At home I mostly cook in cast iron though I have several stainless sause pans and stock pots. I went and looked Ti backpacking stuff but WoW for price. I do have Ti spork in my edc. I'm looking for a really good wide mouth ss thermis type bottle to cook in. I think I could do ok with my 6 qt deep sause pan with lid and my WWII ss canteen cup. For Project Rigshaw about 250# of stuff in a bike trailer I would consider a cast iron dutch oven but I think the griddle that came over in the Oregon Trail wagon train would be a better choice. My tripple botton 20 qt ss stock pot w/lid is in first.

 

No dont carry one in the bug out bag...too heavy.

I do have a couple at the house and a few at the BOL for use and consider them a near neccessity. I dont cook in them too much these days but I do use them periodically, usually Blackberry or Stawberry cobbler.

 

One of these.

 

Mine looks a little different, but yes....this

 

I just carry a ww2 surplus mess kit

 

I pack an Emberlit pocket rocket stove, and a canteen cup stove, can make a dakota fire pit, etc..

also carry misc fire starters too.....

 

aluminum foil, lighters,matches,magnifying class. seasoned salt(homemade), pepper,water filter.

 

a lightweight nonstick piepan wont take up hardly any space in a BOB, they are not heavy, and it would allow you to cook on any source of heat

 

I have a crusader's cup just like Jake the Bake and curebar, along with a kettle and non-stick frying pan.

For a stove I have an Esbit stove with fuel tabs, but I also pack a portable grate, in case I want to cook directly with fire.

 

I have a crusader's cup just like Jake the Bake and curebar,

Theirs is the USGI canteen cup.
Here's a crusaders cup:

 

I have a solar microwave.

I can cook a Stouffer's lasagna in 5 hours.

 

I have an esbit stove and canteen cup. But I don't plan to do any cooking anyway. I have Datrex bars so that I don't need to do any prep work on the way to the BOL.

 

I have one of the 28oz(I think) Nalgene nesting cups and an Esbit stove, I also have a small pan in the Bug out Box.

T

 

Same kit I have had since 1969. It's aluminum and is a large pot with a lid that acts like a frying pan and a set of smaller pots drinking cups, silver ware and 4 plates all nestled neatly inside the pot. Not as nice as what we have in the kitchen but we can make anything in the woods that we don't need an oven for that we can make at home on the stove. Chili to flat bread, eggs and bacon to heating up water for doing the dishes or cleaning ourselves up. Fish to cornbread, I can't think of much we haven't made with it over the last 43 years. Adding a cast iron skillet and an old grate doubled our possibilities for tent camping in one location.

 

Enamel cup, stainless steel mess kit, pocket rocket stove but if I have to be on the go, I have Mainstay bars. I mostly pack ingredients. I'm thinking that under certain circumstances (not E&E for instance) taking the time and care putting together a nice meal could alleviate a lot of boredom and take your mind off the circumstances.

 

Well I guess I"m one of those weirdos who carries a backpacking stove :

I have an MSR Dragonfly:

http://www.rei.com/product/709002/msr-dragonfly-backpacking-stove

It burns almost any fuel, including white gas, kerosene, diesel, automotive gas, aviation gas, stoddard solvent and naphtha - the specs on the page provided. With a unit like this, you can get in and out quick and not have to worry about waiting 15 minutes for a cup of coffee. Downside is it's weight - just depends how you've allotted the weight in your BOB. I make up for the weight by carrying titanium cookware that collapses into one small pot.

don't forget a spice missile!

http://www.rei.com/product/815538/gsi-outdoors-spice-missile

 

Those are nice to use, and the multifuel capability is very convenient. I need to pick up something like that in the future.

When I go out overnight I pack an isobutane fueled stove, basically like this:
http://www.rei.com/product/660163/msr-pocket-rocket-backpacking-stove

It's pretty much impossible to beat for convenience, and in many places camp fires are prohibited in the summer time.

As far a cookware goes, I carry a cheap but light and compact set with a SS pot and pan, and aluminum plates and plastic cups, but down the road I hope to upgrade to something like this:
http://www.rei.com/product/814691/msr-alpinist-2-system-cookset

 

You don't really need to carry a lot of gear. Just a matchbook and knowledge of how to make campfires, and a small pot for boiling water. Nothing too heavy. Plus the pot is a backup water purifier. Some aluminum foil in the backpack would be useful for cooking, too.

 

I have a solar oven, and I use enamel ware cookware. On an open fire, I have cast iron (which I won't carry) and cookware I buy online, I have pizza pans with handles, etc. I also cook in my chiminea.

 

I have this
http://www.alpinecampingsupply.com/Chinook-Ridgeline-Duo-Cookset_p_2134.html

I didn't pay that much for it and I've had it for years. but that's basically what I have 2 pots a skillet and tiny cups. all stack inside each other and fit in a small space.