AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FORUM

Feb 10^th, 2009 at 6:18pm

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While in the Toowoomba area we took the opportunity to drive out to the Jondaryan Woolshed for a stickybeak. It is a very interesting place with a heap of history. One of the many things I saw there was this beautiful old 18 inch Albion oven. I’ve never seen the lids marked this way before……only with the oval shaped logo. Thought Id post the photos for others who haven’t seen one
I asked the bloke who was cooking dampers at the time if he knew much about it …..His answer….” That old thing??…Buggered if I know where it came from……...we use it for a stew pot on busy days…leans up against the wall there mostly.”
He was using the roughest looking home made camp oven Ive seen to cook dampers in at the time. Sort of left me scratching my head…….I know which Id rather use….lol….any way his choice…..he’s cooking.

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Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2009 at 6:21pm

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The shed they use to cook in is a ripper…..like a huge chimney with walls……I think I need one in the backyard…….hehehehehe!

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Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2009 at 10:12pm

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SBB
Hansen & Walton were the original owners of Albion Stove Works in Maryborough before John Walton moved to Brisbane to start UMI.
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Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2009 at 7:37am

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So how much did you offer him for it??? Grin

Or an exchange for a 20" Cabellas? Grin

What a top, purpose built cooking hut, hmmmm......where can i fit one of e'm.........??????

Stop it, youv'e got enough sh&t!! Shocked

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Reply #4 - Feb 11^th, 2009 at 5:55pm

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That's fantastic. Have moved it to the "History" section as we need to keep that.

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Reply #5 - Feb 19^th, 2009 at 2:41pm

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Saltbush Bill wrote on Feb 10^th, 2009 at 6:18pm:

He was using the roughest looking home made camp oven Ive seen to cook dampers in at the time.

Thanks for the info SB.

Just as a matter interest, did you get a photo of the home made camp oven? I would be interested in havin a bit of a gander

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Reply #6 - Feb 19^th, 2009 at 9:59pm

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Stumpy the oven in question can be seen in the left bottom corner of the photo titled cook house 2 . Sorry havnt got a better photo. It was basicly a 7 - 8 inch wide strip of steel plate rolled into a circle and welded. The bottom was a round piece of the same gauge plate welded in. the top was made pretty much the same way.....had short legs made from one inch pipe from memory. The whole show would have been about equal to a 20 inch oven.
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Reply #7 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 6:44am

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I've seen a couple of home made ovens which looked quite professional, a 4" or 5" section of steel pipe with a floor welded in and a modified plough disc for a lid, handles, legs etc, pretty much the same as what SBB is talking about, $35 at a swap meet, went back for another look and it was gone.
At Millmerran there is no shortage of homemade ovens, usually recycled truck rims, 20" - 24".

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When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 7:59am

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Thanks SBB

Homemade cookware really is a genre in it's own right. It never ceases to amaze me the serviceable cookware which old coots out in the back blocks have knocked up out of a bit of old scrap.

Many years ago, I attended a clearing sale near Broken Hill and during the sale I happened to stumble across what appeared to be a camp oven made out of a couple of old truck brake drums. It had 3" long legs welded to the bottom drum and the holes in middle of the drums which would normally take the wheel hub housing were nicely filled and welded with thick metal plate. The drum which formed the lid also had locating pins, so as to engage with the bottom drum or pot.
It looked a little rough but I'm sure it would have been a treat to cook with.

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Reply #9 - Feb 20^th, 2009 at 9:43am

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Would a brake drum camp oven made a few years ago when all brake shoes contained a good percentage of asbestos fibre be considered a health hazard ?
Aaaah those pioneers were a hardy bunch lol.

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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