system 4-50 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I have recently acquired a run-of-the-mill freestanding cooker. You put the pans on the hob on the pan stand, a metal gadget with prongs that supports the pans over the burners. This is a joke. There are nowhere enough prongs to support the pans and the pans happily skate on them and fall off. They would not be good in a house and on a boat they are extremely unsatisfactory. Have other people encountered this problem? How did they resolve it? Is it possible to have bespoke pan stands made? Has anyone done this? Would it be possible to get stainless steel rodding and bend it to shape, and then get somebody to weld the parts? Ideally I would like a design that had sides that would prevent pans falling off the hob altogether. Has anybody got this (without using a fiddly caravan mini-cooker? All comments welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Are you referring to the camping cookers with the integral gas bottle? If so they should not be used on a boat. They're designed to be used outside your tent on the level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, WotEver said: Are you referring to the camping cookers with the integral gas bottle? If so they should not be used on a boat. They're designed to be used outside your tent on the level. I pictures worth 1000 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, rusty69 said: I pictures worth 1000 words. I was referring to something like this: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORTABLE-DUAL-2-HOB-BURNER-GAS-COOKER-STOVE-stainless-steel-burners-CAMPING-/161329258283?hash=item258ff91f2b%3Ag%3AQ0QAAOxyJypTkb-8&_trkparms=pageci%3A8a2664b2-206f-11e7-98a3-74dbd1803ffb%7Cparentrq%3A6862100a15b0a2af6520b7a8fffd70c3%7Ciid%3A3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, WotEver said: Are you referring to the camping cookers with the integral gas bottle? If so they should not be used on a boat. They're designed to be used outside your tent on the level. No. I am talking about a bog-standard cooker with oven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, system 4-50 said: No. I am talking about a bog-standard cooker with oven What make? Spinflo for example sell fiddle rails for theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGurl Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, system 4-50 said: No. I am talking about a bog-standard cooker with oven sounds like you are using the wrong sized pans, each ring is for a certain size saucepan, try to put the pans on different rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, WotEver said: What make? Spinflo for example sell fiddle rails for theirs. Spinflo don't make bog-standard cookers, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, GoodGurl said: sounds like you are using the wrong sized pans, each ring is for a certain size saucepan, try to put the pans on different rings and tailor my cooking to only use combinations of pans that fit the rings? How inflexible is that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 If you get a 'proper' boat cooker (instead of an LPG domestic conversion) they will have a fiddle rail / pan 'grippers' and be mounted on gimbals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGurl Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, system 4-50 said: and tailor my cooking to only use combinations of pans that fit the rings? How inflexible is that! yes annoying i know but thats how they are made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xgas+ring.TRS0&_nkw=gas+ring+reducer&_sacat=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Just now, Bewildered said: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xgas+ring.TRS0&_nkw=gas+ring+reducer&_sacat=0 interesting. Not quite right but going in a good general direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taslim Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Nice work Bewildered. I just ordered one. Cheaper than ordering a bigger coffee pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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