Requirement
5. Camp cooking
Required
Four meals, a snack and a dessert for your patrol, cooked outdoors on three different kinds of heat.
Notes and warnings
Note. Requirements 5 and 6 may be done on different trips and need not be consecutive. A Scout at summer camp should bear in mind what the commissary actually stocks.
What this is made of
- 5(a). Plan four meals, a snack and a dessert for the patrol
- 5(b). Recipes, adjusted quantities, shopping list and per-person cost
- 5(c). Share the menus and shopping list with your counselor
- 5(d). Cook the four meals outdoors, on three kinds of heat
- 5(e). Prepare the snack and the dessert outdoors too
- 5(f). Have each meal evaluated, and evaluate it yourself
- 5(g). Lead the clean-up after every meal
- 5(h). Discuss how you followed Leave No Trace and the Outdoor Code
Where this step comes from
- Cooking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 5