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

Sep 1^st, 2010 at 11:59am

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after seeing it on this Site...I bought a new Camp Oven Mate today...any tips on how to use it and what to watch out for.......would be appreciated

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Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 2:11pm

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gday smokeydk, i reckon they are pretty good. i havent used mine all that much, but i found you have to have the gas turned down very low (no bigger than a match head) when i got mine there was a instructional dvd in the box. if you dont get the dvd pm me with your address and i will send you a copy

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Reply #2 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 2:38pm

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Thanks Jack.......I got the Tommo DVD.....

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Reply #3 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 4:41pm

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Isnt that dvd great Cheesy

I told Derek he is mad not having one when I got mine.

I cant find much I cooked using mine, I know everytime I put up the table with the wind protectors I get reminded by Sparky about the camp oven mate Cheesy

I know one time I made something and it didnt brown on top and Derek said to take off the lid of the camp oven, leaving on the lid of the camp oven mate till it browned.

This is one of my very early Youtubes and I am not sure with your experience this might be a bit basic for you.

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Reply #4 - Sep 1^st, 2010 at 9:25pm

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re tommo

i saw him a few years ago at a camping show at caulfield racecourse, i asked him what his favourite camp oven was, he said "i only use cheap chinese one's, after all its just a cast iron pot" Undecided

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Reply #5 - Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 9:20pm

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outback jack wrote on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 9:25pm:

"i only use cheap chinese one's, after all its just a cast iron pot"

From a cook's point of view that's true, you can't tell the difference between something cooked in a cheap Chinese pot or a $500 Furphy, but from a cook and collectors POV cooking in an old pot is a pleasure. I cook in a CO several nights a week and enjoy using my old pots, it keeps them seasoned and happy.
If you look at the camp ovens being used at cooking comps like Millmerran you rarely see old ones, 90% of them are Chinese or Taiwanese, lots of reasons for this but it tells you that the end result is the same.

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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 #6 - Sep 26^th, 2010 at 3:45pm

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If you look carefully when Thomo is doing his demos he always uses a gas burner under his camp ovens with a few HeatBeads on top. Sneaky old bugga. Cheesy

I have got one of his older DVD's here somewhere. They are all camp oven cooking clips from his bush travels and I did learn a lot from them.

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Reply #7 - Sep 29^th, 2010 at 2:32pm

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I've seen Thomo using old electric frypans to put heatbeads on then campoven on top then more heatbeads on top

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Reply #8 - Sep 30^th, 2010 at 7:39am

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Smokey,
I believe Derek was the first to use old fry pans and it is a very good idea I take one when traveling makes cooking of the ground a lot easier. I also use a round BBQ with shorter legs (I got mine on a council clean up day) a handy piece of gear.
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Have Camp Oven will travel

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Reply #9 - Oct 6^th, 2010 at 8:53am

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I had a look around too....came up with........They have replaced what looked like a trivet ...with a wire frame to support the camp oven

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