Expedition 3X Triple Burner Stove w/griddle

I should mention that this review will be mostly for the stove, but my stove came with the cast iron griddle and I bought the grill box as well, so my thoughts on the stove are kind of all mixed together with those accessories. I bought this stove to serve as both my deck grill and my camping grill. Once you add in some of the options like the grill box, pizza oven, and carrying cases for all of these items it doesn't work out that this is a very cheap grill. But I've used it for a couple of weekend cookouts now and I have to say it did an admirable job. There was enough room to make a full breakfast of hash browns, scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast on the griddle with just a bit of shuffling food around. The accessories like the griddle and grill box generally use two of the three burners, so I found cooking multiple food items easiest if I used a small pan on the third burner as a warming box. But the bottom line is that there is enough space to cook food for at least five or six people and the stove has nice, powerful burners that can boil water quickly and get the accessories like the griddle and grill box nice and hot for cooking. One thing to note is that the auto-igniter is extremely hit or miss, so plan on bringing matches or better yet, one of those long-stemmed lighters. Saying that the stove is portable is a bit of a mixed bag because the cast iron griddle and grill box are NOT light, and neither is the stove for that matter, but if you plan on just unloading right from your truck at the campsite it should work just fine. Just don't plan on hiking this stuff very far unless you're an NFL pro player or wrestler or something. But it does all pack up into (optional) travel bags that you can carry in 30 lb or so chunks, so it can be used for stationary camping, and it does a pretty good job.

Long review but what i like to see when researching. I purchased this stove for camping and cooking for large groups on holidays. I've used it 4 times so far and it's awesome! The griddle came seasoned, rust free and ready to cook on. I've cooked bacon, sausage, potatoes, scrambled eggs and pancakes on it and it worked like a charm. A few things I've noticed is that you need to make sure its as close to level as possible when cooking scrambled eggs otherwise you'll end up with a grease valley full of eggs. I used a 12" magnetic torpedo level and some kitchen knives to achieve until I can make some wedges. I cooked 10 eggs at a time and feel like maybe 12 to 14 might be about capacity as they spread very far when poured. However I cooked 10 eggs in about 4 minutes. Steel chef spatulas are a must for the griddle. I don't have the camp chef spatulas but found 2 identicle for a little cheaper. The square one is awesome for pancakes and scraping the griddle during and after cooking. The longer one is great for turning multiple pieces of bacon at a time and scrambling eggs. I can definitely see the flame tamers as being instrumental but definitely not a necessity and I will be purchasing them next along with a case for the stove and griddle. The griddle is very heavy (obviously being cast iron) but is very easy to clean and retreat with oil. Best cleaning so far is (while its still hot) carefully pour grease or oil from drip cup back onto the griddle and use square spatula to scrape. Then basically wipe it down with a rag and some fresh vegetable oil. I use Clorox wipes to wipe the stove down after use. They work great and only takes a few minutes. The stove is a bit short for me as I'm 6'1" and the cooking surface is 30.5 inches. I'll be looking into some extensions for it but still very usable. On a sidenote, when the grill is delivered, it's pretty heavy with the weight of the stove and griddle combined so a dolly is very helpful. Once they're seperated, both are very manageable. I would also recommend a long lighter to light it. The self igniters work well but on windy days its taken multiple turns to get lit. The paper towel holder and utinsil holders are convenient and work great. Great package deal at a great price! I would definitely recommend this product!!!

I purchased this camp stove for my son for Christmas so it has not been used yet, however I own an older model of this same stove so I am confidant in saying this is an awesome stove. Quick and easy to set up, the two burner griddle that comes with it has a drip trough in the front with a grease can holder to contain the mess ( soup cans or similar size cans work great ) and you can cook a lot of food at once on this griddle. This stove has the updated electronic igniters on the burners a feature I would love to have on my stove. If you're looking for a large high quality cook stove that's quick and easy to use, you wont be disappointed with this one. If you're patient and shop a little you can catch these on sale once or twice a year and they are a great bargain. Price the griddle and the stove and attachments separately and you'll see what I mean. Great for tailgating too. We've even used ours in the back yard alongside our BBQ for group events.