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Bought one in estate sale with griddle accessories everything still in box For $40 set up works great
My wife bought it for me along with a iron flat top and it is AMAZING! Easy to clean, store, put together and sturdy. Cooks great when it was windy. Highly recommend.
Topshelf review! This is how product reviews should be done! Well done, sir, well done!
Thank you for the great review and demonstration. 💯
Received the 2x as an anniversary present from my husband. I car camp 7-8 times a year and because I love hot food I needed a more serious cook system. I appreciate your review (as I have not used this yet). Your video really was helpful. And….I’ve been furiously looking for that pan! It was amazing. I usually use cast iron but I am hopeful to ever find a pan like you’re using to add to my camp collection. Thanks for a great video!
Thank you for a great review, also excited you mentioned Cabelas. Really love your cook pan. 👍👍💚
Glad it might have been out some interest. That pan is amazing! Close to 30 years old it'll out live me easily 👍
Mine just arrived this morning. Think I’m gonna love it.
We just got our Pizza oven attachment, I think we're going to love it too! 👍
Good review. I have mine with the accessories for the last 2 years. Love it. Even use my wok and Potjie pot on it.
Thanks! I'm doing a short follow up on the Camp Chef and the Artisan Pizza Oven PZ60 as well. The reason for the follow up is we were in a terrible monsoon flood and both items got buried in mud. Spoiler alert...we made pizza last night👍
I just bought mine today based on your review, thank you for this video
You're welcome and enjoy!
Thanks for show everybody I love and respect you video gorgeous sincerely god bless your
Great video. Thanks for doing it. Thanks for the Cabelas tip.
Thanks for watching!
Very informative video ! Thank you ! 💯🙌
Amazing product.
What a great video, this is ideal for 90% of what people could use it for. I'm putting this on a van build on the rear barn style doors.
We've been using ours almost daily for about 1-1/2 years. Still going strong! We've added the deluxe grill box and the pizza oven too. Still highly recommended.
@@theupsideofdownsizing
Thank you for the reply. Looking forward to more of your videos. It would be nice to see products that address aspects commonly missed by the majority. (Example; out door extension attached to your vehicle for inclement situations)
Love and light
Great review! Very helpful.
Bought mine used with Grill Box, flat griddle, side shelves, stand with wheels and cover for $150 in perfect condition. Its not only perfect for camping but does double-duty on my deck as my go to BBQ/grill. Good piece of kit.
You got a smoking deal! Good find. I picked up the griddle and the deluxe grill box for about $110 together. The grill box is really nice. I like the fact that there is no built in burner. Makes cleaning really easy.
I found a lightly used Big Gas Grill III with the 2 burner grill box for $50 at a yard sale. Have been using it as a camp grill and at home! I just got the 1 burner Professional Griddle for it today.... can't wait to use it!
Great video. As of the day after Amazon Prime sale 2023, they are $149.99 at Cabella's and got mine off Amazon for $121.69 after tax. I am happy with that price. You obviously got a great deal at Cabella's.
Great review...
Got 1 of these on sale at Big5 last yr for camping. It worked so well, I went back and got another 1 and put it in my bus.👍
Ours fell victim to a massive flood on our property. After it dried out, I made sure the burners were clean and free of debris and it fired right up! They're amazing. I've added the deluxe grill box and griddle too. We cook on it almost every day. 👍🏻
Great video
Awesome.. 👍
The stove I've been using for over 25 years is now the craze on UA-cam
Ain't that the truth!
Very nice.
That is smart to cook outside! 👌🏽
Yvonne is enjoying it too. But why is it that the wind always kicks up around the time we want to cook? 🤔
@@theupsideofdownsizing 😜
The Upside of Downsizing That wind is a permanent fixture it seems. 🌬
In the summer time why cook inside when the ac is running??
Im turning into a Camp Chef snob myself. I shopped around for quite some time for a pellet smoker and finally decided on the Woodwind pellet smoker, got it on sale for an absolute steal as well. Can’t beat the quality of Camp Chef they are head and shoulders for the price.
That's an awesome unit you picked up. 👍
thank you so much
I remember seeing Warren's. It seems like an awesome little stove.
You have to shop around. Amazon isn't the only store...yet.😆
I read an article entitled, "Imagine a World where Amazon we as the only store, and All they offered was Amazon Basics" Don't think Jeff Bezos wouldn't love that! I'm fighting against that scenario right now!
Looks like a very nice grill. Good to see no damage other then the box during shipping. She puts the heat no doubt! Nice egg but where is the bacon? LOL. Stay safe and have a great res to the week!
With Yvonne being vegan, I didn't want to upset her too much 🤣
Great video!
Thanks Jack!
Call me when the fish and fries are done! I’ll bring the beer! 🍻
I'll ring the dinner bell👍
The Upside of Downsizing sounds like a plan. 👍🏼
I live in NY and I want one of these. I made bacon and eggs for dinner and my house reeks of bacon! I want to start cooking smelly foods outside. Thanks for a very informative review.
Makes sense. For us it was too prevent heating up the house in the desert summers.
I am in TO and love out door cooking. I love sous vide and pan frying. My BBQ is only used for pan frying. This looks like my next purchase.
I like cooking foods that unfortunately smell up the house, so when I bought my camp chef from Dicks Sporting goods, it was a game changer. I love cooking over a flame instead of an induction stove, and I cook right outside my kitchen--no more cooking odors in the house. The griddle I bought along with my camp chef really kicked it up a notch. One of the best purchases I've made in a long time.
We also have an older version and it’s great. Ours is in a trailer in Pennsylvania and gets used two weeks per year. The only problem we’ve ever had was from spider webs blocking an orifice. We recommend against using this stove on most tables. The burner heat can damage plastic tables and may discolor wood surfaces. We think of this unit as a commercial range with the need to take similar precautions. The burners put out more heat than a lot of home ranges do, so it is easy to burn stuff if you are not paying attention. But we love ours! Take care.
Thanks for the warning. The information I relayed was what I was given by the manufacturer, bit I have not yet tried using the stove without the leg extensions. I am planning on building this into an outdoor kitchen space as soon as I receive the pizza oven accessory. Thanks for watching!
The Upside of Downsizing we used ours on a plywood topped table that was polyurethaned. The urethane developed small bubbles. Your newer stove may have better heat shielding. We’re planning on installing a second similar unit in an outdoor kitchen. Since it will be in an outdoor installation with weatherproof surfaces the heat doesn’t concern me. FWIW, it’s pretty easy to “heat proof” the surface the unit sits on. Take care.
@@BrainStormAcres I agree. The last outdoor kitchen I built was using travertine which of course will pose no problem. Thanks again for watching and your input. Have a great weekend! 👍
Great video 👍
Thanks for watching!
Luv❤ this video.
Thanks, and thank you for watching!
i bought mine 17 years ago with two grill boxes. expedition 3 burner with igniter and griddle! still lighting on one or two turns. stays out on the patio rain or shine seattle area and no cover. im buying a new grillbox both my boxes are burn though. yes i’d buy it again!
That's quite a testimony to the quality for sure. Ours was buried in mud during a flood. Cleaned it up and it works like new. We have the pizza oven too and it's an awesome accessory. Gets up to 600 degrees. We made pizza last night and it's as good or better than anything we've had in restaurants.
Thanks for the demo. I got one few months ago and the knob doesn't cut off the gas, it just keeps it low and I have shut off the tank to completely cut off the gas. Have you encountered this issue?
that was not only a good review but very enjoyable. What a great wee cooker that is, I'm based in Scotland so am curious as to whether I can get one here, I like the accessories but most of all I like your pan, 30 years old and looks new, and you're right, these non stick pans don't have a patch on that pan. Thanks for that, cheers.
Thanks for watching and your kind words. I did leave a link to the Anne Pfanne pan company in Germany in the description should you want to learn more. They are hand forged and truly a work of art.
Great deal!
Got Lucky. We're cooking in it every day now.
Thanks! U saved me $50
Who needs a $1,000.00 plus bbq. I spent a ton of money on my BBQ a few years back; then I discovered the joys of pan-frying! My expensive BBQ is just a waste. Soon to be replaced with a camp chef burner! Wow, I can't believe the value.
Damn I need this right here omg found it
That stove is one of the best things we've purchased in quite a while. And the pizza oven accessory is amazing. I can get temps over 600 degrees in that thing!
We ordered ours last night. I also ordered a Dutch oven. It was not as good a deal as yours but Thank you for the review.
I know I got lucky with the price ( finally! ). Hope you like it! 👍 We're using it daily.
We have been trying to figure out what we would get to cook with. We have a house but in Southern Arizona it is best to hot heat the house. We have the same bbq as you and it is too hard to regulate.
Hi Bill from The Upside of Downsizing! We have the Camp Chef expedition 3X and we use it quite a bit this time of year, along with the Kenmore bbq. I miss using the oven though. It’s Hard to go without meatloaf 😉✌️
We're really enjoying it and for Yvonne, it brings her largest pot of water to a boil in a fraction of the time of our stove in the trailer. We also want to perhaps start canning. Thanks for watching!
The Upside of Downsizing the prickly pear cacti 🌵 fruit will be ready soon! Good, free thing to start with. Just get some Pectin
What is the lowest BTU it can reach? Excluding being turned off
I like simple!
I'm a believer in K.I.S.S. 👍
@@theupsideofdownsizing Oh, for sure. BTW, what editing software do you use?
I paid $119.00 for mine from Coastal Farm Supply. I waited 10 MONTHS with our local Cabela's, Big 5, Sportsman's Warehouse, Dicks Sporting Goods and others ALL being OUT OF stock. Coastal had ONE in stock so I quickly pulled the trigger. HARD to find them in Oregon! I got the Griddle and the BBQ Box as well. Got the Bag for the Stove and am searching for Bags for the Griddle and the BBQ Box.
I'd like to get that bbq box, the deluxe model with the hinges lid, but haven't been able to find a good deal as of yet. Maybe with Black Friday coming up I'll get lucky. The Artisan Pizza Oven PZ60 is great. I'm working on baking bread in it as well. I've got the full oven that covers both burners, but I could do it over, I would opt for the smaller version for convience of moving it in and off the stove as well as having a burner free for other things while the pizza is baking.
never buy anything from turncoat Dick's
Is it easy to lite? The easy start like home depot single burner suck. It has this safety thing pot suppose to sit against or it won't stay lit.
This needs to be lit with a lighter or match. There is no electronic piezo listing system. One less thing to go wrong.
Sold!
Good video
Great job! Wealth of info.
What is maximum weight it will carry? Will this be good for a fair cookout type?
I'm not sure if a maximum weight, but it is very robust and solid. I've never actually stood on it, but I imagine I could. 2 ten gallon stock pots would pose no problem I'm sure. Thanks for watching!
Could you use it for Wok cooking please
these units are high btu output. for consistent cooking results, what temperature setting would you use to sear a steak in a cast-iron pan? would the low setting end up being hot enough for this task...high looks like for a cooking a turkey, way too hot.
If I'm cooking a steak sous vide for example, I'll sear it off in a cast iron pan on the highest heat possible with the pan blazing hot.
I bought the grill box for the camp chef and a steak will be cooked on high the entire time. I did also get a flame tamer / diverter disc and that creates more of an indirect heat, and minimizes flare ups when used under the grill. box.
I just rec'd. mine from Amazon. Chose to get the price break with a returned one, described as "only missing the orig. box." Turned out to be used and dirty. Amazon credited me 30% off, which brought it to $75. I will have to clean it though! The "manifold" (silver bar that connects the two knobs) does not seem to be securely mounted though, it moves if you hold and rock the center bar. It this correct, or is there something to do to make it more secure?
I've had great luck with"used like new" but had a real dud when I went with used/good. That time it was a compound sliding miter saw. The thing was a real POS. Unusable.
Hello, how many BTU is your camp stove?
Could you give me the name of those German iron pans, couldn't understand it through the video, those look great. Lookin forward to the end of monsoon season when the video's are gonna get exceptionally interesting for someone with interest in straw bale building. That being said, I watch em all cuz they're all worth watchin, keep um comin. Thanks.
I left a link in the description 😃
The are called Anne Pfanne. Hand forged in Germany. They're awesome.
@@theupsideofdownsizing Huge fan of cast iron but you convinced me to buy those stainless steel pans. Best outdoor cooking review I have ever watched!
What difference between blue flame and orange flame?
Is the the correct model burner/stove to fit a Camp Chef 16”x24” griddle surface?
All of the accessories for our stove are 14" deep. We have a griddle, the large pizza oven ( I did a couple of videos with that too) and the deluxe grill box, which is really great. But again, they all belong to the 14 inch family of accessories.
I have one of these it is awesome but when you adjust your Flame you want a little yellow tips on the end of the blue flame. This will ensure you burn most of the carbon monoxide. When carbon monoxide Burns it turns blue. But yeah I love my Camp Chef dual burner stove it's awesome.
Thanks for watching and the tip. I did buy the pizza oven accessory and will be getting soon. I'll try to make a video about it as well, though our regular subscribers will probably wonder what's happening to our channel since most of our videos are about our Homestead and building with straw bales. 😉
I'm not wondering about your Channel at all I got two good idea to mix in some product reviews along with gardening and Home Building it's all good stuff the good work, Bill.
I mean it's a good idea to mix in product reviews along with Home Building and gardening tips.
What time is breakfast? Now I’ve got grill-envy!
Breakfast is 6am after the early morning chores are done. 👍
@@theupsideofdownsizing Oh know, we got pa kettle on our hands lol .....j.k.
The burner are super big... like you can cook for a whole village
Can I leave the regulator hose attached to the propane tank when not in use? of course both the regulator hose and propane tank will be turned off.
Absolutely. I do with the propane tank shut 9ff of course as you mentioned.
I have a question. How does it work when it’s windy? I am here in AZ and it’s always too windy here. I would like to buy one but wondering how this would work if it’s windy. Thank you. Liked your video.
We too are in Arizona. And when the wind is blowing, it can be difficult getting the stove up to temperature. I ended up building a "wind break" out of dry stacked cinder blocks to protect the stove from the prevailing sw winds. I built it 6 courses high and that did the trick. Now the grill box will heat up to 500 degrees even when the wind is blowing.
Nice. Thank you
I'm getting mine shipped from cabelas 3 burner 189.00
how do i adjust mine to get the blue flame? mine has the shield in front and when i cook it seems to be putting out a paint odor like the flame is too hot and it’s burning the black portion while i cook
Thanks for watching. The first time using it, the paint, or coating on the grates will burn off but after that it should be fine. There will be a air flow regulator that can be adjusted to get the flame to go to blue. I'm not familiar with the model with the shroud so you'll have to consulted the owners manual if you still have it. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
@@theupsideofdownsizing thank you!
Burners do not get low enough in heat. Wish there was another alternative
Where can I get that skillet!! It’s a beauty!
I think the company is still in business in Germany. Annapfanne is the name. They're truly awesome pans.
@@theupsideofdownsizing That’s great to hear thanks so much for the info! I’m definitely gonna invest in one, it’s the nicest pan I’ve ever seen 😁
Is there anyone in the US that makes pan/skillet like that?
👍👍👍☺
Just 30,000 btu? Is it because it's low pressure? Is it possible to high pressure mod to make it 100,000+ btu/hr out of it?
Those 30k but burners are about 5x more powerful than the propane burners in our kitchen. They boil big pots of water in no time so I can't imagine why I would need a 100k burner. Thanks for watching!
@@theupsideofdownsizing For chinese food.
What size of propane tank should I get for a 2 burner stove 150,000 btu
I use a standard 20lb tank. The size you can get at just about any Walmart. It'll last you a surprisingly long time.
Thank you 👍🏽 that’s the size I got last night
Would you know if there is there a way to convert it to Natural Gas?
I really don't know. But I think it would be very difficult because each burner has about 30 orifices and if I am not mistaken, each would have to be swapped out for a natural gas compliant one.
Is it supposed to smell like burning plastic the first time you use the burner?
I can remember a faint smell of plastic as well. I think it was from the knobs. But that was a one-time deal. Thanks for watching!
@@theupsideofdownsizing thank you, it did fade away after it kept burning. I got a little scared lol but all is good
Hi guys ! You tube just put up a poll on what I thought of your video- of course I gave praise! So maybe you will get some promotion products ! BTW- you never showed the finished product (egg).
Thanks for that vote of confidence. The egg was delicious with a slice of Whole wheat toast. 😋 Thanks for watching!
Guy Fieri endorses camp chef
I aggre about not buying it from Amazon. They want $ 124 for it. Just ordered it from Cabelas for $ 79.95 + free shipping.
Awesome! Glad you were able to find a great deal! We just received our Pizza oven the other day. That was a tough thing to find at a decent price let alone full retail. I'll probably do a video of it as well. I had it heated up to 500° f this morning just doing a burn in....
Is it the burner or the Propane burning blue fire?
Propane
Would you be able to use this indoors?
I really don't know. It seems to burn clean, but I recommend you calling the manufacturer. Sorry I couldn't give you a definitive answer.
How do you spell the skillet manufacturer name?
Griswold
Checked cabelas now 100$. 😫
Is that pan spelled onafona???
Can this be used indoors?
It is not made for indoor use.
$75! Here in Australia they retail for $395 :(
Don't feel too bad, current post pandemic price is $149 USD
$150 today everywhere as of October 2022. Thanks Obama.
Thoughts a year later?
Still going strong. I've bought the griddle and the grill box with the hinged lid. The grill box was a great purchase, I use it almost daily. It's easy to clean because there's no burner, so pick it up, spray it down with simple green and hose it off. The griddle is nice too, but I don't use it nearly as much as I had imagined. I use a large cast iron pan much more often. Easier to clean and works just as well if not better. For others the griddle might be a great choice. It's really nice quality.
@@theupsideofdownsizing I'll keep my eye on the griddle, all of the extras were out of stock at Dicks which just happened to be where I went and it was on sale. . I'm brand new to propane, I've only used charcoal and firewood my whole life. I actually had to watch a tutorial on how to hook a tank up lol. Mine is going to be here Monday. I saw the reviews it had so I looked up a video and when I saw how it was set up in your video and compared it to the reviews I knew it was the best bang for my buck
how much for the pan
I bought this pan in 1990 in Nuremberg Germany. Honestly, I have no idea what I paid for it any more. I left a link in the description.
Can you fry a Turkey on this?
I've never tried, but the burners will accommodate a huge pot and put out quite a bit of power. I guess the only concern might be how high you would have to lift the turkey to get in in the pot. I think dedicated turkey fryers are much lower to the ground.
Has anyone ever told you that you kind of sound like Alan Alda?
No that's a first. But I was always a fan of Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H. Thanks for watching!
Can fry a turkey on it?
Sure, kind of high off the ground but it's certainly powerful enough.
@@theupsideofdownsizing thanks
All that for a fried egg? C'mon, dude. Cook us something!
Anyone wondering where you can find the soundtrack to this: you can't.
Personally, I'm not impressed with the Explorer 2 at all. I find the flame is very difficult to control, and it goes out with the slightest puff of wind. To grill a swordfish steaks, it took 5 matches and restarts. And swordfish takes only about five minutes to grill at 500 degrees! If you're grilling many things like veggies and then meats with the Grill Box, the knobs get very difficult to move up or down. So while it seems extremely appealing, please, give me my old clunky Weber back! It was reliable, temperature accurate, and very easy to to clean for TEN years.
I haven't had the trouble you talk about keeping the stove lit. I find the stove to be most effect for us when using the accessories. We have a griddle, grill box and pizza oven. When using any of those accessories, the flame setting is perhaps not quite as important because we are able to achieve great results. I especially like the grill box! Thanks for watching and your comments.
As soon as you said the box was damaged in shipping I knew it was FEDEX before you even said so. They are the WORST. UPS is just light years better and more dependable..in my opinion of course..
We do not disagree. We much prefer ups. But both FedEx and UPS are better than the United States postal service, because they won't even deliver to our address.
@@theupsideofdownsizing If the movie Castaway were made now the FEDEX packages would sink long before they got to the island for the most part and those that did make it would be damaged beyond repair. Wilson would have been a deflated little pouch.
As of today they sell it for $99
Not a bad price for something that is so robust and versatile. Thanks for the info!