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Unsure why your camping stove is burning with a yellow flame? Learn the reasons and how to fix them here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several reasons both liquid-fueled and gas-fueled camping stoves may have a yellow flame. These can include a lack of oxygen, food oil that has spilled on the burners, and obstructions from insects or spiders..<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind, those aren’t the only reasons your stove may develop a yellow flame. Continue on to learn more causes of a yellow flame on both kinds of stoves as well as how you can fix each of these problems and get cooking again!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Stoves Can Develop a Yellow Flame?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Camping stoves tend to fall into two categories based on the kinds of fuel they use: either liquid fuel or gas fuel<\/strong>. However, you can also find versions of those stoves that are designed to be ultra-lightweight for backpackers or for compact camping needs. Compact stoves may develop a yellow flame <\/strong>for different reasons than non-portable stoves, so keep that in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, liquid fuel and gas fuel stoves can develop a yellow flame–for similar reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, you’ll find some basics on both gas-fueled and liquid-fueled stoves<\/strong>, to help you with determining which you have (if you’re uncertain). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some solid advantages to both liquid fuel camping stoves and to gas fuel camping stoves. I did a comprehensive post that talks about all the different types of fuel and their different advantages and disadvantages. Check it out!<\/a> You might find a reason to jump ship and try another type of camping stove!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two most common fuels are propane and white gas (white gas is a liquid fuel)–if you’re just interested in these two, check out our article comparing the two here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas Stoves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gas stoves are much more popular for campers.<\/strong> Larger propane stoves specifically work exceptionally well for car camping where weight isn’t an issue. If you don’t need two burners, you can get a single burner size, these stoves also offer larger sizes so you can cook for the whole family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas camping stoves are very convenient. You attach your fuel to your stove and light it! There are some disadvantages, depending on what type of gas you have (butane for example) you might run into issues cooking in cold weather. Also, tank disposal and storage is a pain, but that’s true of almost any fuel type. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propane is by far the easiest camping fuel to come by and is the go to for many campers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liquid Stoves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whereas gas stoves tend to be more abundant and lightweight, liquid stoves tend to be more versatile. You can budget your meals exactly and bring exactly the fuel you need–as opposed to propane tanks where it’s difficult to know how much fuel you have left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liquid fuel is often used by ultralight backpackers (especially alcohol stoves) because of the ability to exactly budget your liquid fuel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liquid fuel stoves are trickier to ignite and to get a clean blue flame as they require priming. Definitely figure out your liquid fuel stove before you go try cooking with it out in nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasons a Gas Stove Might Have a Yellow Flame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a few common reasons why your gas camping stove has developed a yellow flame. In some cases, it may be something as simple as food debris build up.<\/strong> On the other hand, bugs and other issues can cause clogs in the system. If your gas stove seems to be stuck with only a yellow flame, check out these causes and solutions to get to the root of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Oil Spills<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From time to time, the oils you use for cooking can build up on the stove itself.<\/strong> Ultimately, this makes it harder for the flame on the stove to get as hot as it should be. Whether it’s vegetable oil, olive oil, canola oil or some other kind of cooking oil<\/strong>, it can cause issues for your stove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some cases, you may just end up with some remnants from greasy foods on your stove.<\/strong> As you can imagine, these substances can burn off when you light your stove and can even interfere with the amount of oxygen being burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there’s smoke coming from your stove (<\/strong>similar to when there’s food that falls to the bottom of your oven), that’s a promising indicator that your problem is simply oil build-up. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Fix It<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are a couple of ways you can deal with the oil spills that end up on your stove. Often, campers can just allow the stove to run for a while in order to burn up the remaining oil on the stove<\/strong>. If you set up the stove and keep it burning for a while, you may see that the flame returns to blue after the oil is cleared away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that doesn’t resolve the problem, you can also set to cleaning the burners. Take apart the pieces carefully, ensure they get cleaned well and then return the parts to where they belong<\/strong>. You can test your flame afterwards and see if that made a difference. <\/p>\n\n\n

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