[Spit-Project] Spit-Project Digest, Vol 18, Issue 4

[Daniel Schneider]

Hi alll1

Sorry for the delayed reply , my internet's been wonky the last 
couple of days.

Saint Philip mentioned metal pots, and period crockery; I'm 
thinking the pottery sounds more likely for baking. The early 
sheet-metal pots I've seen have all been designed for hanging, 
rather than being set among the coals (IIRC the Mastermyr pot was 
found because its hanging chain snagged a plow point), and the 
round bottoms would mean a: things to be baked in a bowl could be 
awkward to balance, and b:it would take a *huge* amount of embers 
to get anything other than bottom heat- even if the kettles were 
lidded (BTW, now that I think about it, I can't remember ever 
seeing a lid for an early pot...anybody?), they're to high for 
coals piled on top to do much good. 

Stefan, first off, I just gotta say, bloody *awesome* site! I've 
been going through it for about a week now, and I've only skimmed 
through about 1/3 of the sections! Unfortunately, a proper oven 
isn't on the cards anytime soon: I suspect the apartment 
association would have words if I wereto buiild even a temporary one...
Anyway, in the "camp ovens" section, there 
was a  description of a "cloche oven" that looked like it might 
have some possibilities-have to look into it some more, but I 
wanted to respond to your replies before too much time had passed. 
Fortunately, there are fire pits in the complex, so I can experiment...

Well, gotta get to work; thanks for responding! Dangle spits tonight or tomorrow morning...
Dan