new camp oven

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Originally Posted by wannalandy

Howdy Mate , It's a cast camp oven . the brand is COI leisure .

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Cast Iron can break very easily if not packed properly or handled properly.

I witnessed a dropped cast lid hitting the side of the oven and cracking it right through the centre.

I've also seen plenty of lids broken just dropping on the ground. The cheaper chinese crap ones more so, as I imported them by the thousands for 15 years selling on to camping stores across Australia.

The best to look out for are old Metters brand or old Furphy made in Australia tough as nails pick them at swap meets on most weekends everywhere, 9qt ones 2nd hand will still cost $50 to $70 and worth every penny. New Furphy's are made in China now at a premium price.

To season heat up & melt wax first (unless realy cheap chinese...no wax), wash thorougly in hot soapy water, dry by heat, then add oil bringing to boil.

Never wash totaly out with soaps/detergent, scrape all burnt food out thoroughly and wipe with oily paper towel when cool of course especially for long term storage.

The idea of seasoning is to saturate pours of the cast with oil to stop rusting., so never clean out with harsh detergents and if you do, heat dry, then wipe or spray oil before putting away.

BTW COI owned by Primus Australia now.

Happy cooking.

When i did our cast camp ovens (probably 25 years ago) we were told to use suet to season them :mad:

Made a hell of a mess, smoked the kitchen out - but haven't had to do them since.


Martyn

I purchased a cheap camp oven from Anaconda on the weekend, to take on our big trip next year. Thanks for the tip to use peanut oil and not olive oil. I would have just used whatever I found in the cupboard.....

How much firewood is available in outback SA?

Beckford.

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Originally Posted by Beckford

I purchased a cheap camp oven from Anaconda on the weekend, to take on our big trip next year. Thanks for the tip to use peanut oil and not olive oil. I would have just used whatever I found in the cupboard.....

How much firewood is available in outback SA?

Beckford.

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depends where you are going.....still heaps of old sleepers along the old ghan rail line. plenty of deadfall around all creeks in the Flinders.....beware of fire/camping regulations there. if youre not where everyone else is you'll find plenty. I camp out a lot in SA outback areas and never have a problem finding timber for campfire.

I bought the smaller Hillbilly oven kit a few months back. Seasoned it with peanut oil using the 4 burner Bar-B-Q with the hood down. No kitchen wars with SWMBO :)

Only used it twice ... so far so good, but I'm still a learner.

One of the quickest ways to season the oven is to first wash it out thoroughly and when dry cook a batch of chips in it. Just make sure to fill the oil up to about 3/4 full. this way you not only get a seasoned oven but also a feed as well. Keeps the kids and missus happy as well.

I use rice bran oil as it has as high a smoking point as peanut oil but not the flavour. It is also useful in that there is much less chance of anyone having an analaphalctic reaction if you are cooking for someone with allergies.

Brett

Them "old Sleepers" have been sprayed with DDT and other (deadly to human) pesticides, doesn't matter how old, the poison is still in there, cook on at your own peril, Regards Frank.