Granite Ware Coffee Boiler, 3 Qt - Speckled Black

It's just a simple ceramic coated, cheaply fashioned lightweight, non stainless, kettle, but at under twenty bucks this was one of the better values we've found for making cowboy coffee over a fire. That it has traditional western styling was an aesthetic perk for backyard fire-pit cookouts more than actual camping. For treks, more modern compact designs are the way to go. But when your house is just a few yards away, this is awesome for cowboy coffee or just boiling some water for tea or hot cocoa. Though we'd recommend getting a separate kettle for coffee and for the other if you plan to do both, as they say you want to treat cowboy coffee kettles like cast iron skillets: don't wash out the flavor. Amazon currently lists this as 100oz. I guess they're rounding up. The manufacturers sticker shows 3qt (96oz) as well as 2.8L (just under 95oz). Regardless, we find there's really only room for about 70oz IF you're doing cowboy coffee. If you're just heating water then it'll hold more by filling it to the rim. But for cowboy coffee it's best to stop filling below the spout, bearing in mind you've got about a cup of grinds to pour in on top of that. I won't bother going into detail how to make it. It's easy enough to find videos online from Kent Rollins explaining what to do. Being used to drip machines and French press, we found we had to experiment a little to get the strength just right, but it was well worth it. Surprisingly. As bringing coffee to a full rolling boil goes against what I've learned in the past about brewing. But it wasn't bitter at all. As you can see in the pictures this kettle can withstand being in some pretty hot flames. And you'll need a good fire to get it boiling good, if you've got an open pit, where there's no way to direct all the heat just toward the bottom of the kettle itself. We've already made coffee a good number of times this way with no signs of deterioration of the materials. We usually put on the coffee while we're getting a good bed of heat for grilling, which we usually use pine for, before adding harder or more flavorful and less sooty woods to the coals for the actual grilling after the pine has turned to hot coals. This does leave a fair bit of black soot on the outside of the kettle to clean. So if you don't have pine you need to get rid of (beetles have been killing a lot of ours in recent years, so we have lots), harder woods or soft woods without all the sap, should make it a lot easier to clean the kettle later. So the cleaning rating really depends on what type of wood you use, as well as your dependency on dishwashers, which for coffee would be a bad idea, even if the kettle was compatible to clean that way. It comes with your typical lid, flexibly attached to the handle for easy checking of what you're heating so that it doesn't fall off in the fire if you forget your glove, rag or something or leave it boiling too long. But it can also be separated from the kettle easily during cleaning. There is no inner percolator like most models, which is probably one of the reasons for the lower price.

It’s a big pot and works great!

Looked very nice just was what my husband beautiful ted fir the campfire or stove top

I bought this to make cowboy coffee, and that it does. The pot itself is a good shape and holds 3 quarts. The lid is held on by a little clip thing, some have complained this comes off, just bend the tabs around the handle more and it stays put no problem. I do remove the lid completely for easier cleaning. The porcelain is incomplete is a couple of spots on the bottom of the pot, both inside and outside. I have posted pics of those two areas. I imagine these spots will be prone to rust. I guess I cannot complaint too much considering the price, but it is aggravating to see this. For this I"m knocking it a star, maybe it deserves 2 off for it if it rusts quickly due to this. I however do dry this thing and my cast iron thoroughly after use so maybe it won't be too bad. The pot is Made in Mexico. Now for some tips for others who may be new to making cowboy coffee. Season the pot by making coffee in it (but not to drink), give it a good solid boil for 10 minutes or more. Dump and rinse only (never use soap). Now it's ready to make coffee to drink. To make coffee, I generally only make about 1.5 quarts at a time, but this pot will hold 3 quarts... Get the water up to a boil, reduce heat a little and put the coffee grounds into it, it will likely want to foam up, stir it and play with the heat a bit. You want a nice rolling boil with the grounds in it. Let it boil for 5-8 minutes depending on your taste. When done boiling, remove from heat and let stand a bit, then put some COLD water into the spout (to rinse any grounds away from it) and dribble some on the top of the coffee in the pot itself. It only takes maybe half a cup or so. What this does is pull all the grounds to the bottom of the pot. When you go to pour a cup you will not have any grounds in it. Cleaning is just a rinse with water and turn it upside down to dry out completely. I like to put mine near the heat upside down for a bit to speed dry it.

I bought this to use with my sterno stove in case of a power outage. I own two electric kettles but they won't do me much good in a power outage. This IS NOT a percolator. It is just a pot for boiling water. You can make what is called "cowboy coffee" with it (just google it) but that isn't something I would drink. The better solution (and the one I use every day) is something like this Melitta Ready Set Joe Single Cup Coffee Brewer . Just boil the water with your new coffee boiler and pour it over the grounds in your coffee funnel. This is a large pot that holds 3 quarts of water. It fits well on a sterno stove like this sterno single burner folding stove . It is all metal and the handle does get a bit warm so use a hot pad with it. It's a very traditional time tested design and it does what it's supposed to. In addition to power outages I'll be using it during cookouts on the side burner on my gas grill as well.

Coffee boiler spout was bent and the porcelain was missing at the damaged area. I reordered another GW coffee boiler, the quality was worse than the first one I ordered. So I would not buy this brand without being able to hold it in my hands before purchasing.

Came with nothing to contain coffee grounds to make coffee! Was not expecting that! Not a fan of coffee grounds in my coffee, ugh.

So this thing rocks and the price is great. It held up well now for over a year or so and I love it! We did a lot of camping and love our coffee and this worked perfect for sticking on the fire to boil water for our french press coffee! Here's the beauty, it worked for when we had power outages too and had to have our coffee still and yay, having a french press and this, so long as you have a grill of any kind so long as it's not electric then boom, you can have your hot water! We used it for hot water for soup too and it's huge so you can do a lot of water at once if you need to. The lid comes off rather easily but that is not a problem and it is easy to clean too. Sturdy and that's good since I am prone to dropping things all too often! And here's another thing, this was indispensable to us when last year we were homeless for 6 months, living between campgrounds, rest stops and friends and families places. Some of our family doesn't drink coffee and didn't have tea pots either so this was a life saver! You really can't go wrong with this, worth every penny to us and indeed a fab product!

Just as I remember from Camping trips or Grandmothers woodstove. Coffee comes nice and smooth. In fact I am brewing a pot as I type this review,

Gran capacidad

Loved it!

buena

Es un producto de excelente calidad. El café queda delicioso ☕😋