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Reddit mentions of Texsport 5 Piece Heavy Duty Aluminum Outdoor Camping Cookware Mess Kit

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Texsport 5 Piece Heavy Duty Aluminum Outdoor Camping Cookware Mess Kit
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    Features:
  • 7" fry pan with detachable handle
  • 6-1/2 fry pan cover/plate
  • 1/2qt boiling pot with lid
  • 8oz plastic cup
  • All pieces nest together compactly
Specs:
ColorSilver/Blue
Height16.5 Inches
Length10 Inches
Number of items1
Release dateAugust 2018
Size7"
Weight0.8 Pounds
Width8.75 Inches

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u/travellingmonk ยท 3 pointsr/CampingandHiking

> Will be used to cook pancakes, eggs, and other pan stuff.

The problem with pancakes and backpacking is that most backpacking stoves have a very narrow flame pattern. With a lightweight, large (8"+) frying pan, the outer edges just don't get/stay hot, so if you try to cook a large pancake, you end up burning the center while the edges are still uncooked. So make smaller pancakes, which you an cook in a smaller 6" pan (it's hard to flip pancakes in a pot).

Edited to add:
I've got an old MSR Alpine Cookset which has a frying pan... it works OK, but I generally don't bother frying anything while backpacking so it doesn't get much use.

There are cheap anodized aluminum cooksets I see on Amazon all the time... never tried it myself, but seems popular. There are similar ones that are cheaper if you search.

Then there's the good ol' aluminum mess kit. Used one of them every trip while in the Scouts decades ago.

Aluminum is light and cheap, conducts heat well, but food tends to stick. Ti is light and expensive, doesn't conduct heat well so you get hotspots, and food tends to stick. Steel is heavy but durable, some foods stick but not as bad as others. Anodized aluminum is light, durable, mostly non-stick, conducts heat pretty well, but not as cheap as plain aluminum.