Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. how to clean a hiking stove: hiker cleaning cooking equipment and stove When I’m backpacking with someone else like my boyfriend, ...

Chef Corso has a passion for the outdoors that is rivaled only by his passion for good food — and he’s got beef with bagged meals. As a chef, food has always been an integral part of his life — and ...

Discover the top-rated backpacking kitchen gear for 2026, including lightweight stoves, nesting pots, and easy camp meals for ...

I recently wrote about all my favorite lightweight backpacking gear in Outside’s Summer Buyer’s Guide. Buy everything I suggest (plus a few choice extras) and your base weight (all your gear excluding ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...

Cooking in the backcountry is a delicate balance of luxury and weight-savings. Will a plastic, $5 spork suffice? Probably, but we'd rather dine in style. We gorged on cozy pasta dinners, sipped canned ...

May 2026: The best backpacking meals overall are from Stowaway Gourmet for its shockingly good textures and diverse culinary inspirations. On a budget? Old-school Mountain House can be found in any ...

I’m a former professional chef and food writer, and I used to agonize over my backcountry meals. How much water-laden fresh produce was I willing to haul into the wild? How many microcontainers of ...

The other day I wrote an article on cooking while backpacking. Right after writing it I was at the July 4th Fireman’s Breakfast in Middleton and saw Steve Weston who is a really good chef and ...

If you want to make a great campsite dinner, you’ll need the right tools. The best backpacking cookware sets have nesting designs for compact storage, and are made from lightweight materials that ...