BACKPACKING COOKING Gear that can Make a BIG Difference!! ( Cook Set Upgrades! ) 

I have been watching this channel since Chris first started & I can't get over how very rude & disrespectful some of you people are!! This guy goes to a lot of trouble to make these video's!! You people should just grow up!!! If you have nothing nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all!!

Hey Chris. I've been following a lot of your videos lately. Hiking has become a pretty significant part of my life over the past few years. I'm now starting to look into backpacking/overnighters. Your videos are super helpful in figuring out what kind of gear to look for. Subscribed. Keep the content coming. James

I am gearing up to go on my first backpacking trip and food is really important to me... I love to cook at home and I am very excited to try a new style of cooking outside using my stove and a fire! I am glad I found a video that expands on the more luxury items for cooking instead of focusing on how to get it as bare bones as possible. Great stuff!

I like that just starting hiking and like good information from a experienced hiker!

Just found your channel. Love it! Keep it all coming. I’d love to learn more about these basics. Many thanks from TX.

You are the best Chris. Thank you for all your awesome videos!👍🏻🍻🕯🌟

Just saw a Nesting Turner in my back yard! Great video and excellent practice of reviewing and inspecting your gear. Some new ideas for a person that started backpacking in the early 70's. Subbed.

This video was unbelievably helpful!!! Thank you Sir for sharing!

Another great show Chris 👍

Thanks for the info and the video! Really helped me make some last minute changes/decisions!

You're an awesome guy Chris 👍 thanks for all the good information

The nesting turner/ migratory bird 🤣🤣🤣

Nice stuff Chris. Thanks for another informative video.

Nice video. I liked very much! Congratulations!!!

always enjoy your tips! thx for the vid!

The java drip is brilliant! I travel for work & rarely check a bag; I try to just bring a backpack! I normally bring my rigid drip cone, collapsible kettle & coffee. While, it's trivial, this java drip saves space & weight. It all adds up!

All of these are brilliant!!

I love your video!!!!!!!!...thanks for helping me prepare my cooking set for my next trip...

As always nice Chris thank you!

When I ordered my MalloMe cook set, I also got a stove and cleaning sponge, maybe another item or two. I love that little cook set!

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing 👍

Really good items 🎊

Great trail tip, thanks

All about the nesting!!! Cool coffee drip

I absolutely love the positivey it made my day 🙂

Great new gear ideas there Chris.

Great video, Chris! Gerber makes fantastic blades! I also have a Tonto. My dad keeps one of their big multitools in his duck hunting gear for anything that needs fixing at the duck camp. Also, in case you're still wondering, PFOA is used in making Teflon, so old Teflon nonstick skillets and things can contain it. It's treated similar to BPA.

This is great information. Thank you for sharing.

I managed to score a brand new MalloMe cookset at my local Goodwill for under $5! Great deal, but now I just need to actually go backpacking (instead of my usual car camping)!

Thank you for your efforts .. I appreciate

Man, that rolling grill is awesome!

you can also use those little permanent filters for keurigs!! fill it up; toss it in your hot water and leave it in until it's your desired strength. worked for me!

well, i have watched a lottt of your videos. i almost bought the Stanley cook pot, for 17 and change. saw the MalloMe cook set for 22. TADA! my set arrives tomorrow. i have a folding SS wood burning cook stove. so i am working on sleeping bag and mat now. thank you for what you do.

Great to see other people who enjoy cooking meals beyond boiling water haha. Having a good feed is worth a few extra grams on an overnight or weekend trip. Keep up the great content!

Just found your channel because we have the same backpack so I've been binging your videos this weekend! Love your channel!

That Java Drip is GENIUS!

Great video Chris

Thanks about to use this

Cool kit buddy

This video was helpful, thanks

I use the Quechua cook set for four and love it, it's very portable.

After years of making coffee different ways I finally lucked out. I managed to get a Vargo Titanium coffee Filter at a savings. I'm glad you pointed this out , the slower the water is added the better the coffee is , most folks rush it and then complain about the weak coffee. . Your cook kit looks well thought out and should offer years of enjoyment. The size is something , it's about 3/4 the size of my food bag. I ultralight it and section hike. My meals for the most part are the freezer bag cooking method. Since all I need is hot water a small Titanium alcohol burning set works for me. I include a small ( non stick ) titanium frying pad for the 1st morning out eggs and spam. Later down the trial's treats are when I make my trail side pizzas creations using the frying pan.

Base Camp Chris, i subbed awhile back, love your videos, the last one was the pony xpress station, that was really cool. i have been watching a lot of prepping videos, i trust you and the things you pack on your hikes. that cooking set and the grill is really cool. fit in to a bug out bag, i like the coffee maker, stove. i learn a lot on your videos. thank you. keep em coming. the end of the world isn't here yet, but i am getting prepared. again, thank you.

God bless Sir Chris this is great 💡 idea. Watch out for those creatures in woodland.

That's awsome brother

I use that coffee filter in the backcountry, at home and at the office. A great product. Using a coffee filter also speeds up the cleanup. Not for everyone but as a coffee snob it's worth the extra work.

MSR is an absolutely solid company. Everything I've purchased has been pure quality, nothing else.

nice upgrades!

That coffee filter looks amazing. i ordered one for me and one for my dad. while i was at the gsi site i ordered their spice missle. holds and dispenses 6 spices and its 10 bucks.

Love that roll grill

Thank you, Chris. I am taking some of your recommendations and adding them to my cook kit. My cook kit is the following 1. German M31 mess kit 2. NATO chow set 3. Esbit Folding stove with fuel tabs 4. Zippo, matches, bic lighter 5. MSR salt shaker 6. Small brush for cleaning Going to be adding items to this list

I really like that pan.

Been using the Java drip for years...works great

Take a drink every time he says “Backcountry”

Awesome

My best cooking tool, is a cheap BBQ fork, I bought from Walmart for $1. I stick a steak on it and prop it up on an angle over a fire. It is best to use a strip steak and stick the fork in the side of the steak. Or cut a ribeye in half length wise to cook it. I also use it to cook sausage, spam, and pork country style ribs. I sometimes use it to cook meat caveman style on the ashes and use the fork to turn the meat. One recent addition I added is a silicone stemless wine glass. I cook rice/water in the wine glass, inside a cook pot with water in it, to set up a double boiler. This double boiler method won't burn the rice and the silicone wine glass is easy to clean.

I purchased the MSR MugMate a few years ago but eventually started using the instant coffee tubes. The instant coffee wasn’t really satisfying. I dug the MSR out of storage to give it another try. Dregs in the bottom of the cup can be an issue so I put a paper coffee filter into the MugMate, folded over at the top. (around the circumference) You set the MugMate into your cup and slowly add hot water, stirring the coffee/water mixture once or twice in the filter. After adding the water let the MugMate sit in the cup for a few minutes. Remove and enjoy!! It sounds a bit complicated but it really isn’t. The coffee is rich and delicious. I use a Yeti mug at home and the coffee stays hot. Coffee cools off too quickly in the metal cups, especially if you’re outside and it’s cold. Thanks for your informative video. 😎🥾🥾

Ok. Now I want to see your bedding equipment/ chairs/ tent etc.

Ive been putting together an emergency type kit for food, water, first aid, etc.... we have that hikers stove ...it's so tiny and screws into the fuel source. My BIGGEST find was getting those sealable, scent-proof food storage bags that I have filled with fresh water and then sealed. If you get stuck somewhere and have all the fancy stuff but no water you're screwed.

I just got the Pocket Rocket last week. I was using a Coleman camp stove that weighed 6 oz . this stove shaved almost 4 oz off my base weight.....well worth the cost.

That Grill is Nice!!

@ 2:50...Paper filter also keeps mesh clean for packing up after dripping!

Hello my Outdoors friend, thank you for sharing your cook kit upgrades. That's a good looking kit. All the best to you in good health and safety. 🤗

I like and use the GSI ultralight drip maker, it works great, just be careful of the plastic legs and clips, especially if the legs are really cold, I don't use a paper filter, it works fine without it, nor do I want to pack filters to use a coffee maker. If you want a slower drip use a finer grind. The only issue I've had with the Etecity (sp?) stove is the flame shape, it's too pinpointed and it burns food in the center of the pan, so I also went with the MSR PocketRocket Deluxe, it dispersed the flame over a wider area of the pan and I longer have that burn in the center thing going on; due to the flame being more dispersed it boils water about 30 seconds longer than the Etecity (sp?). I think a pound for a cookset is way too much weight for backpacking or bicycle camping, no way would I take the MalloMe, and I don't like that it doesn't lock together; I instead got a cheap $6 Ozark kit from Walmart that weighs 12 ounces. The only thing I use to drink out of one mug, no extra cups collapsible or not, it's about reducing weight. The rolling grill is actually very cool, but again it's over a pound of extra weight, since I don't grill, I don't need it, but I especially don't need the weight.

Fun video. I would not store duck tape on a fuel can that you will throw out after every use (double waste, double expense). Wrap it around an item that you will always have (ie: trekking poles). Thanks for the video.

The Jet Boil Summit Skillet is ready for anything from pancakes to trout, while the Sea to Summit XMug is perfect for tea and makes a handy bowl.

1st thought Chris,,, You should definitely have a look at the,,Firebox 8” ultra cook kit. It actually can be seasoned,,,!!! It’s amazing and also quite light,, Joshua

Hi! Thanks for this video. I was wondering if you could please let know the plate you are using, as I still couldn’t find such a small one. Thank you!

Love it

That grill definitely seems considerably more streamlined than the older Grilliput option. I use the Stanley pot and GSI nesting cup, so I just use a Ikea French press plunger for coffee. So the coffee filter is redundant to me, but if I were to upgrade to a bigger, better pot, I would definitely find it useful.

Great stuff. Those old aluminum pans were awful to clean and using the fire pit grate things in established camp sites to cook on meant greasy black pans. That grill looks just perfect.

Oh, the Java Drip looks absolutely amazing... too bad that in many places, you'd then end up packing out the coffee grounds.

I've been working on designing my own ultralight coffee filter, and what I've been working on is really close to the GSI. I think mine would be cheaper to make, and therefore more disposable, or at least less upsetting if you lose it. Then again, maybe I won't reinvent the wheel. As always, love your videos! You are responsible for selling me on Osprey bags, so thanks a lot! (No, really, thanks!)

I have used my original Pocket Rocket for years and it still works great. Also, a tip, if you wrap your fuel canister with duc tape you can use your pen to log how much time you use the stove each time. This gives you the time so you know when your canister is low on fuel.

Hey, Hey, Chris Buddy ! There you go again , yes , good video , man ! Even my 11 y.o. son liked it ; he is even saying , " hey Dad let's do as Mr. Chris . . . . let's gather all that stuff " Hey ! I'll be sending you my own experience with the unexplained ( short , but it was really scary ) in Brookings, Oregon . To your e-mail. Mr. Velazquez

For day and weekend trips most people bring too much stuff. I have an old Sierra Club tin cup (serves as a pot, frypan, bannock maker, soup and beverage cup). I carry one 8-ounce butane canister (lasts all weekend) and a Coleman burner head (with a built-in lighter - old style that's probably 30 years old and going strong. New models require a lighter - no big deal). I make tea or coffee, bannock or oatmeal for breakfast; Cup-A-Soup for lunch and freeze-dried meals for supper. Mix and match as you wish but there's no need to haul 20 pounds of food and gear for a short outing. I've camped out for a week using the same basic gear.

Right off with the coffee filter - boom, you scored. I have the pans covered. Yup Pocket Rocket is a winner. I have a copy that is as good - £8.00 UK I don't know what that is USD. S & P sachets cost me a coffee or meal in a take out, relatives get them for me too, i have thousands. Sachets of sauce can be bought by the box - as you'd get in a diner - £14.99 wholesale.

Great video! Not sure why you need so many pots and pans but they sure are nice! Maybe you’re a backcountry chef! Lol

Great video learned a couple things. I will mention the MSR pocket rocket 2 is amazing but there is a new Pocket Rocket Deluxe. A little bigger and a little more weight but has twice the wide heat footprint and a little better wind cup around the flame housing. Instead of a jet rocket like the Pocket Rocket 2. The deluxe is more of a camp stove, and can handle bigger pans better for backcountry gourmet cooking! It also boils water a tiny bit faster. And the MSR pepper/salt shaker is cool but that is not enough pepper to last me on a 2 night trip. On a longer trip you will need more spice if cooking from scratch. Tic Tac bottles are great for creating a camping spice rack. 5 containers together is around 3 1/2 inches wide less than 3 inches tall and 1.75 inches wide. Very lightweight and a small amount of space! Nice little rectangle spice rack that would last a week. 7 spices equal roughly 5 inches wide.

Likes: The video. Dislikes: ... the fact that I can't get ~95% of the items shown (well I can but I'd have to pay import taxes here in Denmark which isn't cheap). Love the video, keep it up

I'm a full time backpacker and I just have 1 folk and 1 metal cup, clothes, tent, sleeping bag, drone, phone and powerbanks. Been doing it since April 2019... some people take camping wayyyyyy to seriously. You really don't need a lot and I sleep in my tent 99.9% of the year. Just make a small safe fire... simple. I had a multi tool knife but I literally used it to open the sd card slot on my phone so I sold it! 😂

Thanks for information on camping products. 🏕 good to know

Very good video.I started with the Eddie Bauer cooks said then followed with the GSIHH put in Franktown and nowadays are use the old camp space saver mug.If I am camping with friends and family, I will bring an entire book set but if I am backpacking alone, I will bring all of you a metal cup to boil water for my am RE. I am a backpack or in a budget so everything you have shown here is in the list of things that I would get for backpacking. They are very reliable and affordable. What is your favorite cook kit? Please forgive the spelling in some words but I am blind and I’m using a voice to text kind of tool in my iPhone and sometimes it does not pick up the correct word from my pronunciation. Thank you so much for sharing this video. God bless you.

My Base Camp coffee mug doesn't have the inner orange like yours. Just plain white. Bummer. Lol Keep hiking!

I'm confused. You are going to pack the Jetboil summit skillet and the MalloMe cooking set?

Fred armisen plays you very well

Righty tighty lefty loosey

Have had so many salt & pepper shakers and yes msr is the best !

Are there ways to take creamer for coffee camping for those of us who can't drink coffee straight too bitter like my creamer and coconut silk milk.

thank you for your efforts of this information i really appreciate what you did, can you give me the link of BISION ROLLING GRILL ? i can't find it on Amazon ? thanks in advance

How much do you think your pack weighs on average? I have my new atmos 65 and have no idea is an average weight with tent ,sleeping bag ,and sleeping pad? REI just had me walk around the store with 20 lbs as a starter but i think that may be too light idk im just starting out with a larger multi day pack

Java Drips Great ....get the water to boiling and count to three then pour over grounds , and it will burn out the acidity in the grounds . But he didnt mention the GSI Outdoors - Coffee Rocket Maker 4 oz...... Geez get it !!

In my earlier message, I forgot to mention that I liked your videos so much that I just subscribed to your channel. God bless you.

Something to hold you fuel steady. MSR Universal Canister Stand

one ov the better videos .just got jb skillet there great.

A few sensible changes but I would swap out the bic for a torch style refillible one. Reasons for doing this 1) better for burning the end of cordage 2) hotter more directed flame,3)refillible 4)can be used for emergency sterilization of needles. you can use it to heat a nail for emergency soldering

Thanks for this. Been looking for better coffee fixing options. You sound like Bob. Where are you from?;)

lol. i just bought that gerber knife last week.

You can use a tea ball for coffee also

There is a spectrum in the outdoors with cooking at one and just boiling water to re-hydrate stuff (some do cold water re-hydration). I'm on my second MSR skillet replacing the worn out non stick one with a ceramic one. You can guess that I'm on the cooking side of it! The thing is that cooking involves more washing up - some thing that needs factoring in when wild camping. I had a GSI java drip and thought it worked well but as pointed out below what to do with the grounds. Using filter paper helps as you can add it to a ziplock bag with the rest of the rubbish and it keeps the Drip clean. But that's one more thing more to carry. I like cooking but convenience is king, so I've gone back to using Via or similar. A good 'cook' set BTW but am wondering why you are packing a plate and two mugs.