I'm a newbie from Canada. Love your site it is just full of information. I have been cooking in black beauties for 51 years. Love to bake in them.
I have always cooked with wood coals but now find myself in a living situation where I have to start using briq. Sure like what I read about your heat beads which of course I can not get in Canada.
I would like to exchange ideas .

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Howdy,  

There are at least 3 Canucks camping out down here now.  BTW Aussies say heat beads (which is a brand) for charcoal briquettes).

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Thanks Kopit They seemed like they burn hotter than our briq. so I thought when I went on line to see them that they were made of different goodies

Welcome Vicki,

Great photo, I love the big rectangle black beauty showing there, does it have a lid?  I am new to this kind of cooking but really get inspired by some of the great ideas in here.

Vicki a big welcome,
51 years around hot coals, smoke and ashes you may be one to show us a thing or two.. it's all in good fun... and there is something to learn all the time about C/O cooking. So post away I will be looking forward to it.

Muzz

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Welcome Vicky

Sure looks like you got camp oven cooking down to a fine art, Also looks like you cook for plenty of hungry people. I love the challenge of cooking for many mouths. Looking forward to some more great pics and ideas. Enjoy

Cheers

Jono

"Mackerel Whisperer"

Welcome Vicky
happy to have you on board you will find that no matter what you use as a heat source the food is still the same I use wood - beads and gas and there seems to be no difference to my sandpaper palette

Caroyln
I have one of those retangular pots with a lid
Furphy

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Hey Vicky

Good to see you finally made it.  Look forward to seeing some of your exploits on here.

Wow Furphy thats a beauty, might take a few to lift it.

Given the chance I would lift alright. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
MUzz

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Carolyn
yes very happy with it and one person can lift it (empty) and works a treat

have to watch that SunD very veeeeeery carefully methinks :o

Wow onya Vicky, thats a great setup. I can do a roast on my ear but how do you get all that to be ready to serve at the same time, lots of practice i guess.
Cheers
Trev
Aus

Furphyslinger wrote on Apr 4^th, 2008 at 8:13am:

Carolyn yes very happy with it and one person can lift it (empty) and works a treat have to watch that SunD very veeeeeery carefully methinks :o

Doest thou Furphy live in  fear that SunD wilt  muzzle in on thou Home Entertainment Centre with foul puirpose of lifting da Furph's oblong pan from said premises?

:P

"Trust no ons LK trust no one"

Furphyslinger wrote on Apr 4^th, 2008 at 8:13am:

have to watch that SunD very veeeeeery carefully methinks :o

Furph,
I think they call him JACK......hydraulic jack..........bloody lift anything he will!!!! ;D ;D ;D
Mick.

Thanks for all your welcomes! No the rectangle dutch oven does not have a lid but I would like to have one made. Picture is from our local Rodeo, started out as family cooking out and 20 years later same rodeo, same camp spot but a lot more chicken cooking!!!We fed about 70 people that year. When we get a oven cooked we put it in lined (with foil) in a insulated cooler. I will post a recipe tomorrow re burying meat in the ground to feed 150 people  Its just plain fun.
Love to hear from you all. Visited once and enjoyed your country
Vicky in Canada

Methinks you are right Mick but I may have it covered I am in possesion of a few rabbit traps and a couple of dinge traps as well and if they dont slow him down I have an extremly active mini foxy that will make a mess of his small toe

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& if that doesn't work, we'll just haul out a pic of Mikel's shed to divert him.

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