On your cooker at home, you'll usually have a selection of different-sized burners, and you'll select the one best suited to the size of your cooking pot. If you've been browsing camping shops recently, you may have seen the new Campingaz Party Grill 600. When I looked at it, I thought it looked like a great kit for family camping. Fortunately, our friends at Campingaz agreed and sent us a sample to review.

The gas regulators on these stoves were small and didn't take much turning to adjust the power of the stove significantly. A slight touch made the flame go from powerful to very powerful. This is just so useful in so many ways – clean, easy, safe – we loved it and it totally surpassed our expectations. I suspect it may also get a few more outings in the garden too. Those who come camping with the Baker household know we like our toys, and frankly when camping the tech, gizmos, cooking gear, sofas, comfy beds and, well, tech gear (tablets, laptops and phones) is only limited by the boot space in the car – now severely restricted since we swapped the big Dacia Estate for a shiny Ford B-Max and a nippy little Skoda. Cooking big guns – can this little stove compete? We put 500ml water in our camping kettle and timed how long it took each camping stove to boil it. We found that there wasn't much difference in most of the times we recorded. How many people will I be cooking for? If you're a large party and only have one cooker, you'll probably need more than one burner. This means a compact stove won't be much use as they rarely have more than one burner. Plus you might struggle to cook using big pots.There were one or two slow models, but most of the stoves got the kettle whistling after around five minutes. Do I have room for a gas canister? It can be easy to only focus on the camping stove itself and forget the fuel you'll need to burn with it. If you've got a larger stove, you'll probably need a large canister to go with it, which means even more bulk and weight in your vehicle.

It's lightweight when in its bag, making it practical to take for days out, such as to the beach. Cooking Versatility

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