• Cookset Contest

Cookset Contest


Packit Gourmet is giving away a GSI Pinnacle Dualist Cook System! One lucky winner will receive a cookset just in time for the holidays - the perfect gift for yourself or for someone else on your list.

How to Enter:
We know we have some very creative customers out there and we'd like to hear what you've been doing to spice up meal time in the outdoors! Your submission to the contest can be any one of the following:
  • A recipe (delicious or gone horribly wrong) using any of the ingredients available in our grocery store
  • A short story of cooking in the outdoors
    • Bonus points if you've used one of our meals or some of our grocery ingredients
  • A tip or trick on how our kitchen gear has changed the way you cook
  • A nutritional trick you use on the trail
    • Have a great ingredient that you mix into your GORP?
  • A great photo of you cooking on  the trail
  • Get creative! We're open to any and all food related, camp kitchen or outdoor cooking tidbits, stories, tricks, etc.
    • Photos add bonus points!

The most interesting entry will win the prize!



What You'll Win:
According to the maker of the GSI Pinnacle Dualist Cook System...  The nFORM Ultralight line has taken the unique needs of fast and light backpacking and built a system of solutions that defy the notion that ultralight means making sacrifices. Time, comfort, efficiency, performance and ultra-light weight in a system built for two.

This award winning 2 person system includes all of the following features:
  • 1.8 L Pot
  • Strainer Lid
    • Crushproof lid made of BPA-Free resin prevents deformation of your pot/lid and includes an integrated strainer.
  • 2 20 fl. oz. insulated mugs
  • 2 20 fl. oz. bowls
  • 2 Sip-It tops
    • Unique bowl + mug solution with low center of gravity and Sip-It virtually eliminates spills while the integrated insulating sleeve keeps your drinks hot.
  • 2 Telescoping Foons
  • Stove Bag
  • Welded Sink
    • Welded stuff sack holds set while traveling and doubles as a sink or wash basin in camp.






To submit your entry for the contest, email your entry to trailfood@packitgourmet.com by December 6, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. Please include the following information in your email:
  • Your first and last name
  • Any Packit Gourmet meals or grocery ingredients included in the submission
  • The address where you would like the prize to be sent




WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Packit Gourmet Cookset Contest (PGCC) is open to ALL outdoor enthusiasts worldwide who are at least 13 years of age. Packit Gourmet reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgment, winner eligibility.

DEADLINE: The final date for submitting enties is December 6, 2009, by 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time. Packit Gourmet anticipates notifying winner in mid-December 2009.

YOUR RIGHTS: Entrants retain ownership and all other rights to future use of the submissions they enter except for the following: Your entry to the contest constitutes your agreement to allow your entered submissions—and your name, occupation, city, state and country of residence—to be published the winner or as a finalist by Packit Gourmet and used for promotions of Packit Gourmet.

LEGAL CONDITIONS: By entering this competition, you agree to these entry rules and the following legal conditions:

By entering, participants warrant that his or her entry materials are original, do not infringe on any third party’s rights, and that participant has obtained any necessary permissions from any third party if a third party or third party’s property or ideas appears in the submissions. Packit Gourmet reserves the right to disqualify any entry if it finds in its sole discretion that any of the foregoing warranties are not true. Decisions of Packit Gourmet shall be final and binding.

By entering, participants release and hold harmless Packit Gourmet and its employees from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or related to the PGCC, any prize won, any use of the entry materials by Packit Gourmet, the warranties participants make, any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded or participation in the PGCC.

The contest is governed by the laws of the United States and is subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved with Packit Gourmet, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the PGCC, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Travis County, Texas, which court shall apply the laws of the Commonwealth of Texas without regard for rules of conflicts of law. In any such dispute, participant shall, under no circumstances, be entitled to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (if any) associated with participating in the PGCC. Participant hereby waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

Any attempt by an entrant or other individual to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the PGPC is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Packit Gourmet reserve the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Packit Gourmet is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the PGCC, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the PGCC, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. Packit Gourmet assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, the submissions.

All federal, state, and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prize packages are the sole responsibility of the winners. Return of any prize and/or prize notification as undeliverable or failure of any entrant to comply with any Official Rules may result in disqualification.

If, for any reason, the PGCC is not capable of completion as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Packit Gourmet that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the PGCC, Packit Gourmet reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the PGCC.