Camping Swanking - June 28 - July 3

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by blueerica

Are we going to share some of the cooking gear, i.e. camping stoves/pots/etc?

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

That's what you'd work out with your team.

Originally Posted by blueerica

This implies each team will bring their own set of pots and pans, stoves, cooking utensils, am I right? That actually seems like we, as a group (all apx 20 of us), would be carrying 5x the equipment... Which seems super inefficient.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Well, I prefer to be self sufficient, but I camp enough so I can be without any problem. And, if you are planning a particular type of meal, there is no guarantee that the equipment you will need will actually be among the equipment that gets brought - hence thinking and providing what you will need the most obvious solution.

In addition, making breakfast or dinner for 20 people (plus coffee, hot water for dishes, etc) will take quite a few stoves to accomplish. Having each team being somewhat self sufficient will ensure we all have everything we need to accomplish delicious meals.

I will not claim to be as experienced as some of the others here, but I will say that the group camping trips that we are involved with, that we have a kitchen "tent" (actually - two 10' Eazy Ups - one for kitchen and one for pantry) that covers about 20 people. While we do get by on one stove (albeit, a very large and hotter than your average camp stove), a second stove would be handy. Also, we have a large portable sink.

While it wouldn't hurt to have everyone bring their own, I believe it would be much more efficient to have a single common kitchen area.

Just my $0.02

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I will not claim to be as experienced as some of the others here, but I will say that the group camping trips that we are involved with, that we have a kitchen "tent" (actually - two 10' Eazy Ups - one for kitchen and one for pantry) that covers about 20 people. While we do get by on one stove (albeit, a very large and hotter than your average camp stove), a second stove would be handy. Also, we have a large portable sink.

While it wouldn't hurt to have everyone bring their own, I believe it would be much more efficient to have a single common kitchen area.

Just my $0.02

However, I don't believe anyone has a camp kitchen set-up, a stove, a sink and several easy-ups and the stoves that we have are the ones we're going to use.

Now, if anyone in our group has the "complete camp kitchen" to bring, set up and provide for our use, then we can go a bit more in that direction. However, I still plan on being pretty self sufficient with the cooking.


EDIT to add: Also, storage (bear boxes) are at EACH camp site, not at one central area. Same goes for picnic tables.