kitchen box?

Well i think i'm going to try building the wife a kithen box or camp kitchen. Does anyone have plans or pictures for me to go by? Thanks Denny

I would look at some camp kitchens and see if any are what you are looking for. There are unlimited designs as most are built by the user to their needs. Check out: http://blueskykitchen.com/mini_chuckbox.html http://troop679.org/patrol_box_plans.html
I would advise you to keep the wood used for the kitchen at a maximum of 3/8", just to keep weight manageable, especially when the box is loaded. I have built 3 camp kitchens over the years and the first 2 took 2 people to carry comfortably. Plus, we were carrying WAY too much stuff. No need to have enough place settings for half the camp! We are now down to one about 12" square and 18" high. If I add the base, it is set up to hold a roll of paper towels. Main box has 2 small drawers and a few cubby holes to hold spices, plates, etc. No, the frying pans, food and dutch oven don't fit in there, but it is enough for our needs.

When I was at the Kalamazoo Living History show back in March, there was this couple that had a 2 cabinet set of kitchen cabinets. Very ingenious they opened from the left, and the right, and the front and back, heck even from the top. They were like a 1x10 wide and 3' long and 2' high. A very good cabinet for a good price. If I ever go camp heavy, I will pick me up a set. Wish I could remeber who they were. :rotf: :idunno:
BUT it is intreresting in all the styles a camp kitchen go be arranged. I wish you luck in finding a set of plans, or cabinets you like. Many choices out there.

hi
I built mine out of cedar to keep the bugs out. It is 2 foot square when closed. The doors are 6 inches thick and when open provide shelves with rails for small stuff. Inside I have a shelf with one large area for the coffee pot and slots for the plates. Below that there are two drawers about 2 inches deep and a foot wide. Below that is left open.
I can send you a couple of pics if you are interested. As this is purely my design I would have to hunt up the drawings I made to work from. If you want to take a chance on reading my chicken scratch I will try to send them along as well.

hope this helps

Jim Brown
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Thanks for all of the ideas and offers for plans. I decided to just keep it simple and make a box that fits on the table I made for the wife.

I built this kitchen box pretty much from scratch. I worked from all the stuff I wanted to put in it and went from there.







It is approximately 28" wide x 22" high x 12" deep. From this experience I can make several recommendations.

1 - Figure out what you want to carry in it and build a box to fit your needs. Take an inventory of what you want to take and then after a week or so go over it and ask yourself what do I really need for the longest period of time I'll use it. You would be surprised at how little you really need for even a two week trip.

2 - Using a design from someone else will produce a box that really never fits your needs.

3 - Building out of 3/4" lumber produces a box that is too heavy, 1/2" lumber will produce a box that is plenty sturdy enough for just about any need if properly built.

4 - It is very easy to build a box that is so big and so heavy that it takes two men and a small boy move it.

5 - Multiple boxes that fit together are preferable to one big box.

here are some pics of my box.I did the raised panel doors by hand. No power tools were used on this camp kitchen.
front
back

Open

and in use

Idid have to slightly raise the box, to allow the doors to open more freely, by adding some strips along the bottom.

hope yall like it

jim

You are all very skilled and talented!
I guess I need to work a lot harder on my stuff...

killer said:

Thanks for all of the ideas and offers for plans. I decided to just keep it simple and make a box that fits on the table I made for the wife.

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Great idea -- everything is out of the way, with a large, clear work surface on top.

The only change that I would make would be to make two smaller boxes to accomodate my status as an old fart. :grin:

Make the box bigger and mount it on the back of a civil war surplus Studebaker ammo wagon and... oops already been done. Charlie Goodnight built the mobile camp kitchen known to all as the "chuck wagon" :grin: .