I’ve had my eye on this product for a while. As I’ve written before, I LOVE cooking outdoors while cruising. It really makes the boat feel a lot bigger, plus I like the casual socializing at the dock when folks walk by and smell the cooking. Sometimes I think I could almost pay for my moorage by selling eggs cooked to order, I tell ya!
Up until now, I’ve been using a Magma Marine Kettle 2 combination stove and gas grill. It works fine, but there are two drawbacks to using it as a primary stove: (1) You must remove the cooking grate and heat distribution dome before you can use it as a stove; those components are dirty. (2) There’s only one burner, so the teakettle and the skillet have to “take turns”.
Hence, I’ve been intrigued by the little Fold-N-Go two-burner stove from Coleman. This summer, I’ll have a chance to put this unit to the test.
It’s very compact when folded, a huge plus in a boat this size. It uses the same 1-pound propane cylinders I’m accustomed to.
I anticipate two primary concerns with this stove: Wind and corrosion.
If you read the reviews at various eCommerce websites, you’ll find that folks are generally very happy with this little stove, EXCEPT that it lacks any sort of windscreen, and a bit of breeze can pull the heat out of the stove before it has a chance to do any real work. A gust can blow the fire right out. Will this be a problem for me? Hard to say. Summer mornings tend to be calm in my cruising ground, and I always have the option of moving my cooking back indoors, using the installed Wallas diesel stove/heater.
The unit is of fairly light construction, and it isn’t really marketed as a “marine” product. How will it do in a marine environment? Obviously, I’ll make every effort to pack it away inside the cabin when I’m underway, but it’s still a marine environment. We’ll see how it holds up.
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