Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: teach me about titanium cookware.
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Savage Voyageur |
quote tonyyarusso: "All right, album uploaded. Holy Titanium Tony, that is a very nice set of cookware. |
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fitgers1 |
quote AndySG: "$ $ $ $ $ $.....is it worth it? I'm down with teflon coated aluminum. Just my $0.02." I'm digging my teflon coated aluminum fry pan! Everything else is stainless. I did recently buy a big old aluminum camping mess kit. Late 1960's/early 1970's vintage. To big I think for the bdub but I will give it a try. The guy I bought it from over the summer is now retired. He guided groups to the Bdub for about 40 years. He said that kit went with on nearly every group trip he could remember. Most groups were always 8 or 9 people and he would do about 3 or 4 a year. Looking forward to taking it back. At least once. |
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fitgers1 |
quote Savage Voyageur: "quote tonyyarusso: "All right, album uploaded. Very nice set-up Tony. Take all of it on a trip? For how many people? |
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tonyyarusso |
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maxxbhp |
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Soledad |
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Scout64 |
quote SunCatcher: "Jan, SunCAtcher, What do you use for your wind shield. I have not had a lot of luck with these in the past. They never last long. |
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SunCatcher |
The wind deflector is a primus (old brunton heat wind screen) click on link It folds up to little of nothing! I like that. SunCatcher Wind Screen |
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kanoes |
how "fragile" is titanium? sounds like an oxymoron i know...im talking about deforming when packed, bending. does it clean up well? if scortched does that come off easily? ill actually be cooking, not just boil and dump. anything else i should know? thanks. |
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walllee |
Titaniuim heats up faster and distributes heat more even,which is great for cooking.In my book,well worth the expensive price tag.I have a great set that I take with me every trip,but I still find myself using my old stainless steel mug for my morning coffee,and noon kool aid.Some habits are hard to break. |
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tonyyarusso |
The Snow Peak stuff is excellent, as is the REI TiWare line. Titanium does have a slightly funky taste that some people don't like which isn't really an issue for cookware or dishes, but noticeable in utensils, so I have 7075-T6 aluminum alloy utensils. Sea to Summit utensil set I could post pictures of how my stuff has fared used and abuse if you'd like. |
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KevinL |
I have one ding in my cup that I still don’t know where it came from but has been used hard. It’ also my coffee cup. I have made a cozy out of the bubble wrap insulation and it makes the coffee stay hot a very long time. I also have a set of the silicon hot lips that are advertised for the 600 mug, but also fit on the 700. Have to be careful as you can burn your lips if not careful. I have been thinking about getting the 900 so I can still use the 700 for my coffee. I keep it easy to get it during the winter for a little Sunday morning coffee from time to time while surfing BWCA.com |
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butthead |
Strong stuff, not prone to damage, very light weight, but thin, and will hot spot ((burn), easily. Best for boiling. If you want to fry or bake you will need a scorch buster, in the photo is a disk of aluminum I use. It's harder than a stainless pan and can be scrapped clean, or the residue can be burnt off. Photo is after about 30 seconds on an MSR Pocket Rocket full blast! I have dry fried an egg in the lid of this pot on the same stove, just need to be very careful of the temp. I used this pot and lid in the 'Baking a Biscuit' movie I posted. If I want light I use these. If I want to cook anything fussy I take stainless steel. butthead PS: after the glowing test, bh |
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whiteh20 |
I have a snowpeak pot. I bought it for the WC trip. Worked great but I did not do any real cooking. Welcome to use anytime. I think the stuff is good for boiling and some minor cooking. I am not sure how non-stick the stuff is. Sure is light!! |
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tonyyarusso |
Pics of the Ti stuff on the way. |
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SunCatcher |
Titanium cups and pots heat well for boiling water type stuff. I have a lot of titanium products. The Snow Peak 450, The Snow Peak 600, both are SINGLE WALL cups, they say you don't want to cook in a double wall cup? By the way the 450 goes into the 600 which makes it REALLY nice for packing away, and as mentioned earlier the "hot lips" are nice if drinking out of the cups. I ussually use 450 cup to re-hydrate my hamburger or de-hydrated chicken, and then use the 600 or my MSR 1.3 liter Titanium pot with drain lid for the cooking part. I also have the snow peak titanium bowls, I grease them up with liquid oil and bake in them on my reflector oven. As butthead says i use a sponge with a scrub side on it and the stuff cleans up REAL well. I also do NOT like titanium to fry stuff in. It does not heat even enough and I use an old aluminum fry pan if I am going to fry something. The stuff is tougher then nails and you are not going to bend it up. It is light weight, and bullet proof in my book. SunCatcher Titanium Cup 450 and Titanium Bowl (you could cook in bowl also if you wanted) The Pan is the MSR 1.3 liter pan |
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tony |
quote kanoes: "please post tony." I don't use any of the TI stuff I use hard anodized boiler from gsi. I have heard all the pros and cons listed above and agree with them. I do have a snow peak stove and have to say that they make some great stuff. Make sure you get the lip saver thing for the rim of the mug. tony |
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Savage Voyageur |
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fitgers1 |
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kanoes |
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tonyyarusso |
My cookware |
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wetcanoedog |
i just use a pot for water boiling now.it's tough stuff but the weight savings does not seem to be worth it for canoe trips. |
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AndySG |
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tonyyarusso |
quote fitgers1: "Very nice set-up Tony. Take all of it on a trip? For how many people?" Not usually, no. Most of the time I'm solo, and for that I usually take two of the three smaller pots, one or two of the cups, and all of the rest. All three pots usually go with a partner, and the big pot is good for more than that. I also have a set of aluminum stuff that pre-dates the Ti gear and now serves as a backup and supplemental, plus some other knick-knacks. I should probably post those too. :P |
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kanoes |
quote wetcanoedog: "...it's tough stuff but the weight savings does not seem to be worth it for canoe trips." i agree. sticking with my solist afterall. |
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TIMMY |
Don't try to 'cook' in it.... Ti doesn't have the right properties for cooking (poor heat distribution). But I always take my Snowpeak plates and cups along. Very nice stuff. |
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