My cooking options for camping

[Itchy]

Have I got this right? you burn sticks etc in that tiny bottom bit??

[dubber68]

You can burn sticks etc but I have put a spare trangia burner I had in there and could also use solid fuel blocks. Works pretty well with the trangia burner but if you get a good fire going in it it roars like a jet engine due to the chimney effect and you have no control of heat when using a fire.

[Mike54]

You can use the meths for the kelly but it doesnt work in the same way as when you use twigs etc. The Kelly is a "volanco" kettle, so the flue up the middle pulls air up it so your twigs burn at a faster rate. When it's working well the flame roars out of the top and you get a big whooshing type noise. But for this to happen you have to have breeze or wind, it just doesnt work well without it (in the same was a domestic wood burner works better when its windy outside).

You can burn lots of things in them but you do have to keep chucking twigs down the chimney otherwise it goes out quickly. This is why its almost impossible in the real workd to actually cook on top of one using wood - you just cant get the twigs in the top, nor the bottom when its going, there isn't the room. On its own though in a wind it will boil water pretty fast, though of course you need to be able to light a fire in the bottom pot thing so that means you need a fire source of some kind, and dry enough fuel to keep it going. Best is air dried twigs that you find in tree branches from stuff thats blown off but isnt on the ground. If its not dry just forget it :laugh:

The absolute best fuel for a kelly I've ever come across is small pine cones. they burn hot and are easy to chuck into the top. Fire source I use is a fire steel and a small box of vaseline soaked cotton wool pads.

[dubber68]

Ditto with Mike about the vaseline covered cotton wool balls they take an ember really well. While the meths burner does work it does not burn as hot but it is more reliable and still boils water reasonably quickly and gives adquate heat through the chimney to cook on without the hassle of constantly feeding the fire. At about 2KG for the trangia and kelly kettle combined it is a little weighty but the options for cooking are greatly expanded.

[Bushman_uk]

good video think the dog was disappointed no food !!

[markoh]

Got me thinking. Presumably the windshield and burner from the trangia mini will fit inside a trangia 27 effectively giving you two cook sets for the space of one? What about the cook pot which comes with the mini, is that the same size as the smaller 27 pot?

Cheers
Mark

[davsato]

its a bit smaller, the '27 is 1 litre, the mini is 0.8l

[markoh]

Been looking at the measurements and decided it is worth a try.

The smaller 27 pot is 146 x 69 mm
The mini pot is 140 x 62 mm
The mini windshield is 96 x 62 mm
Looks like most of the set will fit inside a trangia 27 and provide quite a varied two burner cook set.

I'll order one.

Cheers
Mark

[dubber68]

That was my aim to be ble to cook on multiple cookers at the same time. Allows alot better meals to be prepared. Boil in the bag gets dull after a while.

[LilMissDirty]

Looks a bit useless...How are you supposed to cook a steak on that? :blink: