aussieovenco wrote on May 31
st, 2016 at 10:24am:
Hi.Anthony here from the Aussie Oven Co.I'm sorry for stepping on anyone's toes by promoting my product on your
forum.We have just started up again and I am looking everywhere to try and get some sales.We have all the sizes of the old Gurranang ovens,bar the 45lt,as shown by Astroboys post.The pattern to make those was stolen from storage.I have gone to die casting rather than sand casting as it produces a superior finish to the castings and enables me to sell them cheaper.Our small 3lt oven is still sand cast and we have a new die being made for a smaller frypan.It is the same size as the 6lt oven,11 inches od,but only 2 inches deep. It can use the same lid as the 6 lt. I'm a 58 yr old father of 5 sons.I decided to throw my life savings into the ovens as regular work as a gyprock sheeter is hard to get at my age.No one wants to employ the older blokes anymore.I got hooked on camp oven cooking years ago .Nothing better than getting a fire going early in the day,slow cooking the roast whilst doing the lawns or whatever.Every now and then I get a whiff of whats cooking as I push the mower past the firepit.Beautiful.Sit down with the family in the arvo to a perfectly cooked roast and vegies and cold beer.Lifes good.
Ps. Thanks for the tip on the inches thing .I am onto it.
Happy cooking.
Anthony
Thanks for the update Anthony. As Ron said, shame about losing that old pattern. Big ovens of any type are hard to come by these days.
By the way do you know Noel who had the original Gurranang Foundry just outside of Grafton. He is a member of this
forum under the name Aussie Noel but has not posted for several years.
I could see your ovens really hitting it with the grey nomads. Weight in a caravan is a big thing and the aluminium could prove quite popular.
Cheers and all the best. Happy for you to keep us updated on progress.