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 04-21-2011, 11:02 AM | #1 | Supporting Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 221 |  Cooking in the woods/mountain
Do any of you have a propane burner and propane on your survival list? | 
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| 04-21-2011, 11:42 AM | #2 | Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 97 |
Yep. It's the easiest way to cook if propane is available. I've had and used for years a simple 2 burner propane stve for years. In a pinch, just about any type of volitile fuel can be used to cook. A small piece of rag or paper towel placed in a small can which can be soaked with kerosene or rubbing alcohol or diesel makes a nifty little cooker. Of course, wood will work just fine when there's nothing else. | |
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| 04-21-2011, 12:25 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 1,652 |
You should try to have several options for cooking. First is what you normally use, gas or electric. Then you need to plan for if utilities are interrupted. I have a Coleman stove that will burn coleman fuel and propane with the adapter. I also have a Camp Chef two burner cooker that I can run from 20# bottles, I have two of those. Next is charcoal, I have 10 five gallon buckets stored with natural lump charcoal for emergency use. If it comes to it I can also burn wood in my smoker/grill.
I am planning on building an adobe outdoor oven this summer, I want to try it for baking breads, meals and pizza.
I try to pick up a two pack of 1# propane cylinders every month to store for an emergency. We were hit by an ice storm several years ago and I couldn't find the little bastiches anywhere, they were sold out as soon as they got to the stores. I only had a couple at the time and they ran out too fast.
I know this is not woods/mountain, but I'm going to stay home as long as I can. | |
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| 04-21-2011, 04:05 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Posts: 234 |
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Originally Posted by bizy
Do any of you have a propane burner and propane on your survival list?[/SIZE]
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 It's not on my "survival list" as it is on my "cooking supply list". I use a propane burner ever couple days when I'm sitting outside. It's handy to make coffee, fry up a fish (so I don't have to run the fans in the house), and make my breakfast or dinner. | |
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| 04-21-2011, 04:19 PM | #5 | Ground Zero Ocean Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florence, Oregon Posts: 8,463 |
I have a two burner propane stove, the propane oven and stove top in my motorhome, two Camp Chef single burner butane stoves. I have saved two #10 cans (from canned peaches) to use as a hobo stove if necessary, two 20# bags of charcoal, just in case and a fire starting kit in case I run out of the 20 boxes of strike anywhere matches I have in a dry vacuum sealed container. __________________ Molon Labe!
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| 04-21-2011, 04:51 PM | #6 | Up your butt Jobu! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 1,447 |
Coleman dual fuel stove. All season fuel is pretty cheap compared to similar sized propane bottles, and in a pinch you can use regular unleaded gasoline as a substitute. Very cool toy. __________________
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| 04-21-2011, 04:54 PM | #7 | Up your butt Jobu! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 1,447 |
This one runs off of coleman fuel, gasoline, and kerosene. Very cool... __________________
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| 04-21-2011, 05:00 PM | #8 | Sic Semper Tyrannis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: , The Mother Lode Posts: 18,437 |
I have a Coleman dual burner propane stove. I pick up propane on a regular basis and have a decent stockpile.
We've also got a Hibachi with some charcoal put back.
I also keep a bunch of Sterno around. I have been putting off buying Esbit Stoves, but I plan on getting them and fuel soon.
After we move, we'll also be buying a Barbecue or combination with a smoker. I think we'll stay with charcoal so we'll have more fuel options. __________________
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| 04-21-2011, 05:13 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sacramento, California, California Posts: 1,729 |
I use this for backpacking.
MSR DragonFly Backpacking Stove at REI.com
I sacraficed a little weight with this stove when considering the total back pack weight but I like the white gas for cooking at higher altitudes. The feature I like the best about this stove is that you have good heat control compaired to other compressed gas stoves of this size. It's also a multi fuel stove. | |
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| 04-21-2011, 05:18 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: south of louisville, Kentucky Posts: 508 |
I just have a single unit stove I can hook it up to either a small tank or one of the bigger ones. It kind of sucks but it's cooks ok enough. __________________
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