Offgrid Cooking
Offgrid Cooking
During a disaster, you may not be able to fire up your electric oven or use the microwave to cook your family's meals. If you don't have a viable and safe back-up plan, this could be a real problem.
Don't worry, we have a wide range of solutions - for all weather and situations. In this fun self-reliance class, we will give you all the skills you need to cook familiar meals, both outdoors and indoors, even if the utilities are down.
This class is structured similarly to our Primitive Cooking class, in which you spend the morning cooking a lunch and the afternoon cooking a dinner. In this class, however, we won't be using primitive cooking techniques. We'll create a lunch and dinner for ourselves, using an assortment of modern materials and off grid cooking techniques (frontier style up thru modern camp cookery).
Learn to make your own rocket stoves to burn a variety of fuels
Create and use solar ovens to bake bread and treats
Make meals with dutch ovens, and even use pots from a modern kitchen.
Learn the basics of cooking with staple foods
Find out how to maintain clean dishes and cookware
We'll even show you how to become a great fire maker!
Spend the morning preparing an off-grid lunch and enjoy an afternoon preparing our self-reliant feast!One day Off Grid Cooking class - $127 per person
Dates: Friday May 9, 2025 and Sunday, September 7th, 2025
Course Times: 9 am to 6:00 pm
Course Location: Held at our home location near Hartwood, Virginia. Detailed driving directions are emailed after enrollment.
Required Equipment: Bring enough drinks for yourself for a whole day. Bring a plate, bowl, cup and utensils (we will wash dishes onsite as part of the class). Bring appropriate clothing and wet weather gear for the expected weather, and a pen to take notes.
Recommended Equipment: Some seating is available at camp, but please bring a camp chair if you have one.