Camper refrigerators can get pretty stinky and stale smelling because they aren’t in constant use. Plus, if they aren’t completely dry before closing the door and storing the camper until the next trip, the dampness can cause mold to develop or rust to form on any exposed metal.

I have always kept a container of baking soda inside my pop-up camper’s fridge to keep it smelling fresh and really like Arm and Hammer’s boxes specially designed for the fridge and freezer because now I don’t have to worry about it tipping over and spilling; but it didn’t help if we closed the fridge up after cleaning and hadn’t made sure it was 100% completely dry inside.

Now we keep crumpled brown paper bags inside our camper fridge when we’re not using it. The bags absorb odors and dampness, keeping the fridge dry and clean in between uses.

I don’t know how it works, but I got the tip from a fellow camper who said it worked great for her so I decided to try it too.

When we get to the campground and put our camper up, I take out the crumpled bags in the fridge and set them aside to use when we start our campfires or when we start charcoal in our chimney starter for dutch oven cooking.

When I clean the camper after the camping trip, I crumple new bags and put them in the fridge until the next time.

It’s pretty much “no fuss, no muss.”