Hot food

[Knot there yet]

I love  to cook on the ice. That said I don’t like the fuel and all that goes with that.
 I recently got a plaid round (scotch Kooler)cooler from the the green stamp program(1970’s) that I was going to use as bait bucket but may try for hot lunches.
 Thermos’s  are good if your solo but how do you keep food hot for a group of 4-5. Warm isn’t good enough I mean keep hot.
“ Everything tastes better on the ice”
 

[stinkyfingers]

Cooking on the ice is kind of fun but can add some weight to your operation and unless you have your deadsticks on snappers you're going to lose contact with any fish

swimming by. Not sure how you got elected to cook for 4-5 people unless it's wife and kids. My sense would be that to keep your lunch piping hot, you'll need individual Thermos or

other brand insulated food jars. Individual jars have the advantage of being customizable. Chile in one, soup in another and so on. The trick with them is to rinse them with boiling

water before  putting in your food. Keeps it very hot. That old Scotch cooler won't help you at all to keep things warm on the ice but Engel makes some high performance though

spendy coolers that would help. You might want to look at a small charcoal cooker like Son of Hibachi for brats and so forth if your crew needs gourmet eating.

[winterbuddy]

I use MSR stowaway pots with clamp on lids rigged on top of my propane heaters.  Tube meat steams up great in these.  Otherwise, something like dirty rice heats up well too, you just need to add a bit of liquid as it warms, maybe shake the pot a bit.

[SHaRPS]

For cooking on the ice it really depends where I fish. If I do not have to drag a sled far I use a coleman 2 burner stove with that green can of gas. If I have a good distance to cover I use my small snow peak stove and a small can of gas. This barely takes up any room and the few added ounces are not even felt. 2 things always come out with me on the ice for food. Smoked kielbasa and venison steaks or burgers.


https://www.rei.com/product/114799/snow-peak-gigapower-20-stove

[jopes]

I bought one of those one burner butane stoves.   Works great to warm up chili on the ice or anything else that can be cooked in a pan.   No fuel smells on your hands, nothing to spill.   Just small tanks and they last quite a while.