[Philmont] 6qt Pots...

The 'scorchability' tends to follow the heat transfer charateristics of the particular materials you're considering. The aluminum is the worst because it transmits (and loses) heat very rapidly whereas the cast iron and ceramic materials tend to transmit slower but also hold the heat longer. It's a HUGE trade off, light and scorchy or heavy and 'not scorchy'.

One thing I do on the camp stoves my troop uses (granted, not backpacking style stoves) is to have a 1/8 inch thick stainless steel plate 5 to 6 inches in diameter that we put over the burner so that the heat is spread around the steel plate before hitting the aluminum pots we generally use. We just keep the plates right with the stoves. This also helps with thinner stainless steel cookware.

----- Original Message ----
From: Joseph Jansen <jajansenjr@gmail.com>
To: Philmont List Member <Philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:22:36 PM
Subject: [Philmont] 6qt Pots...

What would be nice would be cookware that doesn't scorch easily.
Nothing like brillo scrubbing out burnt food on the inside of a pot.
Part of the game is to have
a material that spreads heat evenly and doesn't build up in one spot.
Dutch ovens are successful at this some of the time but this may be
due to the thickness of the dutch oven wall which doesn't admit
transmission of heat in one spot (at least some of the time).
Aluminum seems to scorch easily; stainless steel less so. Ceramic
crock pots are wonderful in the home - an all day slow cook results in
tender, flavorful meals. Wonder if there is a backpackable crock pot
equivalent.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com

On 10/31/07, Andre Houser <ahouser@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I think that the 9 inch skillet doubles as the lid.
>
> Andre Houser
>
> Daniel Smart <bhamdans@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like Texsport sells a 6-qt pot in its 4-person Heavy Duty Cook Set.
> It appears to NOT have a lid, but could use one off a 8 or 10qt Open Country
> set. Best news, only costs $14.00 for the set. You get some other stuff
> that the Troop might be able to use in their sets.
>
> http://www.texsport.net/four-person-heavy-duty-aluminum-cook-p-487.html
>
> Only other one is the now obsolete Open Country Billy pot which is heavier,
> and much more expensive, and becoming hard to find.
>
> -=Dan=-
>
>
>

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