cookset

Ya whats it for?

number of people...size and weight needed?

you can get an aluminum or stainless pot at your local salvation army or goodwill for less then $3 ...put it over a heat sorce and you can cook....

you might have an old pot in your kitchen you can use....

usually the cheapo's are the best... light, you can unscrew the handles...

those scout kits will always work... I used the 'pot' for years from one of mine! removed the little handle on the top, as well as the wire handle from the pot....

you can use the pot for pretty much anything, plus if its a flat lid you can use it as a 'pan' ...pancakes.... baking.... small steaks or chicken... works well if you need to cook something else and your using the pot at the same time....

have a pot holder or pliers, multitool, or something to grab the pot and or lid with .....

cooking is nothing more then heat applied to food... u can pretty much use anything! don't waste money on garbage you dont need!

unless your pockets are deeper then those of congresses.....in that case buy the most high speed low drag titanium pot and cooking set out there from REI or something similar....!

I GI mess kit isn't bad for the money. The Canteen cups are great. I use stainless cups with my Nalgene water bottles.

For solo gigs I use a Jetboil Personal Cookset and a GSI Soloist. These are only for heating up water; you don't really cook with them. They fit in most any day pack. The Jetboil is perfect for a day trip. I do coffee, espresso, hot chocolate, hot buttered rum, Mountain House, MRE's and other freeze dried meals.

I dropped mine down an ice fishing hole once and fished it back out and fired it up after only a few minutes.

http://www.jetboil.com/products/cookingsystems/personalcookingsystem

http://www.gsioutdoors.com/products/pdp/pinnacle_soloist/cat/

I also have this Brunton stove that uses same shot of Butane. With the Soloist, they are about the same price but a little more capable than the Jetboil.

http://www.brunton.com/product.php?id=299


I love my Camp Chef Yukon! Any kind of group like float trips and shore lunches or large groups of hikers. I have packed it several miles before. It ain't no fun but I get paid to make folks comfortable and getting a fire hot enough takes a while. I fire this baby up and I can put out a 5 course lunch in 30 minutes. Kicks out 24 hamburgers an hour. Really need teflon and cast iron cookware with it.

http://www.campchef.com/store/item/167/YK60LW_yukon_2_burner_stove.html

Just A Pot & Stuff

I have an older MSR Stoaway 1.6 L stainless steel pot, a BIG soup spoon, & a coffee cup. That's all you really need and of course a good sharp pocket knife. You can store stuff in the pot and it has a locking lid.

Stews are the best thing in a survival situation. A large coffee can used to work well but everything has gone plastic anymore.

Don't get a Snow Peak whatever or anything else like it. They are designed for ultra-lite backpacking and not a survival situation. They hold nowhere near a quart of water. You can get some Titanium stuff in the Quart/Liter range but it will co$t! I do have a Snow Peak Solo set but it is for backpacking and not in the BOB.

I went to a restaurant supply for some good BIG soup spoons. A surplus store and the old WW-II spoon is great and it has a hole in it to tie it to something.

My BOBag has a military canteen, canteen cup, & spoon; this is the grag-n-go kit. The BOBox has the MSR pot and bigger stuff; this is also the tornado emergency kit. Both kits have a lot of my backpacking gear in them so it gets used instead of sitting there doing nothing; plus you're used to using it instead of learning in a bad situation.

Just remember all you need is a POT, CUP, SPOON, & KNIFE. All those extras that are in cook sets are just that - extras, designed to sell the product.

I would say that any quart/liter size stainless steel pot will work. But if you want to get a set it's your choice.

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