Just got back from a trip with my brother. On the first day, paddling the length of Isabella I considered stopping at the portage for coffee and as soon as it passed through my mind I realized that I had packed fuel but not a stove (my brother had arrived as I was gathering the cooking gear).

We were out for five days, four of which  had rain, two long steady soakers. We cooked over small stick and twig fires, mostly gathered from around the fire pits- scarcely noticed the missing stove, if anything cooking was quicker. The days of long rain required bigger fires to keep up with the need to dry fuel as we cooked.

The Purcell Trench grill is a great piece of gear MT.