kelly kettle as a cooker

[spiritwalker]

i know how good kelly kettles are as a means to boil water (used them on a course) and if i buy another stove anytime soon im probably a dead man (got 9 already lol) but i am curious if anyone has tried the cooking extensions for the kelly kettle and any feedback. I dont like the idea of the one that cooks above the volcano but the little grill that sits on the base bowl looks nifty or is it awkward to feed it fuel if you havent enough embers...

anyone good for a review on it?

 

[Mang]

I asked the same thing... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32322&highlight=

 

[spiritwalker]

whoops the search button was camo'd out honest gov lol
ive now read that thread cheers

 

[the laird]

the kelly kettlle is a big heavy useless lump,a trangia is leaps and bounds more advanced.but then you would get confused with all the futuristic nonsense

 

[the laird]

i know how good kelly kettles are as a means to boil water (used them on a course) /QUOTE]

I would be interested to know who let you use Kelly Kettles on a so called 'course'

 

[Toddy]

A kelly kettle will boil a kettle full of water in a couple of minutes. That's a full kettleful, enough for six mugs. No trangia equals that. Trust me, I tried it at Murton last week. One wee two cup kettle took nearly eight minutes to boil

The cooking base works fine if you have embers enough, but the grill is split/folding so you can just lift one edge and add more fuel as necessary.
I don't much fancy the top cooker bit myself tbh. Just looks like an accident waiting to happen

cheers,
Toddy

 

[bivouac]

It's not that awkward to feed fuel into the base if the embers start to cool down. It helps if you blow through the hole too. Also, i found that food cooks a lot better if you place the kettle over the top of it, so you have the effect of an oven. So, boil the kettle, make sure there is enough water in the kettle, add twigs to the embers, stick the grill over the base, put the food on the grill, place the kettle over the grill + food, blow through the hole and - voila! - you have an outback oven. Although experience has taught me someone will have found a problem with this.

 

[spiritwalker]

i use trangias all the time top piece of kit but kelly kettle as stated boils lots of water fast and is versatile when it comes to fueling (and handful of twigs, heather, pine cones even paper so the perfect apocalypse boiler :-D

the only down size is they are a bit bulky but i havent seen the 0.5 litre one close up (that might be more carriable)

in relation to the course, i was on a bushcraft weekend and we had 3 kelly kettles of various sizes for people to try and use as well as big pots over the fire... it was with pro adventure in llangollen (why do you sound suprised on them letting us use them?)

 

[Laurentius]

Well IME a Kelly Kettle is a good way to get a fire going to begin with, you can then use the embers to start any other kind of a fire as you feel like.

 

[steven andrews]

the kelly kettlle is a big heavy useless lump..

The Kelly Kettle is a fantastic kettle.

I wouldn't bother trying to cook on one though.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

cooking with one requires a gillie put grill so as it can stand over the base and you can cook on that and yes the pot stand works but you have to be careful with cos if not it can topple over but is fine and ave used it loads

 

[verloc]

I always found that that cooking on the KK was a waste of time - great for water but not for cooking. The top cook kit is a waste of time as you shouldn't use the kettle empty but the kettle is so efficient at boiling water you normally find that the water is boiling away before you have finished cooking. The base is ok to cook on but you will get much better (and easier) results imho by using a wee stove or stick fire.