Complete any six of the following requirements to earn this badge:

1. Bon Appetite!
   With a group, help plan, prepare, and serve an outdoor meal. Help do at  least one of the following: plan the menu, make shopping and equipment lists, shop, and pack, take care of food at the site, prepare and serve  food, or clean up.
2. Bean There, Done That
   Find three recipes that use a common food such as beans, rice, or potatoes.  Prepare at least one of those recipes during a cookout. Save the other  recipes for future trips.
3. Cook It
   find out how to use at least two different cooking methods from the list below:
   1. Propane stove
   2. Butane stove
   3. Gas stove
   4. Charcoal
   5. Canned heat
   6. Solar energy
4. Don’t Let the Fire Go Out
   Show your ability to maintain a cooking fire in windy or wet weather.
5. Cooking on a Camp Stove
   Show how to use a backpacker’s stove or camp stove safely by preparing a meal on it for yourself and your group.
6. Keep It Clean
   On one of your cookouts; take a lead role in the clean-up process. Show that you can do two of the following:
   1. Put out a fire
   2. Remove the ashes
   3. Extinguish the camp stove
   4. Wash, sanitize, and store the dishes
   5. Dispose of the trash, wet garbage, tin cans, and glass without endangering or damaging the environment
7. No Cooking Tonight
   Help plan and prepare a tasty, easy-to-pack, lightweight, high-energy dinner for hot weather or emergency use that requires no cooking or refrigeration.
8. Mix It Up
   Experiment with making and packaging your own dry mixes for use on your next camping trip.
9. All Dried Up
   Sun-dry or oven-dry some fresh fruit, vegetables, or seasonings to use on a  cookout.
10. Test the Waters
    In camping unit
    s where the water has not been tested and approved by the  local health department, you will need to know how to purify the water  before using it for drinking or cooking. Show your ability to purify water  using one of the following methods:
    1. A commercial water purification kit
    2. Water purification tablets