recommendation for a portable stove.
 

Which would you recommend?

Type?
Fuel?
Brand?

I live in an apartment, so I don't want to be reliant on the owner to be able to cook food in my own home! I want to be able to still eat after a long term power outage! So far what I've considered are the coleman camping stoves, but not sure which type is best.

Links too if you've got em.

TIA.

Re: recommendation for a portable stove.
 

Take your pick. Camp Chef is the choice of outfitters all over the USA. I've had mine for more than ten years.

WORKS GREAT.

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A basic Coleman 2-burner propane camp stove is quite nice, and goes for around $50 or so I think. I use one every time I go camping.

If you can find one that runs on white gas, that might be handy as well. Not as convenient because you have to pump it for pressure, but the gas might be more available than propane... who knows.

If you're looking for something smaller, like a backpacking type stove, I'd recommend the Moutain Safety Research (MSR) Dragonfly:
http://www.msrcorp.com/stoves/dragonfly.asp

It's pretty robust, and runs on just about any fuel you can feed it: white gas, kerosene, unleaded, jet fuel, probably even #2 diesel. It's just a single burner and not as sturdy as a big Coleman stove, but sure packs a lot smaller.

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Cabela's has nice propane fueled cast iron ones. They are much sturdier than the coleman

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...tove&noImage=0

They come in 1, 2 and 3 burner, but considering big pots I'm thinking 1 single and 1 double.

We have a fireplace so I also like a little fold up camping model that you build a twig fire under. So if you could get no hydrocarbons very little wood could do your cooking. We have enough deadfall in our yard to fuel that.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product201.asp
Also a solar panel and a slow cooker needs no hydrocarbon input.

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In my Backpack/Bug out bag Ive got a MSR stove and fuel.

Seems like when ever I'm camping we always use the Coleman 2 burner stove.

Hobo stoves have a place because of the lightness and availability of sticks. Gas doesn't smoke and has less smell.

Electric-Amish

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It's hard to beat a 2 burner Coleman dual fuel stove for car camping or emergency use. They are compact, durable, reliable, easy to find parts for and easy to repair, and you can burn unleaded gas. Get a folding stove accessory and you can cook just about anything.

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My bad. I concur and should have included this in my earlier post. We have two of these as backups to our Camp Chef stove, which has two 65k btu burners. I also have four dual fuel Coleman lanterns. Don't forget some extra globes and TONS of mantles.

And I've also got pretty lucky two winters ago. LOWE's tried to sell 'turkey friers' during the Christmas holidays two years ago. Apparently people who shop at Lowe's didn't want turkey friers. So they went on sale. I paid $35 for a whole turkey frier set up. Actually I bought two. They are single burner, 65k btu burners. Hell, the pots that come with the frier kit are worth more than $35. The burners are worth WAY more than the $35.

So, right after Christmas this year, keep an eye out to any store that sold the turkey frier before the holidays. When Xmas is done, swoop down and talk to the store manager. Offer him 10% of the marked price and offer to take AT LEAST TWO and you will be in like Flynn.

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I have a Brinkman 2-burner stainless steel propane stove. I am looking for a stove & fuel I can use safely indoors - any suggestions? Since my Brinkman is propane I expect it will not be that usefull indoors. Are any of the stoves that have been suggested so far safe for indoor use w/o exhaust setup? Don't really want to cook outdoors in -10 degree weather. Rather cook int he relative safety, security(?) and warmth (I hope) of my home.

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Recentlhy saw a Coleman duel fuel stove but it was a single burner, have not seen it in 2 burner. I was thinking about getting the duel fuel for the BoB.

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Check these out...there are more models than I had any idea.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...rocess=default

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I would say that your propane 2-burner is about as safe a portable stove as you are going to find, with just a little ventilation you will be ok. You definitely don't want to use a Coleman dual fuel inside without a lot of ventilation.

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I used a kerosene heater (Sears) in a tipi and it was very comfortable. One tank would last through the night, but it is not the most economical way to heat at the price they get for kerosene.

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The propane two-burner cookstoves work great, are very light and portable and can be adapted to use with a 5gal bulk propane bottle with a hose & adapter kit that will cost another $20. The small cylinders contain very little propane on volume, and are really expensive. They can be re-fueled. I bought an adapter from Northern which allows you to fill the cylinders from a 5gal bottle by just using gravity flow. You attach the bottle to the adapter and turn the bottle over. works great, at least with the older tall bernzomatic cylinders.

You can probably find a decent propane campstove in a pawn shop or resale for $10. No real need to buy new, just find one that is clean. We have Coleman and Century models. Coleman has a real nice route66 model that is a bit upscale.

The more durable cast iron frame burners are very nice. The 65k btu turkey cooker/fryer burners are a bit overkill unless you are doing several gallons of something. I use mine with a 6qt castiron pot to melt lead for bullet casting. Got tired of those little melting pots.

Another nice accessory for propane cooking w/camp gear is the Coleman T which allows you to attach a lantern top about 3 feet above the propane bottle and give a couple of junctions for lines to cookstove or other appliances.

The Coleman Black Cat heaters are very portable and work nicely.

As far as cost of kerosene goes, you can substitute #1 heating oil for kero in any appliance and it will run just fine.

I saw cans of Coleman Fluid the other day going for $7 a gallon. Yikes! The stuff does store well though.


The MSR, Primus, and Sig camp cookstoves are really well-proven units. For backpacking ease, the old Bluet campinggaz cylinder butane stoves are really simple to use. If you want a "stove" you can put in a fannypack, the Trioxane stove and tablets is as small as they come. Even a coffee can is usable as a twig stove with a few holes to allow fuel to be placed under it.

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Thats what I've got in the Bug out bag.

crazy start up flame but after start up its a hot burning little rascal.

E-A
http://www.msrcorp.com/stoves/images...ite_shaker.jpg

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Since nobody mentioned this I will: Coleman Stove inside an apartment???

:dontknow:

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Well that is what I meant by this:

I have a Brinkman 2-burner stainless steel propane stove. I am looking for a stove & fuel I can use safely indoors - any suggestions?

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You can use a Coleman stove inside an apartment if you have adequate ventilation. Even a conventional gas stove requires adequate ventilation, the Coleman needs the extra ventilation primarily because of more fumes on start up and shut down...once it is burning a blue flame it is no different than any other gas stove.

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Electric.
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