Best/Right Cook Pot Size

Ti “wide-short” 900ml myog lid … I like to cook boil in the bag brown rice, cos-cos, stove top stuffing and mix in a bit of dehydrated stuff store bought; 1 bag will last 3 meals…

That would be Mary Janes Farm black bean soup with . . . froth.

I am a boiling only kind of guy. For me, I like:

for solo use in the summer – 3 cups

for two, any time of year including snow camping – 2 liter

both Open Country aluminum hard anodized

WHO KNOWS ABOUT BLACK BEAN SCUM/FROTH?

THIS GUY!

James,

I hear ya on Teflon fry pan delamination. Been there, suffered that. That’s why my little fry pan is a Wally Mart aluminum, ceramic coated “one egg” size (5″ diameter) with the handle ground off. I use aluminum pot grippers for the frypan and my cook pot.

For omelettes, pancakes and other stuff needing a fry pan it’s invaluable. Yes, to accommodate a ceramic coating it’s thick aluminum and as heavy as my 3 cup pot but worth every ounce. It even has circular grooves on the bottom to keep it from slipping of stove pot supports.

Good call Matthew!

The amount of water used should do little more than half-fill the pot, especially if you are cooking in the pot. That avoids problems with spills and boiling over.

@rcaffin, is that the rule of thumb for pot capacity? So, if I need 1200 mL for dinner for 2 (2x cups of tea, 2x FBC meals), I should consider a 2000 or 2400 mL pot?

I use an MSR 1.5 L Titan pot to ccok for the two of us. It is more than adequate most of the time. It has a lid, which i do use to cut steam loss.

It can overflow if I am cooking noodles with the lid on – but that would happen with a 4 L pot at home anyhow!

I would not go to a 2 L pot or larger myself. I think that would be needlessly going overboard and could present stability problems as well. It is also possible that the very big diameter could reflect too much heat down onto the fuel container. This has happened in the past, with fairly disasterous consequences.

Cheers

Thanks @rcaffin.

I’m trying to determine the right size pot and want to avoid going too large. I never go solo, so I’m looking for a two person pot to boil water. I calculate that I will need up to 1200 mL of water for dinner and a hot drink, so I’m going to aim for a short/wide 1500-1600 mL pot to give me some boil room.