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product_id: 362334178
title: "Classic Bucket | Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food | 24 Servings"
brand: "mountain house"
price: "74667 som"
currency: KGS
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/362334178-classic-bucket-freeze-dried-backpacking-and-camping-food-24-servings
store_origin: KG
region: Kyrgyzstan
---

# 12 pouches with real meat Ready in under 10 mins Recyclable packaging Classic Bucket | Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food | 24 Servings

**Brand:** mountain house
**Price:** 74667 som
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🥾 Fuel your adventure with flavor and freedom—anytime, anywhere!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Classic Bucket | Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food | 24 Servings by mountain house
- **How much does it cost?** 74667 som with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/362334178-classic-bucket-freeze-dried-backpacking-and-camping-food-24-servings)

## Best For

- mountain house enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted mountain house brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Protein-Packed Variety:** 12 pouches, 24 servings featuring real beef, chicken, and wholesome ingredients to fuel your adventure.
- • **Eco-Conscious Convenience:** Enjoy your meal guilt-free with TerraCycle’s free recycling program for all pouches.
- • **Ultra-Lightweight & Compact:** Weighs only 5.52 lbs with a space-saving 12”x10”x12.3” bucket—perfect for backpackers and emergency kits.
- • **Effortless Gourmet in Minutes:** Just add hot water and enjoy a full meal in under 10 minutes—no cleanup, no hassle.
- • **Shelf Life That Outlasts the Rest:** Backed by a 30-year taste guarantee, ensuring your meals stay fresh and ready for decades.

## Overview

Mountain House Classic Bucket offers 24 freeze-dried servings of high-quality, real-meat comfort meals in a lightweight, compact bucket. Ready in under 10 minutes with just hot water, these shelf-stable meals come with a 30-year taste guarantee and recyclable packaging, making them the ultimate choice for camping, backpacking, and emergency preparedness.

## Description

Welcome to a new level of outdoor dining with our versatile Mountain House Classic Meal Assortment Bucket, meticulously crafted to satisfy your camping, backpacking, and emergency food needs. You'll find 12 meals in this handy bucket, each bursting with unbeatable flavor. With a generous total of 24 servings, these freeze-dried backpacker favorites deliver to indulge your every craving. Get ready for quick and hassle-free meal prep! Just add hot water to the pouch, and within 10 minutes, you're all set to dig in. The best part? No mess, no fuss! Mountain House meals can be savored straight from the pouch. Freeze-dried to retain essential nutrients and freshness while minimizing weight, this entire bucket weighs a mere 5.52 lbs. It measures 12"(L) x 10"(W) x 12.31"(H), making it an ideal companion for your backpacking excursions, camping escapades, or as a reliable source of emergency sustenance. To whip up all the meals contained within our Classic Bucket, all you'll need is 18 cups of water. But there's more to the story. Our pouches are recyclable, so after you've enjoyed your meal you can do your part to reduce waste by recycling them for free through TerraCycle. Dive into the mouthwatering variety that the Mountain House Classic Meal Assortment Bucket offers, featuring some of our best-selling meals: • 3x Beef Stew (Gluten-Free) - Savor tender dices of all-natural beef paired with potatoes, peas, and carrots. • 3x Beef Stroganoff with Noodles - Delight in a sumptuous blend of beef, noodles, and mushrooms enveloped in a rich sour cream sauce. • 2x Granola with Milk & Blueberries - Indulge your taste buds with crunchy granola, real blueberries, and milk. • 2x Spaghetti with Beef Marinara - Enjoy spaghetti pasta accompanied by hearty chunks of beef in a flavorful marinara sauce. • 2x Chicken Fried Rice (Gluten-Free) - Relish the goodness of long-grain rice, delectable chicken, scrambled eggs, chopped onions, mushrooms, green peas, red peppers, and diced carrots. For over 50 years, we've been crafting your favorite comfort food meals and perfecting the art of freeze-drying, resulting in the tastiest and most convenient outdoor adventure and emergency meals available. Trusted by generations of adventurers, survivalists, and the U.S. Military since the 1960s, Mountain House never compromises on taste or convenience, even in the great outdoors. With our 30-Year Taste Guarantee, you can be certain that your meal will still taste great decades from now. Elevate your camping and backpacking experience with the Mountain House Classic Meal Assortment Bucket. Your taste buds will thank you. Packaging may differ, but don’t worry, it’s still the same great stuff inside!

Review: This could be the best package which includes classic dried foods with great taste.
Review: 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 desertcart, 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.

## Features

- 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.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0843HYLK9 |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Allergen information | Eggs, Milk, Sesame may contain, Tree Nuts, Wheat |
| Best Sellers Rank | #59,665 in Sporting Goods ( See Top 100 in Sporting Goods ) #79 in Camping Freeze-Dried Food |
| Colour | Red, Orange |
| Cuisine | american food |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,843) |
| Date First Available | 30 January 2020 |
| Item form | Freeze-Dried |
| Item model number | 0081635A |
| Manufacturer | Mountain House |
| Number of pieces | 12 |
| Package Information | Bucket |
| Product Dimensions | 30.48 x 25.4 x 31.27 cm; 2.72 kg |
| Product Name | Freeze-Dried Camping Food, Backpacking Food, Emergency Food or Survival Food |
| Recommended uses for product | Backpacking, Camping, Emergency Food Storage, Hiking, Hunting, Quick Meals at Home |
| Serving Recommendation | 1 pouch |
| Size | Net Wt 48.6 oz (3.0 lbs) |
| Specialty | No Artificial Colors,No Artificial Flavour |
| UPC | 041133816359 |
| Unit count | 48.6 Grams |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Mountain House
- **Flavour:** Beef,Chicken
- **Item weight:** 2.72 kg
- **Number of Items:** 1
- **Package information:** Bucket

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What is the expiration date or shelf life of this once ordered?**
A: Ordered mine Feb, 2020. Best by is 2049.

**Q: One bucket is $98. A "set of 2" is $821. How many are in a set ?**
A: A set of 2 would mean 2 buckets, 48 meals. Don't buy that someone went crazy with that offering... just buy 2 buckets.

**Q: Is this brand made in the USA?**
A: Yes the Mountain  House Foot are made in the U.S.A. . Mountain House were involved in supporting the U.S. military for their package meals.

**Q: Are thepouches bpa free?**
A: I agree, if you're hungry enough you will eat it, not to mention the BPA issue is not nearly as bad of an issue as they make it out to be.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by C***I on 8 November 2025*

This could be the best package which includes classic dried foods with great taste.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by D***C on 8 October 2024*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by S***L on 18 August 2025*

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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*Last updated: 2026-03-01*