| Requirement | Who for | Where | What to cook | Notes | When completed (date) |
What I prepared |
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| Tenderfoot 2a | On a campout | One cooked meal | Assist. Tell why important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup |
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| Second Class 2e | On a campout | Hot breakfast or hot lunch | Discuss importance of good nutrition and show how to transport, store and prepare |
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| First Class 2e | On a campout | Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Leading at least one assistant and supervise cleanup. Must use a stove or cooking fire. Two of the meals must require cooking. | |||
| Cooking MB 4 | Yourself and at least one adult | At Home | Breakfast | Combined with other meals from requirement 4, must use at least 5 of the 10 different cooking methods listed in req 3* | ||
| Cooking MB 4 | Yourself and at least one adult | At Home | Lunch | Combined with other meals from requirement 4, must use at least 5 of the 10 different cooking methods listed in req 3* | ||
| Cooking MB 4 | Yourself and at least one adult | At Home | Dinner | Combined with other meals from requirement 4, must use at least 5 of the 10 different cooking methods listed in req 3* | ||
| Cooking MB 4 | Yourself and at least one adult | At Home | Dessert | Combined with other meals from requirement 4, must use at least 5 of the 10 different cooking methods listed in req 3* | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare a meal using a camping stove or backpacking stove | Meal to be from the two breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner planned in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare a meal using a camping stove or backpacking stove | Meal to be from the two breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner planned in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare a meal using a skillet over campfire coals or a dutch oven | Meal to be from the two breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner planned in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare a meal using either a foil pack or on skewers | Meal to be from the two breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner planned in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare one snack | Snack to be from the plans made in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 5 | Your patrol or a group of youth | In the outdoors | Prepare one dessert | Dessert to be from the plans made in 5a | ||
| Cooking MB 6 | Three to five people | While on a trail hike or backpack trip | One meal cooked on lightweight stove or low-impact fire | Must not require refrigeration and should be appropriate for backpacking | ||
| Cooking MB 6 | Three to five people | While on a trail hike or backpack trip | One meal | Must not require refrigeration and should be appropriate for backpacking | ||
| Cooking MB 6 | Three to five people | While on a trail hike or backpack trip | A snack | Must not require refrigeration and should be appropriate for backpacking | ||
| Camping MB 8 | Your patrol | While camping in the outdoors | Cooked Breakfast | One meal from Camping MB must be trail meal cooked on lightweight stove | ||
| Camping MB 8 | Your patrol | While camping in the outdoors | Cooked Lunch | One meal from Camping MB must be trail meal cooked on lightweight stove | ||
| Camping MB 8 | Your patrol | While camping in the outdoors | Cooked Dinner | One meal from Camping MB must be trail meal cooked on lightweight stove |
*The methods listed in Cooking merit badge requirement 3:
Meals prepared for cooking merit badge count only for cooking merit badge, not rank advancement or any other merit badge. Meals cooked for rank advancement or other merit badge do not count for cooking merit badge. Do not repeat any menus for meals actually prepared or cooked for cooking merit badge.
If items are listed on the same line, they should be done on the same outing/campout (this applies only to first class rank). Items on separate lines can be done on the same or different outings.
This is up to date as of July 2025.
Michael Perkins, ASM Troop 162