How big is your battery bank? Inverters take a lot of
juice, don't they. I think you'll still want some kind of
stove for the cabin, even if it's a one burner propane.
Handy when it's cold and/or raining outside. You'll already
have bottles along for the Magma. A lot of times when I
sail late into the night ( AM) and I'm too tired to 'cook'
I'll just warm up a can of soup before hitting the sack
But I guess if you have enough battery , a micro will do
those things easier and faster.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message
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Thanks Jeff and Scotty,
I actually have the Magma I bought for my Starwind, so I
will use a rail
grill. I like the idea of the pvc tank storage too.
I'm thinking I wouldn't use an oven below (like Scotty)
but would make
mostly coffee and soup type meals. We typically don't eat
too fancy even at
home. I'm considering a small microwave since the boat has
the AC inverter.
Maybe with that and the grill, it'd be enough.
Scout


"Jeff" wrote in message
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Scout-
I was going to suggest the same thing. We used our old
BBQ a lot, and
this year I got the Magma II. Its a major improvement,
with the hinged
lid and lighter. Also, it never once blew out. In
fact, it was flawless.

The old one was plumbed to the main propane, but I
didn't bother with this
so far - it too easy to just use the small bottles.

The stove below does get used; since we sort of move on
board for the
summer, and always stay at anchor, so its hard to do a
quick b'fast run.
Coffee, eggs, & toast down below in the morning, but
dinner is on the BBQ.

BTW, I don't mind having the propane on board - our tank
locker is in the
stern, well ventilated, and the solenoid is always
turned off immediately.
However, if we had simpler needs, I might consider the
Origo.

Scotty wrote:

Hey Scout, sure was nice out this week. Do you have,
or
plan to get a BBQ? Like a rail mount Force 10, or
Magma for
the stern rail? I have a propane one and do about 90%
of my
cooking on it. Highly recommend getting one.
I have a CNG, 2 burner stove and oven. Never used the
oven.
Mostly use the stove for coffee, occasional cooked
breakfast
or a bowl of soup at night. I carry a one burner
Coleman
propane stove just in case I run out of CNG on a trip.
I store the bottles in the cabin. My slip neighbor
mounted a
PVC pipe with glued bottom cap and loose top cap on his
stern rail and it holds two bottles.


Scotty