Campfire Time
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SWMO wrote:The dutch oven is obvious and takes the lead.
Takes the lead?  We found a dutch oven to be a PIA. Seriously, what takes the lead is what works. And that's going to be different for each of us.
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Cruzette
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We carry a grate from an old BBQ grill we use to have. It's easy to place it on the campground fire pit or find a few rocks of the same size and lay it over the rocks. You want to make sure that your fire has died down so that the flames aren't licking what you are cooking. Not fancy, but it works!
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SWMO
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Campfire Time wrote:SWMO wrote:The dutch oven is obvious and takes the lead.
Takes the lead? We found a dutch oven to be a PIA. Seriously, what takes the lead is what works. And that's going to be different for each of us.
Well don't tell that to the thousands who use them. They seem to me to be just as easy as a grill and you can't even compare the versatility.
All you need is some food and a pile of coals. Top that.
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Francesca Knowles
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One of the things I like about my dutch oven is that I can bury it in the hot firepit, pile my almost-gone fire on top of it and let my potroast slow cook all day.
I always think I'm using energy that otherwise would just go to waste!
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jeepbluetj
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The #1 best idea for cooking over the fire is to make a fire first... 
A webber grill grate (like 10bucks at home depot) supported by rocks, the firering, whatever. They wear out, get lost, whatever. No biggie, there's another $10 and find a home depot.
Tripod is too much work for me.
Dutch oven for stuff you cook in a dutch oven. It's not either/or, it's what cooks what you need to cook. Steaks go on a grill. Pulled pork goes in the dutch oven for 5-6 hours.
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jjmegan wrote:So, what do y'all use for cooking over the fire? We have a portable coleman gas grill, but sometime it would be easier to throw stuff on over the firepit. We have seen lots of people with the tripod stand - but our local RV place was against that (said stuff easily rolls off). Is just a big grate over the fire better? Thoughts? Thanks
I bought a 2'X 3' piece of 'Expanda Metal' and had a local welder tack weld metal around it... STRONG... A 16 qt. Dutch oven, no problem...
I can cook directly on it or set a large pot on it for cooking.
At a hunting camp I put charcoal inside a large truck rim, throw the grate on top and have a backwoods grill.
The grate works well on campground fire pits for coffee pots and skillets.
After cooking, I drag it off the fire, brush it with a steel brush and let it cool.
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SWMO
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That would be the best way to go and at 3' it will probably hang over most pits and give you a handy shelf.
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ericwooden
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I like to use my tripod campfire grill. I've never had anything roll off of it as I saw mentioned earlier. I bake potatoes, roast some nice pork tenderloins, corn, and pretty much anything else I feel the urge to cook. Now I may get a dutch oven to make some nice campfire biscuits or peach cobbler, but I will always cook with my tripod grill.
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