Stove or Grill or...What do you use and Why?

[BajaTaco]

I would love to just carry a small backpacking stove. I just think that it is nice to have the second burner in order to multi-task. READ: Make morning coffee and breakfast at the same time...But that is really the only reason I would want the second burner.

I also admit that I would save a great deal of room in my cooking box if I went with a smaller stove vs. the bigger two burner types.

This is the backpacking stove I have been drooling over for a while...

http://brunton.com/product.php?id=60

Pretty sweet stove 4 sure. I wouldn't mind trying one of those out. I know what you mean about the coffee. It's another "trade off", one of many the expedition traveler must face on occasion . I'd like to have a dual burner for short, non-technical trips where weight isn't that big of a deal. It's a nice option. The backpack stove is cool not only due to low weight/space, but I can just leave it packed in the truck.

 

[gjackson]

I carry a Coleman 425 Dual Fuel stove. Works very well on white gas and unleaded and okay on leaded (though you have to clean the generator about once a week!). Worked for 9 months straight and we had no problems with it. Also cooked over the fire a lot. Mainly used a folding grate or a dutch oven. A couple in our party had a pressure cooker and that worked really really well!! Awesome dutch oven food in less time!

cheers

 

[blupaddler]

o.k.

Here is another posibility. Although, it looks as though it may be a little unstable.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=9730-725&categoryid=2035

But, you would have to carry more cartridges again. And, it sounds like they might go quickly. "42 minute burn time on high"

 

[Desertdude]

I carry one of These with auto-light - and this fast jetboil sometimes this gas grill

I will be traveling in Baja with This multi fuel stove for the ease of fuel.

Hard to have an all in one


the jet boil and MSR stove along with a complete cook set diner-ware fits inside a small pelican case - the BBG gas grill and 5 lb propane tank I always bring when I feel luxurious :shakin:

 

[BajaTaco]

I carry one of These with auto-light - and this fast jetboil sometimes this gas grill

I will be traveling in Baja with This multi fuel stove for the ease of fuel.

Hard to have an all in one


the jet boil and MSR stove along with a complete cook set diner-ware fits inside a small pelican case - the BBG gas grill and 5 lb propane tank I always bring when I feel luxurious :shakin:

Wow - you are my stove hero! :bowdown: :bowdown: A stove for every need. Now you got me going...

 

[Desertdude]

As you all know now my secret is out

I also travel with this little cutie

If I need to start a campfire or raise the heat a little :campfire:

OK so I might be a closet pyro :ar15:

 

[GeoRoss]

As you all know now my secret is out

I also travel with this little cutie

If I need to start a campfire or raise the heat a little :campfire:

OK so I might be a closet pyro :ar15:

Thats funny DD, I finally quite trying to be a boyscout and carry a small amount of white gas to get campfires started.

I have a whisperlight, esbit and a propane coleman. When fully loaded with the family I have to take the coleman. I would love to take a grill, but that would mean the either Hannah, Grace or Lisa would have to stay home to make room (need to get the spare onto a swing out!).

I like the coleman but am conflicted on the propane. Whitegas is nice, but can be messy. Little propane bottles are a PIA as you only can guess how much you have. No way do I have room for a 3-5gal propane tank.

Ross

 

[blupaddler]

Well, having done some research and talking to different people, I have finalized three choices.

http://www.primus.se/ The Primus OmniFuel


http://brunton.com/product.php?id=60 The Nova Mulit-fuel Stove


http://www.msrcorp.com/stoves/dragonfly.asp The MSR DragonFly


They all have real good pot stability. Also great simmering ability, i.e. flame control. They all can run white gas, etc., except the Primus ca also run on canisters. All of them also have the fuel cartridge away from the stove, so it is not directly "on top" of the stove.

I am leaning more towards the Primus b/c I can still use canister fuel. I am not quite ready to carry more liquid fuel in the back (inside) of my Landcruiser. Unless the hazards associated with white gas are less than those with regular fuel, petrol.

Anyway, that is where I stand or sit or wander around the room for now.


:ylsmoke:

 

[Scott Brady]

I would lean towards the Primus for that reason as well. The Primus multi fuel is all I use for the small stoves (despite owning a multi-fuel unit).

 

[flyingwil]

I would lean towards the Primus for that reason as well. The Primus multi fuel is all I use for the small stoves (despite owning a multi-fuel unit).

Well as some of you know my Coleman 424 would not pressurise this past weekend and we are on the quest for a new stove. The above posts are great help in my quest for a new stove... However, we will be staying clear of Coleman units.

Our Coleman was on it's second ever trip, and nor matter what would not pressurize. We had to bum off of others around us to cook our food. I think we may be leaning towards a MSR unit or the Primus units, however we would like the dual burner option. I'll keep you post as the search continues.

 

[whitethaiger]

Well as some of you know my Coleman 424 would not pressurise this past weekend and we are on the quest for a new stove. The above posts are great help in my quest for a new stove... However, we will be staying clear of Coleman units.

Our Coleman was on it's second ever trip, and nor matter what would not pressurize. We had to bum off of others around us to cook our food. I think we may be leaning towards a MSR unit or the Primus units, however we would like the dual burner option. I'll keep you post as the search continues.

Hmm, I missed that you had problems with your stove. We use a dual fuel Coleman like that and just replaced the 12 year old unit with a new one, last weekend was it's first trip. Never had problems, except that the old one now started to leak at the generator. A replacement generator cost almost as much as the new unit (on sale), so we got a new one.

 

[asteffes]

My 'ol Scout Troop used the simple Coleman "backpacker" stoves that had a small white gas fuel tank integrated with the stove. I always liked the simplicity over dealing with fragile fuel lines and pumps and whatnot. I though I would be all elite and stuff and get an MSR WhisperLite for myself once I grew up, but I sort of wish I just got a Coleman. The MSR gets very hot and has been mostly reliable, but it has so many little bits and pieces to it that can get lost. The fuel line is short and the pump assembly feels fragile. I think this is one place where unless you really need to go superlight, rugged and dependable is better. Even the most battered and beat-on Coleman stove in the troop never let us down.

True, the Coleman stoves were a bit heavier and you had to let them cool off before refueling, but they always "just work" and are very durable. They're also available in multi-fuel, or at least dual-fuel varieties, if you need the option of kerosene or whatever. If a Scout troop can't kill one after several years of use, I doubt any of us could, either. And for, what? $40? they're a good value in my book.

 

[justfred]

I've always been tempted by the barbeque grills they hang off the back of sailboats.

This one is from www.westmarine.com, can't figure out how to simplify their link.

Otherwise, I went from Coleman white gas to propane (grill/burner stove, lantern, [well-ventilated-] space heater), and I'm about half-satisfied with it. Propane seems safer and is a lot easier; white gas burns better and hotter.

But it has given me the "Propane" song. To the tune of "Cocaine".

"If you want to cook out,
in the back yard, Propane.
You can cook some meat,
and other barbeque treats, with Propane.
Cook out side, turn up high, sure beats fried,
Propane."

(Feel free to make up your own lyrics, like:
"You can run your 'art car',
but you won't get far, with Propane.")

I still use white gas for fire poi spinning tho!

 

[asteffes]

You owe me a new keyboard!

I have a Weber Q grille, which is a portable propane barbecue. I hooked it up to a full-sized cylinder, so I'm sort of tempted to start assembling the other propane appliances I need to go full-on assault style to my next beach barbecue. I need the tree, lantern and something else to hook up, but that would be pretty bad-ass.

 

[91xlt]

i have the good old screw into the top of the propane bottle single burner type, and this http://www.weber.com/bbq/pub/grill/2005/q/gg_q.aspx it rocks, but i tend to cook over fire, even if weather is not so permitting.