Thanx for the information Sailm8. Whats 2 minutes when you are trying to relax on your sailboat right? I just went out to the garage and fired up a just about new Coleman 2 burner stove and I think I am going to go with that. 1.) It gives off lots of heat. 2.) It is not propane so you just have to make sure that if you are cooking in doors that there is adequate ventilation but the heavy gas blowing up threat is gone. 3.) its cheap and even for a week trip I might have to take a half a gallon of fuel that can be stored outside in different containers say where the 5 gallon gas cans are? 4.) It easy to store/strap down/clean,etc. 5.) I am Canadian and Coleman products are in my bloodI was seriously thinking propane with 1 lb cylinders but afater a week I would probably have 3 or 4 of them sitting around and where do you store them? I had a few cylinders spew out propane when I unscrewed them and they wouldn't stop. To avoid blowing up I threw them farrrrrrrr away into the lake in which they turned into little "propane spewing torpedoes" just going around in circles looking for a place to blow up and make somebody's day. When I go out camping for a week i usually take 2 stoves and cook up a huge breakfast with "all the fixins" and all 4 burners going. Maybe its just time to downsize and at the most make due with two. But I do agree with a previous post.....a good cup of Coffee in the morning is a must especially when you are waking up on a sailboat on a beautiful day. Any other thoughts ???