What do you guys think about a stove contest? My thought was anyone interested could customize a 425 or 413 or similar 2 burner Coleman stove. They can be had for only a few dollars and most people have access to one. Not sure on all the rules, maybe those interested could chime in. My thought would be it could be decorated anyway you want. It must fold and close, as it came from the factory and must work and be useable. You need to make one meal on it and post the result. This means you must not use flammable materials in your restoration. We would need someone who is not a Coleman collector or would not enter the contest to be the judge. All contestants would contact the judge to be eligible. The judge could keep count of how many stoves were entered. All photos would be sent to the judge and he/she would post all the pictures. No one voting would know who the stoves belonged to. Voting would be open to the whole forum for a period of 2 weeks. Maybe run the contest till March first with the voting starting around Valentines Day. This gives us time to complete the stove while we wait for the snow to melt.
If you want to make it more interesting each participant could put in 5 bucks with the winner taking all the cash. Don't really know how to work out the money details as to who holds it and how to get it to them. If this seems like a good idea to you guys chime in with details. If not cash then what does the winner get besides the adulation of all of us.
Any interest? If you have other ideas lets hear them. This could be really fun ,plus each participant has a cool stove to take camping. Everybody wins.
