Kelly Kettle

Below is our video review of the Kelly Kettle kit (aka Volcano) cook system. This system comes from Ireland and has been used there for ages by fishermen to boil water and cook shore lunches. This is a very efficient system that minimizes the environmental impact of boiling water over fire. One advantage of this system is that a wide variety of fuel types can be used, and it only requires a small amount of fuel to quickly boil water.

Kelly Kettle - Volcano Kettle

YouTube - Kelly Kettle

 

In the field, I use a "hobo stove", which is just a can inside of another can. The inside can is half full of paraffin, with numberous "mop string" wicks. It will boil a quart of water in about 5 minutes, with no risk of leakage or dangerous "blowout' type fires. It's very low cost, low tech.

 

These are great... got the stainless model and the all copper model as well... good stuff...

 

Kelly Kettles are excellent, I've got the 1.5L one and brought it to the boil in 5 mins using just 12 or so toilet roll inners.

Never tried the kit, it looks a pain having to remove the pan to feed fuel in, which you have to do quite often.

 

Nice! I am going to get a couple of these for my camp kit.

 

have had 2 for years now best thing ever

 

How is the durability of the Aluminum KK? (i.e. denting when kept in a pack, heat fatigue, etc.)
I would love to have the "Scout" size in Stainless for my wife and I, but I may end up going with the "Base Camp" just because I want SS.
I know the Aluminum is lighter, but for camping and prepping, weight is not that big of an issue for us.

 

How much does the small one weigh?

 

That is cool; I may have to buy a third one. This is a very useful item and mine gets used a lot!

 

Nobody's mentioned what wonderful air fresheners the Kelly Kettle is after being used. I have two of the big stainless ones (one leaked slightly and Kelly shipped me a free replacement) and burn mostly pine twigs, or over a TLUD wood stove. After they cool and are carried inside for the night they give the whole place a wonderful wood smoke smell.

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Not sure if this will help but, try coating the wall with dishsoap and allowing to dry. The soot will wash off easily after use. I use a small contact lense cleaner bottle of dawn, that lasts for over a week.

 

It was raining and there was very little dry wood to be found on a recent camping trip, half way through the bacon being cooked, my propane stove decided to take a dump. I fired up my large stainless Kelly kettle with twigs and bark and finished a pound of bacon on top, cooked a mess of scrambled eggs with sausage and onions, toasted several slices of bread and had hot coffee for four. It was a life saver that morning. My entire bike camping kit consists of a Kelly kettle, ceramic cook and dining ware, a set of dinner-ware, a good knife, rain wear, a jungle hammock, a rain fly, a light-weight sleeping bag, my Martin back-packer guitar, a battery powered lamp, my Colt Woodsman, some seasonings, a portable fly/bait casting rod and reel combination, a first-aid kit, some freeze-dried meals, toilet paper, a Spetznaz shovel, a machete, some of that wax and saw-dust fire-starter, a can or two of sterno, and a camel-back. It all fits comfortably on the luggage rack of my dual-sport and leaves the saddle bags and tank bag for extra clothing and personal items.

 

i seen no whiskey in ur bag who goes camping with no whiskey???