Take the Odor Outside your RV With a Portable Propane Stove

I grew up camping and some of my earliest memories are waking up inside a tent and hearing voices outside. The smell of coffee and bacon hanging thick in the morning air as I rubbed my eyes and crawled out of my sleeping bag. I would unzip that enormous tent flap zipper and emerge to see my mom busy cooking on that faithful old Coleman white gas camp stove. If I shut my eyes I can still hear her pumping air into that red canister to make the fire burn more intensely. There’s nothing like bacon, eggs and pancakes off a camp stove griddle. It’s a taste sensation that just can’t be duplicated indoors. Besides, cooking those big breakfasts for a bunch of hungry campers inside your RV creates unwanted odor and a big mess. So, on those occasions when you have a crowd, take it outside with a portable propane stove. Coleman still makes the old school stoves, but it also makes some nice compact portables that use liquid propane gas. This one folds up like a waffle iron for storage and when open it becomes a two burner stove. Very handy for RVing because it’s small and light weight and therefor easy to store. Here is an even smaller grill, but it only has one burner. This model has the old school design that works well in a windy environment because the lid and sides act to block the wind from degrading the burner flame. These are small and practical stoves designed for occasional use. If you plan on doing more you’ll need a heavy duty stove and many models and styles are available. The “Weekender” comes with legs to make it a stand alone stove with a hefty 60,000 BTU capacity. It’s still in the portable class but clearly the big brother of these portables. If you're going to get really serious, there are even larger multi-burner stoves available, but you’ll need a small crane for setting them up. Helping you satisfy those hungry campers in the great outdoors - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing