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New Poster 23 posts jWoodyNE New Poster 23 posts
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Tonight's cook was... interesting, exciting, and educational. Did beer brats (Beer was local to Lincoln, NE - Empyrean Brewing's "Burning Skye" Scottish Ale), onions and peppers, beer cheese sauce, and deep fried french fries - on cast iron over my new-to-me Coleman Stove, running on profane.

Poaching brats in beer and onions to render out most of the fat and then finishing over direct heat, is old-hat for me. The beer cheese sauce was a new thing (1c beer, 12 oz cream cheese, 2c shredded sharp cheddar), and though it turned out okay, we think it needed a bit of thinning out as a texture thing. The deep frying of french fries got real interesting real fast as it started to rain on me and my oil, I had to quickly grab Sweetie to hold a umbrella over the stove. The frozen fries dropped the oil temp way too far, and by the time I got it up again they were kinda overdone Ã°Å¸Ëœâ€¢ Might need to go with DIY homefries next time.

I'll call this a successful first-try test case, and I look forward to all the new opportunities this cooking rig will provide my family to serve Others (Power Outages, Show-Up-At-Your-House-And-Cook-Outside, Garden Open Houses, ect).

I'm thankful to my personal Higher Power for my tools.

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3 Burner Coleman 426B, on my Dutch Oven Table with a propane tree (a propane lantern can be fitted on the top of tree for Autumn/Winter dinner cooking)

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"Burning Skye" Scottish Ale, yellow onions, and Burning Skye Brats from Super Saver. Simmer 10 min, until about 130F, then finish over direct high heat.

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It's about Go Time on the fries.

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Yum. These came out perfectly.

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Not too shabby. Looking forward to improving on this...
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I'll be right over with a 6 pack in hand!
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Anthony Va Senior Member 201 posts
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Man those brats look good
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You done right with that!
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Majicwrench Super Poster 5,238 posts
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LIncoln, heck I get there all the time.....

Wait, no I don't, but maybe I could, or should, dang that looks good. 
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dbhost Senior Member 333 posts
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Certainly not the way Opa taught me, but it looks good.
Love my old school Coleman liquid fuel gear. Looking for tips and tricks to make the most of it.

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That there is a meal fit for a king.  Bon appetite'!
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1hpycmpr Stargazer 6,164 posts
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That looks really good, James.  I love pictures of folks rustling up some grub on their stoves!  Thanks for sharing!
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dave Super Poster 2,521 posts
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Looks good, i did the same last night. Good way to cook brauts!
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dbhost Senior Member 333 posts
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Just curious, did your 3 burner come with the tank / generator assembly, or just the propane adapter?

I occasionally could really use a third burner, hence why I have both white gas, and propane stoves, but would happily get rid of both my propane stoves, and my 424 in favor of say a 428 3 burner dual fuel... Say making coffee, AND pancakes in the morning...

However, I had never considered orienting my griddle the way you did here... You may have solved my problem for me without asking...

I have that same Lodge / Outdoor Gourmet griddle. (Academy sold them branded as Outdoor Gourmet back in 2005 - 2006 time frame...). Kind of curious, does the entire griddle get hot somewhat evenly or do I really need to have it over 2 burners? My typical breakfast cook is coffee and sausages or bacon first, once that is done, set the meat aside under foil and a towel to insulate, then cook the pancakes or french toast and eggs on the griddle...
Love my old school Coleman liquid fuel gear. Looking for tips and tricks to make the most of it.

-Dave
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jWoodyNE New Poster 23 posts
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Thanks for the compliments everyone 🙂

@dbhost , the stove did come with a CF fuel tank but it wasn't fit-for-service, and since this model had a one-of-a-kind tank I've only ever used profane with my 426B.  In the photos I had already cooked the peppers with griddle oriented over two burners, and was just holding the peppers hot with the griddle oriented front-to-back.  I'm not sure if the whole thing would have heated evenly with just one burner or not.

I know lots of ppl with the 3 burners love them for breakfast for exactly the reason you stated, you can do coffee and cook at the same time.  The other option would be to use a single burner stove like the 502, which I'm planning on trying out my new 6-cup glass percolator with here sometime soon.
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dbhost Senior Member 333 posts
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Well, when I consider my methods, I never really cook with more than 2 burners at home either, except on Thanksgiving and Christmas (wife and I both do the holiday cooking, we each have family favorites...)

I probably ought to reconsider methodology before I rethink the devices. Something I had asked about I guess last week, was keeping the brewed coffee hot. 

I pretty much won't do anything before I am at least halfway through my first cup of coffee, so I could easily solve this problem by technique and adding one smaller less expensive bit of gear. A thermos. Already picked one, forgot to grab it at Wally World yesterday... An Ozark Trail double wall stainless steel insulated bottle. Perfect for holding my coffee while I cook other stuff... 

To the subject of CF / vs Propane. I see the style of tank that model used. The old cylinder type. I am not sure the 426B would accept it, but I have seen old Coleman stoves with the cylinder tanks that developed holes, replace the tank with the newer style tank and regulator from a 425. If you had one handy, or knew someone with one that would be willing to let you test it out, might be worth checking out IF you wanted to go back to CF.

Anyway, back to the brats. I never pre boil mine in anything, never considered it.  Just not how I was taught. HOWEVER, I suspect that is a common way of doing it. LOTS of the German places I have been to, the brats are much softer than I would expect. And they are always advertised as "Beer Brats".

I have been buying Johnsonville Beer brats, that have been in the mix when the sausages are made, and I simply grill them on the griddle over low / medium low heat with the peppers, and onions, until the moisture in the sausages splits the casing, or the casing has a nice even browning / very light char and the veggies have caramelized.

Serve that over a roll, we really like the Costco hot dog rolls, and with sauerkraut, one of the few things I like kraut on... 

I might just have to try your method next time. It looks fantastic...
Love my old school Coleman liquid fuel gear. Looking for tips and tricks to make the most of it.

-Dave
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