How to use a COLEMAN 425 camping stove - LODGE cast iron griddle seasoning
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2021
- Hi I'm Alex, today I show you a step by step on how to use an old school Coleman 425 camping stove, how to season a cast iron griddle and finally how to make some simple smash burgers.
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Nice tutorial and some good ideas with that griddle top. Thanks!
You were doing so well too. I was rooting for you, you know. So many failed stove lighting videos. "Could this be the one?", I thought. Fueled it up. Check. Installed it on the stove properly. Check. Pumped the right amount of pressure. Check. "Man, he's gonna get it right!" I thought. Lighting lever up. Check! "Go baby, go!!" .... And in and instant, it all went to shit.
I've read just about every Coleman stove manual ever printed. I never read in any of them to "wait until you hear the hiss"
I was your biggest fan for a few shining moments. I was encouraging you from afar, "light the lighter, cmon, light the ligher, Nope nope not the valve light the....." Whooof!!! And in an instant, you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Some would say you choked in crunch time. When team Coleman needed you most. You were Tony Romo dropping the snap for the game winning field goal. That guy grabbing that other guy for a penalty that led to the SuperBowl winning score. There are two kind of goats in competition. I'll leave that to others.
The lightning quick back step said it all. It told everyone you had the right stuff. You were poised to be elevated to that rarefied known to but a few. So close. But you had to wait for the hiss. Never mind the instructions printed on the stove lid in front of your face. After all, what do those engineers in Wichita and Toronto who designed the stove and wrote those instructions know? You knew better than they, how to run the culmination of their life's work. You did the unthinkable, you went ROGUE!
But the real crime had yet to occur. You could have acknowledged that something was amiss when that bunsen was burning inside. There was still time left on the clock, there was still a chance. The underburn went away miraculously. As if from the hand of God himself. Redemption was coming, you still had the ball. All you had to do was keep your wits about you and open that valve all the way. Open it! OPEN IT!!
But you shriveled up into the fetal position and indecisively backed off. The under burn gone. Still a chance. But it was slipping away FAST. Open that valve and get to pay dirt for the big win and beautiful blue flames. But no. You were satisfied to take a knee. To tell everyone that 10 inch yellow lazy flame was normal. That we'd just have to wait for things to settle down. What you were really saying was, "We got off to a good start, but every season come to an end and today wasn't our day." Indeed.
As for me? I'm back to my journey. Looking for the ones with the right stuff. The ones that read the scouting report that tells them to hold that lighted match to the main burner and open that valve fully. I know they exist. I've met a few of them. The greats. Some would call them the OTHER kind of GOATs. They make it look so easy. Effortless, in fact. "How do they do that?!", I hear them say in awe. I calmly and proudly tell them, "They follow the instructions. They are WINNERS!"
Now I’m starving; those look delicious 😋
For what it’s worth, I’ve found the tabs on the tank fit into the slots on the stove more securely if the latch is down but the handle is up (i.e. resting on top of the tank). I also find it easier to initially prepare the tank by pumping it up before placing it on the stove/generator.
It’s real easy to heat the seasoning right out of the griddle.
Only use as much heat as needed, and heat it before seasoning it.
Alex, very good video using the Colemsn 425, lodge skillet (I don't have that particular one) and you tied it all together cooking burgers and smashburgers. Well done!
next time use wood shims and a level to get you stove on even surface. Also ge the griddle on high and then lower the temperature and allow time to cool the griddle down to where you can put the meat on to get seared and then allow to be flipped over. find an old dome wok lid to use as a miniature oven dome to melt the cheese quicker and to warm up meat that you have precooked to make further burgers, instead a one and two unit. Say for large group.
That's a great little workhorse of a griddle.
That’s simple and nothing fancy I like it
Oh snap! I didn't realize this was a best of 3 series! Yes! Still a chance. But it was short lived. That first round must have demoralize you. Didn't even get the tank on the stove this time. Then going rogue again, waiting for the hiss, failed again to fully open the valve, told us all that crappy yellow flame is normal, and going on about always opening the aux burner all the way? Where did that come from? I can hear the color commentators now, "This will go down as one of the monumental choke jobs of all time, Jim! Coming from you Tony, that's saying something. Back to back humiliating losses. Do you think he can ever come back from this, Tony? I think he can, Jim. He just has to get his head right and read the instruction. Reading it is one thing, Tony. Will he FOLLOW them, is the question. You're absolutely right, Jim. Only time will tell. Look at the fans leaving, Tony. Have you ever seen anything like this? Coleman fans are heading for the exits and it's not even halftime. Coleman fans are smart, Jim. They know what right looks like. And frankly, he didn't bring it today. We'll say so long until next time as we send you to a more competitive game."
A tip. When pressurizing your tank, take your tumb off the hole when pulling out and back over the hole pushing in. Annually add a few drops of vegetable oil in the pump. There is a piece of leather in the pump. The pump is more efficient if its wet with some oil.
where do you add the vegetable oil for the pumping gasket? Couple of drops good as well?
@@klompie780 Where the pump joins the tank, there is a cover with a little 1/2 ring. On that cover there is a small hole. That is for dripping some oil into it.
Don't add it to the hole at the end of the pump shaft. That hole is to add air into the shaft that will get compressed to pressurize your tank.
There are some good video's here on how to clean and maintain your White Gas Colman Stove.
Enjoy your camping and cooking on a trusty Colman stove.
@@campingboy9213 Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to me. I really appreciate it. Something to be said for good stove maintenance means many years of good service. I just love my Coleman 425 stove.
I believe that on this model, the "leather" piece within the pumping mechanism had been changed to a rubber type material (black in color). If it starts to go bad, and I believe they will, a lot faster than the leather ones, you can replace it with a leather one, if and when that time comes. Awesome camp stove. I consider it to be one of the best. You can also buy a propane conversion kit (STANSPORT PROPANE CONVERTER FOR LIQUID FUEL STOVES). Fits perfectly on the stove and within it when packing it away. That way you have a back-up option if the need presents itself. Perfect item for car camping.
@@Moroni108 Thanks for the help.
Do you smell or taste fuel in your food when you cook on the side of the cast iron griddle that previously operated toward the flames of the Coleman gasoline stove?
This is how Cowboy Kent Rollins seasons new Lodge cast iron. czcams.com/video/ljSQrSoSYAE/video.html
pro tip... use a wet spatula to smash your burgers it won't stick to the meat
Tooo thick...but good idea takes some practice on a liquid fuel grill.lots of practice...I left home at 15 and grew up with one...still have it and it’s perfect...
My question is does the grease fall into stove ?
No it stays in the griddle.... Worst part about it is not having a grease trap that is removable.
Cover it with your thumb....everyone makes that mistake! Lol
Too bad there’s no grease trap
The griddle needs a grease slot.