Esbit with Grease pot

“I seems to recall reading where, Birch I think it was, had trouble with a Walmart grease pot melting while using esbit. Anyone else had this problem? Any success stories out there?”

“I use a cheap, Chinese pot set my wife got me. The only problem I have with it is that the bottom of the pot gets really nasty from the Esbit fuel. But it doesn't melt.

It's fairly thin aluminum.”

“I think you will be fine unless you let the pot boil dry (yeah right) or try to bake in the pot. The pot boils water just fine for me.”

“I thought I'd give the grease pot a try on the upcoming Georgia trip and didn't want to get 50 miles from nowhere and have my pot melt. Because of the goo I though it would be a good idea to get a cheap pot to take the abuse. Thanks for the info.”

“well if you are worried take two - the things are light enough to consider doing that”

“Give it a good test before the trip. NEVER test gear on the trail!”

“no guts no glory - bet you never knew there was glory in eating uncooked ramen (grin)”

“My prob was that I was using the combo to bake muffins. It worked well,it just made a small hole. Good for boilin NOT baking.”

“What exactly is a "grease pot"?”

“Thanks for the info Birch.

BS - it's an aluminum pot that Wal-Mart sales. It's about 1.1 qt, aluminum, has the word "grease" imprinted on the side, comes with a strainer, and cost $7. Alot of folks trying to shave weight use it.”

“Thanks for the info.
I've been using the cheap teflon coated 2 or 3 quart pots (with lid) from K-Mart (get 'em while they are still there). They are light and make clean up easy. Only cost about $10. Made by Mirro -- I think. I have a couple of the extra thin Mirro pots also. I've never had any problems with burning holes in them even with a coleman peak one stove, which I know gets hotter than the esbit. The problem must be in burning them dry.”