dontdeBasemebro
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So buckets of beans and bags of rice are great to have, but you do have to cook them at some point. Okay, you could eat them dry, but bleh...
You guys who have gas ranges are in decent shape since you have two forms of energy already powering your kitchen between that and the microwave/toaster/george foreman grill etc.
But some of us are all electric, so if the power goes out for any considerable amount of time alternative methods for cooking are needed. Obviously some wood and an ignighter would work, but you do have to have wood and a place to burn it.
I was thinking it would be smart to have a camping stove for such occasions since it can quickly and safely cook a small meal and then be tucked away without a trace.
Looking around on the net there are the ubiquitous propane burners from companies like Coleman. But I also saw some that are dual liquid fuel that run on either some type of stove fuel or gasoline. Seeing how having a few jerry cans of gas around is a smart thing anyways (at the worst you get to drive today at yesterday's prices), the gas powered stoves seem like a good idea. Drawbacks are that it is probably more dangerous than propane, needs a fuel filter, takes fuel from your transportation, stinks more, and possibly needs some sort of pressurization. Drawbacks from propane are that it requires storing a dedicated type of fuel and propane is not as readily available as gasoline, it is easy to get, but gas is everywhere.
What do you guys think?
You guys who have gas ranges are in decent shape since you have two forms of energy already powering your kitchen between that and the microwave/toaster/george foreman grill etc.
But some of us are all electric, so if the power goes out for any considerable amount of time alternative methods for cooking are needed. Obviously some wood and an ignighter would work, but you do have to have wood and a place to burn it.
I was thinking it would be smart to have a camping stove for such occasions since it can quickly and safely cook a small meal and then be tucked away without a trace.
Looking around on the net there are the ubiquitous propane burners from companies like Coleman. But I also saw some that are dual liquid fuel that run on either some type of stove fuel or gasoline. Seeing how having a few jerry cans of gas around is a smart thing anyways (at the worst you get to drive today at yesterday's prices), the gas powered stoves seem like a good idea. Drawbacks are that it is probably more dangerous than propane, needs a fuel filter, takes fuel from your transportation, stinks more, and possibly needs some sort of pressurization. Drawbacks from propane are that it requires storing a dedicated type of fuel and propane is not as readily available as gasoline, it is easy to get, but gas is everywhere.
What do you guys think?