Camping Kitchen Box

Do you like to go camping? What do you use to carry or store food and supplies? Well perhaps this project is for you. Years ago when the family and I went camping we used coolers and totes or cardboard boxes. It’ wasn’t very efficient when pouring through a tote or box to find anything, so we built a modern day chuck wagon or kitchen box.

The kitchen box easily sits on top of a campground picnic table, which makes it easy to get to food and supplies. The drop-down front is the counter and preparation area. There are three drawers for easy storage of utensils and spices along with four areas to store food, pots and pans, plates and cups.

It measures 32” wide by 20” tall and 14” deep. I designed it this size because of the size of camp stove we use and the bottles of camping gas cans. The space next to the stove holds three cans of propane gas, which should be plenty for a long weekend of camping. Installing a locking hasp to hold the front up keeps unwanted critters out of the box.