Thread: Camp Ovens

cast iron

i don't own one yet, have been grabbing one off a guys down the street

Originally posted by YRVGreen
I want a Furphy, big fan of there water tanks used in the early wars,
it is sad that the expression, "telling a furphy" is slowly being weeded out of our common tounge,
I have the cheap castiron pot wich does ok, but this year we want to up grade to the furphy, nothing wrong the the casty but Furphys are like the camping worlds Nike or rip-curl, they are very trendy right now to be seen with a Furphy sitting in the back of the landy.

if you go with iron buy a bulk thing of cheap cooking oil from bilo, to keep it from rusting, and invest in the oven bag for them, so soot, oil and gook dont get in the car when it is pack up time,

Unfortunately all the Furphy ovens are now made in China, so unless you can get one of the original ones it wont be much different to anything else.

Just doesn't seem right "Furphy Oven Made in China" stamped on one. 8O

Sugar, China, I wonder if they tell furphys over there?
it is sad in a way,. cause it is like Furphy sold out by having them made over there,.. and it is like China is Selling out by having them printed on in english,. At least we wernt at war with China when the Furphy became popular,

We have a couple of cheap cast iron ovens that have lasted 20+ years now. Its all about controlling the heat and usually you don't require anywhere as much heat as you think, but need even heat.
Keep the oven clean and make sure its dry before putting away oil is not so important then.
Cooked everything from roasts to pizzas to bread and cake.
Forget the tripod a couple of lengths of star picket are all you need.




We just about always cook in a pit/trench, that way once finished there is almost no trace of where the fire was.

Bushie

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cast iron for us


and add 1/2 bottle of Stones Green Ginger Wine to your oven :wink:

Is that to take away the burnt taste because you already drank the other half and forgot to take the oven off the fire in time [/b][/quote]

**** no mate, its to deglaze the oven :wink:

for the gravy

Love the cast wouldn't have anything else

Cast iron for us, makes a magnificent stew and roast

Have a couple of cast iron ones one about 12" and one about 18". Also have my brother in laws made out of a truck rim about 24" and damn huge. All work well.
A great camp oven book is Cooking in a camp oven by Jack Absallom (spelling may be suspect)
It is amazing when you cook a camp oven for someone who has never had one.