Thread: Camp ovens and favourite

Inc

I just shorted out my mouse salavating over you description.
Are the ovens really that good I've never tried cooking on one. Usually camping meals include BBQ meats or SPAM Beans, charcoaled spuds prawns we catch, oh and lots of beer

hmmmmm making myself hungry

You're not the only one either.

Don' have one yet. It's on the wish list.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Inc

I just shorted out my mouse salavating over you description.
Are the ovens really that good I've never tried cooking on one. Usually camping meals include BBQ meats or SPAM Beans, charcoaled spuds prawns we catch, oh and lots of beer

worth every cent IMHO, but you need to plan your meals and when to start cooking. the more you do it the better they get ... always cook with ember and coals never with open flames.....

i use mine at home in the oven to cook roasts etc instead of the usual tin roasting pots....seal in the flavour and the juices better and give a more even heat to the contents IMHO.

We use ours to cook all types of things from roasts, bread through to pizza for someting different.

First attempt at "camp oven" cokking was using an old aluminium billy to cook damper, ended up with a VERY soft billy and a damper with about 2" of charcoal all around .

Things have got better


As for price they are very cheap = chinese, but all work OK ours are around 20 years old now.



Martyn

totally agree with the cast oven, been cooking with one for about fourteen years, just about to head off around oz and thinking of leaving it at home and getting the new cobb, can cook a roast with 8 coals, then a cake with the left over heat.

Scottyp

Am starting to move away from gas / portable cookers now that the firebans are lifting in NSW.

I would be really interested in people's best way to set up fires and use the big old cast iron pots / ovens to best effect?

It's normally 3-4 pairs of us that camp over night at the weekends, and take it in turns with the cooking and provisioning - normally means standard BBQ meats cooked on fry pan on propane gas burner.

It is my turn on weekend of the 1st July and I want to impress with proper cooking......and will document results of experiments

And yes....I know how "City" this post sounds........

Originally Posted by Surferjim

Am starting to move away from gas / portable cookers now that the firebans are lifting in NSW.

I find this a little hard to understand.

Its relatively rare that a Total Fire Ban is imposed in NSW, this is the only time that you cannot have an open fire - it also includes gas/portable cookers. so unless you are on a residential block of land it is a TOTAL fire ban. The statutory bushfire danger period (1 Oct to 31 Mar) only requires the obtaining of a permit to burn for hazard reduction etc and fire other than those for cooking/heating/recreation.


Martyn