KELLY KETTLE...any users here?

[Flounder]

Santa brought an unexpected gift in the form of the large volume Kelly Kettle. Aside from the review I read in Overland Journal, I had never even heard of a Kelly Kettle.

Anyone use one? Any tips? Does the cookset really work when pirched atop the kettle?

[flyingwil]

I know Graham and Connie use theirs often. Infact at every camp I have ever been with them it has come out of one of the Land Rover's. Hopefully they will post up.

In playing with Graham's it works very well. What a cool gift!

[Flounder]

What a cool gift!I thought so. Good old dad! I know my way around a backpacking stove, but this is a real departure. Makes me want to stop mid day for a proper cup of tea.:ylsmoke:

[RHINO]

there are couple threads floating around here here about the kelly kettle you may find usefull.

also i would expect a kelly kettle to come out of a rover, i mean its the perfect accompaniment to an english rig.

[James86004]

I have used mine a lot. If you don't count the time it takes to gather fuel, it is really fast. Pine needles and cones work well.

[Connie]

As Wil said we use ours at every camp, in the morning for coffee, the afternoon for tea and on cold nights for filling my hot water bottle. The best advice I can give is to be careful when removing it from the base, since your hand is directly over the "volcano" it can get a bit toasty (you can ask Graham about that). Loop the cork and chain over where the handle attaches to the kettle to keep it off of the ground while heating. And the chain is a great way to tip the kettle for pouring.

Even in the middle of the Sahara desert we found enough fuel for boiling water. I am also told that you can use diesel soaked sand in the bottom. We have never tried the cookset.

[gjackson]

The Kettle itself is awesome. As already stated, we use ours a lot. Good for burning trash and warming the fingers on a cold morning as you wait for coffee. Never had a problem finding fuel, including in the deep desert. Never used the cook set. I suspect that it is just like a small BBQ. It doesn't take advantage of the chimney effect that makes the kettle so efficient.

Very cool gift. If you decide you don't want it, I could use a spare . . .:snorkel:

cheers

[Hltoppr]

Every time I camp with Graham and Connie...I use their Kelly Kettle....:elkgrin:

...but Santa was good to me this year...I now have one of my own!

-H-

[Michael Slade]

I like the Kelly Kettle.

You can read what I wrote about using one HERE. (http://www.tawayama.com/gear/cookinggear/kellykettle/kellykettle.html)

[Beowulf]

Graham and Connie,

Which of the three sizes would you recommend?

[cruisertoy]

We ran into a guy from Africa using one out in the bush in Alaska. Since he was the only person we had seen for 5 days, we chatted for a little while. He swore by his Thermette (copper Kelly Kettle). I have looked at buying one several times, but every time I go to pull the trigger, the wife crack down on the spending. Some day I too will be like all the cool people.

[taugust]

I love my copper Thermette. It will boil 1/2 gal water in 7 minutes. Too cool. And to see the flames shooting out the top after dark is also cool.

[cruisertoy]

I love my copper Thermette. It will boil 1/2 gal water in 7 minutes. Too cool. And to see the flames shooting out the top after dark is also cool.
Did you buy it from thermette.com? A few months ago when I went to order one, they were all out. Any taste issues with the copper? Leaks?

[taugust]

I got mine late last spring from Thermette. No leaks whatsoever. To be honest, I have only used it for heating water for washing (dishes and me), so taste has not been an issue. I don't think it would be. Their website has a link to the benefits of copper for water containment that is interesting. Also, the Thermette has no bail, just a wire handle on the side, so no issues with lifting the bail and your hand going into the flame path.:campfire:

[Connie]

Graham and Connie,

Which of the three sizes would you recommend?

Sorry not to get back to you on this sooner, but we have been out of the country. :sombrero:

We have the large (2 litre) one. I like it because it makes enough to fill my hot water bottle, but it is bulky and may be more than everybody needs.

[Chriscanoe]

I purchased a Kelly Kettle a while back. The first time I used it it took about 15 minits to get water boiling (collecting wood, lighting fire, boiling water). That was two liters of water which is pretty impresive. Do you guys that use them cook with them, and if so what do you make?

[Connie]

We don't cook with ours, I haven't heard the best reports for cooking over the little fire holder thingy. Unfortunately the volcano effect is lost... now if we could somehow make a tagine volcano Kelly kettle cooker-:drool:
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[Yudda]

I love mine... the local Bedouins like it alot.

Also, if your going to use the cook set up top remember there must be water in the kettle.

without water in the kettle it will melt.

36397

Take care.

Rob

[v8chris]

I have the smaller 1pt kelly kettle and for me it works quite well. it's small enough to go behind the seats of the defender and will make enough for two cups. As someone else said before, pine cones burn very well in it but they will burn pretty much anything (once managed to boil on nothing but balled up paper).

One thing to be careful of is if you do choose to use any sort of flammable liquid in it, be careful for it blowing back at you (singed eylashes anyone?) :coffeedrink:

[elefant]

I've used one for several years and can't think of camping without it. Any handy fuel will heat water amazingly fast but my personal favorite fuel sources are pine cones and twigs. I usually bring along a bag of small pine cones and use any sticks or twigs I can find about which has never been a problem even in the AZ and UT desert. The pine cones are easy to start and make it easy to just drop a few twigs down the barrel as needed.

I have a large size kettle and think it's the perfect size.

Fred

[Sirocco]

I usually bring along a bag of small pine cones and use any sticks or twigs I can find about which has never been a problem even in the AZ and UT desert.


As above, we carry a small bag (30x40cm) of collected wood with us in the Rover. With use, you can get the boil time down. We also take a small amount of newspaper to help start it up.

I have used the cookset ontop of the kettle. I used it on the weekend to warm some soup. My initial thoughts were "its going to be too effective" but in 0 degree (C) conditions it just "warmed" my soup nicely as the water was on a rolling boil. Soup, fresh bread and fresh brew in one hit :victory:

My view is that the cook on top setup is of limited use with the grill over the firepan set of no use.

Just my thoughts.

G

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