Who doesn’t love pancakes for breakfast, or veggie fajitas for dinner? Most backpacking all-in-one systems consist of a simple stove, pot, and lid. For all you foodies out there: here’s why you should add a skillet to the mix.
When you go camping, bringing a skillet can be hard — or even out of the question — if you don’t have a larger camping stove. The Jetboil Summit Skillet is a durable, nonstick pan that attaches to a variety of Jetboil stoves, and will bring some of your favorite homemade meals outdoors.
As a minimalist who enjoys good food, this Jetboil Summit Skillet is perfect for cooking meals that you can’t make with just a backpacking pot system like the MicroMo. Instead, I use the MicroMo stove piece and an additional support piece to create a stable cooking system for skillet meals.
In short: This skillet has gotten a ton of use and has proven a durable, vital piece of our two-piece kitchen setup (a MicroMo pot/stove, and the Summit skillet). If you’re debating buying this skillet, this review will inform your purchase from someone who currently uses it daily, from the campground to the backcountry.
Jetboil Summit Skillet Review
![Our full Jetboil cook setup Jetboil Summit Skillet, Micro Mo, pot support, and fuel canister Our full Jetboil cook setup Jetboil Summit Skillet, Micro Mo, pot support, and fuel canister](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/09/Our-full-Jetboil-cook-setup-Jetboil-Summit-Skillet-Micro-Mo-pot-support-and-fuel-canister.jpg)
Jetboil Summit Skillet Specs
- Weight: 0.7 lbs. / 11.2 oz.
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.9 in. (8-in. skillet)
- Spatula (Turner) Weight: 21 g
- Turner Dimensions: 2.6 x 7.3 x 0.9 in.
- Compatible With: HalfGen, SUMO, Genesis, Joule, MicroMo, MightyMo, MiniMo, Flash, Zip, Luna
- Price: $45
- Pot Support must be used with Jetboil SUMO, MicroMo, MiniMo, Joule, Flash, Zip, and Luna stove models. Pot support not needed with MightyMo, Stash, Genesis, and HalfGen.
- Support Price: $11
Testing the Jetboil Skillet
My boyfriend and I have done three 3-month-long road trips and one 6-month-long road trip, with just a rental car and tent. We like to eat various meals, so a skillet is almost necessary for our cooking setup.
At first, we bought the MSR Quick Skillet to go with our MSR PocketRocket Deluxe Stove. It worked for the most part, but unfortunately, the nonstick coating quickly came off. The food would get stuck on the pan, and the spatula would melt and flake.
When our MSR stove got stolen, we decided to try a new cook system, so we bought two Jetboil MicroMos, the Jetboil Summit Skillet, and the pot support. It proved to be a much better skillet than the MSR one, and we were happy to have made the switch.
Some of the features to highlight of the Jetboil Summit Skillet are its PFOA-free ceramic nonstick — that has so far held up after months and months of rigorous testing (OK, cooking).
![Pancakes for breakfast Pancakes for breakfast](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/09/Pancakes-for-breakfast.jpg)
![Jetboil Summit Skillet in the packaging Jetboil Summit Skillet in the packaging](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/09/Jetboil-Summit-Skillet-in-the-packaging.jpg)
Drawback
![Fajitas for dinner Fajitas for dinner](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/09/Fajitas-for-dinner.jpg)
Jetboil Skillet: Conclusion
![Cooking Just Egg, a plant based egg Cooking Just Egg, a plant based egg](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/09/Cooking-Just-Egg-a-plant-based-egg.jpg)