Here's my camp kitchen set up a couple different ways.
First image is the way I typically set up things for stays of more than one night.
From the left:
- Tall aluminum case with supplies. No food really, but bags, containers, matches, other typical kitchen stuff.
- Short case with jars and canned goods and soft packaged food
Both cases are bear-resistant and stay loaded all the time, ready to go, because they have no perishables. They're sitting on ammo boxes that contain non-kitchen goods.
- Partner 22" propane stove, sitting on my Beaver Tree Camp Kitchen. These sit on the left end of a galley table that hooks to the side of my camping trailer, as seen in the second image.
I keep my fridge/freezer and fresh food right inside the back doors to my van. You can see the van door at left edge of the image above. The van ended up being the most logical spot to keep the fridge and fits right into the work flow for cooking, being right at the beginning. Keeping the fridge in the van also allows me to keep cold drinks and food with me when away from base camp, and keeps all perishables and food that may attract animals inside my vehicle.
As you can see in the image below, there's over five feet or counter space to the right of the stove and includes a sink with hot & cold water.
You can see the Beaver Tree Camp Kitchen better in the images above and below. I love this thing, even though plastic. It holds all the stuff I want closer to the stove and galley table. Even has a good-sized utensil drawer in the left section.
I can keep the stove in place and still close the lid to the Beaver Tree. There's even enough room to hold the propane hose, a long griddle, a couple skillets and other miscellaneous stuff and still close the lid securely. This too stays packed all the time and ready to go on the next adventure.
Both aluminum cases and the Beaver Tree stay right inside the tailgate of the trailer when rolling and are the first things to come out after the galley table is set up. Everything I need all in one place. SO handy and convenient.
This last image shows my quick kitchen on the tailgate of my camping trailer. I set up like this when stopping for just an hour or two and want to cook something up. Just open the tailgate and swing them out.
As with everything, I'm sure this set up will evolve further. I keep tweaking the arrangement to be more efficient and easier to set up, whether for solo-camping or small groups of 4-6 people.
.
Roaddude - Traveling Photographer/Writer/Artist On the Road In North America. Gear, reviews, people, places, and culture.
roaddude.com
