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2 Ways to Make a Steam Pit for Camp Cooking

This primitive cooking method makes great-tasting food that stays hot for hours. The steam pit is a hole in the ground with hot rocks at the bottom.

These rocks are covered with dirt or sand, and then wrapped food is sandwiched between two layers of green vegetation. This entire pile is covered with dirt and/or tarps to seal in the steam to cook the food.