Barbeques

[Ruthe]

Jim, are you going through the Badlands?

[cpaharley2008]

Yes, I'm planning on stopping Sunday night there, at the KOA. It is one of my favorite places.

[nealmccarter]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

Yes, I'm planning on stopping Sunday night there, at the KOA. It is one of my favorite places.

Three years ago, we drove into the Badlands with our pop-up, to camp in the NP camp. To our dismay, the wind was blowing a gale and the temperature was somewhere between 116 F and 120F. It was like stepping into a blast furnace. Our trailer had no air conditioning and the campground was devoid of shade. Discretion being the better part of valor, we high-tailed it to Wall and an air conditioned motel.

The next morning was calm and cool. We had a beautiful drive through the badlands, stopping for photos and some short hikes. What a difference a day makes.

[gbaglo]

What did you guys barbeque in the Badlands?

[Ruthe]

Trying to stay on track there Glenn? On the way out we won't have the trailer so we're staying in a cabin in the national park for a couple of nights. We're traveling pretty slowly. Our second night out is going to be in Toledo Ohio so we can see the minor league Mudhens play ball.

[Ruthe]

Back to cooking -- does anyone have the camp chef oven?

[lorrie]

We have the camp chef oven/stove combo and LOVE it! It is a very handy unit and with a reversible grill pan, allows me to do almost all of our cooking outside. I have often made entire meals with just the one unit. Ham and scalloped potatoes in the oven and whatever veggie you like on the stove, yum. You can often get it at Costco at a very reasonable price.

[burrab2002]

ruthe, if you have time you are very close to Tony Packo's resturant. It is across the river from the mud hens park. Just east of 280. They have the best hungarian hot dog and chilli.

[Ruthe]

Thanks for the hot dog info. I'll put it on the list. My family is from Toledo originally so when we are there I would like to look around.

[Ruthe]

Lorrie, I was looking at the combo unit, but thinking it might be a little heavy to take in and out of the trailer with every meal. How does that work for you?

[lorrie]

When we camp, we are usually in one spot for a minimum of three days. We haven't found it hard to move back and forth at all and we just tuck the regulator and hose in the oven when we store it. We don't have one, but there is an optional carry case you can buy for it on the camp chef website.

[lorrie]

Oops, meant to mention that it sits on a portable metal table we have while camping so we don't move it in every night.

[Ruthe]

In the national parks we'll have to move everything having anything to do with cooking into the trailer or the car after every meal. So I think I'll stick with getting the table top stove and see whether I want the Camp Chef Portable oven (without the top burners). We can actually order it on the road and have it delivered to the relatives we're meeting up with.

[Jrn56]

Here is the carry case Lorrie mentioned. We purchased this for our stove.
Amazon.com: Camp Chef CBMS - Fabric: Kitchen & Dining

[onetim]

I bought one of CampChef's dutch oven Dome and a trivit to use as a stovetop oven. The Dome comes with a heavy steel burner heat deflector. I haven't used it on a campstove or on our Escape yet but tried baking an apple pie on our home's gas stovetop. Worked like a charm. Proof of concept worked. I'll carry it in the trailer and use it as an oven.
Dutch Oven Dome | Camp Chef

[Donna D.]

Tim, just be careful with the dome. A friend used one last year at the Oregon Gathering... it melts.

[Jim Bennett]

The theory behind that Dome, is the same as in my Outback Oven I have been using in the backcountry for many years, though it uses a smaller 10" pan. It uses a heat diffuser to spread the flame, and a fireproof shroud to hold the heat in. We bake on an extremely low flame when using it. We have baked many a good meal or dessert in ours.

[onetim]

Thanks Donna.

It looks like it's made of a Nomex-like material—airport firefighter's turnout gear. It can probably withstand high temperatures but not contact with a flame. It's longevity probably depends on preventing it from coming in contact with the flame or the pot it sits over and keeping the burner no higher than medium or medium low. Even on low, the temp gets pretty high under the dome.

[SpokanEscape]

Ruthe - we have the Camp Chef combo -bought it over a year ago at Costco in anticipation of picking up our 21 a couple of weeks ago. I used it to bake brownies at the Champoeg NOG and loved it.

[Leisure Lee]

[QUOTE
Our first BBQ with our new trailer.
We purchased a Broil King Porta Chef and a propane
quick connect hose to hook it to the trailer and
WOW it works great, lots of heat.

][/QUOTE]

PGDriver- I read your post much earlier in this thread, with the picture, about the Broil King Porta Chef hooking directly into the low pressure system on the Escape. Does that require any special adapter or are all Porta chef's low pressure ready? I was advised today at a Camping World outlet that the low pressure system in the RV is too low for regular "high pressure" Bar B Q's and you need to use a "low pressure" Bar B Q. From this thread and others that isn't my understanding, but from your post I'm sure you know.

Thanks

Jim