Oh, come on. Is camping even fun without a campfire? Right, right. I forgot. Some of us hardly “camp” anymore. Plus, who wants to take the time to make the fire and spend hours cooking over it… the smoke in your eyes, the “hangry” drooling family members…
Oh, wait… That’s part of “camping”! And guess what? It’s still fun! Well, we think so, at least.
When you’re RVing, how often do you cook over a campfire? Once a week? Once a month? Rarely? Never?
After you vote, please share your favorite campfire recipes with us in the comments. And if you’re thinking about cooking your Thanksgiving turkey over a campfire, here’s a great video about how to do so. Enjoy!
Other than boiling water for coffee & tea, all of our cooking is done over the campfire. If no fires are allowed, we eat sandwiches or go out. The weather has no affect on our plans. We camp year round.
When we camped in a tent, all of the time. The Travel Trailer, some of the time. In the Motor Home, we seldom have a campfire and no longer cook on it. I guess as we aged, it becomes more and more of a hassle.
Thank you to those that don’t make unnecessary smoke around the campground.
Do smores count?
Right now often. That’s the point of camping and all the case iron. Love the Dutch ovens. I’ve had the Bob’s ask if I really have to have a camp fire going. My answer is yup to eat and are you sending the cleaning lady if I cook inside.
Do marshmallows count?
Even when we were tenters, we didn’t cook over a campfire – except for hot dogs. The old Coleman white gas stove on the picnic bench was fine. Now we cook on the stove in the trailer – because that’s what it’s for. 🙂
Yep.! 👍👍
We have done pizza, chicken, trout, steaks and pudgy pies on the campfires. Would not be camping if you did not do this.
We do little primitive camping these days. I do have a stake supported campfire grill, but rarely use it. One reason is burn restrictions for the past several years.
My wife and I do not when camping alone. But when we camp with our oldest daughter she cooks all kinds of things over the fire including pizza, cookies, cakes, etc. We do “Hobo Dinners” over the fire where we put whatever we want wrapped in individual aluminum foil packets and cooked over coals. We use the cast iron Pie Irons to make breakfast sandwiches. But, all that is only once or twice a year for a holiday weekend anymore.
Unfortunately, many campgrounds have sites so close now that even if they have a fire pit it’s too close to either our RV or the neighbor’s to safely have a fire.
We use to do Hobo Dinners over the fire every time we went camping when the kids were young. They loved it and so did we. Kind of forgot about how good everything tasted. We may do it again in the near future since it brings back good memories.
I marked Never, this the area that I don’t understand the outside kitchens the manufacturers put in RVs. I had all the “bug sharing” meals I ever wanted while in the Marines. I never want to share my food with another bug in my life. Lol
Microwave & outdoor cook stove is all we need.
I noticed most comments refer to “camping” when cooking over a camp fire…when “rv’ing”. I know, it’s a fine line but to me “rv’ing” is not camping and refers more towards rv parks and such which most today have sites too close together to even have a campfire and are mostly used for overnight stays….not camping.
I live in the dry West. Most places no longer allow campfires.
Since we purchased a portable gas firepit with an optional grill/griddle, we rarely have a conventional wood campfire when RVing. We use it occasionally for breakfasts, and meats.
At the family cabin we usually have a campfire to gather around, and “cook” hotdogs, marshmallows, and s’mores. But it’s mostly for the ambience, and congregating around.
When using the RV, we’ll occasionally cook over a fire but when we’re Jeep camping with the rooftop tent, we’re almost always cooking over a fire.
Before the wood transport ban we carried oak, cherry & apple. Food never tasted better
We only make a campfire when we are at a campground in Virginia near where we lived for 27 years. It often is chilly when we are there, so we may make a campfire when former neighbors or former colleagues visit us. We may have a campfire as much as two or three times annually. We have never cooked anything over it.
I think all campfires should be banned so I don’t ever cook over an open fire.
Not as often as we used to. Just like our style of camping has evolved so has the cooking. Two reasons, one we don’t eat as late as we used to and second, it’s easy to spend the day out exploring and then come back and throw something on the grill.
I am old school and first started camping/RVing in the late1950s with my dad and everything was cooked over a campfire. I’m not sure if the first travel trailer even had a stove. I know it didn’t have a bathroom. I learned at a young age how to Open fire cook. I call it a skill and have taught several newbies the way to build and cook over a fire. There is a different flavor to the food cooked this way. I can bake bread and cakes in a dutch oven. In the past few years I have been hampered by fire bans but it still is my preference.
If Frank is along it is regularly… if Frank is not along it is never… we miss Frank…😍
I cook over the campfire, especially when I’ve trapped a good piece of meat. Then we fire walk on the coals and chant ancient rituals.
👍🤣 Do the ancient rituals include s’mores? Have a good afternoon/evening, and a terrific Thanksgiving, Mike. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
s’mores that’s a given
Good! Then I’m all in for fire walking on coals and chanting ancient rituals. I’ll go for anything as long as it includes s’mores.👍🤣 Have a great day, Mike, and a wonderful Thanksgiving.🤗 –Diane
We cooked over fire all the time when we were in our 20s and 30s. Even caught and cooked a lobster when in the Florida Keys. Also used a Coleman stove back then. Now propane stove and micro in the RV. Don’t know if we got old, lazy, or smarter. ?
Or all of the above? I think they all go hand-in-hand. Have a good night and a wonderful Thanksgiving, Kelly.🤗 –Diane
I just think that they don’t make firewood like they used to. And when they find “they” I will have a lot to say.
Do they make anything like they used to, Kelly? 🤔 I don’t think so. Take care. 😀 –Diane
Used to do it except then I started backpacking. I have seen and experienced all kinds of disasters with fuel canisters, which is one reason why I bought an all electric Snoozy.
I’m new to RV life and there has been a burn ban everywhere I have gone so far!