[at-l] Question about alcohol stove use

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I'd experiment a bit at home with the height of the tent pegs for the pot 
support. I personally prefer to use bent hardware cloth after finding the 
optimum height above my alcohol stove, with aluminum foil windscreen 
outside of that. I don't know that I would worry much about a snuffer as 
I've rarely had flame last much more than 10-15 minutes, then employed a 
pot cozy.

I'd bring the alcohol in a large bottle, and a smaller container to use to 
measure your 1-1.5 ounce for cooking. This helps avoid splashing or 
spilling your main supply. two alcohol stoves, folded hardware cloth and 
foil, a 2 ounce dropper bottle and spoon fit in my grease pot, further 
enclosed by the pot cozy made from dog damaged closed cell mat.

OrangeBug

At 12:20 PM 7/3/2002 -0400, Brian McGarrahan wrote:
>I have been messing around with an alcohol stove for about a month now and
>plan on taking it on an eight day hike next month.  I am using tent stakes
>as pot support and fashioned aluminum foil into a screen for wind.  I also
>made a snuffer out of a tuna can.