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Boil a huge pot on open fire?

Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 17:58:36 No.667882 View View Reply Original Report

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Was gonna ask this on /ck/ but maybe /out/ has more fire expertise...

What's the best way to boil a BIG (60-100 qt) pot of water over an open fire? Camping for my bachelor party and going to do either a crawfish or lobster boil.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:01:52 No.667884 Report

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:04:21 No.667885 Report

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>>667884
Either of these two will work, depending on what's available.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:18:53 No.667896 Report

Quoted By: >>667906

>>667885
good idea kevin let him rest a huge post of chili on burning wood so people can gather around to watch its spill when then wood crumbles. i wouldnt even suggest stones unless you were 99% confident in how leveled and founded the stones were. OP surely you can google a rig for your pot, and bonus point if you can fit the whole rig into the pot itself

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:24:07 No.667900 Report

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>>667882
You do not want to do this camping. The last thing you want innawoods, or even car camping is the stink of shellfish/crustaceans post meal.
source - I live on the ocean. I eat a lot of shellfish

If you insist and you are car camping just use a propane tank and the burner you posted. Those suckers are the shizz.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:28:12 No.667906 Report

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>>667896
>i wouldnt even suggest stones unless you were 99% confident in how leveled and founded the stones were.
Cinder blocks on flat ground would probably be stable enough.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:41:59 No.667922 Report

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>>667885

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 18:44:56 No.667923 Report

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>>667922
> 13:40

European pls leave

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 19:00:18 No.667930 Report

Quoted By: >>668215

What I would probably do is put the pot over some rocks or a stand, build a fire next to it, and then shovel coals underneath as needed. If you have something like this, I think it would be safer to put it in the fire.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 19:32:00 No.667960 Report

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>>667922
survivors envy the dead....

+1

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Anonymous Sun 17 Jan 2016 20:06:30 No.667987 Report

Quoted By: >>668202

If you're bringing a pot that big, I'm going to assume that you won't be so far from your car that bringing a propane burner would be much more of a hassle. That's what I would do.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 00:22:29 No.668202 Report

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>>667987
>If you're bringing a pot that big, I'm going to assume that you won't be so far from your car that bringing a propane burner would be much more of a hassle. That's what I would do.

Good point. It will be on an island and we'll have a boat, so we can bring a decent amount of stuff, just trying to minimize.

Having tried to boil small pots of water on open fires before though I can see why propane might be better for 100+ qts.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 00:50:41 No.668209 Report

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>>667882
Two fat logs with medium sized wood in between them will do the trick.
Alternatively, just stack medium sized wood in a square-like fashion.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 01:18:58 No.668215 Report

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>>667930
potjie master race checking in. the big number 8 makes a Colonel Sanders-tier chicken fryer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 02:25:27 No.668261 Report

Quoted By: >>668298

Man I LOVE a good crawfish boil. We plan on one soon, they're amazing

When we do it. We bring to a boil, then simmer some. Hard to control over an open fire.

I'd bring a propane tank and a burner, will be much easier.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:02:32 No.668298 Report

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>>668261
>Hard to control over an open fire.

yes harder, but in the spirit of the OP and /out/ it can be done. I use an all steel landscaping spade to move coals back and forth. also the pot can be moved to a cooler place after the boil starts

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:05:02 No.668302 Report

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>>667882
>What's the best way to boil a BIG (60-100 qt) pot of water

One of those propane burners, like in your pic.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:12:13 No.668309 Report

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>>667923
>military time
faggot

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:15:21 No.668315 Report

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>>667882
build a tripod and suspend it from chains

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:20:00 No.668320 Report

Quoted By: >>668330

OP maybe you can try a new england-style clambake sorta thing for your crawdads?

https://youtu.be/vThCIjTA-bs

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:27:05 No.668324 Report

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>>668215
Damn nice kettle!

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:27:27 No.668325 Report

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>>667882
My family will cook corn in this when we have lots of people over

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:31:44 No.668327 Report

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OP you know coghlan's got you covered

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:34:42 No.668330 Report

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>>668320
> cooking live animals alive

Fucking savagery!!

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:36:42 No.668333 Report

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>>668327
> trusting rickety Chinese CRAP with 100 qts

You go Gomer!

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:38:00 No.668334 Report

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>>668330
but anon you either have to kill them alive and THEN cook them or you could just cut out the middle man and redundancy and just cook them. it's less items horror, by one

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:51:30 No.668342 Report

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>>668334
You would probibly date harlots that don't wear bras and a proper pettycoat just because they're "easier"?.

> sluts

Not to mention that shit bottom feeder food isn't Kosher.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 03:58:18 No.668344 Report

Quoted By: >>668355 >>668361

>>668215

How many qts?

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 04:07:05 No.668348 Report

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>>668324

the cast iron's not horribly expensive. can't say the same for copper
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZUZK4S

https://www.lehmans.com/p-8048-apple-butter-kettles-15-gallon.aspx

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 04:11:47 No.668354 Report

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Get a 1/2" thick slab of iron or steel. Lay that on top of a little oven made with 8-10 cinderblocks. Hook up your electric air matress pump to some aluminum tubing and poke that in the oven somewhere. Shovel hot coals inside and use the air pump as a billow. The iron slab will get red hot and heat the pot like an induction burner. The idea here is taking advantage of the heat retention of iron/steel so the plate can warm from the radiant heat your aluminum pot will just reflect or lose hold of.

Or just take a propane burner.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 04:11:49 No.668355 Report

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>>668333
>>668344
>tfw no qts

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 04:23:37 No.668361 Report

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>>668344
my biggest potjie would hold about 20 quarts for normal cooking or 24 if filled to the brim. they make potjies big enough to take a bath in but I'd never have a use for that.
https://www.lehmans.com/p-761-3-legged-cast-iron-kettles.aspx

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 04:36:57 No.668369 Report

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>>668355
the #8 takes 8 imperial gallons, around 32 qts, but that just fills it to the mid point where the potjie is widest. In the movie "Back To The Future Two" they used a hot tub size potjie as a prop.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 06:16:33 No.668418 Report

Quoted By: >>668430 >>668870

>>668327
>Coghlan's quality tripod
>bachelor's party
>200 pounds of boiling water and angry crayfish
see >>667922

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 06:38:54 No.668430 Report

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>>668418

You have a point. At least we're not frying a turkey.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Jan 2016 07:09:09 No.668443 Report

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remember to bring a lid for the pot

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 00:45:16 No.668870 Report

Quoted By: >>669015

>>668418
>>Coghlan's quality tripod

so i got one and used it on my last car camping trip. i totally am not a fan of the brand but i figured that it would not collapse under the weight of a couple of steaks. however, i was pleasantly surprised.

that said, i would not put that much water on the fucking thing. disaster would be imminent.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 01:08:50 No.668898 Report

Quoted By: >>668907

check with /ck/ but I think you could get away with very little water, and steam those bugs, big and small. Would be a lot easier, and then you could still do your fire method.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 01:17:02 No.668907 Report

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>>668898
A crawfish boil though generally involves potatoes, sausage, mushrooms, ect ect... especially the potatoes, need enough water to boil, in a big mix of seasoning. Also, for crawfish, while boiling, they soak up the seasoning and add flavor. Steaming just wouldn't be as good.

Now for lobster, steaming wouldn't be so bad.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 04:00:00 No.669010 Report

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>>667882

I have a big tripod made from old steel pipes and misc fittings that I use for stuff like that. Pots etc. are suspended by chain.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 04:04:55 No.669015 Report

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>>668870
it's a quality product. glad to hear it worked-out for you! also that piece a' meat looks delicious

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 05:10:32 No.669059 Report

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>>669015

it was, the other meal i cooked on it was pork tenderloin medallions wrapped in bacon

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 12:42:29 No.669234 Report

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>>667922

You know a l pot of ppl use military time. For example, every hospital in the u.s.it is easier to keep track of time, you're not gonna mix up am/pm.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Jan 2016 13:13:55 No.669245 Report

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>>667882
A big fire.
Yes, I am a genius.

The easiest way if a wood fire. There is gas stove made for that. You can forget solid fuel and alcohol stoves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Jan 2016 15:52:12 No.669861 Report

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>>667923

>How many hours in a day
>24
>Thinks 12x2 is superior
>Outdated nomenclature am pm
>Kekkity kek

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