Ready Hour 2-Week Supply review
Ready Hour 2-Week Emergency Food Supply (114 Servings)
By Tom Calder
Key specs
The maker's figures.
- Shelf life
- 25 yrs
- Servings
- 114 servings
- Calories
- 27,780 kcal
One 15 lb bucket with 27,780 kcal: about 14 adult-days, which lines up with the Red Cross's 2-week supply for sheltering at home. Same menu style as the 4-week kit, at a slightly higher cost per day.
- Best for
- The Red Cross's two weeks at home, in one bucket
- Skip it if
- You'd rather build two weeks from canned food you already eat
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Researched, not used. We haven't used this product. This review is built from the maker's specifications, owner reports and our own sizing.
What we like
- Matches the Red Cross 2-week home supply for one adult
- One bucket, easy to store
- Up to 25 years
Worth knowing
- Starch-heavy menu
- Needs water and heat for most meals
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Our review
Ready Hour's 2-Week Emergency Food Supply is one bucket of 114 servings that Ready Hour says gives one person 2,000-plus calories a day for 14 days, with a shelf life of up to 25 years. This researched review covers what is in it, the water it needs, and how it fits the Red Cross's two-week home supply.
What it is and who it suits
Ready Hour sells this as a single kit for one person: 2,000-plus calories a day for 14 days. Its page says the kit comes in a rugged, water resistant bucket measuring 9.75 by 11.75 by 13.75 inches and lists a weight of 18.4 pounds. The foods are described as made in the USA.
It suits someone who wants a home supply sized to the Red Cross's advice. The Red Cross lists a 2-week supply of food for home, against 3 days for evacuation. This review is researched, not tested. Ready Hour's page now returns an error from our server, so it relies on a Wayback Machine copy from April 2025. Prices, weights and contents may have changed since then, and our product record lists a different weight, so check the live listing.
What is in the bucket
The page lists ten items, with servings in brackets: orange energy drink mix (8), creamy chicken flavored rice (12), mac and cheese (8), long grain white rice (10), buttermilk pancakes (20), southwest rice (16), maple grove oatmeal (24), homestyle potato soup (4), mushroom rice pilaf (8) and creamy alfredo pasta (4). The page counts these as 114 servings, and says pancake servings are based on 4-inch pancakes.
The menu leans on rice, pasta, oatmeal and soup. Ready Hour says daily eating of a variety of items in the kit delivers 100 percent of the recommended daily value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. It also says it may swap in similar items of equal or greater value, depending on inventory, so the exact menu can change. The page puts nutrition facts behind each food link; check ingredients there and on the pouches.
Water and cooking
Ready Hour says 5.7 gallons of water are needed to prepare the entire kit. That is the amount for preparing the food, and the page does not say it covers drinking and sanitation, so plan Ready.gov's one gallon per person per day separately. CDC advises storing at least 1 gallon per person per day for 3 days, and trying for 2 weeks if possible. Our guide to how much water to store covers the sums.
Ready.gov's food advice leans toward foods that need no refrigeration, cooking, water or special preparation. This kit needs water, and the page does not describe how to prepare the meals, so read the pouch directions; if they call for hot water, plan on a stove and a pot. Ready.gov says charcoal grills and camp stoves are for outdoor use only. Our camp stove comparison lists options for cooking outdoors.
Storage and shelf life
Ready Hour says the foods last up to 25 years in optimal storage, which it defines as a dark, cool place at 55 to 70°F. The 25-year figure is the maker's, and a bucket kept in a hot garage or attic is not in optimal conditions. Store the kit inside your living space and write the purchase date on the lid.
How it fits a plan
Ready.gov's kit list calls for at least a several-day supply of non-perishable food, and the Red Cross sets 2 weeks as the supply for home. On the maker's numbers a single bucket is sized for one person, so scale the plan to your household. The emergency food storage guide and emergency food comparison cover other approaches, and the longer Ready Hour 4-week review covers the bigger kit from the same maker.
Who should skip it
Skip it if you prefer to stock two weeks of canned goods your household already eats, if anyone in the house has an allergy you cannot check on the label, or if you need meals that need no water. Skip it too if you cannot store it in a cool, dark spot. The power outage checklist shows where food fits in the wider plan.
A researched review, built from the maker's specs, manual and US listings; facts checked 30 Oct 2026. Sources: Ready Hour: 2-Week Emergency Food Supply (Wayback Machine copy, Apr 28, 2025); American Red Cross: Survival kit supplies; Ready.gov: Food; Ready.gov: Build a kit; CDC: How to create and store an emergency water supply.
Who shouldn't buy this
Don't buy it if you'd rather build two weeks from canned food you already eat: that's cheaper.
This is a Researched review: we haven't used this product. We check every specification against at least two independent sources, re-check the US price on a schedule where we can track it automatically, and say plainly who it isn't for. Commissions never change a rating.
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How many people does the Ready Hour 2-Week supply feed?
Ready Hour's page says it provides one person with 2,000-plus calories a day to last 14 days. It lists 114 servings across ten items, in one bucket.
How much water does it need?
Ready Hour says 5.7 gallons of water are needed to prepare the entire kit. That does not replace stored drinking water: Ready.gov says one gallon per person per day.
How long does the food last?
Ready Hour says up to 25 years in optimal storage conditions, meaning a dark, cool place at 55 to 70°F. Ready Hour gives no figure for warmer storage, so keep it indoors.
Is two weeks the right amount to store?
The Red Cross lists a 2-week supply of food for home and a 3-day supply for evacuation. Ready.gov says at least a several-day supply.