My (very) little japanese alcool stove: See the matchbox ? So, you can see how little it is. The kettle is 0,5 L - 1 pint ! You have to be zen ... You have a lot of time to prepare your tee ! Nice, isn't it ?
We took a hike up Green Mountain, an hour or so from Tacoma on the Kitsap Peninsula between Puget Sound and Hood Canal. At the top, we had a brew-up with the Swedish Army kit: As you know, it's hard to get a pic of blue alcohol flame on a sunny day. But if you look closely, you'll see the nice blue from the burner jets: Shortly we had rolling boil, then our tea:
Bonjour Catogan, I love the photos of your little stove and kettle on the window sill in Brussels. It looks so civilized and simple. Merci, Gary
Hi Ed, I'm glad to see someone used the Swedish Army kit. No self-respecting Stovie would be without one. Best wishes, Manny
Left to Right: Clikstand, Black Fly III with Hinnie Post, Atomic, White Box stove, Homemade version of White Box, Homemade Turbo Cat, and Penny Stove. Hi Jerry, That's a nice collection of lightweight backpacking stoves. Which one is your "go to" stove when you are out and about? Which is the fastest boiler? Most efficient? Cheers, Manny
On Sunday I went out with the club for a play in the Land Rover. That's my Disco behind the gazebo. I always take a stove for a brew. Normally a 111 It was an M.O.D. site hence all the sand bags I took along my svea 123 especially for the occasion
On a bank holiday we tend to forego the campsites as they are too crowded & instead use my parents static caravan south of the Lake District I remembered to grab an alcohol stove before we left. I could have picked from several vintage one's - predecessors of the Trangia or Turm type's but what came easiest to hand was my old Trangia. I got this for christmas in 1978 so have had it a fair while now. It's a 27K. Originally with aluminium pans & kettle (no fancy options back then - just kettle or no kettle - & no holes in the windshield for gas or other stove adaptions). I have the kettle still but it's buried somewhere in the shed. The pan is a duosol - aluminium outer with stainless inner - easy clean & not so prone to burning as stainless steel. The frying pan is non-stick & replaces the long-lost plain aluminium one. Rarely used, I normally have a normal fitted lid for the pan. The only thing that is original from the 1978 stove is the strap, windshield, upper & lower & possibly the burner except the simmer ring. I lost the original pans & grip about 20 years ago & burnt a whole in the bottom of the kettle earlier than that. It was good to brew up on this old friend as it's been pushed to one side over the last year by the Caldera Cone.
My alky stove collection is a bit limited. No fancy stuff here, just my trusty Trangia Mini against the Dallas skyline. It did its usual great job and got the water boiling quickly. A beautiful, warm Memorial Day. Later in the evening, I fired up this parlor stove for a late-night brew. ....Arch
here's a shot of a Turm Sport you don't often see--the underside of the burner as the tank is being swung up into place-- with it's own supply of meths there is no problem with finding a priming fuel and note the burner cover in the back ground..the label is burned off..it came that way from the last owner..i think people think the cover is put back on when you run the stove--i have see these stoves on Ebay with most of the paint burned off that cover.. a nice hot blue flame..the first time i used this stove i thought that alcohol would not burn very hot and held my hand above the burner to check it out yup--vaporized and lit the meths put out plenty of heat-- i also like the way the pot wires were made.you can swap them around to fit several sizes of billys.. i did not cook anything for this photo shoot but ran a test to see what the times would be for a water boil ---titanium V.S. aluminum-- not really a fair test as the titanium pot came to a boil and kept a rolling boil in about seven minutes while the aluminum billy was just making small bubbles at ten or so minutes and seemed to have lost enought heat that after awhile i gave up trying to get a rolling boiling--however..note the windscreen..i started the test on a cool afternoon and then the wind came up very heavy and the temps must have shot up to almost 80F--i even set the camera to get some movies of the trees swaying back and forth --the sky to the north was very gray..after putting the stove away i turned on the TV to find tornado warnings flashing on the screen --we were on the edge of the storm system but just to the north,not far from where Alan lives in White Bear a killer storm ripped apart the town of Hugo -- check in Alan
I wasn't far away when the tornado came through, but luckily we are fine. The tornado missed my sister-in-law's house by a couple of blocks.
My homemade "Trangia" the "Scroungia" in action from earlier this week. Cooked frozen brussel sprouts till tender quite easily. The popcan stove on the right fits into a "sterno" can holder from a chafing dish and helps insulate it. I made instant gravy with the popcan and fondue type pot stand. 2 oz. of alcohol for the sprouts and 1 oz. for the gravy. Nothing much new, but a couple of "spiritburners" to add to the fun! I am really pleased with myself for the "Scroungia" now that I have actually cooked with it.
Hey Fellow Stovies, I just want to thank everyone who made the "Spiritburner Photo Shoot" such a great success. Like always CCS members stepped up and produced some photos of great stoves in action. We've seen everything from the ubiquitous Trangia to Randy's very original "Scroungia". Perhaps photo shoot weekends should be extended to a week to give everyone plenty of time to photograph their stoves. The fellowship and camaraderie on this site is what makes it unique. Stovies are different, and that?s a good thing. Keep those stoves burning! Your New York Stove Bro, Manny
Richard Yeh from thailand I think. I love it, cook everything in it, rice and pasta (don't need a collander) soup, beans only can't fry in it. My booster +1 fits inside with a small fuel bottle, self contained brew up kit.
Manny, thanks for your kind words. Without a doubt the clikstand with mini trangia is my go to stove, the fastest boiler is a toss up between the clikstand and whitebox stove and the most efficient and versital is the Black Fly III although I must say for simmering the Atomic is small but seems to burn forever. I did forget to include my Swedish Army Stove kit in my pictures. My apologizes for not responding sooner, my wife got back from visiting our daughter in Houston and I've beem busy getting ready for our 32nd wedding anniversery which was today. Kindest regards God Bless Jerry [/b]
