would like to get one
Blackie I just got a stainless steel Boy Scout cook set brand new off eBay
QiWiz sells a very affordable multi fuel cook kit.
What size is the pathfinder bush pot? Thanks
The original Moors is modified from a Coffee Pot that is still for sale
I get the distinct feeling this series is going to cause weight gain. Wouldn’t miss it though cause I’m always interested in camp cooking.
Big question is did you get the menu 2#? ;)
Nice video mate
Br Phil
You have so many cooking implements, it's like watching a ReallyBigMonkey video, minus the goofiness (and extra footage).
Ok these last two are like my grandaughter "long story cut short" and then she goes into great de-tale. So I'm watching and thinking wouldn't it be better to cut to the chase and start cooking and show the pots and such then? So like you're going to cook bacon the very least you'll need a camp fire, a grill, a sheet of heavy aluminum foil and a bacon flipper of some kind.