[afan]

I plan to buy a single burner, butan/propane/... , portable stove. I plan to use it mostly to sear a fish outside (not big fan of fish smell inside the house), outdoor when camping, and indoor for Tagine.
I saw couple on Amazon, like these Gas ONE Propane or Butane Portable Stove but not sure what would be the minimum BTU? I'm assuming that for tagine 7000 BTU is enough. What about some other cooking?

Please, educate me.

 

[kuan]

25,000 BTU is the standard high burner on a home stove.

 

[afan]

25,000 BTU is the standard high burner on a home stove.

Home stove has at least 4 burners, so 8K-9K BTU should be enough? Or the logic doesn't make a sense?

 

[french fries]

I believe kuan was saying 25,000 BTU for only the single high burner of the stove. Most stoves don't go that high though.

 

[chefbillyb]

I've used these for demo Wok cooking on buffet lines. You may also think about using a cast-iron pan on a BBQ grill with a bit of oil to sear. In fact once you sear the flesh and turn to the skin side you can just continue to cook it in the pan. I think most all portable burners will work because the flame is hitting the bottom of the pan.

 

[french fries]

Maybe consider an electric plancha too? A friend of mine has one and it's great for searing burgers outside. I like the fact that I don't even need a pan, and the large cooking surface.

 

[afan]

Maybe consider an electric plancha too? A friend of mine has one and it's great for searing burgers outside. I like the fact that I don't even need a pan, and the large cooking surface.

I have induction one, and I'm really happy with it. I use it most of the time, much more than glass top what I have - my wife decided, before cooking-mania hit me And I agreed because it's much easier to clean than electric stove we had before. And she's afraid of gas stove, go figure... Digrassing...
Anyway, the main reason I'm buying the propane/butane portable stove is camping, and tagine I like to cook. Right now I put my tagine on the cast iron pancake, sallow pan. It works ok on the glass top but it's really hard to control the cast iron. So I bought diffuser for (future) gas stove.

 

[afan]

I've used these for demo Wok cooking on buffet lines. You may also think about using a cast-iron pan on a BBQ grill with a bit of oil to sear. In fact once you sear the flesh and turn to the skin side you can just continue to cook it in the pan. I think most all portable burners will work because the flame is hitting the bottom of the pan.

I have charcoal grill and fire up whole grill just for two pieces of fish? Uhm... I'm to lazy for that.
But thank you for the info about the burners.

 

[afan]

I believe kuan was saying 25,000 BTU for only the single high burner of the stove. Most stoves don't go that high though.

Oh! Don't have any experience with the gas stoves, I have glass top. Almost enough for my home-cook needs. And easy to clean my mess...

 

[french fries]

Do you have an oven? You can make tagine in the oven too, if it fits.

 

[chefbillyb]

I have charcoal grill and fire up whole grill just for two pieces of fish? Uhm... I'm to lazy for that.
But thank you for the info about the burners.

I guess I must think everyone in the world has a propane grill.

 

[CarolMackay]

Charcoal grill is a great, but propane is much easier.