Who says you can't eat well while camping? (pic heavy)

[Mr.CPHo]

The wife and I camped for a week in Cloudland Canyon which is just south of Chattanooga.  On prior camping trips I've brought a full size 22" to use for cooking.  But since catching Weberitis, I've brought home multiple SJ's, JJ's, and couple of 18.5's I chopped down to make midgets.  For this trip, it was an easy choice - my recent favorite, the red 18.5 midget.

But first, some prep work freezing meats.

I chose to freeze meat for the week in Rubbermaid cubes which pack and stack easily.  I also chose to use dry ice on this trip.  The dry ice worked amazingly well (at times too well), and 18lbs kept our cooler REALLY cold for 5 days.  I only had to add regular ice once on day 6 of 7.
Because cold air sinks, I kept the dry ice on top of the frozen meats, and every morning I'd pull a cube to thaw out for dinner.  I really liked this system with dry ice, but next time I'll go with a two cooler system; one freezer and one fridge.  It was cumbersome to get to the frozen stuff.
Here she is all ready to go, I packed a small chimney, wood chips, two charcoal grates and the cooking grate inside.  Everything was wrapped in newspaper to avoid rattles.

A week went by so quickly and although I didn't cook every meal on the grill, it was used daily. 

Chicken tikka:
Bacon, eggs, croissants:

Ribs:

Cooked corned beef hash overnight, pics don't do it justice, but it was pretty friggin awesome, except the "poached" eggs were overcooked, I blamed the cast iron:
Apple pie # 1:

Quiche with spinach, mushrooms, bacon, and pepper jack cheese:
Spicy pork bulgogi:
LA Kalbi Ribs:
Bacon wrapped bananas, I think I saw this here on WKC last week.  I added a dollop of honey on each piece and they were awesome:
Wings:
It's not camping without hotdogs:
Apple Pie # 2:

We definitely ate well this week.  Thanks for looking and have a great weekend, fellas.


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[WNC]

Awesome!
You had that bad boy going for sure

[Geezer]

Amazing photos and some great looking meals! 

[jd]

nice job!!

[Mr.CPHo]

Amazing photos and some great looking meals!

@Geezer, thanks.  Your old redhead has really been putting in overtime. 


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[JDann24]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I really like that redhead midget.

[kettlebb]

Quite the feasts!


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[Davescprktl]

Impressive!  Some amazing food and great cooks!

[HoosierKettle]

Incredible. What was the dish with the eggs?


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[SteveMBH]

Now that's what I call camping!


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[JVReich]

What a heck of a trip.  I would have gained weight on that camping trip. 


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[JDD]

Nothing like camping with good food and a loved one! Very nice.

[Mr.CPHo]

Incredible. What was the dish with the eggs?


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Corned beef hash. 
When I made ribs earlier that night, I baked a couple of huge potatoes.  Then I sautéed onions in a CI skillet, added the cubed potatoes, and a 2.5lb corned beef, bay leaf, and a little beef stock.  Covered and cooked overnight low and slow.  If I had to do it again, I'd have done the eggs separately instead of incorporating, but I was trying to conserve fuel.


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[Mr.CPHo]

Nothing like camping with good food and a loved one! Very nice.

I'm so thankful my wife loves camping as much as I do.  I'm even more thankful she's adamant about doing all the cleaning.  I wouldn't do half the CI dishes if it weren't for her cleanup skills. 


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[wrehfield]

 Other than wheels, what is the advantage of an 18.5 midget over a Jumbo Joe?
Just curious. Thank you.