I’m lookong for ideas. I want a plate with tall sides so it doubles as a bowl so I only have to bring one bowl/plate per person. I found this online, but I’m wondering if there might be something better out there.

MSR Deep Dish Plate

Anyone have something that fits the bill of what I’m looking for or experience with this this plate? Looking for ideas and it’s mostly to save room in my packs.

Thanks,

Which is more important to the meals you make - plates or bowls? You could easily get by with one or the other and not need both. Maybe you need a plate with compartments so food doesn't all run together. If you don't, then a bowl (like the one you linked above) would suffice.

We bring plates with compartments because we eat a fair amount of fish and side dishes. When we need a bowl (i.e. oatmeal in the mornings), we eat out of our cups.

+1

Here's my favorite. Stainless steel, light, serves as both a bowl and a plate.

Plate/bowl

Titanium bowl and plate and also a squishy bowl made from silicone.

awbrown: "Here's my favorite. Stainless steel, light, serves as both a bowl and a plate.

Plate/bowl "

I use GSI’s normal plate as a frying pan/plate. Works really well. Has just high enough sides to serve as a pan.

I still get regular use from gold panning pans, either the plastic variety or as a cook pan/bowl/plate. The spun steel takes a seasoning just like carbon steel frypans and cast iron, same methods.






My actually be more old school traditional than purpose made camp pans.

butthead

Maybe not as deep as you'd like for a bowl, but we can eat oatmeal from this and still use it as a plate for every other meal.

bowl/plate

anthonyp007: "I’m lookong for ideas. I want a plate with tall sides so it doubles as a bowl so I only have to bring one bowl/plate per person. I found this online, but I’m wondering if there might be something better out there.

MSR Deep Dish Plate

Anyone have something that fits the bill of what I’m looking for or experience with this this plate? Looking for ideas and it’s mostly to save room in my packs.

Thanks,"

The MSR deep dish plates are what I've tripped with in the past. They work great, but to minimize cleanup lately we've been bringing paper plates as well. This year I'm eliminating the MSR deep dish plates and instead bringing paper plates and Snow Peak titanium bowls.

I no longer bring plates, just bowls for our group of 4. I personally have the Sea 2 Summit Delta Bowl and like it's thumb grip a lot.

We just take plates and cups. The cups double as bowls. We use lexan plates and they take up essentially no room as the nest against each other. I think we also have lexan bowls but generally don't take them. They also take up very little room as the nest closely and you can pack stuff in and around them.

butthead: "I still get regular use from gold panning pans, either the plastic variety or as a cook pan/bowl/plate. The spun steel takes a seasoning just like carbon steel frypans and cast iron, same methods.






My actually be more old school traditional than purpose made camp pans.

butthead


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Brilliant! We've got a couple plastic panning pans in the garage. My wife thought she'd use them to score enough gold to "feed the family" . Never found gold but love the irony that those pans could still "feed the family".

One more idea. Sea to Summit has a bowl + lid combo where the lid could work as a plate .

Amazon link

Bumstead: "I no longer bring plates, just bowls for our group of 4. I personally have the Sea 2 Summit Delta Bowl and like it's thumb grip a lot.


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This is what I have for backpacking. It worked perfectly at Philmont and elsewhere when I've carried it on the trail. The thumb handle is awesome to have. The honeycomb pattern on the outside of the bottom could possibly trap bits of food or grime if you don't take care to keep it clean.

Tupperware bowl that lost its lid. Same one for the last seventeen years. Doesn’t everyone have a few of those?

squishy bowl. easy to clean up. holds heat in spring and fall compared to metal plate

Sierra cup. Use it for everything. Oatmeal to Makers Mark.

For years we've been using the lightest, most practical plate/bowl for the boundary waters and backpacking. Brace yourselves... it's a ziploc food container! The size I use is roughly a 6"x6" square that's about 1.5" deep. Shallower than a bowl, but still holds liquids/soups/oatmeal just fine. It's also way lighter than any camp bowl or plate I've ever seen (and I've been searching for years). It also nests completely with others of it's kind, something that some camp bowls don't do. Another great feature is that you can put your pot holder, folding cook tools, utensils, et ctera in it with the lid on and keep it all together. Low tech, but it's great.

I use pie baking tins. Light and high sides.

I have the MSR Deep Dish and like it for some things and not others. For hot foods (freeze dried stuff or oatmeal) it can be a little too big, allowing it to cool fairly fast. It also, I'm pretty sure, does not stack - which is an issue if you are bringing several and packing together. It's great though for having a couple things such as pancakes and bacon, fish and anything, etc.

I also have the Sea to Summit Bumstead shows, and it's great for single dish hot stuff, but is a bit small for multi- dish platings. It does stack well.

I solo and mostly cook one dish meals. My plate/bowl is the pan I cook in. I do take 8 inch aluminum baking pans which will double purpose for baking pan breads and cakes. The eight inch pans fit inside my MSR skillet and have been used on trips with others for years.

HotDog: "Brace yourselves... it's a ziploc food container! The size I use is roughly a 6"x6" square that's about 1.5" deep. "

BTW, the best campers we know use something like that. Utensils are stored inside.

I will claim that the extra advantage of our lexan plates is for fanning the fire. However, that has been largely replaced with a fire dragon tube.

HotDog: "For years we've been using the lightest, most practical plate/bowl for the boundary waters and backpacking. Brace yourselves... it's a ziploc food container! The size I use is roughly a 6"x6" square that's about 1.5" deep. Shallower than a bowl, but still holds liquids/soups/oatmeal just fine. It's also way lighter than any camp bowl or plate I've ever seen (and I've been searching for years). It also nests completely with others of it's kind, something that some camp bowls don't do. Another great feature is that you can put your pot holder, folding cook tools, utensils, et ctera in it with the lid on and keep it all together. Low tech, but it's great."

Same here, except I use the 5" by 8" version. I take two dishes, and one lid. This way I can store my spork(s), alum foil, lighter (in small ziploc bag), dish soap, and dishrag, in one dish with the lid, then nest the second one after washing it out. I also have a built in back up dish in case of a catastrophe.

The best part is they weigh next to nothing, and if you ruin one, there so cheap that you don't care. I usually replace them every other year, mainly because Chili Mac stains the plastic orange.

-RW

Fair share mug and gsi lexan bowl. Mixing, eating, rehydrating, and they don't stain.

billconner: "Fair share mug and gsi lexan bowl. Mixing, eating, rehydrating, and they don't stain."

+1 Fair share mug from GSI is what I use for exactly the same things. Buy the original while you still can...

FYI they are not listing this classic mug on their website (maybe it will come back-don't know), they now have a Fairshare II which has not so good reviews along with a collapsible Fairshare. I do not like the collapsible styles, I find they are sensitive to....collapsing.

I use Orikaso & bring a plate which serves as a cutting board, sometimes I bring the bowl & cup/mug. They all fold flat, are lightweight & durable. The cup is nice, but your hot beverage will get cool quickly, better for a cool drink. I can cut a steak or pile up French toast on the plate, I've used them for years. Unfortunately they have been discontinued, but sometimes you can find them online. I found a set online at Red Rocks a while ago.

I have a few Fozzils bowls (search on Amazon). They pack flat and fold up nice. The snaps are strong. Easy clean-up, too.

+1 on the fossil bowls. They are slick.


That being said, find myself using nothing but my imusa pot. Works for me for everything from coffee to laker filets. Has a very nice campfire petina on the outside. Cheap and light.

Just pointing out that the Fairshare Mug has a new version - the "GSI Outdoors Fairshare Mug II" with an insulating foam sleeve in place of the plastic handle.

https://www.rei.com/product/116119/gsi-outdoors-fairshare-mug-ii-32-fl-oz

awbrown: "Here's my favorite. Stainless steel, light, serves as both a bowl and a plate.


Plate/bowl "

Like! Ordered one. It will fit nicely in 30L blue barrel.

Is Orikaso still a thing?
Love my set

andym: "We just take plates and cups. The cups double as bowls. We use lexan plates and they take up essentially no room as the nest against each other. I think we also have lexan bowls but generally don't take them. They also take up very little room as the nest closely and you can pack stuff in and around them."

We use lexan plates as well. We also each bring a titanium cooking pot which is also a bowl. For the most part, meals that would require a bowl are freeze dried meals which we eat out of the pouch rather than futz with dishes.

I got some fold-up plates/bowls in a Cairn box last year similar to this which I might consider using from now on:

Foldyplaties

We use the bowls in our GSI Dualist Cook set. All of the meals we cook work well in a bowl.

I cracked my Lexan plate........besides, I thought it was actually a bit big. Now I use an MSR aluminum plate. A little heavier than lexan but indestructible and not as large.

I am not a fan of 1 dish doing everything unless I am backpacking. I like a plate and a lexan bowl and a stainless steel coffee cup. Rather civilized that way ;-)

My lexan plate is large too... but it's the perfect size to hold 3 hot dogs. Which... is ideal when eating hot dogs on a camping trip. With those folding plates, they are smaller... less surface area, but a higher/more vertical side, which would hold 3 hot dogs in place snugly.

Now I want hot dogs for lunch.