Are you using one with white gas - a liquid filled tank, or propane, a pressurized tank.
One reason that the primary burner of a white gas stove needs to be so warm is to keep the tank pressurized.
Try a propane type stove.
There are also butane and a couple of other gases used to run stoves. Look at a few in a larger sporting goods store. Try Dicks Sporting Goods, Big 5, and any other local larger stores. Maybe even Tractor Supply if there is on near you. If they don't have 5 stoves to pick from, you probably will not find the correct one there.
My parents started out cooking on a Coleman stove, and changed to a Sears Propane stove in 1968. It worked great. No pumping the tank.
Fred.
