DIY food cozy temperature retention test

[americanbwana]

Here are my result from an unscientific test I did yesterday to determine how effective a food cozy is. This is part of my preseason preparation to determine how much fuel I\'ll need to bring in with me for the trip in Sept.

First I boiled 2 cups of water in my camping pot. The boil temperature in Denver is 201 degrees. My thermometer read 200, so it was close enough. All of the test were done in the house with a tempature of 68 degrees. The temps were recorded at the 15 and 30 minute marks.

Test 1. Naked camp pot. 15 minutes 170, 30 minutes 148 degrees.
Test 2. Cozy made out of 3/8\" foam (like sleeping foam). 15 minutes it was 180, and 168 degrees at 30 minutes.
Test 3. Cozy made of reflectex. At 15 minutes it read, 182 degrees, dropping to 170 at 30 minutes.

The Foam coxy weighed in at 2.1 oz.

The Relectex coxy weighed in 1.5 oz.

I prefer the Reflectex coxy, as the lid and pot cover \'stack\' nicely. The assembled cook kit fit nicely in the coxy.

 

[Colorado_Lew]

That sure looks like it will take some pack space! Make sure you fill the inside with as much as you can before putting it in the pack.

 

[americanbwana]

The pot is pretty much full. It has one can of fuel, the stove, scrubby (small), and handle to grab the hot pot.

I\'m still tinkering with it.

 

[americanbwana]

Cooked a couple small batches of Spaghetti in it the other night.

The first batch was about 1/4 lb of thick spaghetti. I broke into thirds, covered with water, brought it to a boil, then stuck it in the cozy for 15 minutes. The noodles came out Al Dente.

The second batch was angel hair pasta. Same process as above, but the noodles were done after 15 minutes.

I mixed both up with some leftover venison spaghetti sauce, and dried it out. I\'ll re hydrate it this weekend for a flavor for lunch.