best cooking stove for ltp?

[goatlady]

Absolutely, bixa. Using those skills on a daily basis produces LOTS of benefits; saving $$ is just one. Learning to depend on yourself and not outside sources is quite a comfort to me and it is extremely satisfying to put food on my table that I produced from the seed to the pot! Makes for better health also. Builds lots of self-confidence also. You just figure out what really works best for you and yours and go for it regardless of and ignoring those who poo-pah and ridicule. YOu will make mistakes sure, but you will learn from those mistakes also and do it better next time.

[SCinPNW]

Thanks SC, I originally was looking at the Stovetec but the Ecozoom seemed to offer a few better features. I haven't received it yet but I am looking forward to trying it out when I do. Have you cooked with your Stovetec yet? What have you made? I bought a nice cast iron Dutch oven to go with the stove and I am going to attempt to make bread on the stove. Sure hope it works out with all this wheat I have stockpiled.

Bixa, I have not tried cooking on my Stovetec yet, but that is on my list of "ToDo" items when the weather warms up. Almost all of my cookware is cast iron and I cook with it daily as it is my favorite cookware hands down, so hopefully you will enjoy your dutch oven as well. As for outdoor cooking, I have a couple of camp dutch ovens (the ones with the legs) and I have cooked in them. i have made desserts and main course meals. I also have a Cobb Cooker and used it to make black beans and rice, it took about 12 briquettes, and a little over an hour if I remember correctly.

I too want to try making bread in the dutch oven, I want to try both my whole wheat and sour dough breads. Do you make bread with your stored wheat? If not, try to find a recipe that you and your family enjoy. I have a recipe that I have posted here in the "Recipes and Projects" forum. Here is the link: https://www.survivalandpreparednessf...e-milled-flour Note, the recipe does make 5 loaves at a time. I just freeze the extra loaves so that I am not making bread every few days. Something I need to do is convert the recipe to one loaf at a time for when we are in a situatuion where I do not have a freezer. Plus I still need to purchase a hand mill for making flour or I will be forced to using a mortal and pestle which will be very unpleasant.

SC

[bixa525]

SCinPNW, Thanks for your bread recipe. I am definitely going to try to make some bread from my stored wheat, so I will be able to do so in case of hard times to come. I love fresh baked bread anyway so I hope to master this skill using my Ecozoom stove and a cast iron Dutch oven.

[Patriot Prepper]

I have a Volcano stove. If you are going off grid, I think you need to have something more substantial and permanent. The Volcano stove is small and somewhat portable and operates off of charcoal, propane, or wood. It's not a backpacking stove, but more for extended camping situations. Or for a semi-permanent bug out location. It's a cool stove, but I would not consider it to be the answer to an off grid retreat.

[bixa525]

I originally looked at the Volcano stove but settled on the Ecozoom because I believe it will use less fuel. I might end of purchasing the Volcano stove also since I would like to have a few different types of cooking methods.