Mountain House Classic Meal Assortment Bucket Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food 24 Servings
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Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
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- BEST-TASTING COMFORT FOOD - Made in the USA since 1969, we have been cooking up your favorite comfort food meals and freeze-drying them to create the best-tasting and convenient outdoor adventure meals available.
- EASY TO STORE & QUICK PREP - Just add water and eat straight from the pouch in less than 10 minutes, with no cleanup. Mountain House buckets are also lightweight and easy to store. This bucket weighs 5.52 lbs. and measures 12 (L) x10 (W) x12.31 (H). 18 cups of water are needed to prepare all meals in this kit. Ideal companion for your camping trips, RV excursions, and more!
- HIGH-QUALITY INGREDIENTS Mountain House meals are made with high-quality ingredients, never any fillers. Bucket contains 12 total pouches (24 total servings), freeze-dried to lock in nutrients and freshness: (3) Beef Stew, (3) Beef Stroganoff with Noodles, (2) Granola with Milk & Blueberries, (2) Spaghetti with Beef Marinara, and (2) Chicken Fried Rice.
- SHELF STABLE - With the longest proven shelf life in the industry backed by our steadfast 30-Year Taste Guarantee, Mountain House is an essential addition to your emergency food supply, ensuring you're always ready for anything that comes your way.
- RECYCLABLE - Recycle used pouches with TerraCycle for free to reduce your footprint and preserve the great outdoors for fellow adventurers.
Description
Since 1969, Mountain House has been the trusted leader in freeze-dried meals for camping, backpacking, hiking, and emergency food storage. Known as the original and best-tasting brand, Mountain House makes comfort food that feels like home—even when you’re miles away on the trail. Every pouch is lightweight, portable, and easy to prepare—just add water and enjoy a hearty, ready-to-eat meal in minutes. Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts, thru-hikers, campers, and families, our meals won’t weigh you down and make fueling your adventure simple and satisfying. Unlike other survival food and emergency rations, Mountain House focuses on taste first, delivering classic recipes and comfort food flavors that keep you energized and happy wherever you are. Backed by our Taste Guarantee and a shelf life of up to 30 years, Mountain House is also the go-to choice for preppers and long-term emergency food supply storage, giving you peace of mind that your pantry is always stocked for the unexpected. Whether you’re conquering a summit, planning a weekend camping trip, or building a reliable survival kit, Mountain House ensures you’re ready for every adventure—because with us, it’s always adventure made delicious.
Brand: Mountain House
Package Information: Bucket
Number of Items: 1
Flavor: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
Item Weight: 5.7 Pounds
Product Dimensions : 12 x 10 x 12.31 inches; 5.7 Pounds
Item model number : 0081635A
Department : Unisex-Adult
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Manufacturer : Mountain House
Units : 48.6 Ounce
Best Sellers Rank: #2,236 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors) #7 in Camping Freeze-Dried Food
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Customer Reviews: 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 7,496 ratings
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Top Amazon Reviews
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 15 pouches
Where to start... first off, it's VERY light. For the amount of food you'll get, it can be easily lifted with one hand, or a child or elderly woman. That's great news for preppers who plan of storing this as anyone in your family can lift the entire bucket. I was genuinely surprised at how light a fully filled bucket was. The lid is a bit annoying to remove (partially because it doesn't fully come off... one end is permanently sealed and the plastic breaks/bends open about 3/4th along the top, allowing you to open and seal the bucket without losing/misplacing the lid. How you'd do that, I don't know, but it's nice that they thought of this) and takes opening and closing it a bunch of time to "loosen" the plastic so you're not ripping your finger nails off every time. A small lip along the edge would have been nice but honestly this is the *only* complaint I have. If you need to leave your home/location for any reason, the meals can be easily thrown into a backpack or satchel and carried with almost zero weight added. Because each meal is made for two people, they are a bit bulkier than single meal packages but honestly not by much. And since they're freeze dried and all moisture removed, they're far more compact than you'd expect for how much food you'll actually get when they're rehydrated. Speaking of which, let's talk about how to prepare them... Add water. That's it. It doesn't even have to be hot water (though it's obviously much more palatable when heated up) just remember to let it "soak" a bit longer. Each meal requires a different amount of water to be added but I'd suggest adding *slightly* less water. I added the exact amount of water for the Breakfast Skillet and everything was a bit mushy for my taste, even after letting it sit longer than it says to. What's really great about these meals, and unlike many other brands out there, is that the package itself serves as the means of cooking and a bowl. No need to take the meal out and heat it up over a camp fire or stove. Just add the water and seal it back up. The package has reflective coating inside it (think like an emergency blanket basically) that reflects and captures the heat, so the meal is actually gets *hotter* the longer it sits! Once it's ready, just eat it right out the package! This is honestly the BIGGEST selling point Mountain House has over other brands. Having to prepare a meal over a stove or camp fire is a big turn off for me. It forces you to stop moving, set up a cooking area, etc. With Mountain House you can eat while on the move. You can add water from your canteen/hydro pouch/bottle while never needing to stop and this can be *absolutely* critical in some situations. Of course if you want you could relax and enjoy a nice leisurely meal but having that option to eat on the move is simply a critical factor. Remember the prepper motto: Better to have and not need, right? It was also important for me to find a variety a meals with meat within a single bucket. Many companies don't offer meat or substantial source of protein. You'll get rice, granola and vegan meals but zero meat. If you don't eat meat than this won't be an issue for you, but it was for me. I needed to find a package that fully catered to my omnivore needs. Couldn't be happier with this bucket! It has a full range of meals, from granola, pasta, beans and meat. It doesn't come with any drinks but I've got water, milk and juice set up from a different source and didn't need this bucket to contain any (something I'd highly recommend any prepper doing... don't rely on a meal bucket for your liquid intake needs!). I just needed it to contain food. Each meal says it serves two and while this may be true while counting calories, if you're serving 1 package to 2 people than the meals will be a bit... small. For a single person this is actually really good. Not only will each meal very much fill you up, but you can extend the life of the meals if you cut out the "3 meals a day" Mountain House recommends. Just have breakfast and dinner and you'll get many more days out of your rations then this says. Especially if you pack a handful of protein bars along with them or use the granola to munch on as a snack. Just remember that no bucket or packaged meal is a "be all, end all" for your needs. You just won't find that golden unicorn. You need an ecosystem for survival... whether that's a "hunker down and shelter in place" type set up or a "GTFO now" situation, everything needs other items to complete the system. Water, food, protection, shelter... all of these need to fit together and function. You could have the most amazing food set up in the universe but if you have no water, you're screwed. You could have endless water and food but no way to protect yourself from the elements. So once again, screwed. Set up an ecosystem for what you expect you'll need (and then for what you *don't* expect you'll need) and you'll already be doing better than the majority of people out there. The tl;dr version-- super light weight, able to cook and eat in the package it comes in-- just needs water (hot or not), plastic lid on the bucket is a bit of nail ripper at first, meals are easy and light enough to quickly toss into a bag or pouch, has meat as well as other grains, egg, pasta and veggies, actually tastes good, and can be eaten while on the move-- no need for fire. No bucket of meals will fill all your needs, no matter how good it is. Think of it as one part in a system, with each element needing to be attended to. This bucket will *greatly* help your food element, so you can check that box!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2023 by George
Flavor Name: Just in Case 3-Day Emergency Kit -...
We get these for our backpacking trips and they’re super reliable. They weigh almost nothing, which makes a huge difference when you’re trying to pack light. The meals taste pretty good on their own, but I like to add a little extra seasoning because I’m extra like that lol. They heat up fast, mix well, and are really convenient on the trail. Great product if you need something lightweight and easy!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2025 by Ally
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
This is packaged well and easy to store. I have actually tried some of this food and it’s pretty good. I bought 2 single pckts to try and was pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use, the quality and the taste. I feel today that our food chain may become insecure and as this product keeps well, it’s great insurance for hard times.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2025 by Spruce Pine girl
Flavor Name: Just in Case 3-Day Emergency Kit -...
This is a good deal on Mountain House dehydrated meals. My only reservation was the biscuits and gravy meal, because I don’t eat biscuits and gravy, but this package still saved me money compared to buying individual meals ( even if I don’t use the biscuits and gravy meal ). I would have given this package 5 stars, if I could have customized which meals I received, but I understand why that wasn’t possible. Still, that’s the one thing that would improve this particular product. There are many different brands on the market, but I have grown to like the Mountain House brand. They have reliably delivered a consistent product, that tastes good and performs well, in a predictable manner ever time.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2025 by Daniel B. Faust
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 15 pouches
When camping alone, it's kind of a hassle to try and cook for yourself all the time. So I got these to use and honestly I was very impressed. They don't exactly taste like "home made" meals but they don't have any kind of off-putting flavor, either. They have more than enough food for one, so sharing them between two people would be easy and wouldn't leave most people wanting more. They're also quick to make with some boiling water, and the bucket comes with a wide variety of flavors to make sure things are staying fresh. Definitely recommend for camping or even emergency use!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2025 by Jay Young
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
These quick to cook freeze dried food have been amazing for the hunting and camping trips. They heat fast and taste great. When you open the package you are hot with a amazing aroma and there is plenty to fill you up!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2025 by Squashy Fam
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
Excellent. Delicious. Took backpacking with my grown sons. Easy to make, and a 2-serving pack was plenty for each of us hungry fellas
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2025 by Brad
Flavor Name: Variety Bucket - 12 pouches
Great camping food. Me and the scouts in the troop were amazed at how good these tasted. Definitely a great purchase that will be on our list for the next hike!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2025 by Phillip M. Barnes