I actually really rate Firepot as far as camping meals go, although I would observe that some of the meals rehydrate better than others (posh pork and beans remains chewy when cooked in the bag). Generally you can get better results with a billy can like a Zebra (get one with metal clips for the lid, the plastic ones unsurprisingly melt), and Firepot do a fully compostable paper bag alternative package for people who are not boiling in the bag.
In terms of cooking equipment I guess a small gas burner is probably going to be the way to go for bikepackers, unless you're going truly compact with a hobo stove and carrying meths in your under-down-tube bottlecage. I'm a big fan of the Biolite wood-burning cookstove which works out pretty compact but probably slightly heavier than a gas stove and fuel, plus you have to source wood fuel and that has to be fairly small. I've lived using one of those for all my cooking and hot water for a fortnight, when I was learning framebuilding at the Bicycle Academy. It blows air through the stove to ignite the woodgas and get a hot, efficient, smoke-free burn, but it does prefer dry wood, moreso than a primitive camp fire. Also produces a small amount of useful electricity - although I own the first version which doesn't keep up with the demands of modern phones, the newer ones are better.
Alternatively a campfire with a Waugan crane set up is a nice way to cook: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYGSDYsOhBgvTfLMzmC6d-cCzv3tUyx9coGts0/ (the one with the mug hanging from it) but you would probably not want to cart the parts about on a bike, maybe just the adjustable pothanger could slip in somewhere, the rest one could make from bits of found wood.
I actually really rate Firepot as far as camping meals go, although I would observe that some of the meals rehydrate better than others (posh pork and beans remains chewy when cooked in the bag). Generally you can get better results with a billy can like a Zebra (get one with metal clips for the lid, the plastic ones unsurprisingly melt), and Firepot do a fully compostable paper bag alternative package for people who are not boiling in the bag.
In terms of cooking equipment I guess a small gas burner is probably going to be the way to go for bikepackers, unless you're going truly compact with a hobo stove and carrying meths in your under-down-tube bottlecage. I'm a big fan of the Biolite wood-burning cookstove which works out pretty compact but probably slightly heavier than a gas stove and fuel, plus you have to source wood fuel and that has to be fairly small. I've lived using one of those for all my cooking and hot water for a fortnight, when I was learning framebuilding at the Bicycle Academy. It blows air through the stove to ignite the woodgas and get a hot, efficient, smoke-free burn, but it does prefer dry wood, moreso than a primitive camp fire. Also produces a small amount of useful electricity - although I own the first version which doesn't keep up with the demands of modern phones, the newer ones are better.
Alternatively a campfire with a Waugan crane set up is a nice way to cook:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYGSDYsOhBgvTfLMzmC6d-cCzv3tUyx9coGts0/ (the one with the mug hanging from it) but you would probably not want to cart the parts about on a bike, maybe just the adjustable pothanger could slip in somewhere, the rest one could make from bits of found wood.