Let’s see What’s IN your chuck box
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Hmmm...
There is a lot in the box.
Magma stainless cook set, 10 piece.
Magma non stick omelette pan.
GSI Tea Kettle (primary camp water heating device)
Square bowls and salad plates from target, melamine.
Plastic kids drinking cups from Walmart.
A Stanley flask full of olive oil
A measuring cup, plastic
A plastic strainer / pot lid thing
A Kalita Wave coffee maker
Filters for above
A roll of foil... Reynolds
a roll of blue shop towels
Some ziplock bags
Cheap metal forks spoons knives
bamboo spoon and spatula
Silicone spoon and spatula
a can opener
A potato masher
Short tongs, large flipper, fish flipper, coarse grater from sur la table
Sponge and dish soap and scotch Brite pad
4-5 dish towels, convenient for sound isolation and use around camp... Wally world
matches, several packs vacuum packed
Trash bags
A headlamp
Extra batteries
Spices
A cutting board
Knives: some Swedish ceramic coated knife company... santoku, chef knife, serrated knife, several paring knives, utility knife... I like knives... Bought at OSH and Sur la table
probably other stuff that I'm not thinking about right now
I also have 2 "drawers" made from cake pans. They really help with organization and quick retrievability.
Some of it isn't used often, but I like to cook, and not having good tools sucks.
Some of the key wins were things like the square salad plates and bowls, they really increase packing ability. I bought most of the "stuff" then designed and built the box around the pile. My wife thought I was crazy, for several weeks I would re-stack my kitchen on the kitchen table trying to Tetris it all into a smaller cube while still being able to get everything quickly... But it was worth the time.
I'm pretty sure that my next version of the box won't be a whole lot different than this one.
I still haven't found a coffee cup solution that I like, I had some sili pint cups and rejected them as too squishy.
There is a lot in the box.
Magma stainless cook set, 10 piece.
Magma non stick omelette pan.
GSI Tea Kettle (primary camp water heating device)
Square bowls and salad plates from target, melamine.
Plastic kids drinking cups from Walmart.
A Stanley flask full of olive oil
A measuring cup, plastic
A plastic strainer / pot lid thing
A Kalita Wave coffee maker
Filters for above
A roll of foil... Reynolds
a roll of blue shop towels
Some ziplock bags
Cheap metal forks spoons knives
bamboo spoon and spatula
Silicone spoon and spatula
a can opener
A potato masher
Short tongs, large flipper, fish flipper, coarse grater from sur la table
Sponge and dish soap and scotch Brite pad
4-5 dish towels, convenient for sound isolation and use around camp... Wally world
matches, several packs vacuum packed
Trash bags
A headlamp
Extra batteries
Spices
A cutting board
Knives: some Swedish ceramic coated knife company... santoku, chef knife, serrated knife, several paring knives, utility knife... I like knives... Bought at OSH and Sur la table
probably other stuff that I'm not thinking about right now
I also have 2 "drawers" made from cake pans. They really help with organization and quick retrievability.
Some of it isn't used often, but I like to cook, and not having good tools sucks.
Some of the key wins were things like the square salad plates and bowls, they really increase packing ability. I bought most of the "stuff" then designed and built the box around the pile. My wife thought I was crazy, for several weeks I would re-stack my kitchen on the kitchen table trying to Tetris it all into a smaller cube while still being able to get everything quickly... But it was worth the time.
I'm pretty sure that my next version of the box won't be a whole lot different than this one.
I still haven't found a coffee cup solution that I like, I had some sili pint cups and rejected them as too squishy.
Corey
OverCamping Specialist
No rain this morning after constant two days of heavy rain, so I got out a bit ago and took these three pics.
The first pic is from the bigger compartment, and it has:
1. Two GSI Pinnacle cook sets, a large, and a small all nestled together in the large bag.
I had bought the large set at first, and even the smallest pot from it was too big if heating up a can of chili.
Customer service checked for me if both sets could be combined, and indeed they are.
I now have a super set
2. Three coffee mugs.
3. Paper towels, and a paper towel holder that fits on the side of the chuckbox.
4. One Coleman propane bottle and stand for the stove.
5. A few dish towels and a full size hand towel.
The old hand towel holder I used for the wooden chuckbox will not work with this new one.
6. And a silicone mixing bowl (I use the larger ones for home), plastic colander, and an battery operated cooking timer.
I have had the windup ones for home and camping, but I find they are unreliable, as they often get stuck on their countdown, thus the battery one is way better.
Second picture is from the shorter lower compartment.
Trail Kitchens had intended for this to be a stove compartment, but with the addition to my chuckbox with the drop down cable, the door does not come down far enough to stuff a stove in there.
Also I would rather use it for storage.
Just about everything I use the carry in the heavy/bigger wooden chuckbox I can carry in this new one with the exception of the stove.
1. Plastic container for Camp Suds and a scrub pad for dishes.
I also use this biodegradable soap for washing hands and when I take a shower camping.
2. GSI enamel plates, bowls, and two sizes of paper plates.
3. Measuring cup, long lighter in case the piezo starter on the stove takes a dump, and a toaster.
The latter have been on the market for decades, and work great.
4. AeroPress coffee maker with a burr grinder in the bag, and also a stainless steel mesh filter.
The AeroPress comes with paper filters you throw away, buy the stainless steel one, you will not regret it.
5. StanSport propane hose extension that fits Camp Chef stoves perfectly, foil, and one gallon ZipLock Slider top bags.
I carry the smaller ZipLock ones in my biggest Alu-Box.
And from the top slideout shelf, my two utensil drawers as seen below.
1. Silverware with bears on it that I got from Cabela's years ago, magnetic lid holder can opener I saw from a thread here, and a larger stirring/serving spoon from the white utensil compartment.
Also very hard to see in the far left side, a long bread cutting knife that I use to cut most of the food up with.
2. In the black container, heavy duty cutting scissors, a hand whip, spatula, tongs, and a nice egg beater.
So nice I bought one for home too.
I do have the new GSI Santoku knife set on order.
http://www.gsioutdoors.com/santoku-knife-set.html
The first pic is from the bigger compartment, and it has:
1. Two GSI Pinnacle cook sets, a large, and a small all nestled together in the large bag.
I had bought the large set at first, and even the smallest pot from it was too big if heating up a can of chili.
Customer service checked for me if both sets could be combined, and indeed they are.
I now have a super set
2. Three coffee mugs.
3. Paper towels, and a paper towel holder that fits on the side of the chuckbox.
4. One Coleman propane bottle and stand for the stove.
5. A few dish towels and a full size hand towel.
The old hand towel holder I used for the wooden chuckbox will not work with this new one.
6. And a silicone mixing bowl (I use the larger ones for home), plastic colander, and an battery operated cooking timer.
I have had the windup ones for home and camping, but I find they are unreliable, as they often get stuck on their countdown, thus the battery one is way better.
Second picture is from the shorter lower compartment.
Trail Kitchens had intended for this to be a stove compartment, but with the addition to my chuckbox with the drop down cable, the door does not come down far enough to stuff a stove in there.
Also I would rather use it for storage.
Just about everything I use the carry in the heavy/bigger wooden chuckbox I can carry in this new one with the exception of the stove.
1. Plastic container for Camp Suds and a scrub pad for dishes.
I also use this biodegradable soap for washing hands and when I take a shower camping.
2. GSI enamel plates, bowls, and two sizes of paper plates.
3. Measuring cup, long lighter in case the piezo starter on the stove takes a dump, and a toaster.
The latter have been on the market for decades, and work great.
4. AeroPress coffee maker with a burr grinder in the bag, and also a stainless steel mesh filter.
The AeroPress comes with paper filters you throw away, buy the stainless steel one, you will not regret it.
5. StanSport propane hose extension that fits Camp Chef stoves perfectly, foil, and one gallon ZipLock Slider top bags.
I carry the smaller ZipLock ones in my biggest Alu-Box.
And from the top slideout shelf, my two utensil drawers as seen below.
1. Silverware with bears on it that I got from Cabela's years ago, magnetic lid holder can opener I saw from a thread here, and a larger stirring/serving spoon from the white utensil compartment.
Also very hard to see in the far left side, a long bread cutting knife that I use to cut most of the food up with.
2. In the black container, heavy duty cutting scissors, a hand whip, spatula, tongs, and a nice egg beater.
So nice I bought one for home too.
I do have the new GSI Santoku knife set on order.
http://www.gsioutdoors.com/santoku-knife-set.html
With Photos
I was putting away gifts today and had to drag the box out. In addition to the stuff listed in my earlier post, I realized that I forgot:
Hand Sanitizing Gel
Corkscrew
Bottle Opener
Silicone hot pads (also good noise isolation)
Measuring Spoons
Pizza Cutter
Whisk
Toothpicks
I added the following:
Spare regulator for Camp Chef Stove
Propane Bottle Base
I removed:
Extra cork screw
I may remove soon:
Red silicon Spoons and Spatulas. They are very heavy versus bamboo, but I like that they can go in the dishwasher when I get home. I haven't used them for anything significant yet, and if that holds true for a few more trips, they are goners.
One of the magma pots. I really don't need all of the in-between sized pots, so one or two of them might go in favor of some sort of light plastic mixing bowls. I'm really not sure, and that will probably go back and forth.
I did not remove extra bottle opener, based on them being cheap, light, and easily lost.
In the next build, I will include another cutting board, that one has me running short all the time. I might even incorporate it in this one somehow.
The whole box is 14x14x20, not counting the handles, and is heavy but one person can carry it without huge issues. The table everything is spread out on is 5x3, so you can see the bigger issue is finding workspace in the woods.
The knives are Ruhn Kohn, they were chosen based on being light, wickedly sharp, and having their own sheaths. I got a camp chef knife set for Christmas, and it isn't anywhere near as good as these, although they probably cost 3x as much.
Enjoy.
I was putting away gifts today and had to drag the box out. In addition to the stuff listed in my earlier post, I realized that I forgot:
Hand Sanitizing Gel
Corkscrew
Bottle Opener
Silicone hot pads (also good noise isolation)
Measuring Spoons
Pizza Cutter
Whisk
Toothpicks
I added the following:
Spare regulator for Camp Chef Stove
Propane Bottle Base
I removed:
Extra cork screw
I may remove soon:
Red silicon Spoons and Spatulas. They are very heavy versus bamboo, but I like that they can go in the dishwasher when I get home. I haven't used them for anything significant yet, and if that holds true for a few more trips, they are goners.
One of the magma pots. I really don't need all of the in-between sized pots, so one or two of them might go in favor of some sort of light plastic mixing bowls. I'm really not sure, and that will probably go back and forth.
I did not remove extra bottle opener, based on them being cheap, light, and easily lost.
In the next build, I will include another cutting board, that one has me running short all the time. I might even incorporate it in this one somehow.
The whole box is 14x14x20, not counting the handles, and is heavy but one person can carry it without huge issues. The table everything is spread out on is 5x3, so you can see the bigger issue is finding workspace in the woods.
The knives are Ruhn Kohn, they were chosen based on being light, wickedly sharp, and having their own sheaths. I got a camp chef knife set for Christmas, and it isn't anywhere near as good as these, although they probably cost 3x as much.
Enjoy.
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Corey
OverCamping Specialist
Nice, a lot of great stuff.
I might have to look into the Stanley flask you mentioned, as I keep my olive oil in its stock glass bottle, but we all know they can leak from the cap.
Presently it is in the Alu-Box for dry food, and wrapped inside of a big Ziplock baggy in case it leaks.
I like the idea of a flask it is is leak proof.
I might have to look into the Stanley flask you mentioned, as I keep my olive oil in its stock glass bottle, but we all know they can leak from the cap.
Presently it is in the Alu-Box for dry food, and wrapped inside of a big Ziplock baggy in case it leaks.
I like the idea of a flask it is is leak proof.
The flask seemed spendy, but I couldn't come up with any true leak proof alternative. The square form factor helped with packing too. After cleaning up spilled olive oil when even a stock plastic bottle let go, I was willing to invest $14.99...
I've since found that Nalgene is making small bottles, and have my soap in one. They stock them at REI. Those might also be viable options.
I've since found that Nalgene is making small bottles, and have my soap in one. They stock them at REI. Those might also be viable options.
No rain this morning after constant two days of heavy rain, so I got out a bit ago and took these three pics.
The first pic is from the bigger compartment, and it has:
1. Two GSI Pinnacle cook sets, a large, and a small all nestled together in the large bag.
I had bought the large set at first, and even the smallest pot from it was too big if heating up a can of chili.
Customer service checked for me if both sets could be combined, and indeed they are.
I now have a super set
2. Three coffee mugs.
3. Paper towels, and a paper towel holder that fits on the side of the chuckbox.
4. One Coleman propane bottle and stand for the stove.
5. A few dish towels and a full size hand towel.
The old hand towel holder I used for the wooden chuckbox will not work with this new one.
6. And a silicone mixing bowl (I use the larger ones for home), plastic colander, and an battery operated cooking timer.
I have had the windup ones for home and camping, but I find they are unreliable, as they often get stuck on their countdown, thus the battery one is way better.
Second picture is from the shorter lower compartment.
Trail Kitchens had intended for this to be a stove compartment, but with the addition to my chuckbox with the drop down cable, the door does not come down far enough to stuff a stove in there.
Also I would rather use it for storage.
Just about everything I use the carry in the heavy/bigger wooden chuckbox I can carry in this new one with the exception of the stove.
1. Plastic container for Camp Suds and a scrub pad for dishes.
I also use this biodegradable soap for washing hands and when I take a shower camping.
2. GSI enamel plates, bowls, and two sizes of paper plates.
3. Measuring cup, long lighter in case the piezo starter on the stove takes a dump, and a toaster.
The latter have been on the market for decades, and work great.
4. AeroPress coffee maker with a burr grinder in the bag, and also a stainless steel mesh filter.
The AeroPress comes with paper filters you throw away, buy the stainless steel one, you will not regret it.
5. StanSport propane hose extension that fits Camp Chef stoves perfectly, foil, and one gallon ZipLock Slider top bags.
I carry the smaller ZipLock ones in my biggest Alu-Box.
And from the top slideout shelf, my two utensil drawers as seen below.
1. Silverware with bears on it that I got from Cabela's years ago, magnetic lid holder can opener I saw from a thread here, and a larger stirring/serving spoon from the white utensil compartment.
Also very hard to see in the far left side, a long bread cutting knife that I use to cut most of the food up with.
2. In the black container, heavy duty cutting scissors, a hand whip, spatula, tongs, and a nice egg beater.
So nice I bought one for home too.
I do have the new GSI Santoku knife set on order.
http://www.gsioutdoors.com/santoku-knife-set.html
Do you have links/write ups of some of the food you make?