Reddit mentions of Texsport Cast Iron Dutch Oven with Legs, Lid, Dual Handles and Easy Lift Wire Handle.

if anyone is looking for a full size - i LOVE this one i got on amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00019H602/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d

I vary between grilling and reheating on longer trips. Food that I need to reheat can be frozen at home and defrosts in the cooler. If you’re car camping, I pack a grill to use in the campgrounds fireplace. I use one like this, but I cut the legs down a bit as I usually grill on charcoals, not wood.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-62518-Folding-Campfire-Grill/dp/B078SWBDQQ/ref=zg_bs_3401041_2?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=6RVVH9EDH0T8V3NTBA48


The first few nights out, I may grill London broil or marinated chicken thighs, corn grilled in it’s husk (like Mexican street corn) or potatoes wrapped in foil and dropped on the coals. These require some attention to make and are great if you have a few people to help with shucking and wrapping. If you go this route, remember to pack salt/pepper, toppings, and a decent carving knife.

Alternatively, I may make one pot meals like goulash, jambalaya, chili, etc at home and reheat. I like these when the weather is cooler and I want cooking to be less of an event. These also only need a stove, but you can reheat bread (wrapped in foil) or tortillas on the fire.

If you want to get real creative, get a Dutch oven and you can have pizza, fruit cobblers, cinnamon buns, cookies, biscuits, ... A Dutch oven is a cast iron or cast aluminum pot with a dished lid you place coals on, to bake the contents. This is probably a stretch for your first trip, but it can be fun, especially with kids. Don’t get the wrong idea here - for the ingredients I use the biscuits, cookies, cinnamon buns that come in those cardboard tubes - this isn’t pasty-chef baking. Here is one, but you will need a hook to rotate the lid for even cooking.

https://www.amazon.com/Texsport-Cast-Dutch-Handles-Handle/dp/B00019H602/ref=sr_1_18?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1549465066&sr=1-18&keywords=Dutch+oven+camp

To keep the critters away, make sure you don’t cook more than you can eat, burn your paper trash, and bag the rest. Don’t dump grease as it attracts animals. If you can, strain your dish cleaning water so the food can be put in the trash and not dumped on the ground.

Edit: I forgot to say to have fun, and welcome to camping!

A dutch oven, a campfire, and/or charcoal briquets. You can "stack" dutch ovens on top of each other, with each oven being a size smaller than the one below it. They do make aluminum dutch ovens, intended to be used by horse or mule pack trains. They are quite a bit lighter than cast iron dutch ovens. Other items that go along with dutch oven cooking are a lid lifter and a lid "rest." You can control the temp of the oven by the number of briquets on the lid.

BTW, the type of lid with a lip all the way around, so that one's briquets don't roll off is really de rigueur. You don't want the type with a "rounded" dome lid.

https://www.amazon.com/Lodge-Lifter-Lifting-Carrying-Ovens/dp/B0000TPDJE/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/132-7088107-2513867?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0000TPDJE&pd_rd_r=a15db4a3-c5ec-48ae-a51c-e7e82a6be9e0&pd_rd_w=jZOKH&pd_rd_wg=dy07K&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=K9CA053T5P8AKZW5BS1A&psc=1&refRID=K9CA053T5P8AKZW5BS1A

https://www.amazon.com/Lodge-A5-11-Camp-Dutch-Black/dp/B07DR5GTQD/ref=pd_bxgy_79_img_3/132-7088107-2513867?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07DR5GTQD&pd_rd_r=218eacb9-5d6c-4dad-91cf-e16da1dbf183&pd_rd_w=FCwCZ&pd_rd_wg=fzNzP&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=SCQYZACAA61WGGX4V72E&psc=1&refRID=SCQYZACAA61WGGX4V72E

https://www.amazon.com/Texsport-Cast-Dutch-Handles-Handle/dp/B00019H602

https://www.amazon.com/Lodge-L12DCO3-Deep-Dutch-Quart/dp/B00008GKDW/ref=pd_cp_468_3?pd_rd_w=TDeqb&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=8VGGH6PZZKBJ4R0A6D24&pd_rd_r=875f9396-8df3-4c2e-8746-b23d663c901f&pd_rd_wg=E7Hfs&pd_rd_i=B00008GKDW&psc=1&refRID=8VGGH6PZZKBJ4R0A6D24

https://www.amazon.com/Bruntmor-Legged-Pre-Seasoned-Camping-Flange/dp/B01MSDAZ16/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_468_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Z9HYH8Z0DMHWE7J87NES

For cooking issues in a real crisis, I made one of these burns very little wood, small sticks/twigs/woodchips. I made mine out of an old computer case, but any sturdy sheet metal will do. I also have a trangia which runs on alcohol. And a dutch oven which can be used over a campfire or buried with coals. For home heat, I have built a rocket mass heater before, they work great and stay warm long after the fire is out, but I rent now, so I have a small woodstove I can quickly hook up to the chimney if need be. Not that you asked about any of that =]