So I am all excited about my up and coming September two night camping trip to Mount Diablo State Park, California. During lunch at work, I went out to REI and bought the old style two burner shown below for $109 dollars:
The CAMP CHEF EVEREST VERSACOOK MODEL MS2HP 20,000 BTU
Still the box, will open it tomorrow and fire her up to test it.
So what I will be “cooking” is:
* Heating up canned beans and chili beans
* Campbell's SpaghettiOs, Original:
Water, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains Less than 2% of: carrot juice, Salt, Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Calcium Chloride ...
* Heat up chili then throw bbq potato chips in it
* Fried potatoes in olive oil
* Grilled cheese sandwich (pack in sliced cheddar with ice chest)
* two cans of sardines (don’t need the stove to eat these)
* a can of stewed tomatoes
* I won’t be eating any Yeti or Big Foot because I like Big Foot and yes I believe in Big Foot
* I will have a dog with me (poodle) to protect me in my tent or wake me up if Big Foot comes, so I have to cook something for the dog
* Heat up water for instant coffee and powered cream
So I did good? The two burner?
Any advice?
So I figure the one bottle of propane will get me 30 minutes of cooking time on two burners. I am looking to bring one cooking pan, one coffee jug, one cooking pot. And one knife, one pepper spray.
When I leave the camp site for fun and to let the dog do her business, I will take the stove with me in the trunk to hide it, but will leave the small tent at the site which will might get stolen but no biggie the tent is old. Except if the tent gets snatched, I will need to get out of the park before they close the gates to any traffic and buy another tent then come back. Or I might bring two tents. In fact, now that I think about it, I will bring two tents so I will have to buy an extra one. I want those type of tents you can put up fast after sweeping away the rocks and pine leaves.
My question is, once I rig up the propane bottle on the two burner, “cook” some stuff (heat up canned food, cup of noodles – just occurred to me besides my items), then I turn off the two burner – what about the propane bottle rigged to the stove if it’s not empty yet?
Can I detach it and throw it in the trunk of my car?
Or not? Should I leave it attached and then put the whole thing stove and all in the trunk of my car?
What about this stove?
After I unpack it and “assemble” and test it out in my backyard before the big adventure, I will add my thoughts but curious for any advice from two burner experts.
The CAMP CHEF EVEREST VERSACOOK MODEL MS2HP 20,000 BTU
Still the box, will open it tomorrow and fire her up to test it.
So what I will be “cooking” is:
* Heating up canned beans and chili beans
* Campbell's SpaghettiOs, Original:
Water, Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains Less than 2% of: carrot juice, Salt, Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Calcium Chloride ...
* Heat up chili then throw bbq potato chips in it
* Fried potatoes in olive oil
* Grilled cheese sandwich (pack in sliced cheddar with ice chest)
* two cans of sardines (don’t need the stove to eat these)
* a can of stewed tomatoes
* I won’t be eating any Yeti or Big Foot because I like Big Foot and yes I believe in Big Foot
* I will have a dog with me (poodle) to protect me in my tent or wake me up if Big Foot comes, so I have to cook something for the dog
* Heat up water for instant coffee and powered cream
So I did good? The two burner?
Any advice?
So I figure the one bottle of propane will get me 30 minutes of cooking time on two burners. I am looking to bring one cooking pan, one coffee jug, one cooking pot. And one knife, one pepper spray.
When I leave the camp site for fun and to let the dog do her business, I will take the stove with me in the trunk to hide it, but will leave the small tent at the site which will might get stolen but no biggie the tent is old. Except if the tent gets snatched, I will need to get out of the park before they close the gates to any traffic and buy another tent then come back. Or I might bring two tents. In fact, now that I think about it, I will bring two tents so I will have to buy an extra one. I want those type of tents you can put up fast after sweeping away the rocks and pine leaves.
My question is, once I rig up the propane bottle on the two burner, “cook” some stuff (heat up canned food, cup of noodles – just occurred to me besides my items), then I turn off the two burner – what about the propane bottle rigged to the stove if it’s not empty yet?
Can I detach it and throw it in the trunk of my car?
Or not? Should I leave it attached and then put the whole thing stove and all in the trunk of my car?
What about this stove?
After I unpack it and “assemble” and test it out in my backyard before the big adventure, I will add my thoughts but curious for any advice from two burner experts.
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