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Camping Stoves
from: TRBWhen people think of camping, they imagine cooking over a campfire. Many campsites and national forest campgrounds now prohibit campfires because they are considered safety hazards. Actually, unless you need a campfire for heat, you don't need to go to the trouble of building one anymore.
Camping stoves have been improved to the point that they are small, safe and easy to use that you might choose their small, useful cooking power over that of a campfire. Camping stoves, or portable stoves, are designed to be compact and lightweight to make them convenient and easy to carry.
There are four basic categories of camping stoves, depending on the type of fuel used.
The most basic stoves are single burner stoves that don't have any controls on them. They use a solid or liquid fuel that is put in the burner before it is lit.
Other stoves have single burners as well. They use a liquid fuel that is compressed into a tank, the top of which is the burner mechanism.
Other stoves use gas. They have one or more burners and also have controls to regulate the amount of gas being burned and the height of the flame, just like a gas stove in your kitchen.
The last type of stoves use spirits that drip down into the priming pan by gravity. These stoves have mostly been replaced by gas stoves because they are easier to transport, but these stoves have a very low risk of causing a fire.
One of the problems with camping stoves is that their flames are vulnerable to the elements, particularly wind. Even if the wind doesn't completely extinguish a burner's flame, it can cause it to decrease in size or to become uneven which reduces the effectiveness of the stove.
You might want to consider purchasing a model that has a built in wind shield. You may have to purchase a slightly larger, less collapsible model to get this feature, but it will help reduce the frustration of cooking with it.
Many campers try to create their own wind shield, but this practice can be very dangerous. If the wind changes directions or strength, the material being used might get blown against the burner flame and ignite. Aluminium foil is a relatively safe material that could be used to shield if needed.
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