Camp cooking without fire or electricity, with flameless cookers! Trying out Barocook & TrekMates

Описание: My heart will always be in cooking over a campfire, but sometimes, circumstances (fire bans, stealth camping, bad weather) preclude that. Cooking with electricity is a fine back up, but consumes a lot of energy. So I thought I would try out those flameless cookers that I've been seeing, that use a chemical reaction to heat up your food.

I messed around with a Trekmates cooker, which is very similar to the Barocook brand, and also, just the Barocook fuel, in my own container -- a 3 part mess kit.

SAFETY NOTE: the pouches do say to ventilate your space when using them. I chose not to, and I lived, but that risk is there.

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THE GEAR

Barocook Fuel Pack Set (10-Piece) - https://amzn.to/3M19mu6
Mil-Tec German WWII Style 3-Piece Mess Kit - https://amzn.to/40P06gH

Not used, but discussed:

Barocook Rectangular Flameless Cookware System
https://amzn.to/40NrUSE

Threestar Stainless Steel Canteen kit camping cooker flameless cookware - 💸 pricey, but wow!
https://amzn.to/3G6E15p

Old Faithful Flameless Geyser Portable Cooking System - no longer available, but it looks exactly like the Threestar
https://amzn.to/40xUgR4

Yabul Flameless Camping Cooker Kit - looks very cool, but I guess it didn't make it past the Indiegogo fundraising phase.
https://amzn.to/3lZTHAI

Also, I didn't mention them, but flameless cookers use technology similar to that used in military-style Flameless Ratio Heaters (FRHs). I didn't personally try them out. From what I've read, they're very convenient and fairly inexpensive, but put out less heat for less time. If you would like to try those out, here they are:
https://amzn.to/3JUkrdI

CREDITS
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