I’ve done my time on the hot side. I’ve unwillingly sacrificed a few fingertips at the altar of the mandoline, and I’ve been shoulder-to-shoulder with dish pit felons dans le merde. But my camp cooking, it seems, never translated. The highest-brow al fresco meal I ever managed was probably cooked on a PocketRocket, making generous use of hiker-box instant mashed potatoes, pouch chicken, and hot sauce.
The iKamper Disco Series provided the much-needed kick in the pants I needed to change all that. It’s a modular and modern take on some old-school cooking systems. Done up with a big ol’ camping skillet balanced atop a cooking tripod, this overland-ready camping stove doesn’t shy away from involved meals. And it sports the muscle to feed the whole convoy.
I leaned fully into the role of backcountry culinary this summer with my iKamper Disco Series setup. Whether the tool makes the man or the man makes the tool, the Disco made it easy. Cooking with this system is a joy.
In short: Call it what you will — a skottle, a discada, a cowboy wok, or just a good time — the iKamper Disco Series is a modular cooking system that orbits around a 16-inch enameled cast iron camping skillet. It offers several different cooking methods to elevate your outdoor grub rustling. It’s burly, durable, and easy to use, and it changed how I approach camp cooking entirely.
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- Number of Burners: One
- BTU Output: 8,455 BTU
- Boil Time: 7:00 min. per L
- Fuel Type: Isobutane
- Weight: 27 lbs.
Pros
- All-in-one modular cooking system
- Kovea-made burner head
- Easy-to-clean enameled cast iron skillet
- Campfire-tripod cooking mode
- Burly anodized aluminum leg system
Cons
- On the heavier side
- Pricey