[pct-l] cooking systems

[Stephen Adams]

I've had a snow Peak about the same amount of time and the o-ring in mine had to be replaced about a year ago. I used it a lot.  
I noticed what looked like a small cut or tear in the original o-ring so I leak tested it with soapy water and sure as @#!%& it had developed a very almost imperceptible leak.  Enough to loose your fuel if the stove were attached to the canister very long.  So keep an eye on it.   
On Dec 6, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Ken Powers wrote:

> This is very similar to our method. The differences are: 1) we pour off the 
> drink into mugs before the water boils; 2) we use a fleece jacket or hat as 
> the cozy. One of us eats from the pot and used a small amount of water to 
> clean the pot. Then one of us drinks the cleaning water. No water is ever 
> wasted!
> 
> Our stove is a Snow Peak. We have used the same stove since 2000 with no 
> flare-ups, no cracked gaskets, no leaky valves, no problems of any kind. 
> That's a lot of cooking on the one stove.
> 
> We ship fuel with our food (see 
> http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm ). We have tried calculating the 
> relative weight gain/loss of carrying a canister stove or alcohol stove for 
> 3-4 day resupplies. For 2 of us it is so close we can only argue the 
> differences. For 2 of us, heating with a canister is easily more efficient 
> and boils water is half the time of an alcohol stove.  We love to compare 
> stove boil times to our Snow Peak. So far only our home kitchen's induction 
> cook top beats it by any significant margin.
> 
> We also ship a small zip lock of powdered whole milk with each Mac & Cheese. 
> Added calories and flavor! (Shipping small bags of white powder can be 
> interesting!) The quart zip lock becomes a garbage bag, dirty socks bag, or 
> map bag.
> 
> Ken
> www GottaWalk com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik The Black" <erik at eriktheblack.com>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] cooking systems
> 
> 
> Here is what I use for a cooking system.
> 
> It has all of the benefits of a Jetboil without the high weight, and none of
> the disadvantages of an alcohol stove:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> * Stove: MSR Pocket-Rocket (3 oz)
> * Pot: Snowpeak 600ml Titanium Mug (2.8 oz)
> * Fuel: Small isobutene canister (MSR, Snowpeak or Jetboil) (3-7 ounces)
> * Ziploc Baggies
> * Ziploc Cozy made from reflective auto sunshade material, duct tape and
> velcro (1 ounce)
> 
> Total weight minus fuel: 6.8 oz (compare to 15 ounces for Jetboil)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Here is how it works:
> 
> 1) Before packing your food transfer it out of its original packaging into
> individual ziploc baggies.
> 
> 2) When you are ready to eat put one baggy of food (liptons, couscous,
> mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, stuffing... whatever) inside the pot cozy.
> 
> 3) Screw the Pocket Rocket onto the top of the fuel canister and light it
> (no need for windscreens, priming, measuring fuel or rickety pot stands)
> 
> 4) Boil appropriate amount of water for food + extra cup for hot drink in
> mug on top of stove (3-5 minutes)
> 
> 5) Pour boiling water for food into ziplock baggy and seal ziplock and pot
> cozy (let sit 15 minutes)
> 
> 6) In the meantime add drink mix to remaining hot water in mug (hot cocoa,
> coffee, tea, cider, etc.) and enjoy a hot drink while your dinner cooks.
> 
> 7) Eat dinner from ziplock baggy and discard. No pot cleaning required
> (except to clean out the remainder of your hot drink)
> 
> * A note about how much water to use. Generally 1.5 to 2 cups of water is
> enough to cook most typical backpacking dinners (including a full box of
> macaroni and cheese). You'll figure out the right amount by trail and error.
> But, what is listed on the package is almost always too high).
> 
> Happy trails!
> 
> Erik the Black
> www.eriktheblack.com
> 
> 
> 
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