[philmont] Pots

OK, Jim & everyone else, I admit it; question was dumbly worded. I did,
however, get the number I was needing that we couldn’t remember: 2 to 2 ½
cups per 2-person bag.

It’s totally amazing how we Scouters can come up with the same solution,
miles apart, and never having talked to each other. The comment by Steve is
exactly what we’ve come up with, too, including having community dishes &
spoons to speed up the pre-mean sterilizing process.

Our troop owns and takes as our own crew gear 6-qt Billy pots made by Open
Country in Wisconsin. These are the ones that most crews take at Philmont.
FYI: they LOOK like 8-qt; but they’re only 6 (I just re-measured one to make
sure after some of you used “8-qt” in your responses). Philmont also makes
available those really big boys with the straight sides, the heavy
frying-pan lid, and the large bail ears sticking out; but we’ve long ago
dismissed taking those monsters out.

The 6-qt Billy pots have been wonderful for us. One is just exactly big
enough to put the crock pot bag in and mix up dinner for 12. We’ve not
progressed to the home-made pot cozy; but will make one up after reading
Steve’s idea. It’d be easy to take some ½” closed cell foam, make a round
base and round top, and cut a long rectangle to wrap around the pot,
securing the thing together with Velcro glued to the edges. Steve, is that
about what you did?

My question centered around the other pot—the one the water is heated in.
Instead of bringing a 2nd 6-qt Billy pot, one of our Advisors thinks we can
get by with a 4-qt Billy pot which nests inside the 6-qt perfectly. We own
a couple of those, too, and I think Philmont has them available at check out
as an option. Problem is the 4-qt only makes 3 qts of hot water safely.
The 4-qt and 6-qt designations that Open Country uses measures liquid all
the way to the top of the rims which, of course, is not safe. I was not
sure that 3 qts (12 c.) of water the 4-qt will produce is enough to make a
dinner entrée. After getting your responses, I think the 4-qt Billy pot
would work; but the crew would have to make another pot’s worth if more hot
water was needed for drinks, soup, or washing or cleaning up. That doesn’t
seem hard to do; so, the lighter 4-qt might work. On the other hand, taking
the slightly heavier 2nd 6-qt would get all the water heated at one time.
On the other hand, it’ll take longer to heat all that water (4-5 qts) in the
larger pot, use more fuel, and slow down dinner making. ‘Tis a dilemma. I
think we’ll resolve it by letting the Scouts choose during shakedowns.

Steve, tell us about your cozy.

Jerry Lewis

2007 611-I-1

Troop 303, McKinney TX

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Received on Sat Jan 20 12:15:40 2007