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[pct-l] Cooking in tent



>>Call me crazy, but when needed I carefully also cook in
>>my tent - I use a small butane cartridge stove. With the
>>pot over the flame, I feel fairly safe. I have also
>>learned to light the stove outside and then bring it in
>>so that any flame up doesn't get the tent.

The biggest danger with cooking in a tent is not the tent
catching fire, but a catastrophic failure of the fuel supply.
When the fuel tank ruptures, the tent contains the fireball
for a second or two.  Guess who is in the middle of that
fireball?  A tarp at least lets the fireball dissipate out
the open ends and sides to a great extent.  Believe me,
I have seen this demonstrated and I would skip dinner before
I bring any kind of stove inside a tent!

. . . Kurt H.
Grants Pass, OR 97526