Thread: Camp fire cook plates and grills

Wondering what you are using for cook plates and grills over a camp fire. Ideally something easily portable.

A few options available from Aussie but keen to see what others are using.

Pics welcome and description of effectiveness.
Thanks

I've got a flat cast plate off an old BBQ which can be set up on some rocks with fire underneath. Plate is about 600 x 400.

You can get cheap bbq plates and grills at Warehouse or Bunnings reasonably cheap. In the past have used stainless steel grate shelves from an old fridge or freezer.

Have used old electric fry-pan and a cast iron fry-pan for many years.
That old electric fry-pan has a steel handle fitted and also sits nicely on the Colman double gas cooker.

For cooking anything except eggs, use a 'braai basket'. It makes turning the meat over super easy and there is no risk of losing anything into the fire off the edge of the grill.
The portable camp braai is pricy, but an excellent piece of kit as it comes with the support frame as well. Adjust the frame accordingly, and you can slide a cast iron plate or a 'black steel' frying pan in place of the basket.

Braai basket - https://www.foodoverfire.co.nz/products/camp-braai

I recommend black iron frying pans if you don't want the weight of cast iron - https://www.savebarn.co.nz/catering-...let-30cm-20985
They do aluminum if you prefer - https://www.savebarn.co.nz/frying-pa...ial-30cm-15259

The advantage of the above pans is that they typically have longer handles due to commercial kitchens being gas powered, so they are good over open fire (handles don't heat up like cast iron and nothing to get burnt off by the fire).

I use baskets like this at home on the open bbq, the black iron pans we use every day on the gas hob unless with are looking to simmer cook, at which point we will throw the cast iron pan on.



Bacon wrapped wild duck breast, venison eye fillet, chicken nibbles.

Portable, but not backpackable.

https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/rv-an...ill-full-grill

Good old solid cake rack from the secondhand store as a grill, enamel plate or cup to cook the egg in.
I made up something similar to the link below from a warming rack out of a BBQ. Sits in the box on the quad bike for trips. Big enough for a couple of chops or the enamel cup to make a coffee etc.

https://www.selfrelianceoutfitters.c...bedroll-cooker

I brought a titanium grill a while back when Naki had them on sale, A cake rack would probably do the same but this grill works great, lite weight, low stick factor and slips in the backpack no problems for steak, bacon, chops, fish or freshly shot deer heart.. Also use it for side of the river cookups or up on the firewood block to cook a feed of sausages for lunch. Lives in my camp cooking kit.






A quick search on google shows these guys selling them in NZ, cheaper on Aliexpress

https://altongoods.com/products/titanium-grill

I see they also do a titanium plate that can be used as a frying pan, 132 grams for $50

https://altongoods.com/collections/c...titanium-plate

If cooking out of the back of the ute I take a Webber baby Q and a cast iron fry pan, or the gas cooker and a fry pan, can cook almost anything on the weber and its pretty portable depending on gas bottle size

Lol that dog is desperately trying not to look at that bacon cooking

I reckon keeping it simple billies chains and frying pans ! Have thought about carting in a hot plate but reckon it would just rust out.

I have a flat cast iron gridle here that Ive never used,saved it from rubbish hole many years back. the camp oven,pretty much does it all really

That’s got the creative juices flowing lads.

The titanium grills look bloody good but they only have miniature ones in stock. I do like the idea of the double sided option to sandwich the meat so it Cant fall out, is that a South African thing?

And the humble pots and pans are what I have been using but like the idea of camp fire smoke through a grill.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...d=xUjhMDr9OUNg

@Stag you have me thinking now. I might have to make something. My fireplace is pretty large. I might make something like the old ones you'd see in an ex nzfs hut. What material to use ? Mmmmmm off to the drawing board ....