What cook stove for the hunting camp?

[westernrover]

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?

 

[Dale Alan]

These are quite versatile , good for camp cooking . Simmer and saute at the same time . The grill section will really crank out the heat if need be .

https://primus.us/products/profile-dual-4?variant=29444478173267

 

[Armored farmer]

If you you're a cheapskate you could do like me and remove the side burner from a gas grill. I have done that off of a grill that I was going to pitch. I made four legs for it. It has an ignitor too.

 

[LiveLife]

These are quite versatile , good for camp cooking . Simmer and saute at the same time . The grill section will really crank out the heat if need be .

https://primus.us/products/profile-dual-4?variant=29444478173267

+1.

I use 180,000 BTU dual burner stainless steel King Kooker for searing/wok cooking (You need preferred 100K-120K for stir frying) and Camp Chef 3 burner stove with 30,000 BTU burner each for general purpose cooking. But for camping, I prefer the 2 burner propane Coleman stove.

Stove Dale mentioned with griddle and burner is handy for cooking bacon, sausage, eggs, potatoes in addition to boiling stuff in pots.

 

[jmorris]

I’d rather have a griddle than just a burner, it’s pretty easy to haul my 2x2 griddles around, only about 8” tall with the legs removed. I have also ran them from 1lb disposable tanks when I didn’t want to haul a 20lb one.



I do use burners like the one in the OP for big pots or deep frying though but the legs don’t come apart like that.

 

[Seedy Character]

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:

View attachment 1024904

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 have the 2 burner model. Very stable and has served me well, with hunting, fishing and camping duties. Awesome when frying turkeys for Thanksgiving.

 

[John McLaughlin]

I've had a 3 burner dual fuel Coleman cook stove and stand that has worked well for 20+ years. Definitely not a pos. Use it in a 12'x15' canvas wall tent with up to 4 folks. Also have a wood stove that drives us out even @ 0° temps. Burns well at elevatons over 10,000 feet. It's big enough to use a 12 inch griddle. JM

 

[Sistema1927]

I have a Coleman 413G from 1966 as well as a newer 425. Both two burners, with the 413 being significantly larger to allow bigger pots. Both run on white gas. I prefer liquid to propane for camp stoves, as well as lanterns. I just recently camped at 8.500 ft. elevation, and the 413 was boiling water in my large pot very quickly.

I carry extra generators for the stoves/lanterns, but have never needed to change one in the field. A drop of oil periodically in the pumps keeps them from drying out.

 

[Seedy Character]

I have a Coleman 413G from 1966 as well as a newer 425. Both two burners, with the 413 being significantly larger to allow bigger pots. Both run on white gas. I prefer liquid to propane for camp stoves, as well as lanterns. I just recently camped at 8.500 ft. elevation, and the 413 was boiling water in my large pot very quickly.

I carry extra generators for the stoves/lanterns, but have never needed to change one in the field. A drop of oil periodically in the pumps keeps them from drying out.

My old Coleman is in the RV and goes where we go.
Can't make breakfast without it.

 

[Buzznrose]

I have one of these from the 80's that still works great.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-...MKFKewqO15hUgYVBLmxoCnqwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Bwana John]

Partner Steel. https://partnersteel.com/cook-partner

Buy once, cry once... (while you will only cry once, be prepared to cry for some time, these things are PRICY!!!)

Not only are the box frames far superior to everything else, but the burner set ups are just as good. Totally rebuildable with their reasonably price rebuild kit.

 

[Sistema1927]

My old Coleman is in the RV and goes where we go.
Can't make breakfast without it.

The trailer has a stove and oven, but I would much rather cook outside using the camp stove. That way, I get a cup of coffee early, and SWMBO gets to sleep in.

 

[Seedy Character]

We never cook inside

 

[Dibbs]

Have you ever used a Coleman 2 burner propane stove? Just about every tailgate partier on the planet uses them. They are simple, compact, set up easy, and fold up fast. They cook hot, and have windscreens on the side.

 

[Seedy Character]

I had a 1 burner propane, I carried it when camping on the beach. It worked good.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I have several Coleman liquid fuel stoves. I certainly don't consider them to be a POS. I like using one of my 3 burner models when cooking for a bigger crowd.

 

[westernrover]

OP here. So I ended up buying the Camp Chef Pro 30 -- a single burner 30,000 BTU/hr unit, and I bought the griddle to go with it:



I cooked with it for the last 10 days straight, Muley hunting. It's nice when there's no wind. Even a little breeze and it fails. Some wind and it blows out! even on Hi. I tried to shelter it in a corner I made with my 4x4 and the 8' tall tent. The wind still wrecked it.

I think it will be fine indoors (with a hood) or maybe the back yard in the summer. I need a better solution for hunting and camping.

I may need a cook shelter for it, but whatever I put up has to be able to stand 25mph wind and higher gusts. I'm not trying to cook in 25mph wind, more like 10 to 15, but I can't put up a shelter with a tarp and dinky poles that won't withstand more or it will get wrecked every day.

 

[CoalTrain49]

We used to spend our winters in an RV. I like to grill so did most of the cooking outside. Actually I still grill a lot and have one of these set up on my back deck. I think it's a Q 1000. It's pretty wind proof if you can put something between it and a strong wind like a trailer. I like these so much I have two for large numbers of guests.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/grills/gas-grills/q-grills/

 

[Seedy Character]

The wind does affect your flame and heat distribution.
A wall / wind break is a necessity.
I had the same problem, frying turkeys. Made a wind break and the show on.

You made a good buy, just need to figure out a tweek or two, to have an awesome set up.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

Deleted.

 

[westernrover]

I figure I need something like a drum shield.

 

[scallop]

We use these at the cabin when cooking indoors. Not sure how well they would work outdoors without some sort of shield for wind. They work fantastic though for our application.

https://www.amazon.com/Gas-GS-1000G...DJZ,B08YJ5VB91,B07D88GZLQ&srpt=PORTABLE_STOVE