These statements should be taken with a pinch of salt because, while I can slice, dice and clean like a pro, when it comes to the art of cooking I'm not worthy. Anyway...
We use a double-burner Century propane stove and a portable gas grill which are hooked up to a 10 Lb bulk propane tank.
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The nice thing about the Century stove its cheap, reliable, slim and reasonably easy to clean. The fuel line can be left connected to the bulk propane hose which can also be coiled up inside the stove. The grill works OK - not as well as the larger grill we have at home - but then its only $20. The disadvantage is it doesn't pack smaller and only lasts two seasons before vanishing in a pile of rust. At least no cleaning is required!
I like this setup because it meets the chef's one basic requirement: Grill and cook for four plus people without needing to light a charcoal grill or a camp fire. One fill of propane lasts all summer, too.
However it is rather bulky and I have a Jeep Wrangler so I'd prefer to carry less stuff around without losing any culinary functionality.
One thing I've been idly thinking about is to replace the stove and grill with two double-burner Coleman gasoline stoves with a cast-iron grill pan on one of them.
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I think that the whole thing will be significantly smaller than what we've got, even with a can of white gas, and we can use unleaded if that runs out.
However neither of us have ever used a Coleman gas stove before, nor a grill pan. I've read that both are fine for cooking but I've not read of them being used together.
So questions to the many expert chefs here:
- Will a grill pan work on a gasoline stove?
- What kind of gas mileage do these stoves get?
Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Cheers,
Graham
