Cooking on Cylinder Stoves

[Pelagic]

I've been reading a lot about the pros/cons of cylinder vs box titanium stoves and cooking on them seems to be one of the main differing features with the cylinder stoves not being as good to cook on.

However, with a stove like the Lite Outdoors cylinder stove, it seems you can set a pot on the tension wires running front to back on it. I am wondering, for those that have cooked on this type of stove, what kind of cooking were you able to do, if any?

I realize that cook or heat times to, say, boil water would take longer than on a box stove due to the rounded nature of the cylinder, but if you could still boil/cook on them, just with longer cook times, it seems this could be a worthwhile tradeoff when considering the benefits of the cylinder type stoves. On a cylinder stove, would you be able to fry food on a pan? Sufficiently heat or even boil water, if needed?

 

[LIWolverine]

Very interested as well.


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[Nohljo]

I just bought the lite outdoors and love it!!! As you stated when we set it up we tried boiling water on the rods, it worked great took about15 mins. To boil though I think you could cook on it no problem. I will be getting it out again soon I will try fring some eggs and bacon.

 

[archer wapiti]

I have that stove. It's good, and I think you can do what you're talking about on it, but it's not ideal. I have melted snow on mine, but have not cooked on it. The barrel wall is pretty weak and dimples easily, like a beer can when you've dented it. It never is as strong as it was before. If you have a pot or two to put on tip, it's great for melting snow passively as you're hanging out in the evenings, but you really would have to run it wide open to boil and cook on it.
Looking at available manufactured stoves out there, I'd get a WIFI stove from TIGoat. Flat top and what seems to be the most simple elegant assembly and most durable for the number of pieces that it is made of.

 

[Pelagic]

I just bought the lite outdoors and love it!!! As you stated when we set it up we tried boiling water on the rods, it worked great took about15 mins. To boil though I think you could cook on it no problem. I will be getting it out again soon I will try fring some eggs and bacon.

Thanks, Nohljo. This is what I was wondering about.

 

[Pelagic]

The barrel wall is pretty weak and dimples easily, like a beer can when you've dented it. It never is as strong as it was before.

Good to know. I'm assuming it will still serve it's purpose even with that top area being a bit easier to dent in in the future

I'd get a WIFI stove from TIGoat.

I was looking at this one too. It just seems that the opening is a bit on the small side. A big draw for me on the LiteOutdorrs stove is the huge opening to get larger sticks in there.

 

[Beendare]

I built one of those DIY and used it for a couple seasons....ended up selling my SL5 tipi due to horrible condensation and design issues. The ground was a little damp which is probably one reason for the condensation....we had a lot of rain,sleet snow on the one trip.

As Noh said, its slower is all....we were at about 10 min for 1 liter of water when the stove was cranking. As you probably know, these stoves need to be stoked regularly. If you think you can get it cranking and leave it for 1/2 hour, no it will burn out. Stoking it about every 5 min keeps it going.
This was mine pic was at 10,700' in U76 Co archery elk;



They do fire up quickly due to the good air flow. We only used it to take the chill off and try to burn off the condensation though that typically took too long on one hunt [we got up and were out early] in the Co high country....in fact it was worse on that hunt. Condensation froze on the tipi wall, then once the tipi heated up it got pretty wet. The catenary design made it worse, IMO. We stopped using the stove in the am as forzen condensate was better than the alternative.

It would probably be a bit frustrating doing anything but boiling water with one of these stoves....and I would include the box design. They aren't like a steel or cast iron stove that regulates the heat to your pot. Now they do well with thin pieces of meat; fresh off the animal Elk tenderloins, Heart, etc...stuff that can take high heat and a short cooking time. Braising a big chunk of meat would be tough. Hope that helps.

 

[archer wapiti]

Good to know. I'm assuming it will still serve it's purpose even with that top area being a bit easier to dent in in the future


I was looking at this one too. It just seems that the opening is a bit on the small side. A big draw for me on the LiteOutdorrs stove is the huge opening to get larger sticks in there.

Yeah, you can fit wrist-diameter pieces in the LO stove. I've been around indoor woodstoves all my life and what I found with the LO Titanium stove (and I assume all of them) is that it's really difficult to load them up with wood, shut them down, and have them burn 4 hours. They need a lot more attention than that... more frequent feedings and more air (which causes the more frequent feedings).