Next time you're packing for a camping or other outdoor excursion, don't feel obligated to lug along backpack-hogging cooking pots. Instead, make a portable boiling pot using beer cans. The key tools ...

The general rule for selecting a crawfish pot is 2 quarts of water per every pound of crawfish, i.e., a 30-quart pot can handle a 15 lb. sack of crawfish, a 60-quart pot can handle a 30 lb. sack, etc.

Someone lifting the metal lid off a pot of boiling water - Image Source/Getty Images While we're cooking up a delicious meal, the last thing we want is for the lid on a pot of boiling water to get ...