Thread: got myself a cobb cooker yesterday.......

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Google Auspig.
I have started building one from a stainless beer keg.
Too small is my only dislike of the Auspig.
Andrew

I agree Andy, Oz pig is great 4 cooking but unless there is just 2 of u & your prepared to sit pretty close, as a campfire you,ll need to constantly feed it with a lot of small wood to get any decent heat out of it
Cheers Dean.
Ps, I drilled some very large holes to allow more oxygen in.

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

let us know how you go with the keg.......cut in half long ways and hinged.....they make a nice little spit........

My brother made a BBQ out of a keg. It is a ripper. Has converted it to gas. Cooks well as a BBQ, But excels as a webber style cooker for roasts.
Ketting a keg legitimatelly is the hard bit.

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

camp ovens are great......but only if you also have full control of the camp fire.....
that is assuming fires are allowed......


with the cobb.....i can sit it next to my car when i go fishing in the middle of suburbia.....and still cook.....but it will have to be sausages again.....
cos when i go fishing....i cant even manage to catch a cold.......


and the cobb weighs a bit less than the camp oven......



i prefer the meals out of a camp oven over the cobb.....but you cant always have a campfire....

Well we will be keeping both. There is no way I will retire my camp ovens. The Cobb comes into its own when no fires are allowed and can do some very versatile meals you would never expect to make while camping. When we bought ours we bought all accessories except the frying pan.
I would like to see stackable racks for smoking though.

i suppose if you find the right diameter metal cylinder....such as a 20 litre cooking oil tin.....
you could make some sort of extension to lift everything up higher and fit a few extra racks in.......

thats an idea i might look at myself......

Originally Posted by Hoges

that's where a cut down 9kg gas cylinder comes in handy...heat beads on bottom, add camp oven, heat beads on top...all contained /controlled. Excellent!!

yes I have seen many variations of those the problem is the bulkiness of them, and if there is a total fire ban you can't use them, you can use a Cobb though any time

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

got any pics of one.....sounds all too easy.......

and plenty of gas cylinders floating around.......

This is Mk1, Mk2 has already been in use for Xmas day and worked very well, quite easy to make as well

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

got any pics of one.....sounds all too easy.......

and plenty of gas cylinders floating around.......

This is Mk1 and Mk2, Mk1 I have had for a few years and take hunting because it is compact, Mk2 has already been in use for Xmas day/Aust day and worked very well, quite easy to make as well

great designs......and very simple to make and use.....

have copied the photos for future reference........

i really like the one on the left.....that uses the top for a stand.......