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Kelly Kettle
I am quite sure that some of you have heard of the Kelly Kettle, but to be honest I had never heard of them until I ran into the Kelly Kettle website. This type of kettle looks like a very dependable way to boil water and cook food, and as long as you have wood you are in business.
They make them in several different sizes and they are fairly light weight. Now you wouldn't want to take one on an extended hike where you are covering a lot of ground, but on an extended camping trip, this would be a good thing to have.
I am also wondering why we couldn't make one of these ourselves using an aluminum stock pot, and another one of a smaller diameter for the top part. Hole saw some holes in them in the right places and design a support grid for the cooking contianers to set on you could have a cheap kelly kettle.
This looks like a great cooking system and I wouldn't think that wind or rain would affect its use!
http://www.kellykettleusa.com/kelly-kettles.html
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Can't say I ever heard of them.....seems pricey.
Any one use one?
My all time favorite is still the Milsurp GI canteen/cup/stove and cover........
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After looking at the kettle closer, the top part of the kettle is a double wall chamber that you fill with water, so you can boil water and cook at the same time, so making one just like the ones on the website would require a lot of fabrication. But for cooking in the wind and rain these kettles would be very handy.
I'm thinking if I make one it will just have to heat the water in a pot setting on the burner grate instead of in the chamber like the ones on the website. Kind just a fancy Hobo Stove in a way!
Click this link to see how it's made!
http://www.kellykettleusa.com/how-to...e-kelly-kettle
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in the book Cache Lake Country they make a cooker similar to that from a angel food cake tin. The Kelly kettle reminds me of a samovar(self boiler)
another brand is thermette
http://www.outdoorattitude.co.nz/thermette-copper
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I purchased the qt. and pt aluminum a few years ago, if you do buy one get the pot and pot support and grill grate makes it work well as a system. i have used it with wood fire and also penny stove for heat both worked well. Stainless is nice but my aluminum has held up well, when i bought it stainless was a back order for quite a while, now I don't think it was a big deal. i also have used the base alone as a minature grill also works well.
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I too like the idea, but for the size, weight and cost... Id just assume keep doing like I do and put a GI canteen cup on some rocks that have a twig fire under it...
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Too big to stuff into my back pack, so I will give it a pass.
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If you do a forum search on Kelly Kettle you'll get a number of reviews. Several earlier members had/have them. I think Phil has one posted in the unusual stove thread.
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I often carry mine when its pissing down. Its light weight and I stuff the chimney with dry wood. My addiction to coffee gets satisfied quickly even in the worst of weather.
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I have never used one. But I have been reading about them for several years. I haven't seen a bad review on it. It works great as advertised. Someone at BPL figured out how to make a lighter version. It wasn't an easy DIY. You need a lathe and a lot of practice.
I will probably get one at some point. But I doubt I would ever use one backpacking. It would be car camping exclusive. There are people that do take one backpacking. For me though, I would just put a small pot over a couple small rocks with a small fire underneath. Sometimes we over think things.
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Yes it takes room in the pack however if you pack the base and chimney area with other supplys in the pack you can make it work.
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Seems like a great idea but holy cow, HUGE!
I had a look at the large and small ones at Lee Valley and man, they take up alot of space. Seems that a canteen kit and portable stove would pack easier and being separate, can conform more easily to your pack situation.
With these things, unless you have a very large pack, it would have to go on the outside.
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There's an article about the Kelly Kettle in the latest Backwoodsman magazine. They list some variations:
The Storm Kettle
the Thermette
Backcountry Boiler
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