OPEN FIRE
Fire Pit & Campfire Cooking
Cooking over an open fire has its own failure modes: skewers that sag, hot dogs that spin off the end, and a fire that is far too hot to roast anything without incinerating it. All three are solvable without buying anything, though the right skewer helps.
Start here
Read the symptom titles below and pick the one that matches what you are actually observing rather than what you suspect is wrong. Each page opens with a short answer you can act on immediately, then works through the causes in order of how often each one turns out to be responsible. Half of them resolve without buying anything, so work top to bottom before you reach for a replacement part.
Roasting Sticks Bend and Drop the Marshmallow
Easy
5 minutes
Hot Dogs Keep Falling Off the Skewer
Easy
5 minutes
Campfire Is Too Hot to Roast Anything Properly
Easy
45 minutes of burn-down
Prevention for this category
- The 5-Minute After-Cook RoutineAfter every cook