Of course, none of this applies to areas where fires are prohibited.

And the good news is that we found our current favorite cooking pot in a campfire ring at 10,000 feet. It was completely blackened, and left to die. We picked it up, carried it out, and cleaned it up. And we've used it ever since.

But over a stove.
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