Coleman oven

[Greggo]

Anybody use one of these? I bought one but it only seems to work with a Coleman stove. It's a great idea, it sits on the burner for heat, folds flat and has a temp gauge. Sometimes I don't want to haul out the dutch oven

[gbaglo]

I've used it on my butane stove, but I couldn't keep temp below 350F. I moved it over to my Weber Baby Q and managed to maintain 225F ( I was reheating pulled pork ).
Should work on any stove where you don't have wings or can move the wings out of the way.

[cpaharley2008]

I have one, have yet to use it and now I have an oven inside!!

[Greggo]

Sometimes I get a hankerin' for baked munchies. You gave me an idea, I was thinking of outside cooking. Wonder if it might work inside on the stove? Don't think the aroma of brownies would be too objectionable!

[gbaglo]

Could get a bit warm in the trailer.

[Rossue]

Great reminder of why I love the Camp Chef oven

[Greggo]

Good point. No insulation.

[gbaglo]

That Coleman oven weighs seven pounds. I don't remember if it is still in the trailer or not. If it is, it's in the bench for things rarely used.
I do faux baking. Pick up some cinnamon buns at the local bakery. Wrap in foil and put them on an overturned pan in the Weber Q.
No dishes. Conserves water, and energy ( mine ).

[rfs]

I have one of the Coleman ovens also and like Jim have yet to use it. They have been around a long time. When I worked on the Selway River in Idaho for the U.S. Forest Service in 1969 and 1970 we had a Packer who handled the livestock and cooking chores for the trail crew. His name was Al Maynard. His skills with the Coleman oven were legendary. He'd make huckleberry pies.Cinnamon rolls, bread, biscuits etc. etc. he had it down. He had guided elk hunters for many years when laid off in the fall including the great writer and rifle expert Jack O'Conner. Just takes practice I guess. Wish I would have paid more attention.
Dave

[rfs]

Here's an idea, at a rally, someone could organize a top of the stove oven baking contest. I might even get out my rare and very heavy Raemco 7 in 1 stove, griddle, oven, smoker, bar-b que etc. anybody else got an affliction known as castironitis? Another subject for another time
Dave

[gbaglo]

My cast iron is back in the home kitchen where it belongs. Have lightweight T-Fal Professional non-stick ( America's Test Kitchen rated best ) in the trailer. Can't find the Pro series though. Don't know what replaced it.
Had a cast iron griddle and dumped it. It was convex and the oil just ran off into the gutter. Weighed a ton too. I've not found a replacement I like.

[Greggo]

Thanks for the encouraging words. Think I'll give 'er a try, you're on for a baking contest! Maybe next June?

Greg

[gbaglo]

Originally Posted by Greggo

Thanks for the encouraging words. Think I'll give 'er a try, you're on for a baking contest! Maybe next June?

Greg

I'll be a judge.

[rfs]

I'm not a hoarder but I do have a serious inventory control problem. I think my oven is in one of our three garages, I haven't seen it for a while. My brother says my epitaph will read,
"Don't buy one, I got one of those around here somewhere if I can find it.
Dave

[Greggo]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

I'll be a judge.

Ha! That's noble of you Bags. Essential job requirement is a cast iron stomach, tho! You'll have to judge the good and the bad! I'll donate the Rolaids.

G

[cpaharley2008]

Greg,
You will have to guide me to that food truck with the poutine next year. Once I have some of that I'll be willing to sample anything.

[Jim Bennett]

I would be willing to compete baking in my Spitfire BBQ. I have used it as an oven a fair bit, but only baked brownies in it once, and they turned out great.

[cpaharley2008]

Maybe a cooking sampler, I have a Cobb Grill for slow crock pot style meat cooking, http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...rill&FORM=IGRE
a Beer Can steamer for Frogmore Stew http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...oker&FORM=IGRE
and my Coleman oven. The choices are limitless....

[Jim Bennett]

I am amazed at the many different cooking devices folks carry. There are literally dozens of options out there, all which will produce good food to eat.

However, just using a stove (well two counting the one inside), a BBQ, and the fire once in a while, I am be able to cook a few lifetimes of different great foods, with lots of variety, on just these devices. Works for me and my KISS style camping.

[dbailey]

By hobby I'm a woodworker. I used to say it was a half-dozen hobbies wrapped up in one. There was collecting the books. There was reading the books. Then there was specializing in hand tools. Then there was collecting the antique hand tools. And I suppose there was a bit of actual cabinetry involved. Each of these could have been a full-time hobby in and of itself if I had gone deep.

You could say the same thing about cooking. There are all these fascinating side paths you can take to turn your one primary hobby into a dozen little secondary hobbies. That's how I see all these different styles of camp cooking.

I'm not a cook by hobby, so I'll take Jim's keep-it-simple attitude and run with it. But the wife is; I'm perfectly happy to indulge her and bring along whatever equipment she wants to play with this trip.