Swedish Army emergency gel cooker/stove

[BeardyMan]

I did a bit of a test the other day, refilling an empty burner with the gel from a Flamos chaffing burner. The gel in the flamos is red, rather than clear, and evidently not as potent as the original stuff. I'd add another 10% to the cooking time.

Be careful if you refill them, I didn't spot that I'd had a small spillage of the gel (overfilled the container) I used the lid to extinguish the flame, but cause there was too much gel in the stove I kind of set the lid alight. Then I put it on the kitchen worktop, and set the spillage I'd had earlier alight too. The wife noticed before I did (my arm was getting dangerously close to the flames) and disaster was avoided. Doesn't help that you can't really see the flame in daylight!!