Is a camping stove a must have

If it's your first Bonnaroo, I don't recommend it. It's easier to go to vendors and buy breakfast items or bring a cold breakfast. It is handy to have once you know what to expect from Bonnaroo (2nd year on)

does a camping stove make Amish donuts and spicy pie?

As far as the B goes, a camp stove isn't much of a space factor. It can easily be slid in anywhere you have a sliver of space after everything's packed. However, since you would have to purchase it, I'd say pass on it. Most everyone on here speaks highly of the food vendors anyway.

We packed a stove and portable gas grill last year. By the time you buy food, worry about trying to keep it cold, hassle with the mess it's just not worth it. Not doing it this year. There is so much good food in Centeroo.
Food vendors take my money.

Also...peanut butter and crackers.

I've used both a propane camp stove and a propane camp grill (both coleman). We had the grill for tailgating events. I like having them to make a ton of bacon, eggs, and coffee in the morning. I don't like to eat too much during the day besides snacks (trail mix, nuts, oranges, beef jerky) so I like a big breakfast to carry me through to dusk when it cools down a bit. At this point, it is a necessity for our group because we like big breakfasts. Before the stove though, we survived just fine on bagels and croissants and peanut butter and jelly.

camp stove is nice though for one pot meals as well, like rice a roni type stuff. It's rare I see all 3 headliners in a given year, so usually I cook myself a decent dinner before LN one night.

I'm not too into buying food from vendors (not that most isn't delicious) but I like to spend my money in the brooer's tent.

Yeah, at my first Bonnaroo (2010), I brought a camp stove. We put on water to boil for coffee, opened a few beers and took a few hits... Decided we didn't need coffee. Monday morning rolled around and the stove was still sitting out with the same water on top. I never brought my stove to Roo again. Now that being said, my main Roo buddy DOES bring his each each and really enjoys making bacon/sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches. Now, I am way too lazy/hot to cook one there, but if it'll magically appear in front of me? SOLD.

Good life advice not exclusive to Roo.

Can we take a minute to grieve the loss of the Whole Foods Market inside of centeroo? Nothing beat a frozen strawberry fruit bar when it was scorching hot.

I went to Floydfest two years ago and since I rode with some friends I was mindful of space so didn't bring my usual stuff such as my stove and rain boots. Of course it rained, and all I had was cold food and no way to get a warm meal without trudging through mud in pouring rain in flip flops to the food vendors. Lesson learned--take a stove and rain boots--even if you don't take it out of your car you will wish you had it if you didn't bring it.

I bought a propane stove a couple years ago, and haven't been back to Roo to use it. I've gotten by on the vendors every year(5 of em!), besides basic snacks and drinks. You really don't have to spend the money if you won't use it after the fest.

It's not a "must have" but we've taken one every year, I think. First we bought a Coleman "Party Grill" which was a great size and came with a bag to put all the parts in, but the leg broke and it was too much of a pain in the ass to try to find a replacement leg, so I bought a $20 Propane Grill from Aldi and it's lasted the last three years and still going. We use ours in the morning for egg sandwiches(with pre-made scrambled egg patties), bacon, to warm Pop Tarts and then again at lunch for Sausage, Hot Dogs, Sloppy Joes, etc. Saves us a lot of money over the weekend by only eating one meal and "snacks" inside Centeroo.

If you bring the stove, don't forget to take factor in the time to wash the dishes. Not worth the effort in my opinion. Everyone wants to eat, then there is a big mess no one want to clean up. Cooking at bonnaroo is more trouble than it is worth,

Was this really a thing?