Have you ever experienced a camp out when the weather was not totally pleasant and balmy, with just the perfect breeze? I have.  Have you watched YouTube videos and other pictorial layouts of camp-ground settings showing demonstrations with lots of happy, smiling campers but always in idyllic conditions? “Looks like fun, honey, one might say to the other one, “let’s take the kids and go camping”

Why do so many of you guys end up trying to make do in real life conditions in your camping kitchen with strong wind, rain, sudden cold spells that often bring snow in July?  What the heck-fire! Most camping spots in the United States and Canada are under fire restriction or soaking rain at the time of this writing. 

The busiest season in California’s desert starts on Thanksgiving weekend when hundreds of thousands of campers converge on the sand to merry-make around outdoor kitchens, often with large crowds of friends.  And, the wind blows in Glamis and it does get cold in Death Valley. 

Traveling across Interstate 40 through Northern Arizona will bring you to flashing signs warning against having campfires, charcoal stoves and even common camp stoves. I have read advisories from the Forest Service telling us not to use camp stoves that are closer than 30 inches from the ground.

Dutch oven cooking in the wind? Forget about it. Unless, of course you have a WindTamer Camp Stove Companion. My favorite camp-out foods is really the same as I eat at home. So, if I want fresh bread I can make a loaf with about 15 minutes of labor (the dry ingredients and oil are premixed at home) including cleanup and about 45 minutes to rise and bake in my WindTamer using deep-dish cast iron skillets as an oven on a propane stove. You will now roast whole chickens and simmer pots of fresh soups for hours with minimal fuel use because WindTamer contains and circulates cooking heat inside its flame resistant Nomex chamber much like a convection oven.

WindTamer  is Made in the USA  from USA  sourced materials.  EBay and Amazon price is $130.00.  Buy direct for $116.00 and you save the sellers fee.

From our experience propane fuel use is 25% or less using WindTamer  Camp Stove Companion but, we are not saying that your fuel consumption will be as good, better or not so good.  But we do want your feedback and shared experience with WindTamer camping stove wind screen.  Tell us about your fuel use, recipes and any suggestions for improving this great new camping stove weather blocker.  Camping stove in the rain.