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There\u2019s just something special about sitting around a fire with your mates. Picture a slab of choice meat you picked up at the supermarket earlier being grilled to perfection on the fire you just build from scratch, and you look up to see the palette of the night sky changing from honey yellow to a darker mixture of purples, blues, and even greens. You won\u2019t soon forget this moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beef steak on the grill with flames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grilling at a campsite or at a primitive site doesn\u2019t have to be complicated or unreachable for most would-be camping chefs. All you truly need is fire, a portable grill-grate, and something to cook. Besides those few essential things, you have a good amount of room for creativity depending on your preferences and abilities. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal is to give you a starting point to find easy and fun grilling recipes while camping. Not everything you can grill is good for camping, so I tried to find the most convenient options. Enjoy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to Grill When Camping<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just because you’re camping doesn’t mean you have to eat hot dogs and marshmallows on a stick! There are so many easy<\/strong> grilling possibilities that aren’t complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following list are foods that are easy<\/strong>. Pinterest recipes are one thing, but it’s quite another to actually truck out all those ingredients to a campsite. Chopping and food prep is not exactly convenient when camping, especially if you’re backpacking! So I’ll stick to recipes that have as little prep as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot Dogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Okay, I just told you there is more to life when camping than hot dogs. However, there is more to be discovered with hot dogs! Hot dogs are going to taste better grilled than any other cooking method (science hasn’t caught up and explained why fully), especially when you’re camping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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hamburgers with cheese and hot dogs on grille on camping trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To be frank (ha! I’m on a roll <\/em>today!)<\/strong>, hot dogs are a go-to grilling option while camping.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to take your hot dogs to the next level <\/strong>there are tons of things you can do with them and foods that complement them that work for camping. Check out our article on this subject <\/a>to level-up your camping hot dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When grilling hot dogs: <\/strong>Remember to keep the hot dogs perpendicular and not parallel to the grill. Some of those camping grills are pretty wide in between the bars, and you don’t want to lose the precious hot dog to ashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamburgers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ahh… hamburgers… another of one of the most popular grilling options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamburgers are a very easy meal <\/strong>to grill while camping. All you have to prep are the toppings and the meat itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-tip<\/strong>: If you are eating hamburgers while camping, do ALL the prep at home. Hamburger meat isn’t safe to handle until cooked, and because by nature it’s a little messy, it’s not easy to keep a sanitary kitchen with hamburger meat, even when car camping. Season and prepare your patties at home so that when you come to the campsite, you can just slap them onto the grill.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for any toppings. Putting all of your toppings and dressings in small containers (tupperware to the rescue) at home<\/strong> will make cooking hamburgers much easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When grilling hamburgers<\/strong>, use a hot fire (can’t hold your hand 5 inches above the grill for more than 3-5 seconds)–the hamburgers are ready to flip when the juice from the hamburger is pooling on top of the patty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Depending on how serious a steak master you are, cooking steak can be complex or very simple. Do you need fancy marinades? Or does salt and pepper get you all you need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way,<\/strong> steak tastes best when you’ve been outside hiking all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The less bones the better<\/strong>. Choosing a cut of steak with as little leftover parts as possible is ideal. Even when car camping, you don’t want to deal with bones and if you’re backpacking, you especially don’t want to since you would have to carry those bones out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reference, here are a list of steak cuts with bone or lots of sinew:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n