how much cook time from one butane cannister?

[One Awesome Inch]

Found a good price locally for a butane stove and cannister. They hold 220 grams each or 0.485LBS.

Wondering how much cook time I'll get from one butane cannister?

 

[Almost There]

Found a good price locally for a butane stove and cannister. They hold 220 grams each or 0.485LBS.

Wondering how much cook time I'll get from one butane cannister?

The only way you'll know that is to use one or three and keep track of your cooking time.

There's so many variables that it's impossible for any one to tell you definitively and they'd be wrong a lot of the time anyways...kinda like a weatherman...

Simmer uses less fuel than boil, a small breeze will increase cook times, stoves differ in consumption and the ambient temperature will vary fuel usage as well.

IIWM, I'd always keep at least one spare on hand. There's nothing worse than being in the middle of cooking something only to run out of fuel.

If you found a really good price on the canisters, I'd grab as many as you can afford/store now while they're cheap.

Me, I prefer an alcohol stove if I'm not using propane but to each their own.

 

[highdesertranger]

while propane is readily available. butane not so much. in the back country the small little towns I go to I never see butane. so unless you stay close to populated areas I would stay away from butane. highdesertranger

 

[LeeRevell]

Seems two Butane carts equal one propane, so factor that into cost.

 

[highdesertranger]

oh I forgot, another thing butane does not like cold temps. in the 20's and below it's worthless, even the low 30's it's not too good. highdesertranger

 

[One Awesome Inch]

Well, for me personally, I am stationary in one area which means supply is always there (unless they stop carrying the product). Good point on the temperature, but it doesnt get that cold here in Vancouver that often. If it did I could find alternative means of eating. Heck, I havent used my stove even once in the 4 months I've been in the van at this point.

For $24 for the butane stove its probably what I should do. The problem with my coleman powerpack stove I currently own is I want to buy adapters so I can run it off my 20LB tank, but those adapters are quite expensive at around $50 each, plus I think I need to get a different hose than what I have to make it work.

Another advantage of the butane cannisters is that it seems to me that they are better for the environment than those thick green bottles.

Anyway, I doubt my stove is on much more than 10 minutes per use. Mainly will be used for warming stuff up and the occassional veggie burger etc.

 

[ccbreder]

just saw a Coleman butane stove for 19.95 at Target. canisters 2.29.

 

[Sameer]

I cook with butane. A canister lasts about a week, depending what I am cooking. Very portable...outside/inside. Lightweight and easy to store in it's case. Flame is easy to adjust from simmer to boil. I found the propane stove hard to adjust. It is important to buy-up canisters when you see them at Walmart where they are cheap OR where ever you see them at a cheap price. I have found out over time that I do well with just one burner. I always think it is about what works for you. The Coleman butane stove is easy to clean. For 20 bucks I think it is a good deal. I bought this one in Cortez, CO, two summers ago and it looks brand new and works great. I cook on it every day.

 

[akrvbob]

In the US the adapter hose is $20 at Walmart.

Since I use my stove for heat, the fuel has to be reasonably priced. $3 for a gallon of propane is common. Butane is at least $36 a gallon at most places. ($2.29 per bottle X 16 bottles = one gallon for $36).

Bob

 

[Suanne]

My butane cans last about a week when I'm cooking for just me. I recently got a new dual-fuel stove -- butane and propane -- from REI. I don't have enough experience with it yet to give a review; but, so far butane cooking on it seems comparable to my old stove.

 

[bcbullet]

I am not sure if they still have it, but a 4 pack of butane was 3.99 at the T&T supermarket in the bottom of Metrotown in Vancouver 2 weeks ago...

 

[accrete]

My wife and I have been cooking mostly on our Iwatani 12,000BTU Butane stove inside and out since about 2007. We really like the simplicity and cooking on the stove. For us, we typically eat brunch and _linner_ : ) We use the stove for those two meals, plus boil a kettle of water in the morning and one in the evening...one canister lasts us about 4 days of that sort of use. I will keep an eye out for deals at my local restaurant supply store and buy by the case when on sale. In our rig I will have enough for several weeks. Easy to come by for us if we shop the restaurant supply type locations. . . nearly every fancy restaurant uses the stoves at table side so demand is there to keep a supply for the owners. What I notice is that the price is higher at most other locations like Walmart, etc.

I'm about to purchase a grill for next season and will then be able to leave the SS grill and briquettes out of the rig.
what i'll probably pick up for grilling..._Iwatani butane grll example

The other reason we went that way is when doing van conversion research I came across good examples of high end expedition and overland rigs using the same stoves...so we went with it.

...with all that said... I think i'm going to play around next season or soon after with a MSR WhisperLite stove and run it on unleaded. Just for the fun of it : ) Outside of course...which is ~90% of our cooking.

Thom