Texas Highways Magazine

Campfire Cookout

Take it from the people who know: Cooking while camping doesn’t have to be hard. You just need the right equipment, a few good recipes, and a decent heat source for a flavorful meal.

Kent Rollins knows his way around a campfire. An experienced camper, he’s spent years as a chuckwagon cook for ranchers and cowboys across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and as far as Wyoming. He travels and cooks with his 1876 Studebaker chuckwagon and nearly 400-pound stove named “Bertha.” He’s even brought his “cowboy comfort food” to TV, appearing on , , and , where he beat the celebrity chef with his chicken-fried steak. But to him, a fancy TV kitchen will never top

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