Cookset Photos/List Request

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lukeeson111

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Hey everyone I am putting together a new cookset for backpacking and was wondering if you could offer some input as to what works for you, before I waste money on things that don't work. Pictures are appreciated!
 
Depends on what you want to cook. I usually just boil water so I use my mini trangia cookset or just a stainless gsi cup if I'm going to cook over a fire.
 
I've got a couple different setups.

Setup 1 I consider my 2 man setup
Snowpeak Ti 900 with out the pan lid, I have an aluminum one I made About 3oz
MSR Pocket Rocket Stove, Snowpeak Canister, and a Jetboil canister tripod
Snowpeak Ti Spork.
Mini Bic lighter
Mini salt and pepper shaker combination

Setup 2 is my winter solo cookset
MSR Titan Kettle
SnowPeak Litemax
Snowpeak canister and Jetboil Canister Tripod
Snowpeak Ti Spork or Ti Chopsticks
MiniBic lighter
Mini salt and pepper shaker combo

Setup 3 is my Summer time Solo
Heineken Pot
Zelph Stove Works Alcohol Stove
Mini Dasani bottle of Everclear
Mini Bic
Snowpeak Ti Spork

My whole hiking kit used to weigh in around 22-23 pounds before water.
 
I have switched over to titanium. I own and have used cast iron, stainless, and aluminum. Ti is the lightest, but the most expensive and fragile. The MSR Titan and Peak Solo are two of my favorites. The Solo will accept a 32 oz Nalgene if you wish to nest it. The MSR Titan will fit the larger (48 oz?) Nalgene. The Peak fits into the next size if your requirements dictate. If you do not wish to nest them, fill them with other items in your pack. I carry hat, gloves, and S&P in my Titan. Fuel canister and Peak stove in my Solo.
 
Here are some questions I would ask myself.

What am I going to cook? - If you are only going to cook freeze dried stuff you really only need 1 pot.

How many people are going with me? If you are going with a group you may want more capacity.

What am I going to cook on? Stove? Fire? Both?

I have a large supply of various size things and take whatever depending on what I'm going to do.
 
i got a pretty cheap and basic set up..but it does all I need it to do.... I'll post some pics in a bit
 
Yeah, depends on what you are gonna cook.

For me, I'm usually just boiling water for dehydrated food, so I went with the lightest and quickest setup I could find.

Snowpeak Ti 700 http://www.rei.com/product/708071
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MSR Pocket Rocket http://www.rei.com/product/660163
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REI Titanium folding spoon http://www.rei.com/product/751779
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That's it, I eat and drink out of the pot, or usually the boiling water gets dumped into the food bag and I eat out of that. It all, incluing fuel, fits in the pot, plus I made a windscreen out of aluminum flashing.
 
I've got a Snow Peak 700 and a Vargo Triad ti alcohol stove which weighs in at just over 1 oz.. This stove almost doesn't exist it's so small and light. These two items and a few ounces of fuel and I'm good to go. Need to pick up one of those ti sporks. And next on the list is a decent MSR stove like the Pocket Rocket or something similar for longer trips because the fuel is said to be more efficient. The canisters add weight so for short trips the alcohol works great. -DT
 
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Here's my budget kit

Bpa free nalgene

Coffee can

Stainless steel nesting cup

Spork
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Kitchen and cooksets are some of my favorite threads. There have been a few good ones over the past few weeks.

I also like a lightweight titanium/alky stove combo for backpacking. Here's my MSR Titan Kettle with a white box stove and GSI cup nested. The GSI is just a little too tall to completely nest, but a ranger band holds them together. I might try to find a slightly smaller cup:

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For winter, I just got an economical Open Country 2 qt pot to enable more hot meals and drinks.

http://www.opencountrycampware.com/...da/product_65b49091ede1/session_26a9d9f87428/

Codger also posted an interesting and economical small 4.5 inch non-stick frying pan that I'm going to grab for more winter meal variety. It's the T-fal 1 egg wonder.
 
My pot preference for solo is my Snowpeak Trek 700. For 2 people I use a MSR Ti Kettle. For larger groups I use a 2 quart MSR titanium pot. I use Heineken and Fosters pots when I'm going ultralight with alcohol or Esbit fuel.

I'm thinking of getting the 2 quart pot that Brians posted. I saw it at REI a couple of days ago and I like the bail handle and the price. Small and large coffee can pots are nothing to look down upon either. They're free, fairly light, and with a hanger they have a bail handle. Just add foil for a lid.

I have several ti cups but during the winter I usually bring an insulated coffee cup to keep my cocoa warmer for longer.

I have a bunch of sporks but my favorite is the REI folding spork because it is all titanium, versus the Brunton version that has a stainless handle. If I'm doing ramen then I bring my Snowpeak collapsible chopsticks.

As far as stoves go I usually bring a ti Snowpeak gigapower, but my Coleman Ultralite is supposed to be more efficient, but it's not as convenient to use. I do use alcohol stoves for some trips, and solid fuel stoves for others, but I really prefer cannister stoves for convenience and speed.
 
I use a Snow Peak Mini Solo cook set with a Caldera Ti Tri stove (the whole setup is the size of a Nalgene). The stove can burn wood, alcohol, or Esbit). The whole setup below, including the Ramen, hot chocolate, and tea weighs less than a pound.

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Like many others above...I use a MSR pocket-rocket, fuel canister, stainless steel cup that nests with stainless Nalgene, and LMF Spork. My food tends to be very simple for overnight hikes. 2x Instant Oatmeal packs, 2x tea bags, 4x sugar packets, 1x ramon noodles, and some sort of trail mix. This will cover an overnight hike: lunch, dinner, breakfast. If it is a cold overnight I'll pack a few Cliff bars.
 
Apologies for the lack of pictures, but here's what I do. Since we regularly cook fish, etc., while backpacking I use an MSR Dragonfly, it seems to work very well for that purpose with a 10-inch skillet.

For the freeze-dried portions of the meals, I usually carry a 375ml MSR pot. If I'm cooking more than one meal at a time I have an MSR pot that's about half a liter.

Use one of those Light My Fire spoon/fork deals, they work great.

Heavier and bulkier than some, but it's got all the horsepower I need.

I also use this setup while car camping on fishing trips, so the Dragonfly works very well for cooking more "gourmet" meals as well as just boiling for freeze-dried stuff. In fact, it gets used more for that than backpacking, as I typically fish almost every weekend during the summer but only go backpacking once or twice a year.
 
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