I took my Kelly Kettle with me on an outing here in the great Pacific Northwest.  I went hiking around Mt St. Helen, the volcano that erupted here inthe 80's at sometime.  It was a little cool out, but not where one had to bundle up, yet.  It was crisp and just he kind of day you want to go hiking.  Oce you got warmed up good, you were okay.

I took along a backpack with some freeze dried food, a kelly kettle, and some other accoutrments I dont normally leave without.  A pocket knife, small first aid kit, a GPS (its a little weight but I dont mind it), and a couple extra AA batteries just in case are mostly what I take with me in my backpack along with my waterbottle on the side.

After hiking a while I decided to stop and take a break.  It was lunch time and I wanted something for lunch.  I had forgone the cold leftovers, and left them in the fridge at home.  I poured some water into my kelly kettle and found a few sticks laying around on the ground.

I unpacked the volcano kettle and placed the base on the ground.  You should put the hole in the base facing into the wind.  This acts as a flue and draws air through for better burning.

I broke the sticks into small pieces and put them into the base of the kelly kettle.  I started them afire.  After a moment they were burning so I placed the kelly kettle filled with water onto the fire base (remove the cork from the opening when heating the kettle).  Place the cork and chain away from the heat.  You will use the chain to piur water with in a moment.

I opened up my pack of freeze dried chickend and rice and decided to eat it out the bag this time.  I put a couple more pieces of sticks into the funnel at the top of the kelly kettle ( or you can put them in the hole in the base).

As the fire was gatting bigger and bigger I stopped putting fuel into the kettle and before I knew it theree was a rolling boil.  If you are using water from a lake or stream etc you should boil the water for at least 3 to 5 minutes at least.  Once the water started boiling I removed the kettle from the fire.  If you turn the handle slightly at a 90 degree angle from the kettle you wont get the hot hand.  Grab teh chain end and you can easily control the kettle in any direction.  Use care when handling boiling water, just as you would at home.

Never use your kettle on the fire if there is no water in it.  If you do you run the risk of damaging your kettle.  (You can heat water in a plastic soda bottle in the fire as long as there is no air left in it.  I dont think the plastics are good for you though and most likely have severe health hazards).

I poured the hot water into my freeze dried meal bag and sat it aside for a moment for it to reconstitute.

In just a few minutes the fire was out and the base and kettle had cooled off and I packed it away in its carrying bag.  By this time my food was ready.  I ate my steaming lunch and watched the country side.  I would much rather have hot meals over cold lumpy leftovers or granola chunks any day.  The kettle is fast to setup, heat up, and take down.  Makes lunch a fast deal for fishing, hiking, or camping.

After I finished eating I put my lunch bag back in my backpack.  I carry a large ziplock bag with me to pack my trash out.