What kind of fuel can you put in the bottle? What are the burn times of the tanks on high? And what would be a good tank for camping or backpacking?
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I am in Australia so I have only used shellite but I expect it could hold any fuel appropriate for your stove. Stoves have burn times not bottles. How long it lasts will depend on your stove and how long you use it. I find the large one is good for a four day hike with my MSR stove and the small one is good for an over night. I haven't had one leak yet.
27718
How this helps - I ordered 2 and mounted them to my topcase of my motorcycle. I filled them with 93 octane for my long motocycle trips.
27719
You can put any kind of fuel into the bottle however you will want to check the type or types of fuel that are compatible with the stove you have. Different fuels have different burn times and there are several other factors including elevation, wind, and type of stove that would make it extremely difficult to give an accurate answer for this. Any of the tanks would be good for backpacking, obviously the longer the trip, the more fuel you need so it just depends on what kind of trip you are planning. For three days, the smallest bottle would probably be fine
1262437
Hard to answer, if you burn on high probably 6/7 hrs medium to low 10/12. This is on a 20 pound BBQ grill size tank
1482195
Any propane tank would work if it had the threads that would fit the regulator that comes with the Camp Chef. We've noticed that it doesn't use a lot of propane, but we usually don't run it on high.
1284609
If you use the small tanks, make sure you have two available. My buddy works for Ashland propane so we use 50 lb tanks. When we cook for about 300 (wild game feast) we probably use about 8-10 lbs.
2247890
I haven't timed it but I would say they burn at full power for about 90 min, long enough to cook one full meal. I used it to deep fat fry enough fish to feed 6 men on my last camping trip and I had enough fuel left the next morning to almost finish a big breakfast of coffee, bacon, sausage & eggs. I ended up using a second can for about 5-10 min, but I just popped it back out when done and it's stored and ready for my next trip. Unless I'm grilling this is the only stove that I use.
1554320
Yes, they will, but the amount of time it takes depends on the ambient air temperature, how windy it is, and the temperature of the water / food you are trying to heat. To get it to work, and to work relatively quickly, you will need some kind of camp stove (the Sterno brand of folding camp stove is excellent). Put the fuel can inside the stove with a sleeve of aluminum foil wrapped around the fuel can so the heat will be channeled to the bottom of the pot you are using (leave some space for air to get to the flame). Cover the pot with some kind of lid (the one it came with, or a piece of aluminum foil). All of this will keep the heat concentrated, and sooner or later your water will come to a boil. For example, if the day is 80 degrees and you don't have much of a wind, and the water isn't very cold to begin with, it should start simmering in 5 to 10 minutes. If the day is 50 degrees and windy, and your water is cold, it could take 15 to 25 minutes for the water to start simmering. Once the water is simmering, it will start boiling a few minutes later. In an earlier reply, someone recommended using a butane canister type of stove. Some of my camping partners use these, and they work very quickly. I do not use one, however, because I have seen them have problems with the valves and other parts on the stove, and I do not like the thought of having a pressurized can of flammable gas strapped to my back. I prefer having a source of cooking heat which does not have delicate parts, and which will not explode inside my pack, even though it means I will have to wait longer for my water and food to get hot.
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That will, of course, depend on how high you run them. These burners can be set very low, which is why I bought this stove. All I can offer is that I was replacing a cylinder every few days while camping with my wife in a fashion that avoided prolonged use of the stove. Basically, we would cook breakfast, including pan frying potatoes and peppers. We also boiled a quart of water several times a day for drinks (coffee, cocoa, instant noodles) and to wash dishes. Dinner meals were typically cooked over the fire. My impression is that it runs through about a third more gas than a low-profile 1970's old coleman propane stove that has similar-styled, but lower-BTU burners. If you were going to run it at full blast a lot, I would not use 1 lb containers. Instead I would get a converter hose and use 5, 10 or 20lb refillable bottles.
319982
I'm not sure what that is, just go to Wallyworld and get a gallon of Coleman fuel for 12 buks, it will last you for years and it burns so clean you wont have any gummed up problems in the future.
1565205
I haven't actually used up a large tank yet but I've run the cap fire at 2/3 to 3/4 for 3-4 hours and used maybe a third of the tank. This puts out a lot more heat than most so it'll use up the gas but I've never needed to run it full blast.
2133320
Try the alcohol stove. You can make it in about fifteen minutes with just two aluminum cans. I used to used canister stoves on my ultralight journeys, but if you're only boiling water for the most part, they are so light. You can't even buy them. Just Google penny stove if you wanna give it a try
610136
I have a high BTU burner on my gas cooktop and it works fine, I would see no difference using it on a campfire.
702377
You have to use the small tanks - they're about 8-10" tall - with a specific size nozzle. Any brand will do, though. Coleman sells them (I think they're for their camping stoves), Home Depot and Sear's sell them as well.
1749489
Find it in the camping section of your sporting goods store. Same tank is used on small outdoor propane ovens by Coleman.
498813
if you were to cook on high every-time you cooked you would get six uses. One full propane tank would typically last me a 3 night, 2 day camping trip. I would usually use it to boil water for coffee, fry eggs, and cook bacon in the morning, and heat the baked beans until they are nice and hot for dinner.
113696
You use the small cylinders you get at Target or Walmart....usually 2/$5.00. I remember using this kind of propane on a camping stove. I grill 3-4 times a week & since the spring when I purchased this I'm on my 3rd tank. You can also buy the hook-up to use the large tank too. I love this grill....it's so easy, I put it together myself.
1219932
I can not speak for Camp Chef, but as someone who knows about gas/propane yes you could. The burners will not burn at the same temp as the manufacture intended (meaning the BTU rating) There is a fifferent size orfice between gas and propane. Propane burns hotter there for the orfice is smaller then a NG or natural gas. The BTU would be lower for the burner then what it would be for propane. High would be Med, Med would be Low, and etc.
574778
I am going to try the fuel used in alcohol stoves for camping/hiking. REI and most sporting goods/camping stores carry cans of this fuel.