I had a mate give me a campoven today, i have been looking at the camp oven forum (cocia) at work and he saw i was looking at them and said he had one that i could have. He got it as a 21st present over 20yrs ago and has never used it. He does borrow my trailer occasionally so was happy to give it to me. My daughter is in the girl guides and one of their badges is for camp cooking so i`m hoping she/we can cook a roast or some damper in it either in coals or on my pig woodheater with heat beads on top. I do have a weber q 220 which is awesome but thought this might be some fun too. Welcome to any tips or advice, I am seasoning it before i give it a run.
Campovens , anyone use them?
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I had a mate give me a campoven today, i have been looking at the camp oven forum (cocia) at work and he saw i was looking at them and said he had one that i could have. He got it as a 21st present over 20yrs ago and has never used it. He does borrow my trailer occasionally so was happy to give it to me. My daughter is in the girl guides and one of their badges is for camp cooking so i`m hoping she/we can cook a roast or some damper in it either in coals or on my pig woodheater with heat beads on top. I do have a weber q 220 which is awesome but thought this might be some fun too. Welcome to any tips or advice, I am seasoning it before i give it a run.
Yep. Great fun anywhere you can have a camp fire. Still have my Furphy camp oven and a lighter Bedourie oven as well.
Mrs XF can bake pies, cakes and scones like at home. I manage roasts, stews and curries. You need some accessories...decent leather gloves, some camp oven irons and your shovel, and a cake rack trivet to fit inside (for pies).
Plus round cake tin.
Season oven by washing thoroughly, then oil it inside and out and when Mrs is not looking stick in the kitchen oven and heat up slowly until about 220 then turn off and let cool in oven. Wipe off any black bits with damp kitchen paper then lightly oil again. Improves with use. Good idea to make up a box for it.
Mrs XF can bake pies, cakes and scones like at home. I manage roasts, stews and curries. You need some accessories...decent leather gloves, some camp oven irons and your shovel, and a cake rack trivet to fit inside (for pies).
Plus round cake tin.
Season oven by washing thoroughly, then oil it inside and out and when Mrs is not looking stick in the kitchen oven and heat up slowly until about 220 then turn off and let cool in oven. Wipe off any black bits with damp kitchen paper then lightly oil again. Improves with use. Good idea to make up a box for it.
Hey 17Triton, couldn't agree more with the comments already here, we use ours for lots of stuff while camping, kids get a particular buzz when we do pizzas and others around the camp come over due to the delicious smells wafting around, roasts are another easy one to do as well. We started by checking out Jack Absalom's book on camp oven cooking, it's a good read but haven't found an oven big enough to do his camel recipe yet ha ha.
Dave
Dave
I think its an unwritten law that you must have a camp oven going with every camp fire !!!!
I love my camp oven. It was a permanent fixture in my soft floor camper, but hasn't made it to the expanda yet. I'll need to make up a ply box and find a good storage place.
Here is a tip so you can use your camp oven where fires are not allowed. Ie most caravan parks. Get yourself one of those cast iron ring burners. $30 from BCF or wherever. Then get a metal basket like a small deep frying basket. When you want to use you camp oven, fill the basket with heat beads, and put it over the ring burner on high until they get going. While this is going on, prepare whatever it is you want to cook. Once the beads are good to go, take the basket off the ring burner and put the camp oven on it, turned down to low. Spread the heat beads on the lid, and you are " cooking with gas". If need be you can put a piece of ply down on the grass to stop is browning off.
Here is a tip so you can use your camp oven where fires are not allowed. Ie most caravan parks. Get yourself one of those cast iron ring burners. $30 from BCF or wherever. Then get a metal basket like a small deep frying basket. When you want to use you camp oven, fill the basket with heat beads, and put it over the ring burner on high until they get going. While this is going on, prepare whatever it is you want to cook. Once the beads are good to go, take the basket off the ring burner and put the camp oven on it, turned down to low. Spread the heat beads on the lid, and you are " cooking with gas". If need be you can put a piece of ply down on the grass to stop is browning off.
When you do pizza do you use the camp oven upside down and cook the pizza on the lid? do you use a pizza stone as well?
T
That's what we use the trivet for, put the pizzas on a little tray on the trivet so the base doesn't burn
A large one, will measure the diameter next time I am home. Travelling with work again this week.
We love our camp oven too. We use the smaller round one which is fine for 2 adults and 2 older kids. Makes the best ever scone/damper and great for easy peasy beef braise. I'm quite fussy with the cleaning/oiling routine, keeps the pot in tip top condition and ready for next time. We keep ours in a canvas bag :hungry:
The best roasts are done in the camp oven SLOWLY with 2 cans of coke poured over , try it it is UNREAL
