Due to the remoteness of the areas I worked plus the expense of buying all my meals when I was on a long trip, I usually cooked for myself on the side of the road. This saved a fair bit of time and money and allowed me to stop wherever I was, and still get fed. You’re on the clock as a Truck driver, so I needed to have my meal quick so that I could get moving again, this required me to keep my cooking gear and tucker well organised.
The Evolution of The Camp Kitchen
In the late 70’s my tucker box consisted of an ex-army grenade case (that I still have somewhere) which sat snugly on the passenger side floor of my old 7 series Dodge. There’s lots of time to think while driving trucks and over time I became inspired to make improvements to my set up, to make it more convenient and especially to find a way to stop the annoying, and somewhat destructive rattles of the gas burner and cooking gear. I wanted a way to conveniently store everything I needed to prepare, cook, serve and clean