Jetboil Pot Support Review

Overview

The Jetboil Pot Support is a small stainless-steel ring with four fold-out arms that locks onto the burner of select Jetboil stoves. It frees the stove from the proprietary FluxRing cup, so a skillet, the 1.5L FluxRing cooking pot or an ordinary pot can sit over the flame. It suits Jetboil owners who want to fry eggs or cook for a group, and the trade-off is that cooking this way gives up some of the system’s boil-water efficiency.

Key Specs

Spec	Value
Weight	34–35 g (1.2 oz)
Dimensions	3.5 in x 1.25 in (9 cm x 3.2 cm)
Material	Stainless steel
Design	Four fold-out arms that twist-lock to the burner base
Original support fits	Flash, MicroMo, MiniMo, SUMO, Zip
Original support does not fit	Genesis, HalfGen, Stash, MightyMo
Pot Support 2.0 fits	2025-and-newer Flash 1.0L, Flash 1.8L, Zip 0.8L
Warranty	One year, limited

Performance

The stock Jetboil cup is built to boil water quickly. It is a poor vessel for frying or simmering, because a narrow, tall, heat-exchanger-bottomed pot scorches food. The Pot Support fixes this by turning the burner into a conventional cooktop. A Trailspace reviewer paired it with a MiniMo’s simmer control and cooked everything from a pound of bacon to a large pot of rice. Another reviewer, running a Flash, used it for car-camping extras: bigger pots for extra servings when company turned up.

The first install is the one real stumbling block. Reviewers on Trailspace and Paddling.com both said the four-arm design was baffling out of the package, and one needed extra photos from a Jetboil rep. The trick is to set the support on the burner and rotate it about an inch clockwise so the arms seat in the indents on the burner base. Resting it on top without twisting leaves it unstable. Buyers who missed this have complained of poor fit, and at least one reviewer described starting to bend the tabs with pliers before realizing the arms simply needed to be turned. After that, installation takes seconds.

Once locked, the support feels solid to most owners. A Backcountry.com buyer called it very stable, and an ADVrider tester running an 8-inch fry pan said it looks tentative at first but sits securely. Not everyone agrees on the margins: a snowboard-trip reviewer found stability middling and said a full pot of water gets wobbly. The consensus advice is to keep to modest cookware (Jetboil’s own skillet, a 1.5L pot, a small pan) and to use the canister stabilizer tripod, particularly with a heavy pan. Older Jetboil packaging bundled a stabilizer with the support, so some buyers ended up with a spare.

Efficiency is where the trade-off shows. The gap between burner and pot means heat transfer is worse than with the integrated FluxRing cup, and Paddling.com’s reviewer expected to burn more gas and have trouble keeping the flame lit in gusty conditions. Frying also exposes the burner’s concentrated flame. One tester reported a hot spot at the center of the pan and had to keep stirring or moving the food when cooking eggs and pancakes. A heavier-bottomed pan spreads that heat better, as the ADVrider tester found with a pan that distributed heat across the whole underside without scorching.

Packing is the easy part. The arms fold flat, and the support nests inside the Jetboil cup over the canister without adding any bulk. Trailspace noted it fits even better with a smaller canister. Owners with older Flash and Zip stoves described it as fitting neatly alongside the rest of the kit. Stainless steel construction has drawn no durability complaints.

Choosing a Version

Two generations of the part matter more than anything else. The original support, rated at 34–35 g and 3.5 x 1.25 in folded, fits Flash, MicroMo, MiniMo, SUMO and Zip stoves from before the 2025 redesign. It does not fit the Genesis, HalfGen, Stash or MightyMo.

Pot Support 2.0 is a separate part for the redesigned stoves. It weighs the same 35 g, measures 3.25 x 3.25 in, and is made only for the 2025-and-newer Flash 1.0L, Flash 1.8L and Zip 0.8L. Its arms fold out to take flat-bottomed cookware, it attaches more securely, and it stows by clipping to the underside of the burner assembly. A reviewer at Campman noted it replaces the original’s sharp edges with foldable arms and attaches more easily. The two are not interchangeable, so buyers should match the part to the stove’s model year before ordering.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Turns a boil-only system into one that can fry, simmer and feed a group
• 1.2 oz, and the arms fold flat to nest inside the cup
• Stainless steel, with no durability complaints from owners
• Locks to the burner base and is stable with small to mid-size pans
• Inexpensive accessory for an existing stove

Cons

• Confusing first install; the clockwise twist-lock is poorly explained
• Compatibility splits across stove generations, and the original does not fit 2025+ models
• Does not fit Genesis, HalfGen, Stash or MightyMo
• Less efficient than the FluxRing cup, and more exposed to wind
• Hot spots under skillets and some wobble with a full, heavy pot

Who Should Buy This

The support is for Jetboil owners who want to cook real meals, such as base-campers, car-campers, paddlers and anyone feeding more than one person from a MiniMo, MicroMo, SUMO or older Flash or Zip. It also suits owners of a 2025-and-newer Flash or Zip, who need the 2.0 version. Solo thru-hikers who only boil water for freeze-dried meals gain nothing from it and should leave it at home. Anyone who wants a stove for simmering wide pots should look at a stove with a separate wide burner head instead, and owners of a Stash or MightyMo have no compatible version.

Verdict

The Jetboil Pot Support does one job, letting ordinary cookware sit on a Jetboil burner, and does it for 1.2 oz and little money once the twist-lock is figured out. It will not turn a Jetboil into a camp kitchen, and fuel economy and wind resistance suffer, but as an add-on for a compatible stove it is worth carrying. Buyers should check their stove’s model year first.