Coleman oven

[cpaharley2008]

One advantage of being able to travel and cook is exposure to regional delicacies. Various rallies have exposed me to all of these different modes of cooking. Stovetop and grill top is universal, but I can remember that first southern style seafood stew in Myrtle Beach and the fresh slow cooked meat in Tennessee, the memories are all delicious.
Learning to duplicate these tastes at home is another story.

[Allan Bornestig]

Hi all.
I have baked sour dough loafs in the Coleman oven.From scratch that is.
I have also made cinnamon buns from premade mix.Keep the oven out of the wind if possible.In moosecamp on a rainy day it is much appreciated by my friends.Come to think of it my wife can make Swedish pancakes on an open fire, could be why we are still married after 56 years.
Allan.

[reetired]

Used it 30 yrs ago....eh..worked okay. Best trait is it folds down to almost nothing!

[rfs]

Ah yes, Diversity that's what all the social scientists have been preaching for many years. What's that you say? They did not mean a United Nations of cooking equipment? Perhaps they should have. If we spent more time cooking eating, there'd be less strife in the world. Don't discount the portability of the pie iron or the versatility of a reflector oven. And what about Dutch oven diplomacy? I'm going on a hunting trip down to the brown garage!
Dave

[Greggo]

So how many entrants for a stovetop oven bake off at the June rally? Great idea Dave, count you in? What should the rules be? In: cooking outdoors over a flame ie, stove or fire. Out: the charcoal dutch and built in ovens get to watch from the sidelines?

I'm in with my new, never tried Coleman oven.

Baglo has volunteered his stomach.

[51f1]

Yes, Dave! I am magnetically afflicted, and known to turn out some quite edible pineapple upside down cakes in my Lodge 12" Cast Iron Dutch oven. My very antique Griswold is reserved for chicken and dumplings. I can quit any time I want.

[gbaglo]

Chicken and dumplings wins.
Contest suspended. I'm hungry.
Beer can chicken moments ago.

[Greggo]

So I'm thinking I better find something a little more adventurous than Betty Crocker brownies? I've tried beer can chicken but seem to keep running out of beer.

[Rossue]

How 'bout chicken & waffles? Gonna test my waffler w/inverter.

[gbaglo]

Nobody has sued me for filling an empty beer can with water to do a "beer can chicken". Doesn't mean you can't drink the beer first, with, and after.

[StarvingHyena]

Coleman's Creative Oven....

Years ago used one of these ovens on my boat. Also used a 'Flame Tamer" or flame spreader under it..... what ever you call those things wthat look like a flattened fry pan with holes in it. Also used to place sheets of foil on the top and sides to try to even out the heat a li ttle. Some times, due to the heal of the boat, when making layer cake layers ..... they would come out wedge shaped ....just rotate the next layer 90º or so.

[Greggo]

Originally Posted by StarvingHyena

Coleman's Creative Oven....

Also used a 'Flame Tamer" or flame spreader under it..... what ever you call those things wthat look like a flattened fry pan with holes in it. Also used to place sheets of foil on the top and sides to try to even out the heat a little.

I checked a couple you tube videos and think I'm going to like this gizmo! Here's one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtneW6JbjEY

Looks like the bottom glows red so your flame diffuser idea seems like a good one.

None of my one burner stoves are going to work so it's looking like I'm in the market for a new stove. Some folks seem to have success cooking over a campfire, maybe try that later.

Trial cookie and muffin run tomorrow on the kitchen stove. Maybe I'll try "beer can cookies" and save an empty can for the cookies.

Greg

[gbaglo]

Take a look at 2:26 into the video.
Wouldn't you like to see the bottom of those cookies?
Have to admit, I fast-forwarded and didn't have the sound up. But, those cookies look crunchy.

[Greggo]

A couple other videos said they thought the temp gauge tended to show a little cooler than reality and to plan accordingly. Another said they place a pan underneath so things don't burn.

The oven is indeed a little crude, sort of like a dutch oven, but the possibilities seem intriguing, sure better than those nasty microwave brownie globs when the munchie urge strikes.