Camping Gaz Backcountry Stove: For backcountry cooking. This lightweight stove comes with a windscreen for those windy evenings in the backcountry. It cooks well, although you want to stir your food frequently to prevent burning it to the bottom of the pan. Fuel is inexpensive - it is fueled by a butane/propane mix that comes in a blue canister that screws to the bottom of the stove. The downside is that you can't tell when you are low on fuel - we often find ourselves carrying around two canisters for fear that we are about to run out, and yet the nearly-empty canister ends up cooking several meals before it is truly empty.

Coleman 2 Burner Camp Stove: For cooking meals at camp. This stove works best with the Coleman Grill Stand (sold separately). The stove runs on liquid fuel (white gas) - one tank of white gas lasts two hours. It cooks well in that it will boil a pot of water in four minutes. However, since it is only a two-burner stove, you can only cook two courses at a time (we often have three courses at dinner). The stove comes with a windscreen for those windy evenings at camp.

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