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Wild_E
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I have an oven and burner set from a demo unit camper. That is next weeks project, checking it out, cleaning it up (in that order) then installing it into my Camper. Miss the Oven as there is a lot you can do with one. <div><br></div><div>Alternative is to make an oven box that goes over the burners, similar to the cheapy little Coleman units. </div>
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I was talking to a good friend of mine in Ft. Frances ON. yesterday and told him I bought an old class B motor home. He told me if I'm going to spend a lot of time in it to go to a Truck Plaza and get a 12V heated lunch box.<br>He worked as an ice road trucker for two years in the arctic and said they were standard issue. Without them they would have been lost. The cook froze everything and the guys picked up there lunches every morning and shoved them in the lunch box and by noon they had a warm lunch.<br>He claims they are the real deal not just a gimmick. You can actually cook in them I guess; they get up to 300 degrees. Make sure you get one with some aluminum pans in it. Some have them; some don't although you can buy them at WollyWorld too.<br><br>Check it out @ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Koolatron-LBS-01-12V-Lunchbox-Stove/dp/B000Q73AEU">Amazon</a> !!<br><br>Gus<br><br>
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<div><br></div><div>Man 4x4, that thing is cool! Inexpensive too!</div>4x4tour said:
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ok just messing around, but sorta made an attempt at the coffee can stove tonight. have to tweak it and add dirt. <br>
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ps: NICE stove/oven combo..man i want one.<br>i have a little coleman oven that sits on top of the wood stove. it works good but the knob is always loose. i have a wood cook stove too that i use and want to haul to a cabin but its awful heavy.<br>
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<br><br>You talking about adding dirt around the can in the center? I've seen these before and used them with various types of fuel ( basically whatever we could come up with). What do you have in it for fuel in the picture?<br>gus<br>Aunt Meg said:
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used "heet". but have used regular rubbing alcohol. it gave off alot of heat. <br>
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Hi all, say, does anyone really use alcohol stoves for anything more than messing around a bit? How about a twig stove? <br>I keep buying and making them and they just don't seem to be up to the job of continual, dependable cooking in any weather, etc. I have coveted a Zip stove....not a copy of one better than that, but a real zippy with all the goodies but won't let myself buy one because I know when push comes to shove and I am packing my bike, I am going to throw my favorite, pressurized butane mix stove that is quick, quiet and foolproof....<br><br>Let me know about you all...do you take them serious? Not something you think you might use someday...cripes, my shed is full of that crap....but are you using it today and on the last journey you took, etc.<br>I'll put the coffee on...<br>Hugs,<br>bri<br><br>
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I've used the three burner stove/oven in my old Scotty with a 20 lb propane tank. Used that for 7 years or so. Also used the ol' coleman two burner stove. Used two Ozark Trail coleman knock offs that were great, for cooking breakfast burritos at a farmer's market. Those little things really worked. Went thru three canisters between the two of them in one saturday breakfast/lunch rush. Also have the coleman folding oven and have used it. It's not very fuel efficient and it loses a lot of heat thru openings in the upper part. There's a much better version here:<br><br>http://www.stpaulmercantile.com/index.php?action=store&item=Oven<br><br>I used to use propane, but I don't like the explosive component. I've had propane fires and just didn't feel safe with it, although I know lots of folks use it very easily. I went to kerosene. It's pretty easy to find. If you use A grade then there's almost no smell, and it non-explosive. Also, the really good kerosene stoves like this one:<br><br>http://www.stpaulmercantile.com/index.php?action=store&item=SixteenWick <br><br>have their fuel tanks sealed and double walled so that if the stove tips over, it won't cause problems. Even my old Toyo kerosene radiant heater has tipped over, but not been a problem. You just pick it up and the flame flickers a bit as the kerosene sloshes, then all is well. This is the modern version of the old amish canning stoves which are still being made. They are my preference anyway. I've never had a kerosene fire in about 15 years of cabin and RV use, and I always crack the roof vent or a window about 1/2 inch.<br><br>I've also used a homemade alcohol stove, which is great if all you can carry is a bug out bag, and an old zip stove, which will heat water and do subsistence cooking. They work and are better than an open flame in subsistence situations, if all you need to do is heat up water and maybe a pre-cooked meal.<br><br>Since I bake and can foods, I'd probably be a person who had a more extensive cookset in my van, even though it will be small. I'm now planning on the single kerosene burner and the oven, as long as I'm using fuels.<br><br>I used RoadPro 12V appliances when I drove trucks, and the oven they put out has been the same design for many years because there's really nothing to improve about it. Get a package of three foil small loaf bake pans from the supermarket. It will use one and then you have two more for when the first gets dirty. That will protect the inside of the oven and make lifting the food out very easy. I've also used the pot/popcorn popper, and the hot water pot. Like I said, they work just fine if you have the 12V. The alternative is to wrap your biskits and chikin in tin foil, lift the hood and slip the foil package on top of your engine. By the time you've arrived to drop your load, you have your dinner!<br><br>I'd like to go towards using a solar oven, which I'd think would be easy if I was in a place I could put one outside. Like camping on BLM land, or at an RTR, or on a friend's land etc etc. Not stealthy, although it would be worth a conversation with interested passersby about the importance of being sustainable....<br><br>
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I cook inside my trailer on the stove there most of the time. But I keep my little hand made coke can alcohol burner stove in a daypack for if I want hot tea, coffee, soup, ramen or whatever while I'm out away from the trailer.<br><br>The best backpacking meal I ever made in it was boil water, stir in a half pack of chicken gravy mix, add a half pack of cornbread stuffing mix then add a can of chicken, It tasted like Thansgiving in the mountains!<br><img src="http://tinycamper.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sherrys-stove.jpg"><br><br>
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Well, I recently did an 8 day sidecar trip to Big Bend country Texas and tried my steverstove from ADV rider forum out as a stove for three guys....for one meal...<br><br>Hmm, well I will carry it as a backup stove but I just don't enjoy all the dinking around to cook a meal with the alcohol stove. For me it will remain an emergency stove in my BOB and in my sidecar camping gear.<br><br>I am back with my Primus stove with butane/propane pressurized canister and I have a quick, easy cup of coffee, or a meal with zero pharting around filling stoves, using one to boil and one to simmer...blah, blah, blah....<br><br>In the states it is easy to find the canister and since I mostly camp for free or little money, the cost is very minimal....<br><br>I do like the idea of it as a backup and/or emergency stove though....<br><br>Just me and my own preferences....<br>Bri <br><br>
Hey all,<br>I read every post and am still not sure what will be best for me living in a van.<br>1] I liked the 12v lunch box for planing ahead and cooking while my van is running.<br>2] I liked the burner for the <span id="post_message_1266946838">one pound green disposable propane canisters & found it at Kmart for $9 and think that's ok for making coffee and cooking when at a site</span>. <br><br>But should I need to be stealth in a parking lot, I don't want to open the doors to cook at night or make coffee in the morning, should I just suck it up and buy a 12v coffee maker and a 12v griddle? <br><br>I would like to go with the burner for the <span id="post_message_1266946838">one pound green disposable propane canisters and think I can be careful, But in a 10ft cargo van would I have time to boil water before the co2 makes me sick?<br><br>I have a little charcoal grill for a camp site that I really enjoy, and I could always use the </span> burner for the <span id="post_message_1266946838">one pound green disposable propane canisters </span><span id="post_message_1266946838"> at a site, but for parking lots I'm not sure.<br><br>Thanks for your input!<br><br></span>
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I have been doing this for over 10 years and I estimate I have cooked over 3000 meals inside my van/camper. the majority of them with the door closed. I never hesitate to cook with the door and windows closed. Never had any problems. Bob<br>
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I often cook inside my standard van using a single or two burner propane stove, sometimes open the vent or a window a bit, but not always- depends where I am and the weather. Don't usually spend long cooking though- boil water, grill a ham'ncheese, ramen, boxed soup....stuff like that.<br>
