Burner Unit, Portable Cooker Mk1, 1943

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

If anyone has any of the trays and insulated containers Id be interested to hear from you.

There are a number of the insulated containers made by CSW and with wartime dates out at my favorite scrapyard. If summer ever comes to here, I'll get out there and snap a photo of some. Here is it mid May and we have weather warnings for snow this weekend.

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks Rob


I'm always amazed at what is still around. I found this burner unit sitting in a corner of a army surplus store in Toronto.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Wow, that's an impressive cooker unit. Never seen one of these before. Good you saved it and got it working too. I only use the small No2. cookers when doing events. Thanks for posting this.

Cheers,

[motto]

Here in Australia about 20 years ago there was a large quantity of WW2 40 man detached unit petrol stoves released. They still turn up today, often still crated. Most of them were manufactured by Chrysler Airtemp and dated 1945.
These are an excellent outfit that can just be handled by one man but much easier with two. Everything you need is packed inside them, chimney sections, jerry can adaptor, skillet, cooking vessels, comprehensive tool roll with carving set,ladle,can opener etc and instruction booklet.
I'm no kind of a cook but had to buy one of these units simply because they were such a magnificent WW2 artefact.
Some owners of these outfits have set them up at events and demonstrated their uses and they always attract a lot of attention.

David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here's one of these units set up to cook in Normandy, June 2014:

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It is owned by friends of mine who regularly fire it up to cook for large groups

H.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Lovely find Jordan. I think I have seen one of these in action at the Longues-sur-Mer camp in Normandy 2014, but I can't seem to find a picture of it.

I think the Dutch army reproduced these sets post-war as well.

regards,

Alex

Edit: Ah....managed to find a picture...it's in Hanno's posting

[r.morrison]

I've got one of those units too! Never had a look at it till the other week while moving "stuff" around. And no idea how it worked or what ever. Thanks Jordan for the enlightenment. Got it originally from the late Lorne Ertl. Don't think I'll ever use it though. It seems to hold pressure quite well. Rob/Jordan ....let me know if you find the containers that attach to the stove itself. I must take time to visit this "phantom" dump that you talk about so much Rob, next time I'm cruising through Shilo.
Have a great week all.....Robert

[chris vickery]

Flamethrower in a box, gotta love it.
Personally, I have an Outfit, 20 man, cooking that I need to try out one of these days still new in the box.