Cooking out in nature is very much part of the van life or road trip experience! Whether you have a kitchen inside your van (or camper van) or not, we advise you to go well-prepared. This will allow you to fully enjoy delicious meals, out in the great outdoors!
1. A cookset: this kitchen accessory comprises several utensils (a frying pan, a saucepan, a colander, cutlery and plate sets, etc.). With a cookset, you can both cook and eat: the essentials are all in. We recommend you take a cookset with you so you can do nearly everything. The bonus? Some very compact formats can be carried in your backpack for an improvised outdoor cooking session during your hiking break.
2. A stove: because although having a cookset is all very well, being able to use it and cook food inside, is even better! And to do this, either your vehicle has a kitchen and a means of cooking inside it, or you need a stove (standard or "wood-fired"). Are you the type to generally spend all of your summer evenings around a barbecue? Our Quechua portable 4-person camping barbecue comes in three modes: traditional barbecue, stove or brazier. A very nifty 3-in-1 accessory to tickle your tastebuds!
3. A multi-function knife: whether for a day-trip, a multi-day expedition or a week-long trek in the mountains, the multi-function knife is the basic utensil every adventurer needs!
4. A coolbag: if you don’t have a refrigerator in your vehicle, but you still want to eat fresh produce from time to time, a coolbag is the essential accessory for your trip. You’re spoilt for choice in terms of equipping yourself: in classic or backpack format to take along your day picnics, with a 10-, 20- or 30-litre capacity... And if what you’re interested in is for your coolbag to keep your food fresh for as long as possible, our 30 L flexible electric Quechua model will allow you to keep it cool for 96 hours.
💡 Handy tip: go shopping regularly to prevent having too much food to store and place it in hermetically-sealed boxes or high-lying storage areas. This will ward off any surprise guests who come to nibble away at your biscuits or other little titbits! Not sure how to go about cooking during your trip? You’ll find all our tips in this article! And don’t forget to take along some rubbish bags so you don’t leave any waste behind.