Which camping pans are the best?

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We go camping for the first time, for a fortnight at the beginning of August and I'm looking at cookware, like pans and stuff. I like the look of the nest of 6 Billy Cans. Would these be good for a family of 4 (2 adults, and 8yr old and a 13mo)?

non stick!! whatever they are.

www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15899341/hi-gear-basecamp-6-cook-set-15899341

this sort of thing are fab (especially non stick versions).

google non stick camping cookware. amazon also.

I forgot to mention they have to be really cheap, we don't have £46 to spend on pans that'll only get used a couple of times a year

Are you hiking with tents in rucksacks? If not, don't bother buying camping cook gear for your first time out, just use your home stuff. Two reasons - unnecessary cost, and familiarity with your tools. It'll make cooking a lot easier if you're not also dealing with the ultralight and more importantly ultrathin hiking cookware which is red hot over the flame and tepid elsewhere.

No just normal camping, but I'm not taking my pans from home, they're too bulky and we're already panicking about how we're going to fit everything in the car

Outwell Feast pans. They're a really good size, but stack to quite a small bundle. Best ones I found and I looked for a while

www.millets.co.uk/equipment/174808-outwell-feast-set-medium.html/233624/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping&istCompanyId=b238823a-59fd-4816-9c36-7dd47877f2a8&istFeedId=e4ff9138-23c5-4427-aa0b-cc0475742ae6&istItemId=xtpxixlmi&istBid=tztx&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAjwx_boBRA9EiwA4kIELj811xR9f4mS5Ntem5DzTMqhmsRofgBeTiq1slUi_BoLmLs6INVqBRoCmCkQAvD_BwE

But yeah, not the cheapest. Couldn't get on with the folding handles on the cheaper ones

Ime they are all invariably shit. Too thin so things burn and not big enough for all in one pots. I just take a kettle, one big pan and a frying pan and do everything in those now.

If you take one big pan you can pack stuff in it OP. Our burner fits inside my pan.

We use old ones from home. How many burners do you have? We have two so take kettle, medium saucepan and a deep sided frying pan. We've camped for years and found this combination works best for us. Also take a colander and trivet, wooden spoon and spatula, one large and one small sharp knife with covers, chopping board, grated and variety of lidded plastic tubs for picnics and opened biscuits and cakes.

Anything EXCEPT these:
www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15911162/coleman-family-cookset-15911162
non-stick peeled off and the handles weren't safe.
We use Ingenio now, but they're not cheap

Our camping kit is normal kitchenware for the most part. Waitrose own-brand non-stick frying pan, a nonstick 18cm saucepan, an Ikea big pot, one big one small Sabatier chef's knives, plastic chopping boards. Uses very little space because you ram the pots full of food/spices/washing up gear etc.

We do have a nested camping pot/pan set, but we almost never use any of it. Really, there's no need at all to buy stuff specifically for camping unless/until you start going often enough for it to be annoying pulling gear out of the kitchen each time.

Go and buy cheap pans from Ikea, I wouldn't buy proper camping pans!

Cheap lightweight pans from IKEA or quick save etc. If you're gonna budget.

I have a set of non stick Vango pans from Amazon which look great but haven't used yet!