Anyone use their propane heater as a method of warming up food?

[One Awesome Inch]

I had an idea to warm up simple food items (soup, chilli etc) using my Wave 3, which will be wall mounted.

Take something like this banana hanger (or perhaps bend some thick metal wire with vice grips etc), use it to hold a shallow pan which has a tin/metal cup/ bowl etc with the food in it. Place it near the heater (how close I don't know... maybe 10cm?). Stir every 5 to 10 minutes, and viola! Warm soup!

Anyone doing something like this?

 

[SoulRaven]

Or you can just use your camp stove for both heat and cooking.

 

[One Awesome Inch]

Camp stoves are not heaters. Safety first!

 

[Bdog1]

Some of the MSR stoves are actually really a heater style. Burner is a catalyst type set- up. (Reactor series I believe.) seems the heat must be contained somehow to be efficient.

 

[SoulRaven]

Camp stoves are not heaters. Safety first!

Camp stoves have been used safely as heaters for as long as they have been around.  A double burner camp stove is far safer than most heaters because it is more stable and less likely to be knocked over, or be too close to something combustible.

It just seems slightly silly to me to use a heater for a stove, unless it was designed that way to start with, when using a stove for a heater is a more practical choice.

Here's an example of one designed to be dual purpose:

 

[akrvbob]

I agree totally with Off grid 24/7! I've been using my Coleman Propane stove for heat in a van for 13 years now. Never once regretted it.
Bob

 

[highdesertranger]

I say give it a try, don't spend any money on it until you are sure it's for you. highdesertranger

 

[One Awesome Inch]

Use appliances for their intended use only. Never use stove burners or ovens for space heating.

http://safetyauthority.ca/rv-propane-safety

By the way, the irony of not using things for their intended purpose  is not lost on me. 

 

[cdiggy]

"Some rules can be bent, others can be broken...."

 

[Wabbit]

Camp stoves are not heaters. Safety first!

...By the way, the irony of not using things for their intended purpose  is not lost on me. 

The first quote made me chuckle, the second quote ruined the superiority fix I was going to get by pointing out the irony...lol

 

[SoulRaven]

Quote:Use appliances for their intended use only. Never use stove burners or ovens for space heating.

http://safetyauthority.ca/rv-propane-safety

By the way, the irony of not using things for their intended purpose  is not lost on me. 

And on the very next line of that site it reads:

"Never use portable propane camping equipment inside your RV (e.g. camping stoves, barbeques, lanterns, catalytic or radiant heaters). "

So if we choose to believe them, any of our heating methods are a no-no.

 

[Wabbit]

One thing might be possible paint fumes from the item pictured. That and keeping in mind any tipping/balance issue. If you work something out that works, patent that s.o.b and put a crap load of warnings on it to not be used as its intended purpose...lol

 

[907KHAM687]

I had an idea to warm up simple food items (soup, chilli etc) using my Wave 3, which will be wall mounted.

Take something like this banana hanger (or perhaps bend some thick metal wire with vice grips etc), use it to hold a shallow pan which has a tin/metal cup/ bowl etc with the food in it. Place it near the heater (how close I don't know... maybe 10cm?). Stir every 5 to 10 minutes, and viola! Warm soup!

Anyone doing something like this?

I've cooked hot dogs on my little buddy. Wrapped them in tin foil and set them on the top of the grate. Split the buns and toasted them. That was a irresponsible use of the little buddy, if hot hot dog juice spurted out on the heater I would have had a fire. Or at least a cold night. Good way to cook a hotdog though.

I had a malfunction on the big buddy unrelated to cooking. The second burner started flaming yellow fire. Shut it down, the burner was black with carbon. Blew it out with a compressor, scrubbed the element with a dry toothbrush and the big buddy has run for six months of winter without another issue.

Hank

 

[SoulRaven]

I am cooking ham, potatoes, onions, and portabella mushrooms in a hobo pack right now using the little buddy. I will finish if off with a sherry cream sauce.
 
A stainless plate from the sportsman’s guide fits perfectly between the front guard, an oven mitt is a must have item.
 
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/prod...glacier-stainless-steel-dinner-plate?a=509464

 

[cdiggy]

I am cooking ham, potatoes, onions, and portabella mushrooms in a hobo pack right now using the little buddy. I will finish if off with a sherry cream sauce.
 
A stainless plate from the sportsman’s guide fits perfectly between the front guard, an oven mitt is a must have item.
 
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/prod...glacier-stainless-steel-dinner-plate?a=509464

Can find some great deals at the guide.

 

[brightbluejim]

Here's an example of one designed to be dual purpose:

Bitchin! Where did you find that? Who makes it? Looks about ideal for me.

 

[SoulRaven]

Bitchin!  Where did you find that?  Who makes it?  Looks about ideal for me.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mr.-Heater-Portable-Propane-Radiant-Heater-Cooker/20775614

Cheers!