Re: Propane stoves

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "SteveB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "A man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Let me see, I think one of those bottles will cook about one
> > meal for 3 people. So if you have 10 people * 3 meals per day *
> > 3 days = 90 meals = 30 cans of propane.
> >
> > But I could be off.

No...your ARE off - WAY off!

> > It's better to have extra than run out of propane.
> > -- 
> > Say no to fixed width tables. They look terrible in most browser
> > window sizes.
> 
> At that rate .....................
> 
> 30 cans of propane at about $2 per can = $60  Thirty cans is a lot of cans.
> Takes up room, and you have to dispose of them.  Change them in the middle
> of an omelet ................. etc.
> 
> Cost can vary WILDLY on these cans depending on where you buy them, but $2 a
> can is about average.
> 
> An absolutely new tank at Homer's is about $25, and the whip is $15 and that
> = $40
> 
> It costs about $10 to fill that tank.
> 
> Top cost is $50 for a new 40# tank, new whip, and 40# of propane.
> Equivalent cost for 40 1# cans = $80
> 
> If you buy a tank at a yard sale, I have bought them for as low as $1
> 
> Do the math and apply it to the amount of camping/cooking you do.  Remember
> that you might already have a tank out there in your back yard attatched to
> your BBQ!
> 
> Steve

Come on, folks! The original poster is talking about cooking for a group 
of Cub Scouts for one weekend - and only four meals, at that! For cryin' 
out loud - this is not the Lewis and Clark expedition!

Pat, I would venture to guess that the four bottles of propane you have 
already purchased should be enough for the camping trip you have 
described, but it might not hurt to grab a couple more...just in case. :)

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