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I need a new kettle for family camping/boat use. It occurs to me that it might as well be capable of going on a campfire/bbq embers to save me fiddling with pots and pot lids on the rare occasions I brew up on real fire.
Needs to brew about 4 mugs at a time so that's probably a bit under two litres capacity or maybe a bit over for luck!
Stainless would be ideal, but I've always got away with Aluminium in the past so happy to have aluminium and chance it.
Lighter the better, but happy to compromise on this but it must be light enough to take on shortish family walks.
A whistle would be really amazing...
Price = cheap. Quite happy with cheap Chinese tat - even my family couldn't damage a kettle... Again, happy to compromise on that.
Kirtley kettle looks a bit too elaborate and a bit too pricey - I don't need a long neck FFS.
Main use will be on something like this:
https://www.tesco.com/direct/campingaz-camp-bistro-camping-stove/200-3031.prd?source=others
Google has been surprisingly unhelpful, will STW be better?
This is perfect, but a smidge too small.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/aluminium-kettle-14ltr-id_8480975.html
Maybe a tad small, but Wilco do this one for sick squid...
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-whistling-kettle-1l/p/0449969
What about a Kelly Kettle?
What about a Kelly Kettle?
That too was my first thought. But then, occasional use on open fire and +2litres/primarily for gas - it fails on main requirements. May as well just get a cheap alu kettle for the gas and a volcano/storm kettle for other times if an open fire not specifically needed but still want the ability to brew on a hike. I love using mine (1.5l Ghillie storm kettle) and will sometimes maintain a mini-fire in the open fire-bowl just for a speedy warm-up during tea break.
What about a large-capacity stainless open-fire kettle like a Robens White River? Not sure it would be speedy on gas though?
I have used those cheap camp gas kettles on open fires, but usually over embers on a grill as the plastic handle is a liability.