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Old 12 Apr 2010
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Interested to hear your OVEN thoughts
Does anyone have an oven in their set up - if so what kind and is it useful?
I suppose it depends on your cooking prefs, space and so on and most don't bother.

I've heard of 12/24v microwaves - I presume for a warm-up they're more efficient than something with gas which requires a vent and so on, but I get a feeling they're best for warming up than baking.

On one trip we had a bloke with a Coleman Camp Oven. This amazon.com review at the top seems to rate it as I remebered it. Nice idea but slow. I suspect it works ok for small/thin items? Their InstaStart Portable Oven seems to be hard to control.

A chunky Australian camp oven (thick cast iron pot) might work on a stove top but are made to put in coals I think.

Interested to hear your oven thoughts.

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I've used on of these, pretty good for small roasts, or BBQ, or grilling, kinda a one stop does all sort of unit.

OK for a meal for two, maybe three at a push.


The Cobb BBQ - AS SEEN ON TV!: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

The guys on the Gadget Show liked them too!

Although I think you are looking more to 'proper' ovens.

You could save yourself the £100 and just dig a hole, drop a fireproof pot in it and cover it with hot embers!
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If you've got the room a Cobb is a wonderful thing. With a bit of imagination you can cook anything in it. So far I've managed to bake an apple pie, pasties and sausage rolls and some mozzerella and tomatoe tarts. I've even cooked a Christmas dinner in there! Well a whole chicken and all the trimmings. Basicly it's a proper convection oven that just happens to be fuelled by charcoal.

It's made from stainless steel and looks and feels like it'll last a lifetime. I wouldn't be without mine.
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I have also seen the Cobb in action and it's mighty impressive when a whole chicken is served up out of one.
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What about a dutch oven... chose your own fuel.. Brickettes, wood, gas etc etc !

Sooo universal if you can be bothered to get some experience with it. You can even bake bread in them.

I've just bought a 4.5L one and i'm just starting to cook with it.
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We started out using a cast iron Dutch Oven maybe 30 years ago, it was ok but a bit slow and needed a good fire with coals to be of any use - then of course you had to have a shovel with you to dig the hole for the coals and put them on top of the oven, leather welder's mitts are handy to get the lid off and extract it from the coals. Great meals though. Can be used on a gas cooker for stews, curries etc. Broke it by dropping the lid onto a kitchen floor.

Next we bought a Bedourie Oven, similar to the Dutch except the whole thing is made of steel instead of cast iron and the lid fits over the pot so that dust and charcoal dont get into the pot. Same issues as above except its quick with convection heat entering the oven under the loose fitting top. Great meals again, not fragile, not heavy, can store plenty of other cookware inside it. Not too good on a stove top as the steel does not transfer the heat evenly from the flame, we bought one of those asbestos heat mats to try and get the heat more even - waste of money. We've had the Bedourie for at least 20 years.

A riding buddy used a wok and lid for years as his only cooking tool, great meals, cooked roasts, bread, cakes, etc.
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