Heineken Pot Cooking System

[Cyberslinger]

So I was a little bored the other day and remember seeing this light weight cook system on the web so I thought I would put it together. I gotta say... I like it. I have a Jet Boil system but I think think is kinda just as good and far less noisy and SUPER CHEAP!

Made a Penny Alcohol Stove. Cut the top of a 24 oz Heineken Pot (use side cutting can opener). Used hardware cloth for the stand. Took 2 different size Food Storage containers, cut out the middle of the screw on lids, ducted them together. I put holes in the smaller container and I can use it to make coffee with a filter. It slides right into the bigger container. Water Boils in about 6-7 minutes (2 cups). Fuel bottle, windscreen and stove all fit inside no prob. Just gotta wrap some heat cloth around the pot.

Thought some might find it interesting although I am sure ALOT of you have already seen it

 

[Gill]

i was looking at these yesterday again,and fancied making one .but we dont get the heineken pots like that here .are you in the states buddy.i,ve never seen them in the uk anyway.

 

[Cyberslinger]

Yup in Southern California. If you really want one I could send one out to you if you can't find it in the UK. I have a couple extra and have no problem emptying a couple more

 

[Pignut]

you can get em in the UK but they seem to be hard to find

 

[Pignut]

Nice work cyberslinger by the way! what do you tink the durability is like?

 

[helixpteron]

Heineken contacted a certain US pop can stove and Heineken cook pot maker to instruct them against selling the cans for heating anything for human consumption, as the lining in the can was never intended to be heated above room temp!

Heineken's chemists/engineers stated that the issue is health related.

This was discussed over on the Backpacking Light Forum, which is where I read it.

 

[Cyberslinger]

Nice work cyberslinger by the way! what do you tink the durability is like?

Well durability seems pretty good if you keep it in the container when on the trail. Good thing is you can always get another can after the season It's a pretty sturdy little can...

 

[MickG]

http://www.bisphenol-a.org/human/epoxycan.html
Mick

 

[RobertRogers]

I've been saving these big cans, have a half dozen now. They seem very useful for something!

 

[Air Pirate]

I made a penny stove from the Heineken can, but use it with my billy can instead of another Heineken can. Works pretty well although I haven't made a windscreen for it yet and I think that may be slowing down my boil times a bit.