Gerber Gear Enters the Camp Kitchen With New ComplEAT Cookware Collection

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Gerber Gear Enters the Camp Kitchen With New ComplEAT Cookware Collection

If your idea of camp cuisine consists of more than instant ramen, say yes, chef! to stacking sets of pots, bowls, cutting boards, and knives


Published: 02-05-2024

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Tanner Bowden
Tanner Bowden
Tanner Bowden is a Vermont-based writer, editor, photographer, former wilderness educator, and Field Mag Editor-at-Large. He also contributes to the likes of GQ, Men's Journal, Gear Patrol, Outside.
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Visit any outdoor gear store and you're bound to find a host of Gerber products, from camp hatchets and fixed blade survival knives to multi-tools. Now, 85 years into biz, the Oregon-based manufacturer is reconnecting with its roots in an unexpected place—the kitchen. In the early days, Gerber sold sets of kitchen knives to Abercrombie & Fitch back when that company was a renowned outdoor outfitter. Times change, and so do brands. With the new Gerber ComplEAT cookware line though, we see the best of modern design inspired by the age-old experience of cooking under the stars.

The new collection's name is a fairly literal read on how all-encompassing it is. The core of the line is in the ComplEAT Cook Set ($200), a 16-piece, group trip-oriented nesting doll made up of a 5.6-quart stainless steel stock pot, 2.6-quart stainless steel saute pan and lids for both, plus four plates, four bowls, and a mixing bowl.

Campers will have seen stacking sets like this before, but Gerber adds extra nice-to-haves with a detachable handle and silicone hot pad. It all stacks into an 11 by 7.5-inch unit that fits inside an included carry bag.

Gerber isn't leaving the forge entirely, either. There's another stacking set called the ComplEAT Cutting Board Set ($110) that includes two cutting boards, one bamboo, one polypropylene, two trays for mountainside mise en place, and a chef's knife-paring knife combo made of corrosion-resistant stonewash 4116 German stainless steel. Already have cookware covered? There's also the three-piece ComplEAT Knife Set ($85) made up of a paring knife, serrated knife, and eight-inch chef's knife too.

The ComplEAT makes it impossible to avoid that as-seen-on-TV adage; but wait, there's more! The more includes a campsite griddle ($65), a spork ($20), and the ComplEAT Utensil Set ($35), a handy little kitchen multi-tool that's been around for a few years and combines fork, spoon, spatula, peeler, and can opener. You can also snag a standalone bowl set or sauce pan.

If it all sounds like a lot, that's because Gerber is taking a toolmaker's approach to the needs of campsite cooking. The setup probably isn't one you'd bring backpacking—minus the spork—but if a fully kitted kitchen is what you're after, ComplEAT's got it covered.

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