Anyone ever thought about having a single burner propane fuel stove on their boat?
I'm certainly not talking about liquid fuel. I know many times when I'm out either in a boat or on bank, it's late and cold, a warm bowl of soup or chili would be nice. Not to mention brewing up some coffee at 5am doing a all nighter. I did a search and didn't see any mention of this.
i have a small coleman single burner gasoline burner that i use in boat for frying fish and squirrels for lunch. have made breakfast with it also and coffee. normally pull the boat to shore so i can walk around the islands while i cook. i like the gasoline burner because it uses boat gas.
Coleman makes a little camp stove two burner. I am on the lookout for one used now at auctions. We cover fish with egg, coat in corn meal and cook in olive oil. Should be able to do it on a camper stove.
I've been using one of these for about 5-6 years. My son and I shore fish, but it's great to have along and small enough to carry to the fishing spots. You can fit a dozen brats on one of these.
Good thread Larry. I have a single burner, Coleman propane stove and a double burner Coleman cook stove that can use white gas or gasoline. The single burner would do fine for you. It is of course one item at a time unless you are adding hot water to instant coffee and also roman noodles. This coming year I want to load my small tent and camp gear in the boat and spend a night or two on the fiver bank after a good day of fishing.
Just keep in mind that a boat is not always the most stable platform. Make sure anything is secure. My single burner really does not have anything to keep a pot of hot anything held in place. It is made counting on stability. Just be careful.
Stability? Absolutely! I have a 10' Jon w/ oars and wouldn't dream of messing w/ fire and hot liquid if I wasn't tied up tight or anchored well. I mainly fish 200 acre lakes and under when it's calm. If the waters rough, I bank fish or try to find a cove or windbreak. Good thing about a little boat is I can beach it about anywhere.
Gotch ya Larry. I have beached my 20 footer several time and basically just bank fished but that is most often when I want to use the rod holders but make sure the boat is held in place. Carp fishing.
As far as being stable, I was leaning a little more toward those Exxon Valdese tubs pulling shark bait behind their boat sometimes called skiers. I have a very stable boat with it being 20 ft long and 8 ft wide at the gunewale but a wave from the side will get her dancing.
Anyway, you know to be careful. And with a little modification, some changes could be made to keep a stove and hot pot in place.
Our reservoirs will have skiers as well as larger community lakes, but they stay in the main lake mostly. Some community lakes have bouys where pleasure boats are not allowed to pass keeping them out of the best fishing areas. We have state fishing lakes too that are only open to fishing.
Sounds like your all set Larry. The best boat stove I ever had was in a 25footer I had on the Chesapeake Bay. It was an all stainless alcohol stove. About the size of a two burner hotplate. It was very clean looking, easy to cook with and adjustable. Being only 3 inches high with a footprint about the size of a shoebox it was very stable. They are still available but rather expensive.
Yeah, they make some nice compact alcohol burners for camping and I would like to pick one up sometime. I'll have to settle for a propane burner for now. They make an adapter so you can refill the throw away cylinders out of the 15 - 100 lb LP tanks.
Yah Larry, I have one of the adapters. You have to be careful not to overfill them though. And if you don't have the tank in the right position, it will not get a complete fill. I watched several youtube videos to figure out the best way. But at around $6 a bottle everywhere, refilling is much much cheaper.
I use a single burner butane stove on nearly every trip. Shuts off if tipped over & large enough for a small skillet. $20 from ebay. My favorite 'on water' meal - Breakfast omelet cooked in a ziplock bag.
- Beat 3 eggs & add your choice of cheese, sausage, bacon, peppers, etc. Zip it up in a ziplock bag & toss it in your cooler. When you're ready to eat - Boil a small saucepan of water, put the bag in water & cook for 5 minutes. (You need to massage the bag a few times to get it fully cooked.) Eat it right out of the bag. No dishes to do... Try it, it's great!
Thanks. I like this bag idea.
Let's say you want some canned Chili, Stew, Chunky Soup, etc. Instead of messing w/a can and dirtying a pot, Just put the dinner in a HD freezer bag and drop in in the hot water. Just make sure anything like this is fully precooked. Just imagine having pepper gravy on biscuits for you boat breakfast!
I guess you could heat the gravy, break up the biscuits and toss the pieces in the bag.
Please hijack! I want to learn about stoves and boat recipes too!:wink1:
OK, I know this is over the top but... has anyone thought about mounting their stove in a center weighted tipping frame? You know, where regardless of how the boat is rocking or leaning, the stove and coffee pot will always remain level?
We grill just about anything, I also have a cast iron pan for early morning bacon & eggs and pancakes. Now when it comes to lunchtime, I grill brats, chicken, steaks, carne asada, hamburgers. Now I will say you gotta watch the chicken, managing that oxygen heat ratio is the key, and flair ups in a boat on the water is different than in your backyard. So someone has to stay on top of the chicken to manage it and not catch the boat on fire !
Must be nice to have a big boat. I'll get one someday. I have managed to figured out how to arrange my 2 seat cushions, life jacket and throw cushion into a reasonably comfortable bed in my little Jon!:bruised:
Some of these lakes you have to pay to camp overnight. Is resting your eyes on a boat camping? Nah!
Omelette in a bag is awesome. The added bonus you can use the water for coffee, tea, or cocoa.
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