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Iwatani Single-Burner Stoves

December 10, 2014 //

Iwatani stove, via West County Explores Club

My friend Greg from gadmachine, who’s an avid home and camp chef, pulled out this cool little camping stove on a trip last summer. It’s a Iwatani butane-powered, single-burner stove. This particular one (Model ZA-3HP) puts out 12,000 BTUs and costs about $35. They make another version (Model 35FW) that puts out 15,000 BTUs that costs about $80. For comparison a standard, propane Coleman camp stove will produce 10,000 BTUs per burner.

That extra heat is great for searing steaks. You can even use it indoors, so it can do both camp and home kitchen duty. Greg says they’ve been making them forever in Asia and really have the design nailed down. People seem to love them.

They both come with carrying cases and might make great gifts.

Links:
Iwatani 12,000 BTU stove on Amazon, and Central Restaurant Products
Iwatani 15,000 BTU stove on Amazon, and Central Restaurant Products
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BioLite CampStove

November 15, 2012 //


Have you seen this stove? It’s called the BioLite camp stove. Use it to heat your water and charge your phone, all from the same fuel (a few dry sticks). Pretty neat.

Thanks for the tip, Richard!

Update 10/28/2013: Here’s a link to a good Cool Tools review of this stove by someone that sounds like they’ve spent some time and assessing its pros and cons. I recommend reading it, if you’re interested in this stove.

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Coleman Outdoor Portable Oven & Stove

March 31, 2012 //


Not happy roasting wieners on a stick? Itching to make homemade pizza on the trail? Roast squab, perhaps? If you have a rig that can carry an extra 41 lbs of cooking gear, I have just the thing for you: the Coleman Outdoor Portable Oven & Stove.

It’s powered by a 1-lb propane cylinder (or you can adapt it to a 20-lb cylinder, if you want to do more serious backwoods baking).

Up top, it sports two matchless, 6,000-btu burners. Down below a 3,000-btu oven with a temperature gauge helps ensure that you won’t burn your crusts. Maximum pizza width: 12 inches.

Available at Cabella’s for $250.

Via: GearPatrol.

Hat tip to Greg!

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Fire Skills: Swedish Torch

February 21, 2012 //

I came across an interesting method for making a simple fire/cooking stove. It’s called a ”Swedish Torch.”

The idea is to take a short, thick log, split it into fourths, set the resulting sections slightly apart, and fill center with tinder and kindling. Once it’s lit, the gaps between the sections facilitate the flow of air and, if the top of the log is flat, you can cook on it. A single log reportedly burns 2—3 hours.

The lower video demonstrates an alternative version, if a big log and an axe aren’t available. Both are very clever solutions.

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