Eureka Ignite Plus Review

The Ignite Plus is a straightforward stove with a few perks. It's nice and wide for campers with larger cookware, it comes with rubber feet so that you can get level on uneven ground, and it has a reliable auto-ignition system. It's a good stove at a fair price.

Performance Comparison

Time to Boil

With 10,000 BTUs per burner, this stove isn't quite as powerful as some of the other models in our review. But the compact design helps it stay protected from the wind and relatively efficient. Boiling a quart of water on a non-windy day took 4:45, nowhere near the fastest in our fleet but respectable nonetheless.

Wind Resistance

The Ignite is pretty middle of the road in this department, as well. With mild natural wind, it fares well, but on truly blustery days, it struggles. We noticed it took much longer to heat up food, and the burners couldn't keep a large pan evenly heated.

To test wind resistance in a controlled manner, we place a box fan 24" to the side of the stoves on low and then time how long it takes to boil a quart of temperature-checked water. The Ignite clocked in at 6:15, a minute and a half longer than without wind. This is better than quite a few models in our review, but nowhere near the best.

Simmering Ability

Simmering on the Ignite is enjoyable; the knobs have clear markings and a large range, making it easy to find your perfect setting. That being said, the combination of delicate cooking in the presence of some wind can be quite the challenge for this stove. We attempted to make some finicky pancakes in a large cast-iron on a windy fall morning (a difficult test indeed!), and it was just too many things at once for this otherwise adequate stove. Dialing in the right temperature was difficult, as was getting the full width of our cast iron hot enough. Our food cooked slowly and unevenly, though the job did get done. In subsequent cooking sessions, performance was fine; just be aware this stove can only handle so many variables.

Ease of Set Up

Easy peasy! Setting this stove up is just like any other compact tabletop model with the addition of non-slip rubber feet. These get screwed on the base before your first use. After that, they only have to be adjusted if you need to alter the level of the stove on an uneven surface.

Ease of Care

Also a no brainer: lift out the grate, wipe away the grime, replace the grate, close the lid. Done!

Portability

The Ignite is wider than most of the other compact tabletop stoves in our review. This means you can use larger pots and pans, but it also means you'll need to sacrifice a bit more space and carry a little extra weight. At 23 x 12.8 x 4 inches and 11.96 pounds, this is on the large size for a compact two-burner. That said, the extra size and weight are marginal and will likely go unnoticed in a car packed full of camping gear.

Value

Value is subjective, but numbers also don't lie. With no competition, the price of this stove is reasonable for what you get. However, when you consider that we received equally good performance from cheaper stoves and superior performance from only slightly more expensive stoves, then this one is hard to get excited about. We mean no disrespect, and if you end up with this stove, we think you'll be quite satisfied, but if you have the luxury of picking any stove on the market, then there are better ones to choose from.

Conclusion

The Eureka Ignite Plus provides a nice cooking area and some useful extra features like rubber feet for leveling, well-marked burner dials, and generous windscreens. It didn't blow us away in any category and struggled with the wind, but all in all, it's a decent stove for a fair price. And, if you have any of the other Eureka models with the Jetlink accessory port, you can add this one to the family and run them all using the same fuel source.