GSI OutdoorsCrossover Kitchen Kit, Superior Backcountry Cookware Since 1985

Perfect kit at a good price for all the goodies. The bag is small too and packs nicely with all my gear. Would take this backpacking but have only used for car camping.In all honesty I only wanted a few of the tools. The standard spatula, tongs and spoon. But when I priced them out the bag with the extra bonuses made sense. I like that I can create my own spice blends instead of buying that pre made one. This also has the scraper tool that I’ve used before from a friends kit and has small bottles to use for soap, oil, etc. so all in all it made sense to get this instead of piecemealing it. I also liked that it all compacted. The cutting board is fine. It’s not anything earth shattering. And the towel is like a microfiber rag. But again it’s well thought out and packs nicely into the bag without any issues. I imagine most would find this a luxury item but I found the upfront investment was worth it instead of just getting one or two tools and needing to get everything else later at different prices. There’s a bigger version of this kit - personally I think that one is extravagant and would never need all that stuff. This is prefect for 2ppl camping.

Even though I car camp I'm always looking for ways to pare down things and this certainly fills that need nicely. I love having full sized products that compact down easily for storage and the spatula, spoon and tongs are great. I typically cook either on a grate over the coals or in the coals of the campfire and that's the only reason I need tongs, so I've been thinking of ways to be able to use the tongs in this fashion. As they are in the kit it won't hold up to the intense heat of coals even for a quick flipping, but I think if I wrapped the ends in a couple layers of heavy duty aluminum foil it would be fine since it's just a quick flip I'm doing. They'd clearly be fine as is for turning bacon in a frying pan or other stovetop use. I like to use seasonings on my foods such as Ms. Dash Table Blend so I own 2 GSI salt/pepper shakers that I can now give those to other camping friends since I now can have 4 different seasonings in 1 convenient spice tower. The larger squirt bottle is perfect for cooking oil and the scraper is a nice touch too. It took me a while to find it and almost thought it had been left out, but it's in the back of the main compartment tucked away in a barely visible compartment. It is a well thought out kit for the most part.With regard to the dishwashing items, I'm so-so on those, but not enough to lower my rating overall. The scrubber is fine, but the towel isn't that great. I use my REI microfiber towels for drying dishes since they are ultra absorbant, but in a pinch the one provided would be OK. The small bottle for dishsoap is essentially useless in my opinion. It's not large enough for that purpose and I can't think of anything else it would be good for. A second larger squirt bottle would have easily fit in this kit and would have been oodles more useful.There's not a ton of extra room in the bag, but I managed to fit in my mini wire whisk and a small paring knife (in its box for safety). I think those are the only other things I'd want to see in a complete kit, but I'm very pleased with what comes in the kit and wouldn't knock it down more than a 1/2 star for not having those things. Unfortuantely, Amazon doesn't allow 1/2 star increments so my true rating is 4.5/5.

I purchased this set to go with the GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Base Camper 2-Person Cookset. I have taken it both backpacking and car camping with my fiance and we both love it.The spoon is nice and deep for stirring and serving any kind of soup or stew, the spatula is big enough to flip a small/medium sized pancake, and the tongs are a great help when it comes to flipping bacon or anything else that needs grabbed. With all of that being said, these utensils are made of plastic so you wont exactly be able cook a giant piece of meat or use them over an open fire. The trade off to this however is that this set is super light and compact.This set comes with a small dishrag or towle of some sort but I would recommend adding a small sponge as well. It also comes with a small cutting board, double ended spice shaker, scraper, and two small bottles for either liquid condiments or dish soap. All of these, while small, work very well.If you are looking to purchase this set solely for car camping I would recommend something a little bigger and possible made of metal but if you are considering this for backpacking then look no further, at 9.6 oz you will barely notice the added weight.

Purchased this when I got the Pinnacle Base Camper Cookware set. Yeah, it's a little pricey but we needed something compact to store utensils for a nonstick surface since space is at a premium in our teardrop. After going one season of pretty heavy camping (for us!) I felt like I could justify a decent review. This kit is compact! It stores right inside the pot in the cookware. It has all tools we need when we break out the Base Camper set. Spatula, spoon/shallow ladle and tongs. The little cutting board and scrub pad we didn't get much use out of. The two bottles are great. One for olive oil and the other sesame oil. The salt and pepper shakers are handy as well although those were repurposed for other spices. I was concerned about the joint where the utensils rotate and fold but they held up for this last season. I wouldn't recommend doing anything that's going to apply to much stress on them though. They are easy to clean and the material of the tools seems durable enough just the joint is my concern. So if you are looking to conserve space and want a nice little set of utensils and some extra items that are open to your individual needs this may be worth the investment.