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whitefoot_hp
03-09-2007, 17:48
tell me yo thoughts.
tell me yo thoughts.
It's very very small, I like it, best one I have'nt seen today.:)
Sorry Whitefoot_hp, my fingers engaged before the brain.
Heineken beer can modified into a cook pot is my choice for best homade cook pot.
I second Zelph on this one. Heineken pot.
I use a minibull side burner and a tall beercan heat shield. The whole shebang weighs 2 oz.
Throw in a pint of alcohol at 1 pound and a cozy at ?? and you are ready to cook for a week.
Miles of Smiles
Tom
Depends on how much water you need to boil. If you can get by with 1 cup of water, the Sterno cans and bean dip cans hold about 9 ounces. After that, the Heineken, as others have mentioned, is a good choice. I would really like to find a 2 1/4 cup aluminum can sort of like the bean dip cans. A wider, flatter bottom would be much better than the beer can pots. A pot holding 2 1/4 cups would hold 2 cups of water without spilling. Does anyone know of something smaller than the grease pot but larger than bean dip cans?
Dances with Mice
03-12-2007, 19:27
Does anyone know of something smaller than the grease pot but larger than bean dip cans?Let's think outside the can.
Has anyone ever tried boiling water in a foil pouch? The kind chicken or tuna comes in? As long as it stays full of water it should work. You can boil water in paper bags, after all - that's an old middle school chemistry demo trick.
There are also foil casserole liners, like turkey pan liners but smaller.
Dances with Mice
03-12-2007, 19:30
If you can get by with 1 cup of water, the Sterno cans and bean dip cans hold about 9 ounces. Just sayin': I'd be real careful about boiling water in a can that held Sterno.
Doesn't mean I wouldn't do it. I've eaten chittlins. You should be real careful cleaning out both.
I use a Foster's can and like it pretty well. Though it does seem a little frail. The Heineken cans are made of a bit thicker material so it might be a little more durable if that's what your looking for.
Adam
Just sayin': I'd be real careful about boiling water in a can that held Sterno.
Doesn't mean I wouldn't do it. I've eaten chittlins. You should be real careful cleaning out both.
Can't clean out chittlins, gross!!:eek: I'd rather eat a maggot.
Lanthar Mandragoran
03-13-2007, 17:23
Let's think outside the can.
Has anyone ever tried boiling water in a foil pouch? The kind chicken or tuna comes in? As long as it stays full of water it should work. You can boil water in paper bags, after all - that's an old middle school chemistry demo trick.
There are also foil casserole liners, like turkey pan liners but smaller.
www.mcmaster.com
in the search bog type:
foil bag
Skidsteer
03-13-2007, 18:10
www.mcmaster.com (http://www.mcmaster.com)
in the search bog type:
foil bag
Oh...my...gosh...:eek:
Lanthar Mandragoran
03-13-2007, 18:44
Oh...my...gosh...:eek:
:cool: Yeah, it's only one of my many material finds for potential protypes... haven't gotten around to actually making my prototypes, but the wife and I are getting ready to move to a house with a full unfinished basement and a bit of extra space in the garage (read "I will soon have workspace")... so, consequently, I may start cranking some stuff out this summer. :rolleyes:
mweinstone
03-13-2007, 19:22
msr homemaid . its there new line of hand made one of a kind trash pots. really cool stuff. a must for the avid hiker lacking imagination. my fav is the jiffy pop pot.
Dances with Mice
03-13-2007, 23:46
in the search bog type:
foil bagThat's what I'm talking about! Cut down one of the narrow ones and add some wicking to make a stove. A foil windscreen with hooks to hang a larger bag for a pot. You could fold up your entire cookset and carry it in your pocket.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/bpl_long_handled_titanium_spoon_sul.html
This might be a good spoon for folks who eat out of Heineken can pots.