The Best Stoves for Car Camping
I love cooking on camp stoves. I did it for years as a raft guide, and later my wife and I courted around the two-burner that lived in my truck. Each summer, I still try to get out and cook in the woods at least a couple times. Back in the day, everyone’s go-to was a Coleman Classic . Nowadays, however, the stove market is crowded. You still see a lot of Colemans, but there are varieties from a bunch of other brands, too. I tested some of these newbies to see how they stack up. Here are the results. Jetboil Genesis ($240) Jetboil Genesis (Courtesy JetBoil) The Genesis sits apart from traditional two-burner cookstoves for several reasons. The first is its clamshell design. This two-burner, which comes with its own igniter, folds together and packs into a five-liter pot (not included), making it significantly smaller and lighter than most other camp stoves. (It weighs 6.2 pounds, compared to about 10 pounds for a Coleman Classic .) Second, Jetboil makes an attachment that lets you dai...