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https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Camp Oven & Outdoor Cooking >> Camp Ovens & Related Equipment >> comparison cast vs steel https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1216367944 Message started by camp_cookie on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 5:59pm

Title: comparison cast vs steel
Post by camp_cookie on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 5:59pm

For those of you that have cast iron ovens and the spun steel ovens, how do they compare to each other as far as actual cooking goes? Any advantages one way or the other?

I can readily get Lodge products as I live 30 minutes from a Lodge factory outlet store, but I don't know of a domestic producer of spun steel ovens in the US. I have considered importing one of the Aussie spun steel ovens just for the novelty of it, but I'm interested in how they perform.

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by skiproosel on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:02pm

G'day CC they cook great but I think cast is a little easier to get good results.
Now I can see a bit of bartering possible here. :)

Skip

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by Derek on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:07pm

skiproosel wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:02pm:

G'day CC they cook great but I think cast is a little easier to get good results.
Now I can see a bit of bartering possible here. :)

Skip

Hahahahaha, Skip. Well I gotta disagree. I learned to cook on/in a Bedourie camp oven and still regularly use the first one I bought over 26 years ago.

If using heat beads they cook as good as a cast iron oven. Fire coals are different though and you have to monitor the heat much more.

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by poddy dodger on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:15pm

Only a personal opinion CC, I have both and much prefer CI, much easier to gently simmer a meal in a CI camp oven. Bedourie ovens are easier to carry but fall short in most other areas.
I have a 12" Bedourie I'll gladly swap you for a Lodge....

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by Derek on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:18pm

I can see a cooking comp coming up. Cast iron versus Spun Steel. :P ::) :-*

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by TBF on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 7:38pm

Derek wrote on Jul 18^th, 2008 at 6:18pm:

I can see a cooking comp coming up. Cast iron versus Spun Steel. :P ::) :-*

Bring it on..
Time and Place?

Aart

Title: Re: comparison cast vs steel
Post by camp_cookie on Jul 19^th, 2008 at 2:32pm

Thanks for the replies.

The trade ideas are interesting, but the shipping is still an issue.

By the way, I picked up a 12" camp oven from the seconds bin at the Lodge outlet today for $40 US. I also snagged one of the wedge cornbread/scone pans from the seconds as well. I have yet to see a real flaw among the seconds. Usually all I can find wrong is either a small rough spot or something cosmetic. The 12"er that I picked up today just needs to be properly seasoned, and it will be fine.

I'm curious to see the results of the contest proposed above. :)