If you want to save on fuel, like during some unexpected fire ban, filter rather than boil first. I simmer all my FD meals a few minutes either way. Maybe chunks of FD meat are better now but old habits die hard although I do use a hot pad on top and bottom because I can. One or the other does get heavy when forgotten and it rains overnight.

I had to replace an aluminum pot after many hours neglected. (Could have been a bad case of Apple Cobbler carbon - I forget. Anyway,) Mine developed an annoying pinhole drip at the bottom. I believe I looked into titanium at the time. For what I needed to replace, I don't recall much if any weight savings. but I do recall a huge difference in price so I went with the devil I knew.... I'd bet it now weighs half a pound with all the years of soot and carbon baked on. It's a good old friend and life is a game with soft rules.