SC - Field Ovens

[Stefan li Rous]

Lars said:
> We just decided we needed an oven for pastries and same at war, and have been 
> discussing it '"ad nausem" on my household and CombatCookery Team lists 
> (local) for the last month. This idea of using a smoker as an oven, never 
> came up. How would one convert to use it that way? I can see the charcoal in 
> the bottom, and it is adustable, has the door, etc. I have two, with oven 
> gauges already installed to regulate the heat. Would it just be a matter of 
> closing it up and practicing? 
> 
> I **like** this. So much easier than transporting fire bricks 70 miles to the 
> event....

There are a number of ways to have a camp oven without hauling a large
stack of bricks around. While it sounds like you may already have your
solution, you might want to look through this file in the SCA-CAMPING
section of the Florilegium. I think it may talk about using such a grill
for an oven, but I can't remember.
camp-ovens-msg    (32K)  4/28/99    Small period and SCA camp ovens.
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