Tom's Chuck Wagon: Camp Cooking Recipes and Tips

Over the years, we've owned a lot of different charcoal grills. It's been tough to find a portable charcoal grill with a decent amount of cooking area, that's easy to carry for RVing, camping or tailgating, and that will hold up to travel and the weather of the great outdoors. We recently purchased a unique new grill that might just tick all of the boxes, the all new NOMAD Grill and Smoker... [Watch the Video and See the Full Post]

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We absolutely love stuffed jalapenos! They are one of our all time favorite foods. Stuffed Jalapenos are easy to make and the recipe is flexible. We've done them a lot of different ways. On this episode of Tom's Chuck Wagon, we're sharing one of our recipes for bacon wrapped stuffed jalapenos and our homemade buttermilk ranch dressing!... [Watch the Video and See the Full Post]

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Everything tastes better when it's cooked outside and burgers are no exception to that rule. In this episode of Tom's Chuck Wagon, we share our easy recipe for making great burgers in your campsite or backyard. And we throw in our homemade guacamole recipe to dress it all up!... [Watch the Video and See the Full Post]

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As full-time RVers, one of the things we get asked about all of the time is community. Do we miss having a real community? It might surprise you to hear that we actually feel a very strong sense of community on the road. This past Super Bowl is a prime example of that experience. We decided to host a Super Bowl party at our campsite and invited several folks that we have met through RVing to come hang out with us and enjoy a day of food, friends and fun... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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The holidays are coming and prime camping season is here. Why not put the two together and go camping during the holidays? But can you really cook a complete holiday meal from an RV? And can you keep it simple so it doesn't take up the whole day or require a lot of ingredients? Yes you can! In this post, we share how easy it was to smoke a turkey and prepare holiday side dishes from our RV... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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Tom loves smoking brisket. Honestly, that was one of the main reasons we began looking at portable pellet grills... he wanted to be able to smoke a brisket from our campsite. And, we have to tell you, our Davy Crockett by Green Mountain Grills made the whole process super easy. The result was absolutely delicious! And what goes better with brisket than pinto beans and coleslaw?... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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We always enjoy celebrating events like the Super Bowl with good food. And even though this year we weren't near any parties, we wanted to continue this tradition at our campsite. We had a few challenges, but we were determined not to throw in the towel on our cooking plans. So we made a few adjustments, tried some different things, and had great results... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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We love cooking outdoors when we are camping! In this post, we share our super easy recipe for beef stew cooked over the campfire! This is a very flexible recipe. You can use whatever vegetables you like and whatever you have on hand. It is simple, but delicious and filling... a perfect camping dish! Tom calls this one "Cowboy Beef Stew". Call it whatever you want as long as you call us for supper!... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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One of our favorite meals during the cooler months! It's hard to beat the flexibility and flavor of a good chili. Here's our recipe for dutch oven Texas chili cooked over a campfire! In our video, we show you how we make this recipe using a cast iron dutch oven hanging on a tripod over the campfire. And we always have leftover chili, so we give you some ideas of other ways to eat it... [See the Full Post and Watch the Video!]

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