SC - War oven

[Liam Fisher]

>Andrea
> > Is there someone out there who can provide me information on how to 
>build a
> > period oven  for war? I wanted to supplement my coal fire cooking with a
> > baking stint.
> > Any help would be appreciated!

I didn't see the original message in my daily barrage, but I caught this 
one.  Best period oven I saw at Pennisc last year (not that I was searching 
them out mind you) was in Eisental camp.  They had slabs of heat tolerant 
stone arranged to the side of the fire with an air channel underneath.  Heat 
was controlled by airflow and coals under the oven. You can use a meat 
thermomenter to track the temp if need be. My friend Linda was busy baking 
supper with it when I stopped by on a town run from my camp.

I was thinking of arranging a larger version in my camp this year for 
general use.
You could use any igneous or metamorphic rock (granite, marble -- marble 
would be best for the baking slab) but I would avoid sedimentiaries 
(sandstone) because they tend to explode under higher heat. Rock is fairly 
cheap, but heavy.

Was I any help?

Cadoc MacDairi
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"Well, I know, that my world is coming down
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