Securing your kitchen dishes during travel

[spazegun2213]

Alright guys, how does one secure their dishes, pots, pans, etc so they aren't making a crazy racket? We did ~40 miles of washboard roads this last adventure and I nearly lost it listening to the dishes (steel enamel) rattle around.

That said, my wife made a good point that if I can hear the dishes I should probably slow down.

 

[Boostpowered]

Anything from cardboard or newspaper between em to wrapping in towels to making custom foam inserts.

 

[M Rose]

Alright guys, how does one secure their dishes, pots, pans, etc so they aren't making a crazy racket? We did ~40 miles of washboard roads this last adventure and I nearly lost it listening to the dishes (steel enamel) rattle around.

That said, my wife made a good point that if I can hear the dishes I should probably slow down.

1 pot, 1 Skillet, 1 griddle... I can cook everything with those three items... paper plates and plastic flatware... 1Travel mug/person... no noise.

 

[Billiebob]

Wrap everything in dish towels etc. Pack everything like you were moving house.
All my cutlery, utensils are rolled together.

 

[Alanymarce]

We keep our two plates in the canvas bag which holds our only pan - no noise.

 

[El-Dracho]

We pack everything form-fitting in a box. Plates go in a canvas bag. What could still rattle is somehow wrapped or padded. Best with things that come along anyway, like kitchen towel and dish sponge. By the way, I only take one real glass with me, my whisky glass. I made a specially padded protective cover for it.

 

[Shokgoblr]

1 pot, 1 Skillet, 1 griddle... I can cook everything with those three items... paper plates and plastic flatware... 1Travel mug/person... no noise.

Me too.
I am not like a lot of other people here. I am a minimalist at every point I can be. I regularly carry only one 8" Cast Iron pan, one 10x6 grill grate and one Ti 1 qt pot. If more people are coming to eat, they better bring their own pot.

 

[Alanymarce]

Me too.
I am not like a lot of other people here. I am a minimalist at every point I can be. I regularly carry only one 8" Cast Iron pan, one 10x6 grill grate and one Ti 1 qt pot. If more people are coming to eat, they better bring their own pot.

Why so many? We have one pan which serves as a frying pan, saucepan, etc., all in one. Two plates, two mugs, KFS each.

 

[spazegun2213]

We don't have a ton of stuff. 2 pots (one deep, one cast iron), 4 plates, 4 bowls, 2 mugs, and thats everything that rattles. The silverware is in a bag, as are the cooking utensils, so no noise there.

I think I'm going to head to uhaul and get a "dish pack" of foam and pack a few things in there as a start. Sadly I think things would be less noisy if the beast had drawers (its all cubbies). We do pack towels around the dishes, but if we clean dishes in the morning and break camp, all the towels are wet and hung up, or on the dash drying.

But I wanted so see what you all were doing.

 

[spazegun2213]

I'll have to take some pictures, but a neighbor made a a fabric bag with 4 fabric dividers for the plates. NO MORE RATTLES!

 

[Things]

Kiazen Foam, various size and thicknesses. cut to fit to box/storage , This fits up and seals, never a rattle and dust proof.

 

[eriefisher]

Anti-slip foam for shelf and drawer. Available at the dollar store. Decent sized roll for a couple bucks and comes in several colours if that's important.

 

[uncompromise]

• carry as little as humanly possible; make sure every item can do double, if not triple duty
• when it comes time to replace any of your kit, swap it out for titanium or heavy duty plastic - weighs less, and makes considerably less noise
• treat cutlery and cooking utensils as tools, and if you need more than the basics, put them in a tool roll
• put heavy duty foam on the base interior of the chuck box, another layer of heavy duty foam on top; and something heavy on top of the foam to keep everything in place (if you have a cast iron pan, that's heavy enough to compress the foam and stop everything else from moving about

We now travel exceedingly light, like @Alanymarce - so we don't have anything to rattle, but we've used each of these approaches, and they work. As I've mentioned elsewhere, we buy lightweight and strong items, and carry little more in the car then we would for backpacking (with the exception of a few more basecamp luxuries like chairs).

 

[Jhop567]

I put all my stuff in my trailer, turn down my hearing aid, turn up the radio and I don't hear the dishes at all....

 

[outside.perception]

Kiazen Foam, various size and thicknesses. cut to fit to box/storage , This fits up and seals, never a rattle and dust proof.





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That is next level there Jeff! Nice job!

I have plastic camp plates and such. My wife likes the disposable stuff for ease of cleanup, but when it's just me with our kids, I do prefer not to create excess waste. I don't mind doing some dishes when camping.

 

[DIYTaco15]

My trailer solved that problem. Little rattles and vibrations bug me so much.

 

[Things]

That is next level there Jeff! Nice job!

I have plastic camp plates and such. My wife likes the disposable stuff for ease of cleanup, but when it's just me with our kids, I do prefer not to create excess waste. I don't mind doing some dishes when camping.

That entire unit comes out and I store my winter gear there. If I bring my Skottle am am cooking for a larger group I put that in as a unit. For my dog and I we keep it very simple as stated elsewhere.

 

[bgenlvtex]

I just ordered these for that reason ,and
to get sizing right.

These are available in bulk very inexpensively.