"The Kitchen: Don't cook inside your tent!" Why not? I cook in the front porch of my tent all the time! I have the door unzipped at the top for venting. I didn't realise I was trying to kill myself. Any clarification?
Tent fabric is flammable and combuction produces poisonous fumes!
All tents come with safety warnings and the rule is - don't cook inside your tent.
But in practise, most of the time in UK conditions you've little option if you want hot food, so most people do cook inside their porch, but very, very carefully - common sense stuff like ... make sure it is well ventilated, keep your stove well away from the tent fabric, secure any flappy bits, know your stove (you don't want it to flare up) and don't leave it unattended.
I've seen a tent disappear in flames on a campsite, it was over in an instant and very frightening to watch. Fortunately nobody was in it at the time.
Posted: 23/11/2011 at 09:54
