Is There Such a Thing?

[nehimama]

As an oven which one can use on top of the woodstove for baking? I mean on a heating woodstove, as I don't have a wood cookstove. I've hunted around via internet search engine, but come up with zilch.

If there is such a thing, can you direct me to a website that has them?

Do you think a Coleman-type oven (for a two-burner propane camp stove) might work?

Thanks in advance.

NeHi

[akhomesteader]

We use Coleman ovens on wood camp stoves in hunting camp so I would think they would work fine on a heating stove.

[Beeman]

Sure a Coleman oven would work. You can easily bake in a cast iron dutch oven too on top of the stove.

[Old Vet]

Any iron object that has a door on it and a place to put something in it will work on top of the wood stove Like a dutch oven. The only thing is you have to give extra time or less time to bake in it because you won't be able to regulate the heat verry well.

[Mavors]

I would second the cast iron dutch oven, but I've not attempted this. I've fixed breads in one many times, but I am always outside and add hot coals to the top lid to get a surround heat like an oven. I've always thouth that the heat from above, with a iron dutch oven, was more important than that from below.

I do know of a good oven from a wood buring heater though. Check out Masonry Furnaces. Now that is something I wish I had. Maybe in my next home. lol

Eric

[Freeholder]

The Coleman camp ovens just need a heat source. It doesn't really matter what the heat source is. I've used one on top of an electric stove, on top of a propane stove, over coals, and on top of a wood stove. If you use it over live coals, you get a smoky flavor, but other than that it works fine.

The dutch ovens with legs are meant to be used over an open fire (well, actually over some coals), with coals on the lid. If you want to bake in a dutch oven on top of a stove, use the kind that doesn't have legs, and put the food in a pan, then prop the pan up inside the dutch oven so air can circulate around it. I've used the rings from canning jar lids for props, but you might have a trivet or something else that would work.

Using either of these methods is going to require close observation in order to keep from burning the food, or to keep from ending up with under-done food. After a while, you'll kind of get the hang of it, but you'll never be able to go off and do something else while you wait for the timer to go off. The key to cooking with a wood fire at any time is close supervision.

Kathleen

[Beeman]

With a dutch oven turn a pie pan upside down or put a cake cooling rack in to hold whatever you're baking up off the surface. This lets it bake and doesn't burn the bottom.

[wottahuzzee]

Nehimama, take a look at this thread in the Survival and Emergency Prep forum. Probably everything you need to know.

Good luck.

[Cabin Fever]

Originally Posted by wottahuzzee

Nehimama, take a look at this thread in the Survival and Emergency Prep forum. Probably everything you need to know.

Good luck.

Here is the recent thread in S&P: Baking with a Woodstove

[clovis]

I too think that a Coleman type oven will work.

There might be a learning curve of how to adjust your fire inside the stove. I once met a gal at a living history place (Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI) that was operating an antique wood stove with oven. She told me that once you have it down, it is as easy as using an electric oven.

If placing the oven on top of the stove, I would guess you could use trivets to raise the oven if it is too hot.

Clove

[nehimama]

Thanks for all the input. That is a GREAT thread over in S & EP. So much good info!

NeHi

[wottahuzzee]

Oh, CabinFever, thanks for fixing my mistake in not posting the link. I had copied it and forgot to post it. I was just too tired to be posting. Thanks again.

[Macybaby]

I like the idea of using the dutch oven. This fall I ordered a propane burner, and got a really good deal on one that came with a dutch oven (it was cheaper to get that one on closeout than one not on closeout without the pan). But I had no idea what to do with the dutch oven and stuck it in a closet.

I think it will be fun to come up with some things to cook using it on my wood stove, will save on electricity for the oven too. Now I'll just have to dig it out and get it seasoned.

Cathy