westernrover
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I need a cook stove for a hunt in October. I have a backpacking stove but want something more robust for boiling water, frying eggs, sausage, heating soup, to saute chicken or ground beef etc. I've got cast-iron and black steel cookware.
I'll be tent camping using a 4x4 and trailer with a party of three or four for at least 10 days. I'll have a couple of 20 pound propane tanks for a catalytic heater because it will be 10 to 20 F. Last year, I had a pop-up camper trailer with a three burner stove. It worked but wasn't ideal.
I used to have a two-burner Coleman dual-fuel stove. I thought it would be good because it could burn gasoline if I needed to. I only ever used it with white gas. It was terrible. After a few years, I threw it away. Just a piece of junk.
I really only need one burner and don't have room for some four-foot wide range. Some of the single burner stoves I see are 200,000 btu jobs that would be good for canning or cooking with a wok but won't simmer. I could find a use for one of those, but it wouldn't be versatile enough for the hunt camp.
I'm looking at this:
It's said to be 18,000 BTU and should simmer well. I'm also looking at a Camp Chef Pro 30.
Is something like this a good idea? What do you use for camp cooking?
I'm open to other fuel types but I probably won't go with an open wood fire this year after the kind of wild fire season we've had and where I'm going I just don't want to be that guy.
I need something sturdy, compact, with good flame control. What have you got?
I'll be tent camping using a 4x4 and trailer with a party of three or four for at least 10 days. I'll have a couple of 20 pound propane tanks for a catalytic heater because it will be 10 to 20 F. Last year, I had a pop-up camper trailer with a three burner stove. It worked but wasn't ideal.
I used to have a two-burner Coleman dual-fuel stove. I thought it would be good because it could burn gasoline if I needed to. I only ever used it with white gas. It was terrible. After a few years, I threw it away. Just a piece of junk.
I really only need one burner and don't have room for some four-foot wide range. Some of the single burner stoves I see are 200,000 btu jobs that would be good for canning or cooking with a wok but won't simmer. I could find a use for one of those, but it wouldn't be versatile enough for the hunt camp.
I'm looking at this:
It's said to be 18,000 BTU and should simmer well. I'm also looking at a Camp Chef Pro 30.
Is something like this a good idea? What do you use for camp cooking?
I'm open to other fuel types but I probably won't go with an open wood fire this year after the kind of wild fire season we've had and where I'm going I just don't want to be that guy.
I need something sturdy, compact, with good flame control. What have you got?