camp cookware

Ooo! I love picture time!

Here are a few of my Stansport pots, same as Spooky pictured earlier:

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Those are probably the best bang for the buck that I've gotten in camp cookware.
 
For car camping I usually go for my cast iron stuff which I also use pretty much daily in the kitchen. I still haven't gotten my gear completely figured out for backpacking. The first couple of times that I went I just grabbed a small stainless pot out of the kitchen. I picked up one of the boy scout style mess kits but I've only used it once so far. It's okay, but I actually kind of liked the kitchen pot better. I've been keeping my eyes open for one at goodwill that has a lid and a handle that I can remove without too much trouble to make it more packable.
 
When I was young, strong, and poor, I carried aluminum stuff right out of Kmart's cookware department along with a Peak 1. In September two of us used a Jetboil for a four-overnight trip. We used only one fuel canister and had hot meals twice a day. They are both really light and very efficient and IMO worth every penny.

Gordon
 
gaj999 said:
When I was young, strong, and poor, I carried aluminum stuff right out of Kmart's cookware department along with a Peak 1. In September two of us used a Jetboil for a four-overnight trip. We used only one fuel canister and had hot meals twice a day. They are both really light and very efficient and IMO worth every penny.

Gordon
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I still have my 22 year old Peak 1 also:D
 
For drinking:

-I started out with the stainless, surplus canteen cup. I still like it, but almost never use it.

-I replaced it with the SnowPeak Trek700 titanium cup, and never looked back. Holds almost exactly the same amount of liquid, weighs very little. Because of the particular alloy they use, you can drink(sip) from it when it has boiling fluid in it, unlike aluminum. Try to sip hot tea or coffee from your wife's aluminum pot. Badly burned lips if you don't put cloth tape on the lip of the pan.


For cooking:

-Started with the stainless Coleman 1qt. pot. Minimalist size, OK useability, and way too heavy.

-Went to various cheap aluminum pots. Light wt. was a plus, but they were never very handy. Ultimately did not like them.

-Went to EverNew 1.3L titanium pot. Now that's what I'm talkin bout! Light weight, durable, easy to cook with and handling qualities are nice.

-Became near terminally unpleasable, and so bought the titanium Trek 900 to match my Trek 700. Beause it is the same alloy as the 700, heat doesn't dissipate as rapidly through it as in my EverNew pot, and so you get blackish scorch marks directly above the burner on my SnowPeak Gigapower stove. I count this as ALMOST trivial, but it is an issue.

-So, I cast my eye on JetBoil system. When I picked up their 1.5L "group cooking system" pot, I realized that the flux ring is so large in diameter, that it would sit on my GigaPower butane stove, just fine. I checked in the store, and it fits on the Pocket Rocket stove too, and also sits above the MSR Dragonfly stove OK.

So I bought it. I've run it a few times with my Trangia alcohol burner and my GigaPower stove, and boil times are indeed very short. Works fine, and you do not actually need to buy the JetBoil stove, just to use the 1.5L pot.

Dunno how much faster it is than my plain bottomed titanium pots, but it is definately a lot faster. I used to be able to set a pot on to boil and turn my back to do few things. Now, it is so fast, that once you light a fire under it, you can't really turn your back on it. I think I boiled a liter of 60 degree water in 6 mins with my Trangia burner underneath. This is fast.

I plan on backpacking with it, and plan to be pleasantly surprised by the improved fuel economy.
 
Erasmus - You have ended up where I am now. I used to use a GSI hard anodized cookset with my Optimus Nova stove. But I discovered that the Jetboil GCS pot will work with an MSR Windpro stove, which I have used all this year. It gives the efficiency of the Jetboil system, along with the ability to use a windscreen (which is a big issue with the Jetboil GCS stove), plus the stability of the standalone stove rather than a topmounted stove. With an 8-oz canister, I get about six days use for two people. That is cooking oatmeal breakfast, sometimes a lunch of soup or easy mac, and dinner of some sort, plus heating cleaning water, each day. And this was usually at elevation (I used it up to 11,600') with cold water. I was impressed by the efficiency.
 
langston302 said:
hikeeba, how do you like that little stove? do you find that it works adequetly?
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Good morning langston302,

I like the pocket cooker a lot. It is a little heavy, but it does pack pretty small and flat. It was cheap (Sportsman's Guide), and you don't have to pack along fuel for it. On the flip side, you do need to collect your fuel, and you need to keep feeding the smaller fire while en route to a boil. With decent fuel (dry sticks and twigs, not just leaves/debris) and a decent breeze to help stoke the stove, I was able to boil 2 cups of water in maybe 5 minutes. Without a breeze, count on longer boil times. But it works, for sure.
 
i have one and thinking of getting one from one of the guys here...he sems to have a very good design down and with some tweeking a better set up...i am waiting for him to figure out the small details and i will own one of those too....i like mine alot though
 
I have a dutchoven and a big cast iorn frypan , and slab of steel that is as thick as my finger , and about 2' x 2 1/2'
That covers about every camp fire situation I run into when car camping
I have a nesting set of pots in every adults pack , and a medium pot in each of the kids packs . Theyve all been used , the kids learn how to early on when they come here , we get heaps of practise
Im a boring camp cook tho , to me cooking is cooking , the heat source varies , thats all .
 
Mini Trangia

and/or

Old BSA mess kit

Steel cup on the water bottle (always).

Foil to wrap food and toss it on the coals.

Mike
 
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