[Alberg30] Butane & Propane cooking

[Bill Blevins]

No comments on the storage and weight of gases (other than we have that blue bag that hangs on the rail), but here's our experience so far cooking aboard...

We purchased a propane grill last year that mounts on the stern rail and this year added portable butane single burner stove.

The butane burner is HOT and can heat the inside of a boat in seconds! (I thought I was going to melt my new windows the first time we used it!) We now only cook with the portable stove it in the cockpit. It perks coffee twice as fast as watching the pot sit on the grill, especially if there is any breeze. (Makes sense to me because the pot sits about a 1/2 inch from the flame on the Butane stove. Anyway...)

The only problem that we've found with the ones that we looked at was that the "grill top" for the butane single burners were made for kitchen sized pots and not boat sized cooking containers. Even our mid-sized pots fell into the hole in the middle of the eye grate.

To solve this problem, when cruising, we take one of the burner grates from our kitchen stovetop with us on the boat and sit it on top of the grate that came with our butane burner. Works like a charm.

We bought the "all stainless steel" butane stove from the Sharper Image on their E-bay store. It was a little more expensive than the others we looked at but at least it did come with 3 cans of Butane and a plastic case. (I'm a Sharper Image geek).

On our past 3 trips, we've used the Butane stove for 5 meals and the propane grill once. It's easy to set up and it cools quickly for cleanup and storage.

Bill Blevins
"Sabrina" #158

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On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 06:14PM, Maggie Ross <nauticallyyours-maggie at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>John wrote:
>>Heavier than air - like propane - if it collects in the bilge - boom
>Use same safety criteria as for propane.
>
>It is our understanding that Butane is lighter than Propane, therefore it rises rather than filling the bilge like Propane. Cautions should always be taken with all fuels.
>
>Our Butane stove is also a portable single burner with the aerosol type can.
>
>We have a propane barbecue on the transom with which we do as much cooking and baking as possible, but will not have propane inside the boat. Seen too much carnage.
>
>The Origo single burner is non-pressurized and is probably the safest type of stove as long as you follow the instructions and don't over-fill it. It cooks beautifully with a heat defuser. In previous boats we have had the pressurized alcohol, kerosene and diesel but like this Origo is better.
>
>Maggie.
>Strathgowan, #400
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