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Message started by poddy dodger on Oct 1st, 2016 at 7:50pm

Title: Millmerran 2016
Post by poddy dodger on Oct 1st, 2016 at 7:50pm
In no way am I claiming credit but in previous years I have eMailed the committee of the Millmerran Camp Oven Festival and abused them for being lousy with the prizes and the cheap souvenir ovens they had on on sale.

Remember the year they had Chinese camp ovens with little aluminium plates pop riveted to lid stamped with Millmerran 2012 or was it 2010 ? Maybe it was earlier than that KB.

Prior festival to that they had aluminium lids on cast iron bases, very cheap and nasty !

Well this year they have what look like quite decent souvenir ovens for sale, I don't know about the prices, maybe someone  out there knows ?  Rob.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Derek on Oct 1st, 2016 at 7:58pm
They are made by Larges Foundry in Toowoomba.  Last Festival and the one before that were the same but they were not cheap from memory.

Jeff is up there somewhere so no doubt he will have more info.

I remember those ones with the little plates pop riveted on them.  They were Chinese Furphy ovens as well.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Rolly66 on Oct 1st, 2016 at 8:37pm
I'm up here with saltbush bill and purchased a 14" the price was $285
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Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Kingbrown on Oct 1st, 2016 at 8:39pm
I have a 2012 Millmerran oven and i love it.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Kingbrown on Oct 1st, 2016 at 8:41pm

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Alert Board Moderator about this Post! Mark & Quote Quote  I'm up here with saltbush bill and purchased a 14" the price was $285

I thought you were going for a ten?

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by poddy dodger on Oct 1st, 2016 at 8:45pm

Derek wrote on Oct 1st, 2016 at 7:58pm:
Last Festival and the one before that were the same but they were not cheap from memory.

I  didn't mean cheap to buy Derek, just an overpriced very ordinary oven.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by shackles on Oct 1st, 2016 at 8:49pm
Looks like it weighs a ton Rolly.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Rolly66 on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 2:51pm
Not that heavy shackles

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:10pm

poddy dodger wrote on Oct 1st, 2016 at 7:50pm:
I don't know about the prices, maybe someone  out there knows ?  Rob.
They had three sizes Poddy, 10's, 12's and 14's.
There wasn't a lot of difference in price, from memory the 10's were about $230, 14's $295....12's somewhere in the middle.
Rolly got lucky and found one with a small blemish and knocked them down on the price a bit.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:28pm
Here are a few photos that I took while there. It was a bigger event than I imagined.
At one stage I was talking to the head cook in the area that feeds everybody out of the huge ovens.
He told me that they had used all of the meat that they had bought for both Saturday and Sunday by late Saturday afternoon. 600kgs of it to be exact.
At that stage they where ringing around trying to find a butcher to deliver more meat so that they could feed people on Sunday. 
There are a lot of interesting things going on at once at this festival.
Poets and singers on stage, Demonstrations by Blacksmiths, Rope Makers, Wheelwrights doing their thing and other old trades.
I'll defiantly be going back again and would like to see if next time we can get a team together from this forum to cook in the comp.

Ovens of a different type

The biggest cast iron frying pan Ive ever seen, made in Germany apparently and still available if you can find where they are sold. It looked bigger than a 24 inch oven by a fair bit.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:32pm
Some of the competition food on display.
Scones and Damper

Bread

Boiled Fruit Cake

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Kingsthorpe David on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:56pm
It seems impossible to find out the cooking competition results.
Nothing on ACOF FB page or ACOF website,
I do know the Gidgee Gang from Townsville were runners up.
Anybody got the results please?

KD

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 8:24pm
A collection of Potjies and Camp Ovens, Most of the ovens were Furphys and quite a few of those were Chinese made.

Some of the competitors cooking sites


A truly amazing collection of Egg Beaters and Whisks.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Kingsthorpe David on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 6:23am

Kingsthorpe David wrote on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:56pm:
It seems impossible to find out the cooking competition results.
Nothing on ACOF FB page or ACOF website,
I do know the Gidgee Gang from Townsville were runners up.
Anybody got the results please?

KD



Bait Layers were Champions.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Derek on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 7:46am

Saltbush Bill wrote on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 8:24pm:
A truly amazing collection of Egg Beaters and Whisks.


They were there at the last Festival.  Some amazing gadgets that lady has.

Thanks for the photos Rory, disappointed now I didn't drive over for the day.  I was in Toowoomba on Saturday.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 8:05am
One of the competitors turned up in this. I need one for going to Cogs I think.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Saltbush Bill on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 8:29am
The last of the photos I took, a very large Bullock that a bloke was riding around.


and a collection of Bullock Bells.

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Derek on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 8:31am

Saltbush Bill wrote on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 8:29am:
a very large Bullock


No relation for sure  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Kingsthorpe David on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 9:54am

Kingsthorpe David wrote on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 6:23am:

Kingsthorpe David wrote on Oct 2nd, 2016 at 7:56pm:
It seems impossible to find out the cooking competition results.
Nothing on ACOF FB page or ACOF website,
I do know the Gidgee Gang from Townsville were runners up.
Anybody got the results please?

KD



Bait Layers were Champions.


Finally got the results from Pat of the Gidgee Gang:

Patricia Mary Batterham
28 mins

Scores for Millmerran Camp Oven Festival.
Champions Winners 5 BAIT LAYERS (920)
Reserve Champions 4 GIDGEE GANG (796) 3rd Place 7 BRISSIE BASTERS (755)
4th Place 1 KELLY GANG (722)
5th Place 2 FIERYSCOOKS (688)
6th Place 3HAPPY CAMPERS (651)
7th Place 6 INDOORS OUTLAWS (600)

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Derek on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 10:10am

Kingsthorpe David wrote on Oct 3rd, 2016 at 9:54am:
Scores for Millmerran Camp Oven Festival.
Champions Winners 5 BAIT LAYERS (920)
Reserve Champions 4 GIDGEE GANG (796)
3rd Place 7 BRISSIE BASTERS (755)
4th Place 1 KELLY GANG (722)
5th Place 2 FIERYSCOOKS (688)
6th Place 3HAPPY CAMPERS (651)
7th Place 6 INDOORS OUTLAWS (600)


So only 7 teams competed???????

Title: Re: Millmerran 2016
Post by Mick The Camp Oven Cook on Oct 5th, 2016 at 10:05pm
I've got my oven in the BBQ already  :)

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