Camping… Anybody?
Posted: August 21st, 2010 | Author: Mitch | Filed under: Camping Gear | Tags: Camping Gear, charcoal, charcoal briquettes, charcoal grill, electric stove, electrical power, match, portable gas stove, residential area, summer thunderstorm | 10 Comments »The electrical power may go out in a residential area during a summer thunderstorm. Just imagine that you were about to cook dinner. You scrambled around in the camping gear for an alternative to your electric stove. You found a portable gas stove, one match, a small grill, and a bag of charcoal briquettes. Because you have only one match and no other sources of fire, you must choose between using the portable gas stove or the charcoal grill. Which will you choose and why?
gas stove first then use flame from it to help ingnite charcoal because the charcoal takes more to get a good flame from!
I would light one and then use the flame from that to light the other.
gas then light the charcaol with a twig
well, the portable gas grill probably would be out of propane, and briquettes are hard to start with one match, so I’d chose neither of them right off. Id gather some leaves and twigs and start a small fire. then I would get a twig lit off my fire and try to light the propane stove, if it wouldnt light, I’d use my twig on the briquettes.
i would go out to dinner!!
The match is probably not going to light because it’s sitting in moist conditions from the winter and spring seasons. I always have my magnesium bar on my key chain with a sparker. So, with the sparker I can light the Portable stove. Then place my charcoal chiminey over the stove to light the charcoal. Turn off the stove (save gas, lots of sparks) I would use only enough charcoal to heat my camp Dutch oven and enjoy my dinner.
it wouldn’t bother me because you could use a twig on fire from the carcole to light the gas stove.
Most likely the charcoal grill. Not only can it be started with some newspaper, dryer lint or other whatnots around the house, it also lasts MUCH longer. I’d cook with that, but make sure the coals were still hot. If needed, I’d tamp them until I needed them, giving them a bit of newspaper or small sticks every now and then to keep the heat up. With portable gas, once you’re out, you’re out. All sorts of things burn in a grill, though. The fire is easier to maintain in a grill as well–manage it like a small campfire and you’re golden.
portable gas charcole is to hard to start with one match
the portable grill because if you camp alot and you know how to use it it is as easy as 1 2 3. I would light a candle with that 1st match first and then get some newspaper or kindling to start the grill.