Mick The Camp Oven Cook wrote on Apr 28^th, 2016 at 1:07pm:


Not all Chinese Ovens Mick.  I would say 50/50.  Not only that the original Aussie camp ovens mostly would have come from foundries in Great Britain.  Carron and Falkirk from Scotland for example and they also had legs.

Mick The Camp Oven Cook wrote on Apr 28^th, 2016 at 1:07pm:


I would say yes to that.  A camp oven with legs will settle on the coals and as the coals burn away to ash you will have that air flow.  Without the legs the camp oven settles with the ash and there is more chance of smothering.

I would say that early Aussie made camp ovens followed the old patters from Great Britain of having legs.

Certainly not an Australian invention

Spot on SBB.
I have ovens with and without legs. (some old ones lost them through illness or amputation )
However, the ones without legs do travel easier, so they are the ones most often taken bush.
To compensate I have made up several 3 legged trivets to sit the CO on over coals, and if a real slow stew simmer is required I sit another trivet on top, upside down with the camp oven at a "double trivet height" above the coals.
All manner of things can be adapted to suit the needs.
mikel on the road to WA

mikel wrote on Apr 28^th, 2016 at 6:59pm:


Do you weld the trivets or bend etc

a few hints may help or a pic

I don't want to re-invent the wheel