Originally Posted by staehpj1

I manage to cook with little enough gear that I wouldn't bother to go cook-less. My last trip the cook gear was 7.1 ounces plus ~12 ounces of fuel. Even when I took a frypan the gear was still only about 12 ounces. It is definitely worth it, to me, to have hot food some of the time.

Also I have generally been able to restock frequently on any road tour and even on off road tours it is usually possible to hit towns for restock now and then. Worst case I'd look into caching food somewhere along the way before I'd carry food for a whole trip.