How to use a pot cozy.

[Derek T]

I am considering making a pot cozy for my Evernew 900 ml pot. My question is how do you get a pot of boiling water into the cozy?  Do you just need to cut out a section for the handles? This does not seem as effective as enclosing the entire pot. I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere previously  Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Brad P]

[David Thomas]

If you only cover the sides and top, you’ll cut most of the heat loss, especially if you place it on wood or pine needles or a hat or bandana.  Then just fold in the handles, and lower the cozy over the pot.

If you leave the pot on a canister stove, covering the sides and top is much more important than covering the bottom.  If I always did that, I’d leave the cozy a little long so it extended 1-2 cm below the bottom of the pot.

[Jerry Adams]

depending on what you set it on, there can be a lot more heat conduction to a solid surface than the air around the pot.  Like David said, put it on pine needles or whatever.  Or have the cozy go around the bottom of the pot.

[BC Bob]

I place the pot on the cozy bottom (the silver one), then slid the cozy over the pot, then put the top on (the blue one).  The cozy is made from an insulated shopping bag I bought at the grocery store for $3.  The bottom is a piece of the shopping bag glued to blue foam.  Just blue foam for the top.  After 45 minutes in the cozy, the bottom of the pot is still too hot to hold in my hand.

[Aaron]

The material you’re using makes a difference in the design.  I’ve made them from the Reflectix,  blue foam, or my favorite: old, thick wool mountaineering socks.  You can either cut two slots for the handles to slide in, or you can fold the handles in as you’re placing it into a solid walled cozy (tricky but doable depending on the size of your handles).  Keep in mind, some people use pots without handles.  You simply need a technique for manipulating the pot by the top or the lip.  A glove or a cloth can work.  I think it’s nice to have a bottom on a cozy to make it easier to eat without burning yourself.

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