We are brand new to camping having only just purchased a new tent, we are now looking at the equipment we will need for weekends/days away.
I have looked at several stoves/bbq's and like the look of the Campingaz Party 600, but wondered if a 2 ring stove was more practical ?
In terms of use, we would probably be cooking breakfasts and BBQ type food but also need to boil a kettle and use the odd pan for beans etc/
Could anyone give any advise on what maybe best, also is it best to cook out side a tent ? We have bought a 5 birth tent which has an awning attached at the front of the tent so weather permitting thinking it would be best to cook under that, but if the weather is bad could we cook inside ?
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Thanks Skiddy, it looks very similar to the Campingaz Party Grill 600 which allows you to do everything, my only concern is if your using the griddle but then you want to use a pan or kettle are you then limited to one or the other ?
My feeling is that you want at least two sources of heat that can be used at the same time. Depending on what you want to cook that could be a two ring cooker or a barbecue/Cadac/Campingaz Party 600 and a single ring cooker or a Trangia or whatever.
I'm thinking the same to, although we don't really intend to do huge amounts of cooking but do need some flexibility, we live BBQ, so may get one dedicated to that, and another stove type to boil a kettle or similar, would cooking inside on a stove be ok ? Obviously a BBQ tends to let of a lot of smoke so that would be used outside
I've used gas stoves and Trangias inside and I'm still here. Never, ever, ever bring a charcoal BBQ inside, they give off a shed load of carbon monoxide. (Not suggesting you were going to but it always bears repeating.)
No deco not heard many horror stories would only use a gas BBQ any way, I can see this camping is going to cost some !! But can't wait to get going, if only it stopped snowing !!!
Any other tips ? Thinking more around electric hook ups, beds etc
I'd second the "two gas ring for flexibility" approach..
We've managed for 10+ years using "branded" suitcase stoves.
But if looking for something to run from a standalone cylinder, then you can get some really inexpensive, basic two burner "hobs"(which are fine), but if you start adding the likes of an additional *windshield etc, the overall cost of the set-up may not be that short of a stove that has those already "integral"
(*and if looking to use it inside, then I want a good "screen/shield" around it).
(Re Cadacs: Often called "BBQs" but aren't they really just a big gas ring, on which you can put the griddle plate or pan etc?)
On pots and pans, I wouldn't be too tempted to buy flash, camping specific "sets" straight away.Just start by using supermarket-own non-stick *frying pan and saucepan etc.
(*If folk travelling to a campsite by car, can't squeeze those in, then they're taking too much "stuff" )
We've never used hook with a tent, BUT there's only the two of us and we don't "do" the likes of hair straighteners/dryers etc nor do we have a need to power/recharge a lot of "tech"...
As Sean says, its definitely worth repeating the warning - a lack of "fumes" or visible smoke is not an indication that no carbon monoxide is being produced.
Like Pepe, we don't have much call for a gas barbecue, finding a frying pan on a gas ring quite adequate and more convenient (and probably easier to clean?) for most barbecue type food.
Take....
2 burner gas hob - with grill
Cobb (table top bbq, roaster etc.)
spare - dual fuel Coleman single burner
OR
spare - campinggaz single stove - old one from Grandparents!
So you could take a bbq then a stove to boil kettle for tea or beans for beans on toast (or bread if no toaster or grill).
Yes thats exactly what I am now thinking of doing, as we will be mainly doing weekends away, I am thinking of a fairly cheap gas BBQ and Stove that way we have the best of both worlds.
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Topic: Gas BBQ or Stove ?
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