Cooking

HitchFire has established itself as the go-to source for hitch-mounted grilling, and now it's looking to master hitchable cooking at large. Its new Hitch Kitchen packs a stove, sink and worktop inside a rugged box that stores behind the bumper.

As important as kitchen ventilation is, it’s something that’s often not up to scratch. French designer Maxime Augay has now launched the AirHood, a portable range hood that can sit on a bench and efficiently pull grease and smoke out of the air.

While many campers like to eat well in the wilderness, they don't necessarily want to pack along a full-on camp stove setup. The Daggerfish Campfire Grill was designed with just such folks in mind.

Airstream and Weber have teamed up on a rollable, foldable Traveler grill that transports easily, quickly expands into grilling form via its scissor frame, and quick-connects seamlessly to Airstream's external propane port to fire up in seconds.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have been tinkering away on a robotic chef and developed a machine with an ability to "taste test" food as it goes, making sure the balance of flavors is just the way it should be.

Solo Stove emerged as one of the true all-stars of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The company behind some of the world's favorite smokeless fire pits has now expanded its outdoor kitchen offerings with a pizza oven.

Gerber is focusing heavily on the great outdoors in 2022. Its new spring collection includes a variety of outdoorsy tools ready to take large and small roles at camp and on the trail there, whether while backpacking, overlanding or car camping.

Magma has established itself as a marine grill brand, and now it's looking to become a staple in RVing and tailgating. The company's new Crossover Series debuts as one of the most versatile outdoor cooking systems on the market.

Want a sweet slide-out kitchen like a mini-camper van but don't want to mount something semi-permanent and hard to remove? Camportable has a new solution in an all-in-one kitchen that mounts to the vehicle hitch.

Japanese outfit Monocent has taken to Kickstarter with a versatile new cooking system that can be swiftly put together and switch between a fire-pit, wood stove and grill, and packs down into a highly portable form.

Flippy the burger-flipping robot has received an upgrade as Miso Robotics rolls out its Flippy 2 model. Using feedback from a White Castle pilot program, the new cybernetic chef boasts twice the capabilities and can operate a fry station on its own.

Even though it's now possible to 3D-print foods into millimeter-precise shapes and forms, cooking those printed foods is still an inexact process. Scientists are trying to change that, by using lasers to cook foods to specific optimized standards.