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There is also a version that costs roughly $20 more, the Coleman Triton InstaStart, and comes with a Piezo ignition. We like both stoves, and think it really depends if you prefer an automatic ignition or not. The Triton stove can comfortably hold a 12-inch pan and 10-inch next to each other, and its frame will support a fair amount of weight. I had a hefty pot of boiling pasta on one burner and a pan full of searing chicken legs on the other without any issues.
If this is important to you, factor that into your decision. Portability is a top consideration in any coleman stove stove. If you’re hiking, you’ll need a stove that will fit snugly into your pack, while campers can get away with something a little bigger, as long as it can slide into the back of your vehicle.
You’ll get the best results with 10-inch and smaller pans, which heat much more evenly and in my testing rarely varied more than 50 degrees from center to edge. If you really need to evenly heat larger pans to get your group fed, I suggest something like the Camp Chef Pro series stove. Outwardly, the new Cascade series two-burner camp stove and the 1900 series two-burner camp stove are nearly identical, except for their color. The Cascade is a pale green, a throwback to the company’s pre-1960s stoves (and perhaps a nod to Gen Z Green?), with silver latches and hinges. The 1900 series is black with gold latches and hinges, but they are otherwise exactly the same shape and dimensions—25 inches wide, 12 inches deep, and 16 inches tall when open. Camp Chef Everest 2X Camp Stove — The Camp Chef Everest 2x Camp Stove doesn’t look as pretty as the new Coleman camp stoves, but it is a workhorse.
For the second test, we boil 1 liter of water in the absence of wind. For the windy test, the Classic boiled water in 6 minutes 15 seconds, and in the wind-less test, it boiled water in 4 minutes 45 seconds. Part of why it did well in the windy boil test is due to the innovative design of the windscreen. The windscreen on this stove can provide near total protection from a side wind, which effectively protected the burner from our fan-generated breeze. In the field, this allowed it to remain relatively consistent through all manner of weather variations. Despite just 10,000 BTUs per burner, the compact design packs a little punch.
That doesn’t mean you should try to sit on it (nobody wants that kind of toasty buns!), and it still needs a flat surface to function this well. The Coleman Triton stove was my kitchen away from home for a 2,000 mile road trip through Oregon, Nevada, and California where my wife and I visited several National Parks and Monuments. Every breakfast and dinner we had during those two weeks was cooked on the Triton’s two burners. Ravioli were boiled to perfection, eggs were made over easy, and sloppy joes were simmered for exactly 30 minutes as per the rules of my mama’s secret recipe.
Choose this based on the type of camping and camp cooking you’re going to do. Of every circle, you find yourself back at the beginning. 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, 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 . Coleman Cascade 3-in-1 Camping Stove — The Cascade 3-in-1 Camping Stove is very similar to the Cascade 2-Burner Camping Stove.
If speed is a priority for your boiling needs, however, one option is to pair the Classic with a rapid-boiling backpacking model like the JetBoil MiniMo. Not only will this mean you get your morning coffee faster, but it frees up a burner to make extra pancakes. For the jaw-dropping price ($470) of the Snow Peak GigaPower Double Burner Stove, it should be the best camping stove you can buy, or at least the most versatile. Although it’s made from excellent materials and built to the standards that Snow Peak is famous for, this stove misses the mark. It requires two separate Isopro bottles to work; running it from a single larger tank, even with conversion valves, is difficult. On top of that, during our tests the legs and wind screen both felt unpleasantly insecure when we were cooking on the stove.
For instance, you can sear a steak or blister peppers at a higher heat than on our other picks for a darker char in faster time, which means you can cook more food in the same amount of time. And the controls allow for some impressive subtlety. But managing them does require a certain amount of finesse—with a stove this powerful, it’s easier to burn your food than to keep the heat low. This stove is great for the most committed car campers and outdoor gourmets, but for most campers, its cost and durability are overkill. About Coleman More than 100 years ago, a young man with an entrepreneurial spirit and a better idea began manufacturing lanterns in Wichita, Kansas.
Just don’t think you will get a full -top to churn out food for 12. But it’s a plenty large enough surface for food to serve two to four. Also, while not a negative aspect, it’s worth mentioning that the grill/griddle attachments provide a fairly small surface area. There’s plenty of room for a few burgers or pancakes on each; I even fit a few corns on the cob on the grill. We boiled water in all manner of vessels and conditions in order to determine the best models.