Kelly Kettle

[boreality]

This thing is amazing. 150yr old Irish fisherman design. Got to be the most efficient use of wood energy. A handful of twigs and the large one boils I think 6 cups of water in under 2 minutes. Quicker than any mountain stove. It has some hazards for the inexperienced but safe if you follow instructions.

 

[marlinspiker]

where can you get your hands on such a thing?

 

[Blinky]

That's cool... I mean, in a hot way.

 

[jim454]

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This thing is amazing. 150yr old Irish fisherman design. Got to be the most efficient use of wood energy. A handful of twigs and the large one boils I think 6 cups of water in under 2 minutes. Quicker than any mountain stove. It has some hazards for the inexperienced but safe if you follow instructions.

[/ QUOTE ]. You have one? I'm doing a winter camping trip in the BWCA and would like to try that.

 

[allmark]

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where can you get your hands on such a thing?

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https://kellykettle.com/Kelly-Kettle-Kits.html?TreeId=1

They look real interesting

 

[boreality]

Lee Valley sells them if you have them in the states. If you become a Kelly Kettle fan on facebook they're offering 10% off and 5 uk pound international shipping. You will not be sorry. It's one of those things; I wonder why they are not more popular. A little twig fire in the base, set the kettle on and it starts going like a jet engine. Like I said there are some hazards. If you left the cork in boiling water would explode out. It even boils over aggresively without the cork. The base will burn what is underneath, so you need to set it on a rock. She's a ripper.

 

[Ron]

Hmmmm, that is interesting!

 

[ClimbnFish]

I've used one of these things for years. In my experience, if you put them on a camp stove or even smaller backpack stove, they do not heat very efficiently as compared to building a little fire with small sticks as previously stated. This surprised me because I thought that they would heat just as efficiently when put on a stove. I have the larger model so I have not tried this with the smaller one.

 

[boreality]

It's all about the draft or draught, air fuel mix, you know what I mean.

 

[allmark]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4aeXFn6GHE

video of it

 

[Ron]

All I've seen it do is boil water; does it do anything else?

 

[boreality]

They do sell a cookset kit. I imagine it would be good for certain things. I don't have the cookset, but wish I did.

 

[Ron]

I didn't find any videos of the cooking part? Anybody know of any cooking demos?

 

[Zac]

http://www.rutabaga.com/product.asp?pid=1222304

 

[Ron]

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http://www.rutabaga.com/product.asp?pid=1222304

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Yeah, I know, but that link just addresses: "...never run out of hot liquids again..."

What I was asking about is how and what about cooking.