One of the best things about camping is cooking and enjoying food cooked over a campfire. My first “tool” to help me with campfire cooking was a tripod with a grill grate that I purchased at a discount store. It wasn’t worth the cardboard box it came in (although the cardboard did come in handy when we were trying to light some damp firewood).

The tripod was flimsy and trying to raise and lower the grate to control the cooking temperature was nearly impossible. It had to be done by raising or lowering three pieces of chain. The only way to do it safely was to remove the food from the grate (otherwise it would fall off) put on a pair of heat safe gloves, and then raise each piece of chain separately. By the time I would finish doing that and put the food back over the fire the food was already getting cold. We finally took it down, threw it to the ground in frustration, and cooked hot dogs on sticks over the fire for supper.
Luckily, thanks to some enterprising people, there are much better options now. One of those is The Campfire Cook grill. It is constructed from high grade steel and is powdered coated with high heat resistant paint.

The grill has three pieces/sections:
1) a sturdy support pipe with a beveled end and steel wings ensure that it can be safely pounded into dry and hard ground without damaging or bending the pipe itself.
2) a grill unit - it has two side panels that connect to a hoop where the 21 1/2″ non stick porcelain grill grate is inserted. One really neat feature of this is that the grill grate is recessed into the hoop creating a rasied edge around the grill grate that prevents food from sliding off (if you have ever had a hot dog side off your grill grate and into the fire you’ll really appreciate this feature). There is a back handle for swiveling the grilling unit 360 degrees and a front handle to use when adjusting the height of the grilling great
3) the height adjustment pin. It’s attached to a chain and then welded onto the collar

There’s 2 models available, the original “campfire cook” and a smaller one designed for 2 or 3 people called the “Lil Traveler Grill.” For more information, check out their website.