Cooking is, technically, energy transfer. Doing it outdoors over live fire, you get intimate with the process of combustion that unlocks energy stored in wood or charcoal and releases it as heat. You ...

In this (sped up) video, note how evenly the pancakes cook and how easily they release from the cooking surface. Up to now, backyard griddles have mostly lacked lids, leaving their steel tops exposed ...

Outdoor cooking rarely goes exactly to plan. Strong wind makes it almost impossible to keep the fire alive. The steak falls into the dirt. This is the raw reality of bushcraft cooking.