Portable Field Sink

Build a portable field sink setup that’ll allow you to have running water in your outdoor work area.

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by Josh Lau
Add accessories, such as a shelf and a handle, to further customize your field kitchen.

If you’ve ever butchered chickens, you know it’s an outdoor job. And if you’ve ever done it without water, you’re worthy of respect. But why subject yourself to that mess – or any other chore that would be better served by running water – when making a portable field kitchen is so easy and economical? This setup connects to a garden hose but can easily be adapted to hold a small water reservoir so you can move it around your property as you please. It’s light enough for one person to handle on their own but still robust enough to leave outside.

You can get most of the materials you’ll need secondhand, and you may be able to find an old sink at the dump. Check with flooring retailers and other places that sell linoleum; they’ll likely have scrap pieces they’d be willing to part with.

You may have trouble finding a female-female hose-to-pipe adapter. Ask at your local hardware store if you don’t see it on the shelves. It’s called an “NHT-to-NPT” (national hose thread to national pipe thread) adapter. Since you’ll be using this sink outside, I recommend a brass adapter instead of a PVC one.

This is a highly customizable project, so this materials list functions only as a starting point. Once you’ve determined the details for your field kitchen, you can calculate specific materials and amounts.

Tools and Materials

  • Updated on Mar 14, 2022
  • Originally Published on Mar 8, 2022
Tagged with: field sink, meat processing
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