[pct-l] Simmer with alcohol stove

[Donna Saufley]

I was a faithful soda can stove user, until I hiked with Aaron and Nathalie
who had a Swiss "Trangia."  It has a simmer ring which lowers the amount of
flame being emitted.  I also like it because it has a cap that allows you to
carry unused fuel in the stove.  Check it out at:

http://www.rei.com/product/657906

The whole system weighs slightly more than my old set-up, but I am very
happy about being able to control the flame.  

I must confess that I was cooking my supper on the Bighorn Plateau, before
dropping down to Tyndall Creek, and the flame on my alcohol stove licked out
and started to burn some forest duff.  I got it out immediately, but the
thought that I could have been responsible for starting a fire in one of the
most beautiful places I'd ever been was really a wake up about the dangers
of alcohol stoves without any flame control.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Rick Ostheimer
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:16 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Simmer with alcohol stove

David wrote:

I love eating and cooking, especially while backpacking. I'm trying to
find a way of doing some "simmering" using an alcohol stove, any
specific design that works better? I am thinking about ways to still
manage to cook grains that take 5 mins of simmer / rest in hot water /
final 5 mins of simmer. Any ideas? "

Check out this one:  www.packafeather.com/stove.html  

I used it on several trips this year---including in cold weather.  The
adjustment really worked well.

Handlebar

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