WOS The 10 Best Places to Use a CanCooker, Ranked

We’ve got some ideas for taking full advantage of your CanCooker.

2000 LBS

System Payload Rating

By now you’re surely familiar with what the CanCooker can do to your time in (or out) of the kitchen. Preparing awesome meals to feed your crew never gets old, and seasoned CanCooker users will tell you the same thing: it's changed the outdoor cooking game. Using steam, the aluminum cooking vessel acts like a convection oven, speeding up the cooking process and making it easy to get food on the picnic table after a long day. The real beauty of the CanCooker is its versatility and portability. It’s a cinch to bring it virtually anywhere you want to go, indoors or out, to either feed a dozen friends or just yourself and your spouse. The number of recipes and dishes a CanCooker can pull off are nearly endless, but what we want to encourage is the places you can use your CanCooker with a nice and tidy rankings list for your perusal. How many have you achieved? Is there one on the list you want to try next? It isn’t hard to take it with you, so here’s our tally for the best places to cook with your CanCooker. 10. The beach To heck with the threat of sand in your food! There are few better ways to know you’re keeping things secure while cooking than the sealed-tight method of a CanCooker. We made sure the beach was on this list, and we’re generalizing to include any lakes or riverside spots, too. Now if we can only narrow down what fresh seafood dish we’re gonna make… 9. The tailgate

The truck already had a name for itself, at least on Instagram, where Pierce started @the_Pandra and shared photos (while gathering a good community of followers). The Pandra vaulted into truck immortality when the fires started and Pierce took it upon himself to step up. He used his vehicle and his fortitude to get himself to safety on two separate occasions, then helped evacuate a local hospital.

The 10 Best Places to Use a CanCooker, Ranked

As his town was burning around him, the truck was dealing with its own share of abuse. The melted taillight covers, the plastic that began to drip away, and the toasted marshmallow paint job are the visible scars that the Tundra suffered, but the integrity of the truck survived.

The only exterior portion of the truck that was virtually unaffected by the heat and the flames was the DECKED Storage System he had installed in the bed.

When DECKED and Toyota heard about The Pandra's story, they both paid back the selflessness with replacements.

The Pandra now sits in Toyota's Plano, Texas corporate headquarters as a testament to the toughness Pierce, his truck, and his DECKED system showed that day.

Not only did DECKED replace the system for Pierce's new truck, but they also donated the amount of his first system to the GoFundMe page set up by his friends. Pierce likes to think he did what anyone would do, and focuses on what's important. The Pandra helped him set up a triage station on the hospital's helipad, where he and his fellow rescuers watched the city succumb to the flames. Once his family was safe and his duty at the hospital fulfilled, Pierce became reflective. He knew saving things like his photographs, written song lyrics, and treasured guitars was most crucial. Anything else could be replaced. What couldn't was the history of his town, the people who made it their home. Luckily, he and The Panda were there to help preserve some of that.

Feature Image via CanCooker

Aug. 1, 2019

Drawer Payload Rating

200 LBS

WEATHER PROOF

NO DRILLING REQUIRED

SPONSORED BY LEUPOLD

WOS HOME

DECKED TRUCK SYSTEMS

When you go and write a song, you're not gonna have the hit song idea right off the bat, and you're not gonna catch the big fish right off the bat "

GET TO KNOW RISING COUNTRY ARTIST CB30

Wide Open Spaces caught up with Riggs, who just released his new EP Love & Panic, in Nashville. The emerging start talked about finding balance in an often hectic career — while fishing the Cumberland River, just steps from downtown Nashville. Sam Riggs spent much of his upbringing enjoying the outdoors. “It was a real musical family, real rural family,” Riggs says. “Kind of grew up blue collar, so being in the woods and fishing was always a big part of my life.” He learned a lot about fishing from his granddad, who was a preacher and fished “religiously,” Riggs says. As an artist who built his fan base by touring relentlessly, Riggs has seen a lot of the country. “It’s the most amazing job in the world,” he says. And for an artist as passionate as Riggs, spending a little bit of time by the water certainly helps replenish all that energy spent performing across the country night in and night out. Even if it means just pulling a Zebco rod out from behind his seat and stealing away for an hour.

If you are a fan of wild game, there might not be a better way to prepare a meal you’ve just harvested yourself, and redefine the meaning of “fresh food.” Any sportsman knows the value of taking an animal and using its meat, and preparing good meals is an ultimate sign of respect in our eyes. 3. 11,000 feet Seriously, the CanCooker is so easy to carry, even a veteran backpacker can see the advantage of using valuable space and weight to be able to make good food while you’re doing something as cool as cresting a mountain. It doesn’t have to be K2, but a good meal with a good view from up high is something special. 2. The campsite It’s tough to beat a camp meal that’s so easy to control and keep track of when you’re enjoying the great outdoors. The CanCooker is simple to slip in a backpack, doesn’t take much to power it, and will go a long way in making your camping trips that much more memorable. 1. The boat

Big sports fans would probably expect this on the list, especially once you’ve tried the queso dip, and we can’t deny the appropriateness. Plus, the ease of set up and simple procedure lets you focus on the other tasks at hand, and have plenty of time to enjoy yourself. In other words, pass me a cold one, would ya? 8. The in-laws’ place Hear us out on this one. If you can make it work (and with a CanCooker, of course you can), offering to prepare a meal for a decent-sized gathering at your in-laws’ house, like the gumbo or jambalaya, would be a sweet way to earn brownie points. Think about it: there’s minimal clean up so you won’t leave a mess, and you can knock their socks off with a meal that’s super easy to make. 7. The outdoor birthday party Whether it’s your kid or your buddy, pitching in at a birthday party by providing the food is a good way to show you care. Preparing food on a CanCooker is an even better way, and a simple ingredients list, some of CanCooker’s own line of spices, and a portable cooktop will make it a piece of cake. 6. The winter cabin Could you imagine how well it would go over if you served up some Cowboy Chili or Beef and Barley Soup to a bunch of folks who spent their day in some cold winter weather? No matter if they’re working on that 1,000 piece puzzle or playing outside, this is a place the CanCooker can shine. 5. The summer picnic We’ll flip number 6 on its head, and suggest a CanCooker-made meal at your next summer picnic. Heck, even a sweet dessert would be good for this occasion. Did you know you can make Pineapple Upside Down Cake and Rice Krispie Treats in a CanCooker? 4. Hunting camp

Whether its a dingy or a 40-foot, the CanCooker is great to take on the boat and cook up that fresh catch of the day. Add the CanCooker to your supplies before you set sail to serve shipmates a seafood meal they won’t forget. Simply find a quiet island to dock, and load ‘er up with potatoes, corn, and whatever fish you (hopefully) caught. We find these are the kinds of places the CanCooker was made for, so if you're wanting to make the most of owning one, reference this list. It only gets better the more you use it, and making it an essential cooking implement wherever you go is what the CanCooker is all about.