Grubmaster Guide

Meal Planning for Campouts:

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A grubmaster is a scout responsible for the planning, purchasing, and preparation of food for their patrol during camping trips. This leadership role involves creating a menu within budget, accounting for food allergies, making a grocery shopping list, managing food storage, and ensuring enough nutritious food for all participants. The Grubmaster is a crucial position and helps Scouts learn valuable skills for rank advancement and merit badges.

 

Where to start:

1. ​Your patrol leader will share the number of scouts in your patrol that will attend the campout and if any scouts have food allergies.

2. Once you know the number of scouts going camping, complete the Patrol Meal Planning Worksheet and plan to buy only as much food as your patrol will need. 

3. Before you purchase food, text or email a photo of your Patrol Meal Planning Worksheet to Jacquie Carlton for approval by Wednesday before a campout (713-591-9476 or carltonji@yahoo.com). 

4. ​Typically, grubmasters buy food on Thursday night before the campout. Cost per scout should not exceed $20 for a normal Friday night start campout with 4 meals.

5. ​Please place cold foods in your refrigerator at home and only transfer it to a cooler with ice right before you leave for camp.

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Reimbursement of food costs:

For reimbursement of food costs please submit a request for payment via Zelle to the Troop Treasurer Nagesh Thukral (nagesh.thukral@gmail.com). Text a photo of receipts to Mr. Thukral as backup for the reimbursement (832-654-0236).

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Meal Tips:

Breakfast – Eggs are quick and easy to prepare and packed with protein. Flour tortillas make good wrappers for anything like breakfast burritos. Limit the sugars at breakfast. Plan a bigger breakfast on Saturday and a cold, quick breakfast on Sunday before departure.

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Lunch – Remember you will be very busy during the day. Cold sandwich / wrap, hot dogs, etc will get you in and out quickly with very little mess.

 

Dinner – This is the meal to really show-off your cooking skills! Try Dutch oven cooking or a one pot meal. Grill chicken and make fajitas. Try not to repeat. Learn a new dish – experiment.