Stove In A Can

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Anyone tried this one? 'Stove In A Can' http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F1N7NM/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_hgy5rb0GWVCMP
A mate of mine has a few for use, I was wondering if anyone has used such? Looks very much alike to
the 'Tommy Cooker' I've used. No photo's as yet only the link.
Regards
David

[ian c]

I have not used that one but have used something similar but it was a lot smaller which used a gel fuel, and we carried spare fuel in what looked like a large tube of tooth paste.

[saxonaxe]

I've used similar, but a very much smaller version. The one advertised is half gallon (4 pint) size but the one I used was about .5 pint size and the fuel was not in separate sections. Having made a brew with it and snuffed it out, I didn't use it again for a month and when I took the tight fitting lid off the solid fuel had dried out and shrunk to a little blob in the bottom of the tin...
I see in the advert they suggest you can re-use unburned fuel...which is probably true if it's used frequently or they've cured the fuel drying out problem that I experienced
Having gone on about that, I suppose if you use it frequently as a main cooker, not a backup as I did, or you're prepared to use a new fuel disc each time it might make a handy if non light weight cooker.

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Aye the Tommy Cooker (alcohol jelly) I've used such too. Mates got a couple & offered me one. I prefer my own methods of cooker
but never say no to a freebie :wink:
Regards
David


I have not used that one but have used something similar but it was a lot smaller which used a gel fuel, and we carried spare fuel in what looked like a large tube of tooth paste.

[ian c]

If its free get it then try it out, I wonder if it uses solid fuel like hexe and can it be broken down and used in other cookers?

[David_JAFO]

hello,
ian c Yes just like the Tommy Cooker, which I have used with both Alcohol Jelly for which it was intended & tried hexi crumbled into such too *the hexi used outdoors, longtime ago. The Alcohol Jelly was used to avoid fumes which Hexi Blocks emitted.
Regards
David

[shepherd]

looks like a handy bit of kit

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Yes it was. Used on trial basis as per details plus smoke free, UK & BFPO with C-Rat Packs.
Regards
David


looks like a handy bit of kit

[woodstock]

Or the Bengazi stove they don't half kick out some heat, its basically a tin can or mess tin filled with soil or sand and petrol or some other combustible liquid added.

[rik_uk3]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-Sterno-Single-Burner-Folding-Stove-50002-/360727997174?pt=UK_SportingGoods_OtherSports&hash=item53fd106af6

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-x-Sterno-Chafing-Gel-Fuel-200g-Tin-Catering-Equipment-/251365071360?pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item3a86869a00

Not fast to boil but do work.