Our Previous Old Boat had a 2-burner + oven Origo alcohol stove. Our Current Old Boat came with propane. All in all I prefer the Origo. No problems cooking, baking, etc. once you have some practice. Cooking times were actually a bit faster with the alcohol than with our propane Princess stove. One drawback with the alcohol was that in an unventilated space something from the alcohol flame caused our eyes to sting just a bit when there was a pan over the flame. A slighly opened hatch solved that problem. We also never had this with the oven, only the top burners.