BEST Affordable Van Life Cooking Solution: Grill Boss DUAL FUEL Camp Stove!
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I’m using butane. The black one you have up there. I’m in Southern California and many of the discount stores have the cans for about two bucks. I love them.I’ve found that using a cast iron grate from a household gas stove on top of the grate provided adds wonderful stability especially for small saucepans and coffee pots. I often use my stove for heating . I have a dedicated small saucepan with lid that I fill with water over very low heat to add humidity like a radiator.
99 Ranch Market is a good place to get the butane.
Im in Long Beach and sometimes urban camp, the butane bottles are cheap enough but if you plan on doing a daily lifestyle of this the propane makes way more sense. The nice thing about the butane bottles tho after just camping up in Mt Pinos is that you can fit the butane bottle with those stoves in the case ready to go whereas you kinda have to screw all those hoses on to do the propane option. Nice to have options tho fosho
Humidity is an enemy of vanlife, your mattress and fabric seats and cloths and any other soft surfaces will accumulate the moisture and mold.
I bought the adapter to fill my little 1# propane bottles from my big tank. WAY cheaper! Gas One makes the one I got. A lot of hardware stores carry them
I have the dual fuel single burner stove, a $20adapter hose for the 1lb connection and a 20lb propane tank. Its the best!
I still use my old colman gasoline stove. I was told years ago It will run fine and does run fine on regular gas pumped right from your fuel tank should you need it.. The above info came from a Coleman representative. I still use my dual mantle gas lantern also...blessings
Hi Bob et al. Great program - big fan. As a person that knows too much about pottery and material science, please reframe from using terracotta plant pots and heat sources together. They are often (effectively all of them) treated with anti-greening agents like sodium and potassium silicate. This is liquid glass and not great to inhale or be in contact with in general. The particles from pottery alone without any treatments are made up fundamentally of silica that like the liquid glass in size and health impacts. These can enter the lungs, stay there and cause lung diseases by acting as sites for bacteria colonies to establish. Garden pottery is not designed for heat applications hence the treatments used. Keep up the great work!
Is there a pottery you recommend?
I've seen some stainless steel cylinders for this application also.
A single fired (bisque fired) stoneware clay pot would work fine.
Very informative as always, Bob
Thank you for your great information. I haven't experienced vanlife yet but maybe some day.
Bob, as always… you are addressing practical matters and we all appreciate it!!!!
Thanks for the recommendation. Cooking and heating in one purchase. Sounds good to me and will add to my list. 👍
Thx for the info about simmering. I have a butane single burner & a Coleman propane double (about $40 Walmart) & now I have a good understanding of when to use each one.
Thanks for the different views on the camping stoves. I live in Phoenix and i'm interested in prepping and emergencies to alter cooking products since we endure Monsoon weather and having electric outages at the most inconvenient times.
Thanks for your wealth of knowledge and experiences. Safe travels
The Grill Boss dual fuel stove that Bob recommends has a feature that isn’t mentioned but which is very important. The top piece (the part that holds your pot/pan) comes off and cleaned separately. A big plus!
I love the dual fuel stove. I use my propane tank when inside, most of the time. But, I can very easily switch to butane to just grab the stove for outside use. I like using propane better, but sometimes you need easy so that’s why I carry some butane along. With my wind shield, I cut a little notch in it so that it sits better over a propane hose.
Preferably you’d use butane inside and propane outside.
@@benchoflemons398either one in either place. Both are byproducts from the manufacturing of natural gas although I believe I read that butane can occur naturally.
I have a butane burner/stove and a dual fuel burner/stove. I also have a Coleman regular gas/white gas two burner gas stove. Cover all bases if possible.
Thank you for another great video. I made a wind screen out of old license plates, because they were free and available when I needed a wind screen. You can't beat the old Colman stoves and lanterns. I have a Colman Red bail 2 burner that is older than me that I jokingly call my inheritance because when my parents aged out of camping my father gave me the stove. I still have the liquid fuel tank but I converted it to propane because propane is safe around children. Thank you again for taking the time to create this video.
I have two Gas One stoves. I bought a case of butane bottles for about $24 a couple of years ago. Case has 12 bottles in them. I use the stove when I camp but I also use it at work. I work as a security guard on the weekends. I make mac and cheese or ramen or whatever. I just opened up another bottle of butane as the other one lasted me a good three months just using it at work. The only downside I see with butane is it won't work if it's really cold out. Propane works much better. Otherwise, I love it. Oh, and by the way, in case anyone is interested, this product, the butane stoves, have been around for close to 25 years now. I drove truck long haul for 30 years and I bought one back in 96' at a T/A truckstop. It was made by Burton. And the truckstop was the only place I ever found them back then. Better than going to a restaurant I thought.
I’ve used a dual fuel GasOne stove for several years now, can’t see why I’d want anything else! The duel fuel option has saved me a couple times when my fuel of choice wasn’t available, and when I misplaced the hose. It also expands the temperature range, as butane doesn’t work well below freezing. One note: don’t thread the hose through the hole in the back, the way Bob has shown in the video: the rough edges of the metal will wear the insulation off of the hose.
My Gasone developed 2 serious problems: first, the propane hose did not maintain a seal, leaking the propane on a higher temp. day, filling my tent with the leaked gas. Reverted to using butane, but keeping it in bed or in my clothes only temporarily allowed it to burn when cold. Temps in the 30’s made it produce very little flame, even if pre-warmed, so, useless for boiling water. Ultimately, it started flaming out underneath the fire ring, as the drafting wasn’t adequate. Result: it went into a dumpster. Too dangerous to try to use! Now using Bob’s style Coleman propane stove.
Can one not put duct tape where the position of the hose would be = no more rough edges. 🙂
@louisepotier2784 - Absolutely, duct tape, electrical tape, rubber grommet, even a piece of foam!
Have you used the propane in the winter time with temps below 30f? How hot does it burn? Can you cook things you'd normally cook in the summer? Butane is worthless below 30f.
@@JohnSmith-hs1hnpropane will work below 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Actually propane works below zero degrees Fahrenheit.
Bob, thanks for a informative video. I have used these stoves for years as they are fast and controllable.
One correction is that the green propane tank you’re holding is the 1lb tank. The first white tank is known as a 5 lb tank. Sometimes those 5 lb tanks cost as much as a 20 lb tank to re-fill.
Flame King makes a 1 lb tank re-tillable system that is approved by the DOT, so transporting re-filled blue Flame King tanks are legal.
They may cost a little more at first, but I’ve re-filled my tanks over 20 times off of a 20 lb tank and now the cost per re-fill averages $1.09.
Just thought I’d give out some options. Skillet
I have a 1967 Coleman stove with three burners that runs on Coleman fuel! My parents bought it and was used one time, but now my daughter and I use it frequently and it still performs perfectly!!
Duel fuel stove to me is the Coleman 533. It runs on petrol, shellite and on the Coleman’s own brand of fuel. Plus there a smaller waste footprint.
I went to the propane place in Blythe and they made me a single hose that goes directly between the big tank and the stove which keeps it simple.
Would be interested in any tests you wish to make on low cost single hop induction stoves with an off grid Van solar setup.
We have an induction stove, and I have found them superior to gas for many reasons. Ours has as its lowest setting of 500 Watts. But it can boil water in 1/3 the time of our prior gas stove, cooking it actually faster so maybe more efficient. Definitely safer (no open flames). And one never again need buy bottles of gas -- one already has the setup in their solar.
So given past videos on what is needed to run appliances like a fridge, AC etc, maybe a video on what would be needed to run an induction stove on an RV solar system is to be considered. Hope this helps.
Yes, that would be a great video !
Yeah, Bob!
You can buy an adapter to refill the small green propane bottles off of the bigger ones to save a bit if the 1/4 pounders are handier for you…
I bought a dual fuel stove a few years ago (one of the better known brands). After about a year of use, with no warning, the propane regulator started to leak badly. I found another TH-camr's video describing the very same safety problem. The propane regulator hoses are replaceable, but I consider the safety risk unacceptable. As a butane stove it worked exceptionally well, but I would never use their propane adaptor again.
That just happened to me last month. It blew out right when I was screwing the tank on and shot right into my hand. It hurt. Luckily for my trip I had some backup butane.
Thinking someone might want to look into getting a class action lawsuit going on this, as there seems to be a dangerous pattern regarding repeat risky/dangerous failures!
Had the same thing happen with mine. It was 6 months old at the time. Been just using butane for year and a half ever since
I had a hose with a regulator that I used for my propane CAT heater. The regulator was bad, which hindered the heater. Is there a problem with the design of propane regulators?
You can refill the 1lb tank, but I understand there's a safety issue with that, as well. Also, you want to release some air with needlenose pliers.
Always helpful and builds my confidence
I saved the video and I shared it on my Facebook page. You never know who will need to see it.
thanks for this vid bob!
Another great video 🙏🫂
Thank you Bob!
Thanks for this video. Very helpful
Bob Thanks So Much for this 👍 Much Needed
Thank you Bob, I will definitely look for the dual fuel and the refillable larger tank😊
Another great video. Thanks for the info.
Thanks Bob for explaining all the ins and outs of these stoves and the fuel. I saw a bigger Coleman that was old but beautiful at a resale shop and I should have bought it but Im not an expert do I didn't know if it would work. See you next video.
Love that for protecting against wind
Thank you!
I use a Coleman dual-fuel 2 burner gasoline & white gas stove. I like it because it’s completely mechanical, very durable, it IS its’ own case, and they have fuel for it at every gas station.
Thank ,great video 👍👍👍
Excellent 👍😊
All your videos are very educational to all of us , thanks Bob, good job
Wow, I have a 2 burner Coleman stove I bought from a guy for $20 about 30 yrs ago and he also gave me a 20lb propane tank that has all the attachments!! Which I still have to this day!! And since someone just gave us a pop up camper that the stove has been removed, I am prepared!!
Thank you, Bob for another excellent video. Hello from Phoenix.
You are a lovely soul, Thank you.
Awesome video! Thank you
Thank you sir ❤
I appreciate all the information you provide. It’s helpful for any of us looking to buy a stove
used butane stove for 4 years worked Great
Great idea Bob on the cooking stove/heater!!!
Great explanation and video. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video and superb information for nomads and campers!
Great demo
Thank you for the info
Didn't know about the wind screen, going to get one
I have the Grill Boss because I wanted the dual fuel for the versatility, although I mostly use it with a 1lb propane and it's a great little stove.
Hi Bob, I was at the store yesterday looking for stoves but felt lost in my search. This was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you
Great video, Bob! My kit includes a Coleman one burner bottle-top stove, a Little Mr. Buddy for heating the bathroom, and green bottles work for both. While camping with friends in a solar cabin atop the Colorado Rockies a few years ago, they used a butane two burner stove and got their fuel by the case at a sporting goods store, in addition to a wood-burning potbelly stove in a corner for winter. I recently began exploring the cold soak/stoveless method (found on vegan backpacking sites) to save fuel, respect the burn ban and be prepared for extreme weather events. I love your cheap DIY windscreen. Thanks for all you do. Peace. 💖
Wow nice
I good back up chafing fuel gel or like I used it as fire started in very wet conditions with damp to wet wood spreed on wood like jam build your fire. For cook place a few stones as stand round your cook area to balance pot or kettle light Gel put the kettle on hot water for a hot drink then use rest of pot to cook your food Now do not burn your fingers when you pop the lid back on to smother it
They very easy light and simple to use and also pack down small light and yes the old large potter flower heater trick also works as heater. Remember to keep and eye on it like any other open flame as heat source this kind of like a more powerful 8 hour tea lights and smaller flower pot heater
Good info.
I just LOVE the demonstrations. Also the clay pot trick is excellent. The beware of dog...yes. (Beware of cook) 🙂
Most interesting
I saw a post asking for comments on future content. Wanted to post, but can't find it again, so I'll put it here. There is a quite a bit about camp cooking about, or what people eat, but I recently purchased some lightweight Correlle Vitrelle dinner bowls, which are like some kind of really strong hard to break lightweight white thin glassware in a mess tin shape, basically a plate with high sides, good for eating in front of the tv, and I was thinking, any time on your lap as in, camping, RV, van life, or tiny home situations. It got me thinking, what do camping RVers eat out of? The pot or pan? (I did that a lot during a stint.) The lettuce bag? The can? Paper plates? Your hands? Mess tins? or Correlle Vitrelle dinner bowls?
Great video. I watch your channel for a lot of reasons. I have a single burner dual fuel stove like the one you recommend. During a power outage I normally use it to heat water for coffee and heat up a can of soup or something. During the last power outage I got a bit more ambitious and decided I would make regular meals. This is where a single burner stove drops the ball. Cooking one item at a time is just a struggle. For those that are not worried about space and maybe have a family to cook for a two burner stove may be a better choice. Unfortunately, dual fuel is not popular for two burner stoves (mostly just propane). Maybe getting both is a good option then - that way if one breaks you still have a backup.
What I did was get two Gas One stoves. That way I can either use them both at the same time or if need be, I have an extra in case one breaks down. Granted I must of accidentally ordered the second one also, lol, but in the long run I am glad I did.
Thank you for this review! I’ve often wondered why one doesn’t use a single burner stove, plugged into a Jackery or something similar. When I begin traveling, it only makes sense to do it that way, where there isn’t any cost to using a skillet on a propane stove. ❤
Great video! Hope to get in my car in Jan to start traveling. I keep watching your channel for info on when you will have the meet up in Quartzite. I hope to get to meet up with your group. This will be my first time to ever live in my car.
On my dual fuel stove's rubber hose. I had house of hose cut of my broken regulater and add a hose adapter so now I can use my stove or heater from the same supply hose
I want one!!!
I bought a no name duel fuel for about thirty dollars. I refill my small propane tanks from a twenty pound tank and mostly operate directly from a 20# tank with an adapter hose. To keep the unit working I bought a inline filter which keeps oil and contaminates from getting the stove. I do have a heater for the van but it puts out to much heat so I use a Chinese stove top heater. Did not cost much but the guys making the thing though it needed black paint on it's top. Had a devil of a time trying to burn that paint off but by unscrewing the device and heating upside down finally got the bad smelling paint removed. Heater worked good last winter particularly being able to turn the flame way down to avoid over heating. I also run a very small fan to mix the air while using of course with cross vent cracked windows to ovoid problems. My CO meter not regestering anything. The thing does simmer real well to as well as boil two quarts of water within 7 minutes. Really like the thing. Make sure to get the dual fuel units.
Thanks Bob! Hack, you can use the case the stove comes in as a wind screen if stood on end.
Have a duel fuel Gas One that I have used full time for 2 yr. I love it !!!
I use the butane when I need to cook inside my van and propane when I'm boondocking in the wilderness.
Just need to stock up on the butane .
Why do you prefer using butane inside you van vs. propane? Is it a moisture issue?
awesome
I have a duel fuel single burner stove. It works wonderfully. Hubby got it for me; don't know how much he spent on it
I found a old dual fuel, the type that burns white fuel or gasoline, at a thrift store for $10. The can of fuel actually cost more than the stove! I've made a lot of meals and still on that can of fuel, I suspect someone tried using unleaded but I dumped it and filled it with the known good fuel. It works better every time I use it. So I'm at $25 invested in fuel and stove.
I would simmer on Bob's favorite bybplacing a round cast iron griddle ofrying pan between
the stove burner and the cooking pot or pan. Works good on open fire cooking too.
I got a coleman butane one at Walmart about 4 months ago for 26 dollars plus tax. Im in California. I love Coleman stuff
will you do a durability test how long they will last on the dual fuel?
I have the Coleman 1 burner stove. It's great for me. 😁
Hey Bob. Thank you so much for a great video as usual. I bought one of those stoves a couple of weeks ago and I really love it. I have had some major medical issues and had to pay off bills and they're for sell my Big truck and travel trailer. Inow tent camp out of a small compact car and I was wondering if you would start doing a few videos on tent campers especially men that are Solo I am now 74 years old going on 30 and plan on being at the rubber tramp rendezvous this coming January 2024. I have not seen you do many videos with solo men camping in tents. I see plenty of videos of solo women in cars. I really would appreciate a few interviews with solo men camping alone in tents. Thanks so much.
I just looked on amazon at the grillboss dual fuel and your right they are $55.90 . I have a coleman 2 burner camp stove that I use and it works great because its pretty much new. I used it for 2 weeks on my last camping trip and i only used one bottle of propane. I am thinking about going ahead and getting me a grillboss before they go up again. thanks for the info.
Hello, thank you for the video! Very informative and helpful! Just a verification question...in switching from the butane to the propane fuel, do you need to use a hose with a filter for the larger propane canisters?
The 1 gallon tank will only take .08 gallon to allow for expansion. Currently I’m paying $3.19 per gallon so it only costs $2.55 to fill.
I use a propane, butane mix fuel. I also camp at below 0 degrees f. Never had an issue with cooking
I use a gas one dual fuel stove. my preference is to hook it up to a 1 gallon bulk propane tank for the cost savings bob mentioned. The problem with that is that the red propane regulator is not made for the higher pressures from bulk tanks, and will eventually fail. i’ve lost count of the number of hoses I’ve gone through. they say that if you disconnect the stove from the bulk tank after each use, it will make the regulator last longer. However, it will still eventually fail. it has been such a problem that gas one has redesigned their high end dual fuel (12000 btu) stove. It now has instead of a hose one of those arms that connects to the 1 pound cylinder. I haven’t yet attempted to connect it to my bulk tank, so I don’t know how well it’s going to work.
What about refilling the one pound tanks? I know you need to be careful with them.
@@DeliberateNRandomit’s probably economical but i haven’t been that daring.
I'm using a Chef Master with butane, but I'd trade it in a heartbeat for that duel fuel stove.
Always check Asian grocery stores if you are in a city with them. Butane is a more popular fuel for some reason, so they usually have pallets of them.
I use a camp stove I don’t like cooking inside, Walmart had the green bottles mark down I got four for 17.00 dollars.
Everyone, look into the adapter to refill your little 1# propane bottles, from your big tank. WAY cheaper
The butane stoves are fantastic. I use them in the USA and The Philippine's. My last cheap China Made one was junk and ended up being tossed out. The Coleman one I bought probably using close to 8 years now with almost daily use. Was looking at the Dual Fuel one but cant justify the expense right now. Easier to find a used nameboard propane stove cheap. Also surprised you still have the case for yours since I broke mine shortly after buying the last one.
I think I’m gonna make that homemade splatter guard
How about talking about refilling the 1 gal from a 5 gal propane tank? I've do the green bottle myself.
I hv a Gas one burner. The thing I dislike about my burner is the turn off knob can move to a on position by accident. So be sure to check the knob to be on the off position & I even put a rubber band around the knob to the unit to hold it in place & but the burner back into it's case. I also notched the box where the hose is connected so I can store the burner in the case with out having disconnected & reconnect the gas line.
Question, do u leave the gas connector on the propane while traveling or would it be best to disconnect the gas line? Thx u Bob! CUDTR🚐🙏🏽
I did not find the extension hose for the propane tank to the Grill Boss in the links. Or, did I miss it somewhere?
16oz propane is $7.50 today in MD
There is a TH-cam video that shows how to refill the green propane tanks. Looks easy.
Another point it is recommended to use the inline fuel filter when using a fuel hose with the Mr Heater. The heater life is a temporary deal without the filter. The rubber hose and propane react. I was wondering if it is recommendable to use propane fuel filter with the Grill Boss camp stove?
Which wind screen are you showing (the folding one that aren’t signs from Walmart).
You can refill the small green propane bottles from a larger propane bottle if you are just going out for a day or two and don't have room for a large bottle.
FYI: If you have an Asian grocery store near you, aka Tokyo Central, H Mart , you can find butane for $2 a bottle.
I heard the flexible rubber hoses have an oil inside that plug up your stove.
Where do you buy the lil tanks of propane?
Love the video! Question: will the propane still work in very cold weather if I leave it outside and run the hose into the van for the stove?
The answer is, yes. So you won't have a problem, unless the world falls to propane's impossibly cold freezing point of -306 degrees Fahrenheit - more than 200 degrees colder than the lowest recorded temperature in earth's history.
Hi Bob.. Greetings from South Africa. I've been using a butane only stove for more than 10years and she is still going strong. Perfect for picnics. Then decided to get the dual fuel. I've just used my dual fuel stove this past weekend. As you say fuel is not so high but perfect for my use. Just one question. How safe is it to use the stove for heating indoors?
should be no issues as long as working properly. Same as a gas kitchen stove that you see in house only difference is these are portable one burners. I use a Carbon Monoxide detector for extra safety.
Butane yes 😁