I have the gear, want to Dry Bake..don't want to melt my Titanium

[dgoggins]

Ok, I want to try dry baking, but I don't want to melt my caldera cone or titanium pots. Here is my current gear list ->









I would prefer cooking with alcohol. But I know alcohol has the potential to overboil and melt my pots. So I don't want that.

I have my graham cracker...and would rather avoid esbit...and I don't think I could use this anyway, since it would need to simmer more? I.e., the graham cracker would produce too much heat?

I could also use tealights....though they seem like they would be heavier per energy than alcohol? I could be wrong there. And I don't like the idea of having to wait for them to reharden before moving them.

So that leaves me with ->
12-10 stove: I could ask for the simmer ring from trail designs
Starlyte stoves: I'm pretty sure I could use the modified versions of the starlytes for more simmering...though I do have a carbon felt pad that gives an even smaller opening....

So, I technically do have a wire mesh stand I could use for steam baking...though it sounds like most people don't like that way of baking b/c it leaves everything too moist.

My original though is to use my caldera cone, with 1.3L evernew, with the 5" daddio. With either alcohol stove....would I need to raise the pot with stakes in the caldera cone? Otherwise...it would get too hot....but what about using the small diameter carbon pad with a starlyte?

Or even...what if I did use tealights? Could I rest the pot on the caldera cone then and not worry about overheating?

And......I could use either the hillbilly or 600ML olicamp cups with the 3" daddio, and I guess use aluminum foil lid with the carbon felt hat....but then I would need to come up with some sort of stand to raise the pot off an alcohol stove....I could still use the caldera cone as a windscreen though....

Anyway....just worried about ruining my gear...or cooking...so please dissuade my fears!

[nsherry61]

1. Search YouTube for "shug dry baking"
2. You won't melt Ti with any backpacking stove.
3. You won't melt Al with alcohol unless it is thin foil.
4. Just jump in and try it. Then you'll know what world's for the trail in the future.

[MuddyWaters]

What your calling hillybilly cup appears to be thin stainless steel, not aluminum. I use one of these sometimes . $1, 2.1 oz @chinese fleamarket. Great small pot . lighter than the $30 titanium similar sized pot people waste their money on. Take off handle and use bandana and about 1.9 oz.

[Diamondlil]

Just try em all already. I want to know how it all works and how those biscuits turned out.

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[Maui Rhino]

You won't hurt your Ti pot dry baking, but it will get that nice blue patina after a few times, if it doesn't have one already. I use an Snow Peak 1300 ti pot and bowl, a DIY cone, and CHS-U alcohol stove to bake muffins on almost every trip. I also used the same pot/bowl to dry bake with a Pocket Rocket without issues. The SP bowl nests inside the 1300 pot, hanging from the rim, so you don't need to carry the little spacer strip of aluminum to raise the inner pot off the bottom. The bowl has enough room for 3 foil muffin cups. I'll fill them about a 1/3 full of batter, and use about 3/4 to 1oz of fuel. Set it up, light the fuel, and when it burns out the muffins are done. With the Pocket Rocket flame set very low, I'll let it burn 6-8 minutes. I also use this same low flame/long burn setting to boil water, and have found it to be more fuel efficient than a higher flame/faster boil time setting.

Go forth and bake without fear of damaging your pot.

[zelph]

This is a good weekend to do some baking :-)

You've gotten some good tips, now it's time to give it a try :-)

[bikebum1975]

Aluminum will hold up just fine for dry baking with alcohol. Ti you won't melt it I know several that have dry baked with it. If you're using a trangia just get a simmer ring or it to cut the heat down. On a side note I've baked on everything from a traingia to white gas to wood. Play with it in the backyard. Ya can do some damned tasty stuff with minimal gear for baking. My favorite setup is the Swedish mess kit