Trip Note on Camp Cooking
High Country ramble, April 06

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BARRY BREADEN'S CAMP OVEN STOVE

Ran into Barry Breaden (pictured).
Barry is from Tassie and was touring with wife Karlene in his 5th wheeler rig along the Murray, to Mildura. He likes a camp oven meal or two but open fires are often off the agenda, so development of the stove was in order.
The stove holds a 6 litre cast camp oven - a twig fire is established in the base and breathes through holes around the lower section. A chimney welded onto the top gets the fire drawing nicely.
Some campers use a gas ring for those times when a good wood fire is not possible, but Barry prefers wood.

The carry stage.
The inverted lid assembly makes it compact - the fire door makes stoking quite easy. Larger wood sections can follow the twig stage once going.

 
The chimney is from exhaust piping.
The hole was machined on a lathe , then welded round the base.
The oven sits on stainless rods - lower holes in the stove sides are for the oven - upper holes can hold other cooking appliances.