"That was amusing, but in fact the manufacturers came back with much cleaner ways to cook outdoors."

For those preferring to cook outdoors, the cottages are outfitted with a range of kitchen utensils.

This may seem like a lot of trouble to go to, to cook outdoors twice a year.

As warmer weather sets in, so does the urge to cook outdoors.

If you want to cook outdoors in a small area, a compact hibachi can be used.

The Pequots also continued to cook outdoors in pits.

Most houses on Kili have kitchens, but many prefer to cook outdoors in cook-huts over an open flame.

"We cook outdoors with wood or charcoal all summer long," Mr. Hayward said.

It can stand up to and even enhance chili, pizza and just about anything cooked outdoors.

There was a scorched place where they obviously cooked outdoors, and a large log pile covered with a tarpaulin.