Roasting Quail and making coffee Cooking over coals: Cooking over a campfire looks easy until you ruin a meal or two. The movies make it look simple. Meat sizzling. Sparks flying. Smiles all around. But in the real world, cooking over an open flame can turn a perfect steak into a blackened mess before the inside ever gets warm. I learned this the hard way. When you’re hungry and the fire looks right, it’s easy to toss food straight over the flames. The problem is that flames

Cooking outdoors changes everything. This simple campfire chicken recipe brings together smoky flavor, patience, and the joy of cooking over coals with a Dutch oven. Learn how to use a tripod, pot crane, or bed roll stove to make it right. And if you don’t feel like cooking from scratch, you can always grab the ready-to-go Primitive Camping Chicken Stew meal and enjoy the same comfort anywhere you set up camp.