Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Stove for frying fish
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LarrySw45 |
You need to put more oil in the skillet you have to transfer more heat out to the edges. Like deep frying. The oil will circulate if you use enough. Larry S |
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foxfireniner |
First I got a pocket rocket...which, to your point, is like cooking with a torch. That is in my ditch kit now with nothing but stuff that requires boiling water. Then I decided to stay on the canister path and got a Windpro. I use the Stanley Adventure cookset. I prefer to deep fry so I take a nalgene bottle of oil and funnel and reuse my fish frying oil all trip. The windpro deep fries like a pro. The skillet in that set is stainless with a heavy bottom and works great for frybread and tortillas, hash browns. Then the Derecho hit my area last summer and I lost power for a week. I had to dip into my camping gear to cook. So I picked up the multifuel Dragonfly and it also deep fries for me very well. I also like the added stability over the Windpro. I like the Stanley set but I ditched the bowls and replaced that space with a smaller pot. I even bent up an old aluminum plate and turned the big pot into a reflective oven. Made chocolate chip cookies, I did. |
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Tommygun33 |
I have been using this stove for 6 straight years with no issues. It is great for frying fish ,pancakes and all the real food. Can go down to a very small simmer flame and can easily support a 9 inch skillet . I 100% recommend |
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OCDave |
cmayer37: "... With respect to the recomendations for cast iron skillets, it seems that is counter to your goals. It seems a wider burner while maintaining a small compact stove is your goal. Consider the Primus Classic Trail stove. While this stove screws directly on to the canister, using an appropriately sized pan and a canister stand will provide a satisfying level of stability. This stove is inexpensive and WAY lighter than lugging cast iron into the wilderness. I picked up a few of these on sale at REI for $15 each to loan to my son's Boy Scout peers so they wouldn't need to carry Coleman 2-burners on backpacking trips. These stoves are great for simmering but, when high heat is needed they provide a widely distribute flame. I LOVE my cast iron cookware. I have a Lodge skillet that sits on my stove top and I use everyday. I also have a Lodge Dutch Oven that I don't use as much as I should. I would never take either on a trip that I would need to carry them any farther than from my house to my car. If you prefer a pan as your solution, the Fry-Bake Deep Alpine pan is a great alternative to cast iron for any trip you will backpack or portage. I have both the Deep Alpine and the Expedition sets. I use the Deep Alpine and a 12 cm IMUSA cup for all my cooking on nearly all my trips (1-3 people tops). If I were frying fish for a group of 4 or more, I'd consider the Expedition Fry-bake but, in all honesty I have had it for several years and never taken it on a trip. Good Luck. I hope you find something that works for you. |
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cmayer37 |
Before the trip I purchased a primus classic trail stove and the the stainless steel primus campfire frying pan. The stove was a success and the much larger burner and 4 pot supports were definitely a big help. Was able to use without heat diffuser which resulted in more stable base for fry pans. I am thinking about replacing my primus Eta stove with a second classic trail stove, my only issue is that the pot supports are too narrow for the Eta system pots I have -- will keep my eyes open for a stove with large burner and wider pot supports (each support would need to be about an inch wider than the trail stove). The new frypan worked very well also, but not sure there was a big difference in temperature control between the stainless steel pan and the non-stick GSI pinnacle fry pan that I also brought along. I noticed the guys reaching more for the GSI pan as less food sticking when making eggs, etc. Thanks again for the all the advice! |
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butthead |
Housweety Stove is a clone with folding pot supports (somewhat flimsy) and a slightly smaller burner. Kestrel222, it's simple to learn how to link websites and a courtesy to the other thread followers. butthead |
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cmayer37 |
Any recommendations on either a better system to diffuse heat without instability problem, or a stable canister stove that has a wide enough flame that a heat diffuser is not needed? I don’t want to go with heavy stoves like Coleman double burner, and prefer the simplicity of canisters vs liquid fuel. Any advice is greatly appreciated. |
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butthead |
What fry pan are you using? Maybe a heavier double layer pan would work better, Primus Campfire Frying Pan For a replacement stove if so desired an MSR WindPro 2 would work very well. Remote canister, good flame control, large ported burner head, wide pot supports. The Primus Essential stove set. Dragonfly on the left, Alocs on the right and a Simmerlite botton, which is the same basic stove as a WindPro. My WindPro at low flame. butthead |
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Jackfish |
gotwins: " " Campsite on the west end of Ahsub Lake? |
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gotwins |
Jackfish: "gotwins: " " You nailed it! May of 2021. |
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RunningFox |
Caphalon frying pan works well and won’t rust. Check Goodwill — You may find one. Coleman canister two burner. McAree walleyes. |
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mschi772 |
fadersup: "there's nothing better for even distribution of heat" I've got no beef with cast iron, but this myth couldn't be more wrong and has been busted many times. What it does do is hold heat really well and emits/radiates heat well once it has it which can be advantageous for certain things. I like to grill fish on my Purcell Trench grate over a fire, but if I was going to do more cooking with canister stoves that my Kovea Spiders wouldn't be up to the task of, I'd get a Voyageur Stove. |
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mjmkjun |
gotwins: "Photos of the Maytag lid with walleye & lake trout Gotta love the smile. Feast! |
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cmayer37 |
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MacCamper |
cmayer37: I love my Voyager stove. Two burner, stable and I don't have to bend over to cook. Heavy? Not really. Packable? Absolutely and it doubles as a dandy table. |
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portagedog09 |
Now for more of a deep fry - i.e. fish nuggets, I use my MSR Reactor with the 1.8L pot. It has THE largest flame head of any backpacking stove and produces gobs of heat that will keep the oil up to temp better than any other stove I've used. The narrow deeper pot concentrates the heat, but also limits the number/size of your fish pieces. Upside is cooking goes quicker. Note - the Reactor is NOT a good simmering stove. pd |
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