Folding cooker

[Celtic Dragon]

Hi all,

I've just had a look at http://www.countrytrader.co.uk/main.htm If you go to the section of outdoor cooking, theres a section which looks like we could use. Watch this space for a review on that folding cooker looks like it could be the ideal comprimise on my shoot where I can't have a true open fire.

ATB
Simon

 

[gurushaun]

Hi Simon

I've just bought one of those stoves from Trek Direct (operating from the same address). Folds to not much bigger than a Hexi stove, well made, works well with squaw wood, and pine cones. Keeps the sheeple happy, and allows you to have a brew :-D .

Cheers

Shaun

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Cheers for that Shaun, I've now ordered 1 so I'm waiting now. Hopefully I can get over to my shoot next week to do a bit of hide building and get the chance to try it out.

ATB
Simon

 

[Rob]

I ordered one the other day too :-D

Looks like a nice bit of kit. I will make an effort to go out and abuse it the first chance I get

Hope it does not take 21 days to arrive, like the site says it might :-(

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Rob,

I've just had anonther look at countrytraders web and they say that most orders should be receieved within 10 days.

HTH
Simon

 

[Rob]

Excellent - trust me to only see the bad side.

Must be the H&S training. lol

 

[Celtic Dragon]

Rob,

Look on your doormat when you get home. MIne turned up this morning. Ordered it sunday night and turns up tuesday morning. Wow.

ATB
Simon

 

[Rob]

Mine was here when I got home - excellent :-D

Mel got into the package first, but then i was alowed a go.

Looking forward to getting some flames out of it at the weekend.

Was your pouch purple too?

 

[Celtic Dragon]

It was, I don't think that the pouch will stand up to alot, I think getting a webbing pouch to keep it in and a bit of fuel.

Simon

 

[Martyn]

got one a while ago, weighs a ton!

 

[boaty]

got one a while ago, weighs a ton!

Does it work well though? I don't mind an extra kilo or so if it's gonna boil up water for coffee in a finite (and preferably short!) time

 

[Martyn]

havent tried it to be honest, I lost interest when I discovered the weight of it. I spose I should get round to testing it.

 

[Hoodoo]

I took this little puppy out the other day in the snow and cold and was very impressed with it. As long as you use dry wood, it cooks lke a house afire. :super: Use green twigs and it will smoke and sputter.

For snowshoe hiking and camping, I always take a cookie sheet or something similar along as well which I use to build an open fire on. Usually a few logs, then the cookie sheet, then the fire. But the cookie sheet also provided great stability for the little cooker. I don't mind the weight at all during the winter because my gear usually rides on a toboggan that I pull. I think if you plan to use this in the winter by placing it on a bed of logs, you will need to spend some time with an axe to plane the logs to get a nice stable platform. The cookie sheet is worth the weight, imo, because it will save you some hassle, especially for quick lunches on the trail.

 

[Stew]

...I always take a cookie sheet or something similar along...

I assume this is what we would call a baking tray! :-D

 

[Martyn]

...I always take a cookie sheet or something similar along...

I assume this is what we would call a baking tray! :-D

Ahhhh, thanks Stew. :-D

 

[Hoodoo]

Don't worry. Some day you'll learn the language.

So what do you call a broiler pan (found in your oven)? I like to use those as they are usually more heavy duty than a "baking tray" and you can build a pretty substantial fire on one. But they are a bit heavy to lug around.

 

[Adi007]

A broiler pan is called a roasting tin this side of the pond! :-D

If I keep watching the Simpsons I think that one day I'll be good at english!

Me fail english - that's unpossible!

 

[Stew]

I would guess a grill pan, as we call broiling grilling.

 

[Martyn]

ahhh, is that what broiling is? Thanks again Stew - wow, I'm realling picking this English up.

(did I just end that sentence with a preposition?)

When Winston Churchill was once criticized for ending a sentence in a preposition, he responded, "That is the kind of thing up with which I will not put."
:-D

 

[Celtic Dragon]

My cooker going full tilt.

Its been said before and I will stress it again, the wood must be dry. I had to feed it on that wood you can get from tesco's. All the wood on my shoot would not keep a flame but would when the cooker was fed a mixed diet.

Simon