Man Cook! Man Need Fire! (Trees And Things)

ivyafire: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:07:31 EST

Propane isn't bad. The tanks last for a long time and it saves a bundle over electricity. Conversion kits are easy to come by. We converted our grill, dryer and a stove that way and it's far preferable to resigning ourselves to electric.

skeeter1: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:26:40 EST

"That website has one of the most beautiful ovens I've ever seen."

Oh, they are! Trust me, I start to drool every time I walk into the store. Only problem is, they cost thousands of dollars. If I could afford one, I'd have it in

port1080: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:09:04 EST

We had one like that, too, which I think is better for cooking just over an open fire (like when you're camping), but I think the design I linked to is better if you're actually cooking over a wood stove. It has an independent base and wood handles, which

postillion: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:40:33 EST

That website has one of the most beautiful ovens I've ever seen.

skeeter1: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:15:45 EST

You might also want to take a look at this one as well.

http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?i

postillion: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:41:31 EST

Thanks very much for the link!

port1080: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:04:00 EST

I am fascinated by your waffle iron story. Cast iron?

Yes, something very much like this, except an antique version (my father was in the antiques business

postillion: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:47:51 EST

I've used both electric and gas ranges, and far prefer gas. The amount of control that gas ranges can give is crucial, so much so that it's one of my top questions whenever I look at new apartments each time I move. There's an egg soup I make t

zyxwvutsr: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire! Man Travel Light!

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:01:35 EST

...don't go badmouthing my Coleman where I can hear you

I've not nothing against the Coleman name, and you're right that I was thinking of far larger stoves - the sort I've seen anglers using on the beach.

The Pocket Rocke

skeeter1: Re: Port1080's History of Heat

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:39:43 EST

"I suppose we should shell out to have a gas stove installed, but the house came with an almost new (probably about 4 or 5 years old) electric range, so it was difficult to justify the extra expense. Almost as soon as we moved in we bought a gas g

port1080: Port1080's History of Heat

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:52:14 EST
Growing up I never really knew the joys of natural gas, as my parents lived in a rural area (no natural gas infrastructure, in fact not really any infrastructure whatsoever). We could have had propane, I suppose, but we didn't, so I grew up with elec

skeeter1: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire! Man Travel Light!

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:42:42 EST
"I've got a very nice little liquid-fuel Coleman backpacking stove that I've been using for (let's see.. wow!) more than 15 years with terrific results."
That's exactly what I'm talking about. I've had the same little 1-burner liquid-

MC Nally: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire! Man Travel Light!

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:17:09 EST

Coleman?! I don't know what you consider "out and about," but a MSR Pocket Rocket is more my idea of a portable stove.
It's probably not what he meant by "Coleman stove" (by default that conjures up an image of their propane-caniste

zyxwvutsr: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire! Man Travel Light!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:27:24 EST
Coleman?! I don't know what you consider "out and about," but a MSR Pocket Rocket is more my idea of a portable stove.

MC Nally: Re: Man Cook! Man Need Fire!

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:28:19 EST
Unfortunately I live in a town with no natural gas infrastructure (there's practically nothing in the way of buried utilities here -- even water is problematic in many cases because there's bedrock a few inches below the surface.) I could have a prop