Portable propane camp Oven

Judith · #1 07/09/08, 05:45 PM

Has anyone used one of these units? Are they toys or the real deal. So much camping stuff is basically cheap garbage that I didnt want to buy it if it was junk

Thanks

Old Vet · #2 07/09/08, 07:41 PM

What kind of cook stove are you talking about They come in many different sixes and quality. I have one and it is the best thing that I have but it is not cheap. If you are talking about the ones that resemble a coleman stove they are just as good as a coleman but you will have to buy bottles for them to work them. My large one is great for canning and fixing large meals and it runs on a 20 to 100 lb bottle.

Judith · #3 07/09/08, 08:54 PM

I think it was called Outback Stainless Steel Camp Stove/Oven or something like that. It looks great but one can never tell from the photos

Faithful One · #4 07/09/08, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Vet

What kind of cook stove are you talking about They come in many different sixes and quality. I have one and it is the best thing that I have but it is not cheap. If you are talking about the ones that resemble a coleman stove they are just as good as a coleman but you will have to buy bottles for them to work them. My large one is great for canning and fixing large meals and it runs on a 20 to 100 lb bottle.

How about those "duel fuel" ones at Wal-mart, they say on the box that they can use GASOLINE as a fuel!

Do they work good?

Batt · #5 07/09/08, 10:38 PM

I think the OP was in regard to the "Oven" add-on unit that can be placed on top of the Coleman stove. I have one, but haven't had the chance to use it yet. It was added as a prep item, and just haven't got a chance to test it yet.

Windy in Kansas · #6 07/09/08, 10:49 PM

Like this? http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...questid=104573

Looks and costs like a small range. No, I wasn't even aware of this unit until I looked at your post. The BTU rating of the burners doesn't seem very high to me.

Were you aware of the Coleman unit? http://www.presentsforyou.com/9927-a50.html
Pretty small and it needs manual temperature adjustment if I looked at a floor model correctly. I was contemplating getting one until I discovered that.

Wonder what a used range from a camper would cost? Might be in line with the Outback unit or less. Build a box like device for storage and use and you'd be good to go.

The tin ovens that have been around for decades and set over burners do work well once you get used to them. Cheap by comparison to the otehrs.

Old Vet · #7 07/09/08, 11:03 PM

My bad. I thought it said stoves. I also have a oven that fits on a Coleman somewhere and that is where it is going to stay. They are small and cheap and I wouldn't trust them for anything except to mess up what I was backing. If I bake I will use a dutch oven. My mother and Grandmother use a open flame from a wood fire to make a full fledge Thanksgiving Meal right down to pies and cakes that were baked in a Dutch oven. They taught me much about cooking over a wood camp fire.

Judith · #8 07/10/08, 01:24 AM

It's settled then! When I get the cabin built you can pass on your campfire wisdom to this rookie

LOL! I read a bunch of reviews on the stove and they are too small for even a 9 X 13 pan

back to the drawing board on this one....

marvella · #9 07/10/08, 07:55 AM

try cooking outdoors with a dutch oven. once you get the hang of it, you can bake about as well as at home.

windy, you had a great idea. i need to scald birds outsdie and would like to can outside as well. is it possible to just buy an older apt. sized stove and just use it outside?? is it possible to find a drop cord that would adapt to the indoor outlet?

Gailann Schrader · #10 07/10/08, 08:16 AM

Faithful1? That's WHITE gas, not car gas. It's quite different. I usually change my camp stoves over to the small propane "piglets" - it takes an extra piece that you buy at the same places. The green piglet propane tanks that you can buy at most stores now.

Again...

White gas is NOT regular gasoline.

You would have quite an explosion to say the LEAST...

stanb999 · #11 07/10/08, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gailann Schrader

Faithful1? That's WHITE gas, not car gas. It's quite different. I usually change my camp stoves over to the small propane "piglets" - it takes an extra piece that you buy at the same places. The green piglet propane tanks that you can buy at most stores now.

Again...

White gas is NOT regular gasoline.

You would have quite an explosion to say the LEAST...

Thats why they are called duel fuel. You can use Coleman gas or Unleaded gas. I have a stove and lantern that are duel fuel.

#12 07/10/08, 08:55 AM

Well, while we're at it white gas and Coleman fuel are not the same things either though many folks do use them interchangeably and in a lot of equipment this can be done just fine.

.....Alan.

**Cabin Fever** · #13 07/10/08, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by A.T. Hagan

Well, while we're at it white gas and Coleman fuel are not the same things either though many folks do use them interchangeably and in a lot of equipment this can be done just fine.

.....Alan.

I believe that are white gas and Coleman fuel are both naptha.

Gailann Schrader · #14 07/10/08, 09:15 AM

are you saying you CAN use unleaded gasoline?

*staring at nothing, blankly*

really.

that would freak me out to say the least...

*thinking of all the stuff I've blown up on PURPOSE with gasoline as starter fuel*

Gailann Schrader · #15 07/10/08, 09:18 AM

Well, I'll be DOGGED!!!!

You are very very right!!!!

you CAN use unleaded gasoline in them!

*staring, thinking, planning, engraving this in memory banks*

Thanks!!! And I apologize for the gaffe!

#16 07/10/08, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

I believe that are white gas and Coleman fuel are both naptha.

Coleman fuel is primarily naptha. White gas, on the other hand, is a mixture of several petroleum fractions. My link that I had bookmarked that described exactly the differences is now dead, but it can probably be Googled up.

.....Alan.

homesteadforty · #17 07/10/08, 09:57 AM

I have had the dual fuel lantern for years. Used to be that unleaded was cheaper than Coleman fuel but I haven't bought any fuel in a long time. My experience is that they work just fine with either fuel... I imagine the oven would be the same but I'd choose a dutch oven any day.

A good dutch oven is great to bake with. Once you learn heat management you're good to go. We use them almost every week here at the historic site. We do full colonial dinners in them, from breads to main courses to desserts... mmm mmmmm. 'Course this time of year we use them on an outside fire, if at all.

For anyone interested, hunt out your local historic sites... many have classes/seminars on dutch oven cooking or may just let you hang out with the cook a couple of times to learn.

**Cabin Fever** · #18 07/10/08, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by A.T. Hagan

....but it can probably be Googled up.....

From Wikpedia:

Portable propane camp Oven - Homesteading Questions

#19 07/10/08, 10:27 AM

Yes, Coleman fuel is a common naptha fuel, but if you go and buy white gas there will be other distillates besides naptha in it. All Coleman fuel can be considered a white gas, but not all white gas is all naptha.

.....Alan.

Windy in Kansas · #20 07/10/08, 10:53 AM

The thought of using gasoline or white gas scares the heck out of me. A tiny spill and then attempting to light a unit--perhaps flame where you don't want it.

Give me good ol' propane anytime. Of course I have a 500 gallon nurse tank to refill bottles and disposable cylinders from to lessen the per therm cost.