Finally bit the bullet and bought one of these stoves. 

Quite often it would be good to have when overnighting and want to cook outside rather than pull the Weber out and pack away again.

I bought the deep dish model.  The dish is 30cm X 24cm so should be good for us.

It runs on the little butane gas bottles.

It will never replace the Weber but hopefully compliment it.

Got this one for $109 at Big W less 10% off with my rewards card.  You can actually pick them up at most places that sell camping and outdoor products.

Got some Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon for dinner so will give it a run then.

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So you left the camp oven home for this trip? Asking for a freind. ;D

I like them Derek, but I dare not put another cooking implement in the van.
Certainly can be used for multiple cooking styles.

shackles wrote on May 27^th, 2025 at 8:56pm:

So you left the camp oven home for this trip? Asking for a freind. ;D

You got weird friends.   ;D ;D ;D

The chunks of salmon were quite large however cooked up lovely.

I used it on my drop down table but found a lot of heat goes out the back and the motorhome wall got very hot so will not be doing that again.

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Nope, not for me.

Looks too much like those god-awful aluminium electric frypans that were so popular when I was growing up...

Rabbitz wrote on May 29^th, 2025 at 6:07pm:

Nope, not for me. Looks too much like those god-awful aluminium electric frypans that were so popular when I was growing up...

Actually that is what I have always thought.  The old electric frying pan now run on gas.   ;D ;D ;D

A batch of old English muffins.

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Rockhampton is supposed to be Australia’s beef capital so thought I would try a couple of local sirloins.

They came up a treat

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Derek wrote on May 29^th, 2025 at 6:41pm:

Actually that is what I have always thought.  The old electric frying pan now run on gas.   ;D ;D ;D

Unlike the electric ones, at least you can submerge the pan in a sink full of water to clean it without invoking the wrath of the matriarch of the house...

Rabbitz wrote on May 29^th, 2025 at 8:01pm:

Unlike the electric ones, at least you can submerge the pan in a sink full of water to clean it without invoking the wrath of the matriarch of the house...

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I am really getting the hang of the Campmaster.

Fish & chips for dinner. [smiley=chef.gif]

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I so want one of those.
What will I leave behind to make room for it.
Got too many cooking options as it is.

People cook all sorts in these things and I was wondering how pastry would go for meat pies.

Thought I would try a little experiment with a sheet of puff pastry.

I cut Pampas puff pastry into rounds.

In the first lot of images I covered a trivet in foil and placed baking paper over it.  I put a half tinned apricot on the pastry and sprinkled with sugar.

As you can see they actually did cook.  The pastry rose and browned and they were very tasty.  I was concerned with the baking paper burning and catching fire but it didn’t.

In the second lot of photos I placed a little dollop of jam and again sprinkled with sugar.

This time I did not use the baking paper.

As you can see as the pastry rose and the jam slid off except one.  What it did show though is that the puff pastry certainly will rise and brown.

From here???? 

I need to play with the heat as the browning was not even and create things where the filling will not come off or out.

As for future pies I am thinking small turnovers or party pie size using my Texas 4 cup muffin tray may be the way to go.

It is all good fun though.   :)

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Have you considered piercing the centre half of the rounds with a fork to prevent or at least reduce the rise in the centre?

Similar to a flan base.

Or possibly stacking pastry rings on the outside of the rounds a bit like a vol-au-vent case?

Rabbitz wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2025 at 3:23pm:

Have you considered piercing the centre half of the rounds with a fork to prevent or at least reduce the rise in the centre? Similar to a flan base. Or possibly stacking pastry rings on the outside of the rounds a bit like a vol-au-vent case?

Good ideas.  My real ideal though is pies while we are travelling.  Cheers