With the Skottle, simply boil some water after each meal and scrub off the residue with a spatula. A stove with pots and pans or a griddle also takes a lot more work to clean after each use.

A griddle is a great option, but only works for things that can’t run off a flat surface. To cook the same meals on a stove set up would mean bringing the stove, pots, pans and something to keep them in. Our Skottle takes up a fraction of the space that other options do, which matters when you’re fitting everything into your car or even motorcycle. You can laugh at the hype, but after using this Skottle on multiple trips, there’s a reason they’ve gotten so popular. I’ve yet to have a better chorizo and egg scramble than the one that came off this Skottle! In typical cast iron fashion, it only tastes better the more you cook on it. Whether it was scrambles for breakfast, orange chicken for dinner, or even spaghetti and meatballs, the Skottle cooked it all. Two meals later he was asking me how much my Skottle cost… From that point forward, the Skottle made every meal. “Besides he said, how are you going to cook in something that’s curved anyway?” Meanwhile I set up the Skottle in half the time it took him, and had it cleaned and was enjoying the fire while he was still trying to pull his grease trap out. When we first arrived at camp, my friend Austin immediately called out my “hipster wok.” After goading me, he began to set up his griddle, which he insisted was far superior to my hyped up disc. To assemble, simply slide the legs into the holes under the Skottle, secure them with the provided wing nuts, and slide the burner into place. It even has room for multiple propane bottles. If you ditch the legs, everything you need fits in the single Skottle carrying bag. It also comes with a neat little plastic stand that attaches to your propane bottle so you can forgo the legs for ultra compact traveling. Included in the kit is the pre-seasoned Carbon Steel Skottle, four legs and wing nuts, a Coleman style 10,000 BTU burner and well made carrying cases for the legs and Skottle. Along with their line of camping accessories, like fridge slides, Tembo Tusk offers the Skottle in two sizes: a 12” compact Adventure Skottle, and the 18” Skottle Grille kit, which is what we reviewed here. From seasoning to welding, it all happens in house at Tembo Tusk. He takes pride in creating an entirely American made product right in his own facility.

He ran with the Skottle design and adopted it to the camping world. Tembo Tusk is a small Southern California company founded by owner Jerry L’Ecuyer. It’s like having pots, pans and a griddle all in one. If you’re really clever, you can even do things like boil pasta in the center while cooking chicken and veggies on the side. I have decided that the 20” Southwest Disk with the lip is perfect for home use, but it’s way too heavy to be traveling with in my opinion.The concave form also means that meats cook in their own juices, yielding more flavor and better results.

So it boils down to this for me, if I’m cooking at home the Skottle can’t compete in my opinion, but for cooking while camping the Skottle is the total package of light weight, compact and gets the job done well. I can fit my 12’ hose, cooking utensils, legs, cover and lid all in one bag, pretty darn sweet. Now it’s compact, everything I need fits in the Step 22 Gear bag (which it absolutely ************ by the way). It still wasn’t compact enough for me with having to use a separate bag for the legs, but I fixed that tonight with the help of my bandsaw. The Skottle still does a good job and has to use less fuel, just gives a smaller cooking area under the direct heat.įor traveling the Skottle edges out the Southwest Disk. The Southwest disk with the burner I bought from them definitely has more usable cooking space, of direct heat. So since I now own both I feel as though I can better compare the two. I can get on board with the multiple disks, one burner/stand, and refillable 5 - 10 propane tank. The Southwest Disk kit is a little bulkier but a bit cheaper overall. Ok, had a chance to cook breakfast on the Skottle over the weekend. Thanks for that link Prices are very good and I kind of like their 60k BTU burner set up more than the Tembo Tusk 10k BTU Coleman setup.

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