[at-l] Re: boiling time for alcohol stove

[krk@speakeasy.org (Kenneth Knight)]

No real harm. I'm not sure you gain an advantage since the contact with the pot is pretty slight,
but it certainly won't hurt the pot to have flames licking up the sides.

  ** Ken **
  
On 12/23/01 at 4:56 PM, Farina6@aol.com wrote:

> Question:  As long as I can remove the pot and/or lid without burning myself 
> (which I was able to do), is there any harm in the flames licking the sides 
> of the pot and climbing up?  My reasoning tells me that that's a good thing; 
> it means the heat is covering a large surface area.  That is, or course as 
> long as it's not getting blown around to the side and missing the bottom.

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