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Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 3:58pm

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Hi all,

Anyone thought of or tried making a Pizza using the lid of a camp oven as the pizza tray and then placing the base of the camp oven over the top making a sort of Pizza Oven.

Do you think it would work, naturally you would have to rest the lid on a trivet with coals underneath and on top.

Cheers
Kate

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Reply #1 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 4:50pm

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not all the time Kate have a Camp Chef CO that has legs on the lid and pizza is great done in the oven

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Hi,

Now that you mention it Furhyslinger I reminder seeing the legs on the lids of the Camp Chefs, Wonder if I can bring one back in my cabin luggage from Canada.

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Furphyslinger wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 4:50pm:

not all the time Kate have a Camp Chef CO that has legs on the lid and pizza is great done in the oven

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Reply #3 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 10:24pm

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Get Julie to ship to your son's place. http://www.rvingoutpost.com/specs.php?prodnum=1011&title=Dutch%20Oven%20--%20Del...

& here's my 9 1/3 quart/8.798 litre oven

There is a larger size than that.

& a wee little 5 inch 3/4 quart/ .709 litre oven without the legs on the lid

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Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2008 at 5:28am

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I made pizza in the Cobb. I used Lebanese Flat bread as a base, it worked fine so I cant see why it wouldnt be the same in a cast iron camp oven.

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Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2008 at 8:39am

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Hi Varolyn,

In another post you stated you made bread in your Cobb, I had replied asking what size CO you used and how long did you cook it for, could you let me know, I have a cobb am may be interested in having a go.

I like the idea of using my Cobb inside once it is fired up and have done so on a number of occassions.

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Kate

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I made pizza in the Cobb. I used Lebanese Flat bread as a base, it worked fine so I cant see why it wouldnt be the same in a cast iron camp oven.

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Reply #6 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 8:27am

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Kate,
I do my PIZZA's in my 15"oven, (right side up) using an ordinary bread mix (flour, yeast, sugar)
on a 12" pizza tray & trivet, adjust the amount of coals on the bottom to get the base to crisp up.
works great!

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Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 9:28am

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		Kate This is one of the breads I have done in the Cobb. It was a Light Sour Dough packet bread mix from Coles (http://esvc001429.wic023u.server-web.com/retail_premixes.asp). I had taken and added my own Sour Dough Starter. Their German Grain Bread is absolutely wonderful if you like a heavy grained bread as I do. There were two packets in the box and I used one whole packet. This was far too much for the size of the small CO and the height available, as you can see from the strange top. The risen bread was actuall popping out the holes on the top of the Cobb As the air didnt circulate that well around the top it needed cooking longer than it should have. It was a couple of years ago and I cant remember the exact time sorry (I have a feeling it ended up twice the time suggested) and I was wanting it for a community morning tea at a camper/trailer gathering and was waiting and waiting . I think as it was all but cooked I tipped it out and put it back in upside down for 10 or so minutes I was serving it sliced so the funny top wasn't so noticeable and tasted ok in spite of it all. The next time I used 3/4 of the packet and that went much better. We dont eat a lot of bread and so mostly I stick to variations of damper/scone mixtures (with added fruit). I must say here that Sparkey feels the Camp Ovenmate with our cast iron cheapie oven works better than the Cobb and we can use beads or gas with it and we havent taken the Cobb lately - lots swear by them I know. If you have read any of my posts you would gather that I do have some "Senior Moments". I decided to trial the Cobb on the dinning room table as it was windy (mostly always is here) and had it blazing away when within a few seconds the alarms went off. I picked it up and ran around the house with it trying to find a door that wasnt locked on a sheltered side of the house. - never tried that again.

Checking this out for you I found they have a page of hints for Bread Baking when Camping which might be of interest
http://esvc001429.wic023u.server-web.com/recipe_display.asp?Recipe_ID=1

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Great link there Carolyn,

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Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2008 at 2:39pm

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Thenewme wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 3:58pm:

Hi all,

Anyone thought of or tried making a Pizza using the lid of a camp oven as the pizza tray and then placing the base of the camp oven over the top making a sort of Pizza Oven.

Do you think it would work, naturally you would have to rest the lid on a trivet with coals underneath and on top.

Cheers
Kate

Hi Kate,

I've done exactly as you suggested and it worked pretty well. I don't have a CampChef oven with the feet on the lid, so just I used a trivet. Using the oven on top was a bit of a bother, but it worked. Some folks are now using two lids and a "pizza ring" as a pizza oven. I'm sure any welding shop could make you one.

Here is a photo:

Pretty neat idea someone had.

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