411: $29 for the grill and $12.95 for the fire bowl, sold separately. Available at www.grilliputusa.com; or REI, (800) 426-4840 and www.rei.com; and other major sporting-goods retailers.

But the last thing you want to do is put a scorched and filthy grill in the trunk of your clean car. So Front Runner’s solution lets you simply strap it to your vehicle’s spare tire when it ...

It can be fun and a little adventurous to cook over a live fire. And it’s easy to get the hang of campfire cooking once you’ve done it a few times.

ROAD TEST One of the highlights of any camping trip is sitting down to a meal cooked over an open grill, the scent of flame-broiled vittles wafting through a pine canopy.