3 simple hacks to trick out your backwoods kitchen

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Pot hanger

This is a great way to suspend your pot for cooking food or boiling water over your campfire. Find three large rocks (or heavy chunks of wood) and a straight, six-foot-long tapered stick. Place one rock about two feet away from the fire pit and lean the stick on top of it, with the tapered end suspended over the pit and the thick end on the ground. Place the other two rocks on the thick end to anchor the stick in place. Now you can hang your water- or food-filled pot on the tapered end and light the fire. To remove the pot from the fire, swing the stick off the first rock and lay it down beside the fire (a smaller stick can also be used to take the pot off the long stick). You can also adjust the height of the pot over the fire by moving the rock base closer or farther away from the pit.

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