Cooking Ranger Core Requirement

To earn complete the Cooking core requirement for the Venturing Ranger award, Venturers must plan and cook several camp meals.

Venturing Ranger Award Core Requirement – Cooking

Plan a menu and purchase the food for at least six people for a two night campout with at least three meals.
On the campout in (a) above, cook the three meals using at least two of the following three methods of cooking: fire/coals, charcoal, stove.
Demonstrate and explain proper safe food handling methods for outdoor cooking.
Demonstrate that you can prepare backpacking-type trail food using a backpacking style stove.
Without using any cooking utensils, prepare a meal with the four basic food groups for three people.
Cook an entree, a bread, and a dessert in a Dutch oven.

Camping Recipes: Cook Your Favorite Foods at Camp

Sometimes Scouts have trouble coming up with new ideas when planning meals for camp. Foil packs, hamburgers, hotdogs, repeat. Get creative with some new ideas.

Venturing Ranger Award Requirements

The Venturing Ranger requirements provide an opportunity for Venturers to explore a number of areas related to the outdoors. To earn the Venturing Ranger award, a young man or woman must complete eight core requirements and four electives.

Venturing Ranger Award Core Requirement – Cooking

To earn the Venturing Ranger award, a young man or woman must complete eight core requirements and four electives. One of the core requirements is cooking.