Price: $125.00
(as of Feb 15, 2025 12:07:59 UTC – Details)
The Mountain House Classic Bucket contains an assortment of fan favorite freeze-dried meals. Each meal is easy to carry (lightweight), easy to store (compact design), and easy to prepare (just add water). Plus, they are incredibly delicious! Each Mountain House Classic Bucket packs 12 total pouches (or 24 total servings) of breakfast, lunch. Mountain House meals have been enjoyed on trails, shores, mountains, and in homes around the world. Enjoy the Mountain House Classic Bucket on your next camping trip or stash away in case of an emergency.
Product Dimensions : 12 x 10 x 12.31 inches; 5.7 Pounds
Item model number : 0081635A
Department : Unisex-Adult
UPC : 041133816359
Manufacturer : Mountain House
ASIN : B0843HYLK9
Country of Origin : USA
DELICIOUS MEAL ASSORTMENT! Savor your next adventure with this easy to carry bucket consisting of 12 total meal pouches that are loaded with unbelievable flavor. This bucket contains 24 total servings of freeze-dried backpacker favorites.
NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS OR COLORS – Meals included are (3) pouches of Beef Stew, (3) Beef Stroganoff, (2) Granola with Milk & Blueberries, (2) Classic Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and (2) Chicken Fried Rice.
QUICK PREP – Just add hot water to the pouch & eat in less than 10 minutes, with no cleanup. This pouch is wider and shorter, providing a great bowl-like experience. To prepare all meals in this bucket, 18 cups of water will be needed.
LIGHTWEIGHT & COMPACT – Meals are freeze-dried to lock in nutrients & freshness and reduce weight. Bucket weighs 5.7 lbs. and measures 12″(L) x 10″(W) x 12.31″(H). Enjoy in the backcountry or on your next camping trip.
RECYCLABLE – Recycled used pouches with TerraCycle to reduce waste.
Customers say
Customers find the food tasty and good for camping, hiking, or emergency food supplies. They appreciate the quality, ease of preparation, and convenience. The meals are lightweight, easy to reconstitute, and convenient. Many customers find them a better alternative to cooking on the road. However, opinions differ on value for money.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
K TAYLOR –
It tastes good for what it it
I wish I could have bought more this stuff tastes great is very filling is very cheap for the money the shelf life is 25 years there’s a lot of different types of food and variety of the foods in here you can resell the outer plastic canister and it’s easy to prepare for that water
DC –
A great brand
Mountain House has been doing this a long time, and the food has always been good. I remember getting their food from mail order catalogs long before the internet. Back then, your options were limited to two or three companies, MRES, or surplus C-rations from Vietnam.I like their buckets/packs because they are one of the few companies that offer a large variety of entrees that contain actual meat. Many others are mainly various permutations of flavored pasta and rice or other grain-based dry goods with no actual meat in it. I like pasta and rice too, but it’s nice to have something that kind of “sticks to your ribs” sometimes. Tastes great too, like a regular meal.My meal bucket came carefully double-boxed and arrived in great shape. Once empty, the bucket can be used a variety of ways in an emergency too. They are lightweight so if necessary you can ditch the bucket and put a bunch of them in a pack if you have to bug-out.Recommend others interested in this type of product also check out their webstore here on Amazon, they have a pretty amazing collection of dishes. You can buy a single pouch to try out before committing to a whole box/pail of them. They also have the big #10 cans.As an aside, a “best by” date is NOT an expiration date. The food will remain perfectly edible past its “best by” date for years, it may just not have the same consistency or flavor that it did when new.With recent emergencies like Helene cutting off communities that are hundreds of miles from the ocean, strikes, long term power outages, people panic-buying leaving shelves empty etc. it pays to be prepared. Even a small stash of neccesities can make the difference until help can arrive or things return to somewhat normal, or you are displaced from your home. I trust this brand and recommend their products. All made in the USA too.I do wish they had 4 of each entree item in this bucket for my wife and I, as their idea or a “serving” and mine are pretty different. 🙂 I can easily eat a whole pouch myself.
Xcellent –
Best camping food
I love mountain house meals very much, love meals in the classic with nice storage, high quality.There are many flavours – beef, rice, pasta and so on, fit to me and my family members.I recommended mountain house meals to my friends, I will definitely repurchase 🙂
Dan D. –
Good for what it is
It takes a little trial-and-error to get the water ratio right, and it’s a little salty, but for camping in July in Utah, the salt is not a bad thing. I’ve not tried the cereal yet, but the egg breakfast was good, as were the lunches and dinners. All-in-all, I will continue to travel with Mountain House.
Mike M –
lots of jealous looks when people smelt my meal
h, the Mountain House Classic Bucket – the culinary savior of backpackers, campers, and apocalypse preppers alike. Here’s my take on this freeze-dried delight:Taste Test:I cracked open the bucket with the anticipation of a starving adventurer, only to find a colorful array of freeze-dried meals staring back at me like a technicolor dream. With flavors ranging from beef stroganoff to chicken teriyaki, it’s like a culinary world tour in a bucket. Just add water, and voilà! Gourmet(ish) cuisine in the great outdoors.Portability:Who needs a five-star restaurant when you’ve got a bucket of freeze-dried goodness? This bucket is the ultimate in portability – just toss it in your backpack and you’re ready for any adventure. It’s like having a personal chef in a compact, lightweight package. Plus, the bucket doubles as a makeshift drum for those impromptu campfire jam sessions.
carol R –
Overall good value
Thisis a pretty good deal. Priced them separately at a store vs Amazon vs the actual website for Mountain View products. Good tasting compared to other more expensive ones. Good quality without all the added chemicals like other brands!
SJ –
The Food Actually Tastes Amazing
I tried two packages of the food so far just to test out the quality (beef stroganoff, and chicken with rice). I’ve had some stored for 2 years now. I was very impressed with the flavor and quality of the food. It tastes very fresh and close to a home-cooked quality and probably better than what most restaurants would serve you. The portion sizes are very generous. Enough for two people if needed. With a shelf life of 30 years, you can’t go wrong having a few of these buckets on hand for an emergency situation.The packaging is high quality and seems very durable. Prep is very easy. Boiling water in the bag, mix it well, seal it up, leave for 10 minutes, and it’s done. I have no complaints with this product. WILL UPDATE in 2051 if I still have one left, to confirm how well the flavor held up!
Amazon Customer –
Came as the picture looked
Great food! Yummy meals, husband gets one-3 of these packs every hunting season. Easy to store and the bucket cames in handy after the food is eaten haha