How Do You Cook With A Backpacking Stove?
After a long hike, the first thing on your mind might be warming up and sating the appetite with a hot meal. Backpacking stoves provides a convenient way to cook foods quickly and efficiently by using less fuel in a lightweight appliance. Most stoves designed for backpacking use butane or propane cartridges or canisters, which are easy to transport and readily available. Follow these steps to cook with your backpacking stove. Set up the stove for cooking and connect the fuel canister on a level, non-flammable surface away from your campfire. Light a match or lighter and turn on the fuel knob to ignite the stove. Never turn on the gas before lighting the match. Adjust the burner control knob to set the flame at the desired height. Use a teaspoon of cooking oil or melt two pads of margarine in your saucepan to keep foods from sticking and make the cleanup go faster. Cook easy-to-prepare foods on the backpacking stove. One-pot meals work best for single-burner backpacking stoves. Such rec
