Has anybody used this over an open flame/hot coals? We'd like to be able to take it camping too for a more convenient alternative grill surface
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I have a high BTU burner on my gas cooktop and it works fine, I would see no difference using it on a campfire.
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I bought this for my husband and he said he has never had to add coals while grilling. Hope this answers your question.
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I use mine directly over wood coals outdoors I assume is over 400 degrees and its never caused any problems. I always let it cool down slowly on some sturdy pot holders and pre heat it a little before putting it over the coals.
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Hey there - i've used them over an MSR camping stove. The only issue I ran into was a melted handle - mainly operator error by me. If you are using the pots over any sort of open flame (gas stove or word fire), you will just need to be careful to keep the rubber handles out of the flames.
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I use it over charcoal, Plus cook over hot bed of glowing Mulberry wood coals using my Horizon Smoker. I say yes. Enjoy!
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I also usually grill for just me and my wife. Yes, this is an excellent option. One reason would be that the lid closes so tightly that the fire will go out relatively quickly and your remaining unburned coals will live to burn another day.
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I have not used this product yet and can't comment on it's effectiveness however the directions pretty much just stated placing it on your open burner of a bbq grill. That is a great way to heat it up in a controlled manor. Hope that helps.
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I haven't used it on a Grill but it works fine on my electric stove. I believe it would do just as well over a fire. I would definitely use it over a campfire. After all, it's cast iron, isn't it?
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While I haven't tried it, I think the legs are too short. Though, you could probably stack bricks or similar under the four legs to increase the height. If you use a cast iron wood carrier in the fireplace to make sure the flaming logs have air underneath the challenge might be a little greater. The grate itself is cast iron, but since the grate bars are triangular, like a Toblerone chocolate, I imagine the flame will hit a larger surface area of the meat. Not sure it would work well. It might but I don't know. My gut tells me that this grill is best used over a bed of coals.
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We've never tried a BBQ grill, but I wouldn't think it wise. The surface is Formica-like. I wouldn't hesitate to use a Coleman stove, although we've never used it for that, either.
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It's just a thermometer on the stove . That is the use over say a Coleman propane stove . Never tried it over open fire .
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I have never used this pot on a charcoal grill but have used it on the coals of a camp fire. If you do just be careful the coals are not too hot, and do not open lid. If you do you may get coals in your food.
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That is why we bought ours. We used the frying pan over a campfire and it worked just fine. The advantages are that the handle comes off so it doesn't get hot. You just put it back on when you want to remove the pan from the fire. Also the pans retain heat very well so if you take the pan off the fire and say set it on a wooden picnic table the food in it stays warm. Clean up was not a problem. If food sticks simply put a little water in the pan and boil it and the food comes right off. The handles are easy on and easy off.
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I have a gas range, so I can only tell you that it heats unevenly on that surface. It is so large that I tried lighting the front and back burners simultaneously to see if the problem would disappear with more heat sources. It did not. It performed well in the oven and we enjoyed it tremendously over an open camp fire.
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I have used this on an open camp fire and it worked just fine. I would guess using it on a propane gas grill would work too.
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Do not suggest you use it over the grill as heat source is greater than a burner - and remember there are plastic parts on this you don't want to expose to heat beyond the burner. We have a thermal carafe and pour the just-brewed pot into it and then brew again so we have an endless flow of hot coffee for around the morning campfire!
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We use the grill a lot cooking overtop of a fire and it's perfect. We let the flames touch the grill, and touch the food - just look cooking over top of a regular grill. Same concept, just much more portable, and allows you to cook over a fire. We love it! You can always put aluminum foil down overtop the grill if you would prefer to cook on aluminum foil. The grill works great for us.