cooking stove?

[Kacie123]

Hello! Hoping for some advice on a good emergency stove. It's unlikely to really be needed but am vaguely worried about power cuts after a rubbish one we had a while back, and thought it would be good to be able to boil water/heat beans indoors in an emergency.

Took a look on Amazon and just got confused. Any recommendations?! Ideally don't want to accidentally carbon monoxide us to death either...

[Weedsnseeds1]

You would probably be safe from carbon monoxide poisoning using a Kelly kettle or rocket stove inside, as they are almost 100% combustion (that's why they are so efficient).
However, you would vastly increase your chances of burning the house down!

[GoneWishing]

Let us know how the Dutch oven works @bellinisurge

If I had to cook with my gas stove and it was pissing it outside, I might be tempted to open the kitchen door wide open and place the stove on the doorstep or just inside/outside, and crouch just inside myself - with an umbrella.

[bellinisurge]

Going to try some Dutch oven recipes in my new little Dutch oven. And make sure I have a big umbrella to keep the rain off!!

[TerryTucker]

What about those trivet things they use in Indian restaurants with t-lights underneath? Still need ventilation though.

[GoneWishing]

Just to hint to anyone who's not on a large budget: our Aldi had gas camping stoves for under a tenner today!

[madwomanbackintheattic]

definitely not. No hexi stoves indoors.

[Unreasonablebetty]

Could you use a hexi cooker indoors?
I've only ever used one outside- and as a teenager not concerned about safety at all!!

[zombiesarecoming]

I would still be careful using a Cobb indoors though and make sure you are well ventilated as it is still burning charcoal or Cobb blocks and giving off a lot of carbon monoxide in comparison to a gas camping ring

If you have a home bargains nearby they often have an equivalent to the Cobb stones but a fraction of the price, not quite as easy to light but well worth stocking up on when they have them

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

I have used the Cobb indoors after a fashion, by lighting it outside, then once it's up to temp and all the flame has gone, and it's down to charcoal/the plate is on, bringing it in. I used to stand it on an old floor tile on top of the dryer, just inside the back door, with the door open.
I wouldn't light the Kelly Kettle indoors though, it's a different system. The base and whole kettle part get very hot and it's quite unwieldy too.
The Cobb stays cool to the touch round the outside of the base when it's lit and is easy to move as long as you take care not to tip it. I've also used it directly on a wooden picnic table with not a mark left behind, they are very well designed.

[zombiesarecoming]

We have one of these www.lightningleisure.com/acatalog/Campingaz-Camping-Chef-Double-Burner-with-Grill-65.html#SID=16

Sorry wasnt sure how to do a short link

[Kacie123]

Thanks zombie decided to go to a camping store tomorrow which I saw nearby the other day, will see which one they recommend!

[zombiesarecoming]

A camping stove would be ok indoors and we used one for just over a year while doing ongoing work in the kitchen, then lent it to my SIL who used it for six months while they did there extension and kitchen

[zombiesarecoming]

Definitely not for a kelly kettle indoors

[Kacie123]

Right, sorry - still looking for a safe way to do things indoor if possible!

If anyone is still looking at this thread, do you know if you can use a Kelly Kettle indoors?

I'm guessing yes, but with an open window as it's kind of like a woodburner? Haven't been able to find any definitive answers online...

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

I have a Cobb oven (a la Hairy Bikers ) and it is brilliant. That and a Kelly Kettle with all the doodads, and we are sorted for anything!
I have a heavy duty cast iron grill on legs in the garden too, and just build a fire under it for outdoors barbecue type stuff.

[Kacie123]

Christmas wish list updated

[atticusclaw2]

Very easy. Chop food, lay it on the racks, turn on and wait for it to dehydrate. It can then be kept for a very very long time (although the fruit doesn't last long in this house).

[Kacie123]

Dehydrators, interesting! Are they fairly easy to use or if you're dim like me with gadgets a bit of a palaver?

[atticusclaw2]

Ive just put two pineapples onto my dehydrator. Dehydrated pineapple is the food of the gods (and prevents me eating biscuits all day).

[Zetetic]

I suppose mountaineers on Everest don't have a lot of choice otherwise they would freeze to death or get frostbite, but if anyone is going to use one inside please would you open the window /tent flap and have a carbon monoxide alarm otherwise I will worry about you. You can get travel ones too.

A dehydrator is already sitting in my wishlist and this whole houmous thing is not helping me resist temptation.

[madwomanbackintheattic]

In a dehydrator, zetetic. I have one. I have a friend who dehydrates salsa as well. There are liners for th trays and you literally just spread a thin layer over the liner and switch it on. In the same way that you would make fruit leather. Some stuff will be dry and powdery/ crumbly, and some will turn into a leather you can roll up.

You can dehydrate anything, pretty much.



I have never bothered to dehydrate houmous, however I know someone who does it regularly...

[BorderTerrierControl]

I agree IKnow and I always thought 'don't use in a tent' warnings referred to actually inside the tent, all zipped up and ready for kip. That's how I use them at least. The porch is obviously different, and often the only place you can get anything lit on the side of a hill with no other wind breaks.

But then we have 'warning, coffee may be hot' written on our take out drinks these days, so as a species we're not really winning at common sense

[Zetetic]

See what you mean. Knowing my luck though I would manage to waft everyone to sleep......

Thankfully I don't have to make that choice as I have other ways to heat the house and cook.

[IKnowIAmButWhatAreYou]

I think a lot of the advice is aimed at people that honestly have little or no clue.

I know to make sure there is ventilation when I'm using my gas stove in the porch of my small tent. Tracy & Steve who've just bought a "festival pack" from Argos may have no idea that the BBQ will kill them rather than warm them up.

Plus, there's a lot of arse covering by manufacturers & web pages - imagine the fuss if a camping page saying it was OK was found in the history of the deceased....

Law Suits Ahoy!!