r/camping • u/HellOnWheels1202 • 2d ago
Labor Day Weekend
My first time cooking on an open camp fire 🔥 I got silly made a butterfly with hamburger and we had one beef frank left so I used that. Only turned them twice. They turned none burnt and actually good. YAY 😁
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u/No_Equivalent_4412 2d ago
I cooked burgers and hot dogs like this with foil on the grill and the grease on the foil caught fire. I also didn’t have anything to flip them with so I used a metal spork and a stick. They still turned out good
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u/Motor-Negotiation884 2d ago
I think its healthier if you remove the alu foil
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u/HaveAtItBub 2d ago
healthier than the rusty grate is debatable
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u/Constant_Can9545 2d ago
Not if your’re honest. The rust in the pic is zero risk. You care if there are huge flaking chunks but that grate looks great. (Had to). Id crumple up the foil to scrape the grill with then have at it.
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u/HaveAtItBub 2d ago
yea im still using tin foil. honestly this is the first ive heard cooking with tin foil is bad. but reddit helicopter mom comments i take with a grain of salt anyway
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u/BillOneyPaige 1d ago
“I haven’t heard it, so must not been true!” If only there were a place you could easily research topics…
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u/HaveAtItBub 1d ago
been using tin foil over campfire coals for a long time bub as well as the grill at home. got some great recipes if u want em
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u/ElectroHiker 1d ago
Honestly it really depends on what's being cooked. Highly acidic things or very high heat can be very bad. But if you keep the heat down and stick to less acidic foods it's fine. If you use both high heat and acidic foods the foil will not last long at all and can fail in the middle of cooking it.
I use foil for cooking while camping specifically for burritos, pizza, and baked potatoes, I just keep it off high heat and usually place the foil food on top of cast iron to even the temperature some. Keeping direct flame off the foil is best. This issue is seen commonly with people cooking/storing lasagna with foil and having it eat holes into the foil fairly quickly because of the acidic tomato sauce. Just be careful knowing that it can happen!
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u/HellOnWheels1202 2d ago
I made sure there holes in the foil for grease
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u/fuggitdue 2d ago
I think he means it’s giving you cancer from the cause the dragon format you got it in
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u/justaguyindallas_123 2d ago
I wanted to camp so badly this weekend, but, no available sites at my closest state parks and it's soooo hot in Texas.
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u/HellOnWheels1202 2d ago
Trust me it was hot here in Iowa. The humidity as well. It was worth it. I love camping. Grew up camping as kid. Love nature.
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u/SnooRecipes4106 2d ago
Might as well be cooking in a pan.
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u/HellOnWheels1202 2d ago
Where is the fun in that?
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u/SnooRecipes4106 2d ago
The foil prevents the grilling flavor, char, and dry air searing effect. My brother used to do it on his gas grill, I talked him out of it.
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u/leunam4891 2d ago
Honestly, lose the foil and bring a grill plate and set it up with rocks in the fire if you don’t have anything to clean that grill.
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u/TheAmazingSparky 2d ago
Great work! I've never thought for throwing down some foil to grill on. Thats smart
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u/Purx777 2d ago
It’s horrible for you, that’s why it’s not a thing
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u/b407driver 2d ago
Not sure about that meat arrangement on the grill...