5(d). Cook the four meals outdoors, on three kinds of heat

Required

Two on a camp or backpacking stove; a third in a skillet or Dutch oven over campfire coals; the fourth in a foil pack or on a skewer. Served to your patrol or a group of youth.

Note. Where local regulations do not allow you to build a fire, your counselor may adjust this requirement to meet the law. That allowance is in the badge. You do not have to argue for it.

Where this step comes from

Cooking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 5(d) · Names the menu plans and recipes of 5(a) and 5(b).

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