

Some pieces of kitchen gear are worth the expenseīut then after too many trips coveting these things that other river trippers had, we finally just bought them and we’ve had no regrets about laying out that cash (or receiving them gratefully as gifts). In some cases, we’ve put off buying these items because they were pricey and we thought we could jury-rig something that would work just as well. Over time, we’ve discovered that certain pieces of gear-some of which are not cheap by any means-pay off in years of utility and time savings. After all, if we wanted to travel light, we would be backpacking. We spend an inordinate amount of time on multi-day river trips thinking about how to make our camp kitchen more efficient-and by that we don’t necessarily mean minimalist.


Note: This post was updated on April 13, 2022, to include new items and new categories of camp kitchen gear.
