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Mama's
Kitchen Cookware
Initial Report by Rick Allnutt
Product Information
Manufacturer: AntiGravity Gear
Year
Manufactured 2003
Manufacturer's home page: AntiGravity
Gear
MSRP:
$37.80, without stove and windscreen, as tested
Received:
2 July 2003 complete and in good condition.
The only confusion I
had when opening the package involved the non-stick surface. The website states
the pots have a non-stick surface. There is no instruction (as is usually the
case with most non-stick surface products) to rub the inside surface with
cooking oil to saturate it with oil. I did so, but not much of the oil seemed
to absorb into the surface. It is also interesting that the same finish on the
inside of the pots seems to be applied to the outside of the pots as well.
Listed weight:
2 Quart pot w/ lid - 5.9 oz (167 g)
2 Quart pot cozy - 1.4 oz (40 g)
3 Cup pot w/ lid - 3.8 oz (108 g)
3 Cup pot cozy - 1.0 oz (28 g)
Clamp Handle for the pots - 1.4 oz (40 g)
Weight as delivered:
2 Quart pot w/ lid - 5.8 oz (163 g) pot alone 4.1 oz (116 g) lid 1.7 oz (47 g)
2 Quart pot cozy - 1.2 oz (35 g)
3 Cup pot w/ lid - 3.7 oz (105 g) pot alone 2.5 oz (70 g) lid 1.2 oz (35 g)
3 Cup pot cozy - 0.9 oz (25 g)
Clamp Handle for the pots - 1.2 oz (35 g)
(actual measured weight in grams, ounces are calculated)
Volume:
Volume of the "3 cup pot" is 30 oz (.89 l)
Volume of the "2 quart pot" is 61 oz (1.8 l)
I did not expect the "2 quart pot" to be 3 oz (89 ml) smaller than its name
suggests. This probably does not matter for the cook, who will seldom fill a
pot to capacity, but one should be careful if using the pot to measure volume.
In a similar manner, the "3 cup pot" is actually 6 oz (177 ml) larger than that
approximation.
The kit's handle was different from what I expected. The two halves of the
aluminum pot lifter handle work against either in a way which is quite stiff.
The handle, therefore, will stay attached to the pot until the two halves of the
handle are pulled apart. Learning how to use one's little finger to pry the two
halves of the handle apart from one another is the only way the handle can be
removed from the pot with one hand. It might be easier if the handle parts
rotated more smoothly on one another, allowing an easier one handed removal.
The pieces and parts of "Mama's Kitchen fit together nicely. The cozies are
made from a metallic colored bubble wrap and fit nicely. There is a double slit
along the edge of the cozy to allow one to set a hot pot in the cozy while
holding the pot with the lifter. The lid of the small cozy has a slit to allow
the ring handle of the lid to be used through the cozy. The top of the larger
cozy has a lifter handle made from a piece of silver tape.
Initial cooking with a Svea 123 stove and with a kitchen range has not damaged
the external dark color of the pots. Water boils quite acceptably in the pot.
Oatmeal does not stick to the inside. For a report on more cooking experiences,
the reader will need to await the Field Report.
Plans: I have used the small pot on an overnight backpacking trip with my
wife. I will use the pots and a Svea 123 stove for a week-long Boundary
Water's Canoe trip in August with my son. In addition, I will use the pots
almost daily at home for the next several months to simulate a long trip similar
to a thru hike.
PERSONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Rick Allnutt
50 Year old male
6' 0'' (183 cm) in height
190 lbs (86 kg) in weight
Email address: rick at flyfisher-kayaks dot com
I live in Dayton, Ohio
BACKPACKING BACKGROUND
Over the last year, I have gone from being a heavy-weight (2 Duluth Pack) canoe
camper to a three season base pack weight of just under 10 lb (4.5 kg) and skin
out weight of 20 lb (9 kg) for a 4 day, 3 night Appalachian Trail hike. My
recent intense interest in ultralite hiking began in late 2002. Since then I
have done much day hiking on the Ohio Buckeye Trail and local state forests.
Backpacking trips have included hiking the 20 mi (32 km) loop in Zalinski State
Forest, Ohio, and two section hikes of the Appalachian Trail: 67 mi (108 km) in
North Carolina/Tennessee and 35 mi (56 km) in Virginia. Other historical
experience includes 6 backcountry canoe trips into the Minnesota Boundary Waters
Canoe Area spanning 35 years, and hiking the Philmont Scout ranch as a
14-year-old Eagle Scout.
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