Hi I have just bought a Montana 6 and am so excited to camp with it next week!
Because I have bought a new big tent I wasn't going to take my gazebo that I use to cook under but due to the weather looking bad I don't know if I can cook in the tent.
I have a kitchen stand and usually use 2 portable gas rings to cook on! Is it too dangerous to cook inside? I've never had a tent this big before so usually it always outside cooking.
Any advice is very welcome xxxx
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as long as there's a good flow of air and you keep the rings away from anything flammable (including the tent fabric), you should be ok, assuming you're using proper camping gas stoves.
we always cook in the side extension of our tent if it's wet or windy outside. always keep the main section of the tent shut, if possible, so that the rest of the tent doesn't smell of cooked bacon etc…
we have a Monty 6 (no awning or extension) and choose to cook inside it making sure the stove is a safe distance from the flysheet, there's plenty of ventilation and the stove is on a strong stable stand specifically designed for the purpose...as long as you're sensible about it cooking inside your Monty shouldn't be a problem...just for the record, many people claim that cooking inside a tent makes it smell, but we've not experienced this at all...we still get that lovely fresh tent smell every time we pitch...
When you see what a cooker in the kitchen can do to the walls even with an extractor, just think of the fabric and also the splatter of cooking oils and liquids that manage to carry far further than the heat. Of course nothing is better to condense on than cold fabric. We decided to use an awning as it has no sown in groundsheet and ventilates well but to be honest far prefer to cook outside on the Cadac.
I saw a perfectly good suitcase style stove (used correctly) go disastrously wrong the other week, flames literally pouring out of it due to what was assumed to be a faulty seal/can. There was a very real risk of explosion too. Had it been in a tent it would've been a total loss. Fortunately it was in an awning and the owner knocked it out and away from the tent before it caught light.
Ventilation is not the only consideration.
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Topic: Cooking in the tent!
