Can you pack a stove inside the pots?

Yes! I've had the Whisperlite International for 8 years and more recently the Dragonfly. Whisperlite fits into the 1.5 pot piece of cake, the Dragonfly sticks out of the FLAT TOPPED 1.5l cooking sets because of it's steel fuel pipe, but the Dragonfly fits perfectly in the Alpine 2 pot set because the LID IS RAISED quite a bit :) The Alpine set takes my Dragonfly (which is bigger than the Whisperlite), pot handle, wind screens, lighter and the kit that comes with the stove no problems :)

Since the inner nesting pot in this set is 1.5 liters, most folding stoves will fit. The old style MSR XGK will not fit because of it's straight, inflexible fuel line. All the newer, Lindal valve, canister stoves will fit plus the eight ounce fuel canister.

Definitely. I can fit the stove and all accessories that come with it, including a repair kit. The grabber fits nicely in there too!

The question is which stove? The Whisperlite, DragonFly and XGK all need a 1.5 liter pot or greater. The Simmerlite, WindPro, and Superfly need only a 1L pot. The Pocket Rocket can be packed in the MSR Titan Kettle with a 4oz. Fuel bottle. The smallest pot of this set is a 1.5L pot so, yes, any of the MSR stoves can be packed inside it.