Egon, My favorite backpacking fry pan was non stick coated aluminum and wasn't much thicker than freezer wrap (You know the "weight thing." It has a folding handle and fit in a small bag so yo didn't have to clean off the ugly stuff the fire puts on the bottom. Looking back I don't recall ever having popcorn while backpacking except JiffyPop, those little aluminum pans with foil on top that swell up as the corn pops. DEER do love to comeinto camp after you go to bed so they can finish off the last of the oil and salt in the bottom of the JiffyPop pan.

Pat