This is the best way to think about Coleman’s new Cascade and 1900 series 3-in-1 stoves. After playing around with interesting designs in stove shape, burner design, coleman propane stove and power, as well as cooking surfaces, Coleman is coming back around to where it started. Its newest stoves look much like the classics from the 1950s and before .
Cleaning is often as easy as lifting off the cooking grate to wipe underneath. However, on most models, the drip tray is not removable, or there are holes in the drip tray where food and grease can fall beneath. The SPRK+, Kinjia, and Gas One GS-3000 are slightly easier to maintain because you can fully remove the drip pan to clean every internal component. With an average boil time of coleman stove 4 minutes 25 seconds, the Camp Chef Mountaineer also boasted noteworthy performance for a stove with 20,000 BTU burners. In the windy test, it took 4 minutes 46 seconds, and in the windless test, it took 4 minutes 4 seconds. Camp Chef truly dominates in this category, with their Pro 60X coming in fourth place with an average score of 4 minutes 46 seconds, with two 30,000 BTU burners.
The cherry on top is that it weighs a mere 7.4 pounds, bag and all, making it a ridiculously lightweight option for a two-burner car-camping setup. It should be no surprise that the Camp Chef Outdoorsman — with two beastly 60,000 BTU burners — absolutely crushed this test, taking an average of 2 minutes 22 seconds to boil one liter. It was absolutely unphased by the windy test, taking just 4 seconds longer to boil water than without wind.
Its regulator and high-pressure burner design pump out a whopping 20,000 BTUs . Like we mentioned above when discussing the Cascade Camping Stove BTU output, we rarely need this kind of coleman stove power, but if you do, the Camp Chef Everest 2X Camp Stove is for you. The knobs are large and knurled for good texture, and the electronic ignition knob rotates to light the burners.
During the windy test, it consumed 1 ounce of fuel, and in the wind-less test, it used 0.6 ounces of fuel. Out of all our tested stoves, this one ranked in the upper third of the windy fuel test. This stove is likely more fuel efficient owing to the lower output 10,000 BTU burners and the snug windscreens. If conserving fuel (and saving money!) matters more than a quick boil time, this could be an ideal stove for you. The Coleman Classic is a simple, functional stove available at a very comfortable price.