I have seen one or two DIY projects and now marketed items that make use of the chimney on the Kelly Kettle and allow you to place a pot over it. My question is can you safely burn a Kelly without water or could it potentially damage the void?
Burning a Kelly Dry
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Well my kelly does two things at once i use a jiffy heet alcohol burner its like trangia but a littler round and a litter shorter the tangia just a little big for it or you could make your own alcohol stove to fit
Silverback said:
:thinkerg: it´s OK if you want to fast forge something (tent pegs, spoon ) out of it. You could also hammer the cold Kelly Kettle, since aluminum can be cold forged. May take it bit longer - saves fuel that way.
If you want to keep the Kelly as a kettle you should have a fire in it only with the water chamber filled with aqua.
Exactly - this is why I asked the question. A Kelly is highly efficient at boiling its entire reservoir in a very short space of time, so unless you just let it boil away and top up it is only going to offer the flue vent for cooking/heating etc. over a very short period of time. It may however be useful for heating say washing up or washing water where you only need warm as opposed to boiling. I would personally like to see a warning with the commerciallly available products designed for use with the Kelly flue warning against burning the kettle in a dry state as this could result in many becoming damagedlou1661 said:
