Baking in your galley stove
This link is for any of you gourmet chefs. Ummm...I can smell the bread baking.... I'm sure it would fit in the galley of an Ariel with a little modification.
http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=13581
(I'm not affiliated with this store or company.)
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single burner propane stove
Willie,
I found the box to my old single burner stove--- it was made by American Camper and was purchased at a Houston Oshman's. I went to the Oshman's home page (www.oshmans.com) and searched for propane stove, and found that they still sell one with the brand name "century". Here's the link to the page http://www.oshmans.com/product/index...entPage=searchundefined
Can't tell how close it is to mine. You could also try this number for American Camper 1-800-315-CAMP to see if they still sell theirs. By the way, I took apart my swing, sawed off the 3 "drops" that attach to the bottom of the pot holder, then re-bolted on the bottom piece. that moved the burner about 2 1/2 inches closer to the pot holder. I decided that extending the burner tube would probably have messed up the air to gas mixture since these burners rely on the propane accelerating past the small holes in the tube to draw in the right air mixture.
Butane now available at the other 'WM'.
While I continue to look for a gimbaled stove, I use my butane stove I have had for years.
Great unit, much better then the propane camping stoves I have used in the past. THe only draw back had been that it was difficult to find the correct butane [size=2]cylinders[/size].
I once ordered a case of 12, but the freight was high. West Marine charges $5.99 each for them :eek:
The local ACE hardware will get them in some times for about half that, but it is hit or miss.
Tonight I saw them at Wal-Mart (the other WM) for $1.87. :D
A quick online survey shows the stoves going from $39 - $69. However if you check on E-Bay there are a bunch of them for about $15
http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/d9/99/72_1_b.JPG
I Used A Propane Torch the second Time Around
My Post On Sailing To Hawaii On Starcrest States The Alcohol Wouldnt Stay In The Preheat Cup.a Subsequent Voyage On A 90 Foot Schooner Used A Propane Torch To Preheat The Burner,that Is What I Used On Starcrest 2 now I Just Use Propane For Cooking On My Current Boat....'starcrest Too.....the Range Of M'ocean'
Kero pressure stove/ no alcohol
Eric, thank you for your feedback.
This model Petromax has a preheater in the form of an extra tube and valve that uses the fuel in the tank, preferably kerosene, to heat the burner. You pump up the tank to a red mark on the dial, light the preheater for 60 seconds, big flame, flip off the valve on the preheater and listen for the stove to light. Then you repressurize and after that supposedly the tank is ok whether you turn the burner up or down. Sounds like you might cook with it. But I still have to play with it.
There is a rudimentary tray on the burner you still can use for alcohol, but it wouldn't hold anything. Maybe a saturated fiberglass wick would be possible.
Always thinking of this thing in gimbals, what caught my eye was that you get a fitting that replaces the pump that allows you to pump up pressure thru a tube, like a bicycle pump. Maybe sounds weird, but so does pumping up the tank when its swinging around. I imagined the pump could be hard mounted at the side of the stove box and the tube permanently connected to the tank would flex and do its thing. Actually... sounds almost civilized!
This nickel plated stove looks sharp. Looks nicely made, has some heft to it. Not tinny. It's about 8" round and 8" tall. It has to have custom gimbals made for it. I thought I'd start with Jim Baldwin's kero stove setup and go from there. Keeping the shape of that old double-action aluminum seaswing stove in mind for proportions. 8" cooker, 10" sauce pan. :cool: