Cooking over a campfire is one of the most rewarding things you can do in life.

We’re going to go over the easiest way to enjoy and share this experience, with your family and friends, next time you are at camp.

But be warned, fire is dangerous, and in the Australian bush, fire bans, fire warnings and common sense should all be obeyed, as the consequences can result in death, damage to property and severe injury.

With the warnings clear and understood it’s time to get your campfire started!

Firstly you are going to need firewood. It’s good to collect firewood where permitted well in advance of when you need it and keep it as dry as possible. If you are heading into national parks, or private property you should check if you have permission to collect firewood.

If you do not have permission to collect wood you can always purchase bags of pre-seasoned dry firewood for an affordable price from many servo’s.

Before lighting your fire you want to organise your firewood into different sized logs and also gather some smaller tinder, again making sure it is dry.

Find a location that has a dirt base, and line the area with stones to prevent the spread of fire.

NB: don’t use river stones they can explode!

The idea is to stack the fire so when it is lit, it will slowly take care of itself leaving you to pay attention to other things around camp.

Start with a pile of smaller tinder with some thicker sticks and finally larger logs arranged to surround the tinder pile in the middle.

When lighting your fire, don’t use any accelerants, if you plan on eating food from the fire, accelerants can leave nasty chemical flavours in your food.

We recommend using some tissue or toilet paper and a cigarette lighter, but if you want to go “Bear Grylls” you could grab one of those flint scrapers to get the job done too!

Once your fire is lit, watch it slowly take, and add more sticks if needed to keep it burning.

When your fire is established. It is time to cook!

Take out your Adventure Kings BBQ Plate and set it up towards the side of your campfire.

Take a small folding shovel and steal some red-hot coals from the base of your fire. Careful not to steal too many as they are what is keeping the rest of the fire burning.

Place your hot coals in a bed underneath your BBQ Plate, this will allow your plate to preheat. Just like your BBQ at home.

Once the hotplate is hot enough its time to add a little bit of cooking oil and spread it evenly using Your Adventure Kings BBQ Tools scraper, to make sure there is an even coating.

Pull out your chosen meat, from your Adventure Kings Fridge/Freezer. We prefer the good old mix of snags and onion sangas, or satay chicken skewers but on occasion, we’ve even made traditional Kebab wraps using 2 BBQ plates as a sandwich toaster. And filling with fresh ingredients, that was certainly a treat for the tracks!

When you have cooked your meal and enjoyed eating your hand cooked meal with your family and friends, clean up and pack up is simple.

All you have to do is remove the hot coals from underneath the Steel BBQ Plate (replace them into the fire) and wait till the hotplate is cool enough to handle.

Once your hotplate is cool enough, you can fold in one of the legs and scrape the scraps onto your fire with your Kings BBQ tools and simply fold the other leg and tuck it neatly into the included canvas carry bag ready to go next time you need to cook up a storm!

There is no limit to what you can cook on an open campfire, and you will find that no matter what you cook you will be rewarded with a hearty meal that is full of flavours that you will never forget!

Adventure Kings makes camping simpler and more affordable than ever before, but if campfire cooking doesn’t suit your tastes there is a massive range of outdoor camping cooking equipment, including Voyager Gas BBQs and grills and even a self-contained campfire stove, which you can get your hands on for an incredible price.