Propane

[mcgaheyk]

Quick question, Me and 3 others will be hiking isle royale for 7 days and 6 nights. We're not totally sure how much propane to bring. We plan on cooking meals every night, and in the morning. We definately do not want to run out. Thanks.

[DonNewcomb]

"cooking meals" covers a lot of territory. Everything from just heating water for instant soup and freeze-dried meals to baking cakes and roasting a turkey from scratch. Different stoves use different amounts of fuel for the same task. It's best to know what your stove uses for they types of meals you like to cook. You can do this by cooking some test meals, weighing the fuel before and after.

[Tom]

Like DonNewcomb said, each stove (even of the same type) can burn at different rates, depending on a variety of factors, including altitude. The best thing to do is simulate making some meals (boil some water, for instance) to get an idea of the rate of fuel consumption.
You MIGHT be able to find out the BTU/h rating of the stove; of which you theoretically could calculate the fuel rate. One oz of propane contains about 1,350 BTU of energy.