Annie Hill wrote:

Gary King wrote:

Annie, there's always the dutch oven option. Dont know how one knows the temp in those things though.

Of course, that's an option, but it's the same argument as a washing machine: how much space can I afford for something that isn't essential and won't be used that often.  Hence my interest in a folding oven.

I have this cylinder shaped aluminium stove top oven, it's in 2 pieces with a glass insert in the top for viewing and temp reading. I think its quite old maybe 1970's or earlier. Sue and I used this at home on the gas stove rather then using the electric oven and looking forward to using it on the boat. Another reason to part with the gas stove/oven.

Mark Thomasson wrote:..........But I have a suspicion the translation for "outside N America" is simply the "Carribean", in which case, the Origo is reported to run excellently on cheap Rum.

Anyhow, the stuff is available cheap throughout Asia ($3/L in Aus, $1.5/L in Indonesia) so I think we're safe.

So Gary is that the Meths or the Rum! (or is there any difference!!)

I see your point (about my crap sentence structure). 

Gary Kepper wrote:

My partner Sue had an accident on our last boat when I was away on another boat working. She decided to fill the stove with alcohol and in the process spilt alcohol and it ran down underneath and there was more than she realised as there was poor lighting. Also underestimating the danger, she continued to light the stove and within seconds the galley was alight and she panicked and used the fire extinguisher and what a mess!!! Partly my fault for not have a fire blanket at hand, luckily nothing was burnt just powder everywhere :o

Some years ago, when I was still priming the Taylors with meths, I had a crew aboard who did a similar thing - just kept pouring the meths ... and pouring the meths ... and then lit it. I had to use the fire blanket on that one. Any leakage or spillage of any kind of fuel can be messy/dangerous. Later, I did as Bob does, and primed the Taylors with a gas torch, which I thought was safer overall, and more convenient.

Hi Gary - good to see a (December?) 'newbie' posting - welcome aboard. My wife and I are one of those couples who've always used gas - 30+ years - with no problems but with regular leak tests and pipe inspections etc. I consider it safe, though why they don't use natural gas (lighter than air?) rather than propane and butane beats me. Glad your partner was OK. Reminded me of when I once tried to start a barbie by chucking tiny amount of petrol on it. (I know, it's another Junk Brains story.) To see flames shooting towards you is scary to say the least.

Annie, David, you could always sit a fold up oven on top of a seperate single burner of any heat source. It would be fairly simple to cut and remake the Coleman to fit the available space as the materials are thin and the engineering crude,  TONY