Best RV Camping Organization Hacks to Enjoy Cooking on the Road

The months may soon become cooler, but that's no reason to end your RV adventures. One of the most significant tasks while home or on the road is mealtime. Being on the road requires being more diligent and organized than you are in your home kitchen. The last store that sold groceries, or any prepared food, is 50 miles behind you, and the next one is even more in front of you.

Being prepared by organizing your cooking gear before hitting the road will ensure you have everything you need. So, when it’s time for a batch of smores, Dutch oven biscuits, or trout from the river, you’ll have everything you need to whip up your meals.

Camping Organization Hacks for Your Camp Cooking

It would help if you had pots and pans, utensils, dishes for serving and eating, and food stored in airtight containers dedicated to your RV and remained there. So that whether your RV adventures are part-time or you're driving across the states, some food items can stay on board, even when you don't.

Canned items and dry items such as rice, cereal, and other foods that have a decent shelf life can be left on your RV.

Once you plan to organize your RV kitchen, make a list of what you have and what you need.

Items that will help you get everything in order include:

• Plastic storage bins
• Lidded buckets
• Duffel bags
• Outdoor camp kitchen
• Plastic totes – with and without lids
• Cup hooks
• Command hooks
• Towel bars
• File holders

There’s no rule about what you use to store your RV's cooking gear. Many campers use command hooks, towel bars, and other inventive ways to keep everything on board their RV stored in a specific place and secured.

Organizing Pots, Pans, and Utensils in Your RV

You can hang utensils, pots and pans, and other cooking equipment under upper cabinets or on the end of a counter. However, when traveling, you may need to secure such items by taking them down or holding them with a bungee cord.

If you don't secure hanging kitchen items, you could have pots, pans, and utensils flying about during a sudden stop. The constant rattling may get on your nerves, also.

Of course, you won't need the full range of kitchen equipment in your RV. However, there are a few kitchen items that you will need, like measuring spoons and cups, which you can hang almost anywhere, as can serving utensils.

Organizing Plates, Cups, Glasses, and Flatware in Your RV or Travel Trailer

Like your other cooking items, having plates, cups, bowls, and flatware designated for your RV will help you have what you need when you reach camp. However, having what you need to eat with and on is essential, so storing these items will require a permanent solution.

You can stack plates in a cabinet or install wall file holders. You can slide plates into these and hang them inside or on the cabinet end. If you prefer paper plates when camping, an under-cabinet paper plate holder is ideal for storage.

You can hang cups from hooks inside a cabinet or under it. Bowls, however, serving and soup bowls will need to nestle in a cupboard. Plastic tubs that fit the cabinet can help you keep everything from shifting during driving time.

Organizing Food in Your RV

You’ll have dry storage food, cold food, and frozen food to deal with when camping. Frozen items can be put in your RV's small freezer. Or you can put frozen things from home in a cooler, where they’ll begin to thaw and be ready to use when you need them.

Canned foods can be stacked in a cabinet or stored in racks made to hold cans. By using a can caddy, you’ll see what you have more quickly than if you merely stack your food in a cabinet.

Hanging baskets for fruits and vegetables also work well in an RV and will keep your minimal counter space from getting cluttered.

If you need more cooler space than your RV's refrigerator, you can put coolers in your RV's basement to keep them out of the way until you need their contents.

Storing Small Appliances in Your RV

When buying blenders, food processors, and other small appliances for your RV, keep in mind that they too will need to be stored. 

Almost all these appliances come in compact versions. Smaller coffee pots, crock pots, blenders, and other items will take up less space in your RV than the full-size home variety of appliances.

You’ll need to make sure you have the right amount of storage space for the appliances you use most often, or that you can easily storage them in a box or crate that is easily accessible when you’re ready to cook.

Easy Camping Recipes

Easy camping recipes like smores, grilled hotdogs, and burgers are camping staples. However, with an RV, equipment, and a few other items, you can make a full course meal, including dessert for you and your guests.

Outdoor Kitchen

When cooking over the fire, you’ll need different utensils and cooking vessels than when cooking on the stove in your RV. The Out-In-About Box™ is designed to store your outdoor cooking gear or other items you want to store securely in your RV. It can be filled with your cooking needs and stored in your RV when needed.

Ultimately, the key to enjoying cooking while traveling in an RV is to use camping organization hacks to keep your most-used items organized and easily accessible. Being able to find what you need when you need it will allow you to focus on making your adventures memorable.