How big a pot and how many pots?

[edr730]

Pressure cookers spit and sputter and they let you know when to adjust the temperature. I have to adjust mine a few times when I cook on my gas stove. I've used my wood stove but never tried a camp fire. I can't see much difference. I'd prefer a tall tripod on a campfire, but you do what ya gotta do.

[TXyakr]

Pressure cookers are typically thicker metal than most camping pots so not ideal for backpacking obviously but for other types of camping like car camping, canoe, horse, ATV they may make sense because they cook stuff faster and thus use less fuel. This is especially true of items like beans (not instant) and wild game that is tough.

here are some recipes from Pesto:

https://gopresto.com/recipes/index.php

Just pressure cooker recipes from presto:

https://gopresto.com/recipes/pressurecooking/index.php

As a kid when we lived for months in very primitive places my mother would cook beans, rice and wild game in a pressure cooker mostly over a wood stove but occasionally used butane (which was scarce, flown in by small plane). One other advantage was that after she removed some meat, she could reheat it thus killing the bacteria and reseal the lid and sorta pot the meat with the beans and rice for a meal the next day. (We had no refrigeration.) After about the 3rd day the meat would get very stringy and lose almost all flavor. So we would REALLY be looking forward to a successful hunt or fishing trip, or be thinking about killing a chicken or duck from the village. Beans and rice with no meat gets really old after a week or two. I'm just sayin'.

[Davidlastink]

I know there are dry methods for slow cooking but has anyone tried dry methods for pressure cooking?

[hayshaker]

beans and rice with lechon for supper to nite.

[Nighthawk]

I live near Boston and I shutter to think what would happen if I had a pressure cooker in a back pack, even in the woods!

[hunter63]

I live near Boston and I shutter to think what would happen if I had a pressure cooker in a back pack, even in the woods!

Yeah, no ship!....and dressed in black fatigues wearing a bigazz survival knife.....
Good call....Wise Man.

[randyt]

I use a canteen cup now and then. Here it is at a boil

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[Adventure Wolf]

The only thing I usually care are two canteen cups and a U.S. G.I. mess kit. There are lighter alternatives but those have served me well for a long time. I have tried other cook pots but always return to the military stuff.

I agree with Rick on this one. I use the same.

[NightSG]

Stanley small stainless steel pot (Wal-Mart or sports store) is my one person option when camping out of a very small white water kayak, weight not an issue but space a premium. This is not as easily crushed as aluminum or titanium. Plastic nesting cups it comes with are fairly useless, better to fill with alky stove and dry food or fuel.

I've got the same Stanley in my 72 hour kit. I do keep the cups in it, and a tiny alcohol stove made from some of the undersize soda cans, along with a bottle of alcohol that will get me 2-3 boils of a full pot. Works well over wood too, though I did melt the plastic tab on the lid. No big deal as the mount is welded on; just burn out the rest of the tab and put in a loop of wire to pull the lid off. Mainly, I like the snug fit of the lid, so I can make teas and such in the pot, and strain directly through the lid holes without another utensil.

[randyt]

I have Stanley pot too. I melted off the plastic tab and replaced it with a split ring from a key chain.

[jdbushcraft]

I did the split ring and added a wood bead to it. Makes it easier to lift and doesn't get hot.

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[NightSG]

I did the split ring and added a wood bead to it. Makes it easier to lift and doesn't get hot.

Good idea; I've been trying to think of something to add so I can grab it when the pot is boiling. Somehow, wood beads slipped my mind.

[DSJohnson]

Pots? Hmmmm.
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By the way this is NOT my back packing kit.

[hunter63]

Pots? Hmmmm.

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By the way this is NOT my back packing kit.

Does the bottom DO in the front have anything in it?..... or just to provide a place for coals on the upper DO?

BTW I use my big cast iron fry pan filled with coals sitting on a trivet.

Not my back packing kit either....LOL

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[randyt]

That's a nice set up.

[DSJohnson]

Hunter: Yes sir the bottom DO has another peach cobbler in it. Using the coals on the lid of the bottom DO to heat the bottom of the top DO.

randyt: If you are speaking about my set up, then Thank you. Hunter's is pretty slick also.

[randyt]

I didn't realize Hunter slipped a photo in on his post, it is a slick set up too.

[hunter63]

That the "gator pit" not really a good pic of the cast iron and fire irons.....was taking a pic of our Tipi....
This was back when we didn't take pic's of everything....had to pay to develop.

We had a 25 # wild turkey and a 12 # capon on the spit....two DO baking bread in between as well as stuffing....oyster stew in the cast iron pot.

Was asking about the DO as we do stack them but do use the trivet and fry pan......keep a more even heat for baking.
Mostly just use coal form the pit and a shovel.
When I saw it I was thinking...hey good idea...use another DO instead of a fry pan that I have to clean later....LOL

[Winter]

I have 3 that are commonly used.

Group shot.
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First one is an aluminum canteen cup. Danish I believe. It has a 2 cup capacity. I have a bunch of these. I bought like 24 of them for $10 20 years ago. All my friends use them as well. This one is for all trips but gets more use on lighter trips for making Mtn House, ramen, and the like. On longer trips it is a serving bowl/coffee cup. Quality whiskey there ONLY for size comparison.

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Next is a 1 qt stainless sugar bowl with a bale. I found a securely locking container that fits it quite well. I put canned goods, pilot bread, rice, or whatever will fit in it. This one is always in the pack and has been used for everything including hanging from a tarp as a water collector.


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Then the big one. 20qt stainless pot. This one goes on boat trips. It's not packed in. It's used for water collection, washing dishes, large cooking tasks like crab boiling, and it makes a sexy helmet.

If you take a canoe, or car/truck, to camp, always take a big pot like this. On day 3 on a trip, having enough hot water to soak your head will make it feel like day 1 again.

[hunter63]

Is that shot glass getting emptier?....LOL
Like your selection.