What's your survival cooking set-up?

My gear is not very hi-tech or uber lightweight but it works.
For the last ten years or so i just used my old single burner Coleman Peak 1 with the aluminum carrying case/cooking "pots".
The stove fits in the square large bottom "pot", the smaller "pot" goes on top and slightly encasing the lower "pot".
Its about 5.5 inches tall, 5 inches wide.
The only thing is there is no hook or handle on the "pots", there is an aluminum accessory tool that allows you to pick up the hot pots.
Its basically a handle that in a sort of plier-like fashion pinches/grips the wall of the pot allowing you to pick up the pot.
Unfortunately the handle must be carried separately as it won't fit inside the pots with the stove.
However most of the time i'd just leave the handle at home and use mutitool pliers to grip and move the pots around.
The old tilting head pliers on my SOG paratool were good for that actually.
The total weight of the two pots/stove case (stove not included) is 7.5 to 8 ounces.

Lately i've been looking at the stainless steel pot/cup/lid sets at bensbackwoods for times when i want to leave the stove at home and just cook over a fire.
That set allows you to carry 1 litre/32 ounce nalgene inside the pot/cup set.
 
omaha-beenglockin said:
Only have a large Coleman propane stove---for now.

What are the downsides of just a Sterno can and mess kit while traveling light??

Just wondering before I plunk a bunch of cash on a light weight stove.
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From my experience the sterno can cooking is simple and pretty light weight. The downside is that it takes forever to get water boiling. If you wanna go light weight and cheap I would use an esbit or similiar stove. These will smell bad but get much hotter. The esbit cubes will put off fumes so dont do any roasting(like marshmellows) just use apot or pan and your fine. Slightly heavier is the small cannister stoves like the MSR pocket rocket, superfly, SnowPeak gigapower(?) and the like. These use pressurized fuel cannisters. These are light but the major drawback is there is no fuel gauge for them and could be hard to fine fuel for them at the neighborhood hardware store. The only way to know fuel amount is experience. The next is liquid stoves, they use a fuel that your familiar with. These use a pressure system similiar to the coleman stove. These are the most expensive and most versitile.

The mess kit limiting factor is the amount of food it holds and the configuration of it. Meaning that it would be hard to fry a fish in an ultralight small pot. I have a hiking wok frm GSI for these occasions. It has a folding handle but is still kinda big(8in dia), I only take it when I plan to actualy need it like when I'm fshing as well.
 
tholiver said:
Lately i've been looking at the stainless steel pot/cup/lid sets at bensbackwoods for times when i want to leave the stove at home and just cook over a fire.
That set allows you to carry 1 litre/32 ounce nalgene inside the pot/cup set.
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I bought that one/or similiar. Zebra brand pot. Its great even has a small plate/bowl that packs in it. I bet you could fit a pocket rocket and small fuel cannister in it. The the only drawback is the handle doesnt stand up by itself. If your not hanging it you need to tie it up so it doesnt fall anmd get real hot. I speak from experience on that one.
 
Do a search on Pepsi can alcohol stoves. These seem really neat - I'd like to make one some time.

I use a pair of small stainless steal nesting pots with lid/plates most of the time. I also have a small stowaway-type pot that I'd like to create a kit around; it fits easily into a small fanny pack or GI canteen cover with room to spare.
 
Soap the bottom of your fire pots if using Esbit to ease cleaning after your meal. Stanco grease pots are very thin aluminum and dent if your cat looks at it twice IME. Save the $6 and spend it on a better quality/thicker metal pot.
 
what my "survival cooking setup" is, all day. I conclude that it is my Titanium Snow Peak Trek 700 cup, cause I'm never without it. And also a small aluminum Trangia mess tin, cause that's what I house my survival kit in. It can also double as a cooking container.

For a survival stove, it just depends on whatever stove I have on me. Half the time, it's a Trangia burner, with an aluminum flashing windshield, and a bent coathanger pot stand.

Other times, it is the execellent Snow Peak GigaPower butane stove. Just depends on what I think I'm doing.

Or just a small campfire.
 
Jet Boil! That and a few titanium cups and some Nalgenes.
 
After making pumpking pie this Thanksgiving I realized that the can the pumpkin came in was just the right size to partner with my Nalgene. Cleaned it, heated it a few times and I am good to go. It's like the coffee can pot, just 2/3 the size. So far I have used it with an esbit, my mini trangia burner, and right in the coals of a fire. When it gets to funky I can just toss it and make more pie.

I like pie.
 
orrey45 said:
I bought that one/or similiar. Zebra brand pot. Its great even has a small plate/bowl that packs in it. I bet you could fit a pocket rocket and small fuel cannister in it. The the only drawback is the handle doesnt stand up by itself. If your not hanging it you need to tie it up so it doesnt fall anmd get real hot. I speak from experience on that one.
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Cool yeah Zebra is the name! Thanks for the recommend and the info!
I'm going pick one up before spring, i'll look into the pocket rocket too.

Out of curiosity i did make and try the stove shown here
http://outdoors-magazine.com/spip.php?article102&var_recherche=hobo stove&var_recherche=hobo stove
late last summer. Worked a lot better than i thought it would.
Was fun making it too, lol!
 
I have a question about titanium. Can it be used on an open campfire? I have heard no. This does not make sense since it can be used with any other fueled burner stove.
My favorite outfit is the Swedish surplus Trangia set up. Very versitile and cheap. I also carry a Trangia Westwind in my daypack for heating up drinks.
 
Yes, titanium is fine on an open campfire. I do not hesitate to use any of my titanium for that. They work fine for that.
 
lumpymike1 said:
After making pumpking pie this Thanksgiving I realized that the can the pumpkin came in was just the right size to partner with my Nalgene. Cleaned it, heated it a few times and I am good to go. It's like the coffee can pot, just 2/3 the size. So far I have used it with an esbit, my mini trangia burner, and right in the coals of a fire. When it gets to funky I can just toss it and make more pie.

I like pie.
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Excellent tip - I've been wanting a container that fits over a Nalgene.
 
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Coffee can stick stove fits in the pot.
In the coffee can are shavings from carving* projects, a film can of vaselined cotton balls and matches.
GI issue fork and spoon are in the bag with the pot.
I'm not proud, I'll eat out of the pot :)
*attempted carvings...the best things I make are the shavings ;)

ETA:
The waxed cord was an attempt to make a 'fuse' of sorts to get the fire going from the bottom up.
The cotton ball on a stick worked better.
The TriOx is always there as a backup.
 
For lightweight and on the move situations I like the GI canteen, cup and stove setup. It all nests together and with a few heat tabs does whats needed for when I'm on the move. I'd like to add a 1 qt. titanium pot for in the pack.
 
I have a stainless steel, pack size cook set and a couple of the Esbit stoves. I recently picked up a bunch of the plastic Spork sets from WallyWorld for $1 each. They have a spoon/knife on one end and a fork on the other. They had a bunch of different colors so everyone has one of their own and they're the heavy PC not the styrene junk. I have a small, dessert-size plate for each person and a coffee mug for each person for soup & drink. I added a filter straw to each person's pack and we're good to go.
 
orrey45, I use the Guyot Squishy set and I LOVE IT! It's mainly used in my daily bag that's always with me. Get's a little warm with hot liquids, but if you're using gloves they're fine. Pack really well, too.
 
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