When you’re packing for a family camping trip, you have to be extra cautious about the amount of space your essential gear will take up. There are portable and transportable options for everything from furniture to tents and fittingly, now you have stoves capable of sliding under the flip seat of your rig or fit the back pocket of the driver’s seat. Zempire in the US is creating a Stealth-Jet camping stove series, targeted ideally at people who want to camp light, without compromising their cooking experience.
The ultra-thin profile of the Zempire stoves is definitely among the slimmest in the industry. Measuring only 2 inches thick, these dual-burner stoves are designed to travel easily and have enough heat to boil water in a breeze. Featuring two high-power burners with up to 10,000 BTUs of heat per burner, Stealth-Jet stoves, the company claims, are designed to be ultimate camping companions for cooking family meals or catering to large groups at the campsite.
Designer: Zempire
While the Zempire Stealth-Jet camp stoves are designed to cater to the cooking needs of a group of people outdoors, these can double as emergency backup for power outages at home. While this is only an extension service, the main USP of the ultra-low-profile stove is definitely the industry-defining slimness. This allows the stove – made from powder-coated pressed steel – to pack down flat for convenient transportation. Interestingly, the stoves arrive in a carry case with a handle and latch closure, which makes them incredibly portable and effortless to carry.
Accompanying the slimness of the stove is its extra-wide surface. While the former offers portability, the latter ensures the stove can accommodate large pans and pots for cooking large meal portions. Providing campers with an extra cooking surface to work with, the stoves feature high-power twin burners. Reportedly, each of them offers up to 10,000 BTUs of heat per burner. Relatively, for a single burner, the total BTU output is low, but if you consider the total output and the fact that you can easily accommodate a large pan and a pot side by side, you will spend less time cooking and more time relaxing at the camp.
The Stealth-Jet stoves come with wind blockers on the back and sides, offering consistent flame without hindrance in the outdoors. The stoves run off both propane and butane, ignited by two pull-start piezo knobs each (the Solo model, of course, has one adjustable gas knob). The Zempire provides its camping stove series unit with a propane canister hose connector in the box. The carry case, however, has to be purchased separately.
Stealth-Jet camp stoves are offered in three different sizes (slimness, however, is the same 2-inch or 5 cm in all of them): Stealth-Jet Wide, Twin, and Solo Camp Stoves. Starting at $210, the Stealth-Jet Wide Camp Stove is the largest of the trio, measuring 23.2 x 12.0 x 2.0 inches when packed. It weighs 4.9 kg. The Twin stove is slightly smaller at 18.5 x 12.0 x 2.0 inches, which also means it weighs slightly lighter at 3.82 kg only. It is priced at $170. The single-burner Solo stove weighs 2.6 kg and offers up to 10,000 BTUs of heat. It will cost you $130.
