cooking with paraffin - tips?

[roam]

does anyone have, or know where i can access any tips on cooking with paraffin stoves?
i have just got a taylors 030 with an oven and grill area. however, i have no experience of using a marine oven (this one is open at the bottom?!) and would like to know if anyone has any experiences to share.

thanks

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[johnsomerhausen]

Paraffin burners need to be thorougly pre-heated to function correctly. I don't know the Taylor's oven but if you can get the Tilley pre-heating "clips" around the oven burner, it would ensure good pre-heating. In case you don't know it, that "clip" consists of two asbestoas-filled cups which you dip into an alcohol container and then clip onto the base of the burner. You then light the alcohol and when it has completely burned off, you can light the burner. Always works.
john


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[ianwright]

'Bin cooking on and in my 030 for 12 years, what do you need?
I'll start you off with; use a gas torch for pre heating, Taylors do.

IanW.

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[the_wanderer]

Dont let anybody who is not familiar with paraffin stoves even attempt to light them. A friend of mine nearly cremated my boat by doing this. I just managed to let the pressure off in time, burning my hand in the process. since then I have changed to gas but this has it's problems too.


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[richardandtracy]

Best way of doing it. Works for parrafin blow lamps too, when you need more oomph than a gas torch can gove.

Regards

Richard.


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[richardandtracy]

Oh bother, just noticed the smelling pistake

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[Mirelle]

If you close the tap at the tank when you have finished cooking, you don't seem to get little weeps of paraffin round the burners causing the annoying yellow flames and smell when you next light it

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[roam]

hi ian
how hot does the oven get? can i expect to do a roast? or is it only good for heating ready cooked things through?
where do you find the right size trays to go in the oven - it's not very deep, is it?
anything you tried and thought never again?
we've heard that the burners carbon up easily on low heat, is that right?

- just anything you can think of...i know annie hill had a paraffin cooker and wrote quite alot about cooking with it, so i'm going back to re-read her book.

thanks


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[ianwright]

>how hot does the oven get?<

Very hot, hot enough to bake bread, roast meat etc.

>where do you find the right size trays to go in the oven<

Wish I knew, I made one from s/s,,,,,,,

>anything you tried and thought never again?<

Not off hand, merangues (?) might be a problem,,,,,

>we've heard that the burners carbon up easily on low heat, is that right?<

Yes, to a small degree, run them at full throttle for a few mins to keep them clean. Regulate the oven by opening the door a little from time to time. Get a pressure cooker, this will avoid much of the need for long slow cooking. But you can run the burners on low if you wish.
Buy at least one complete burner, get the burner spares kit but only use it at anchor, much easier to swap a whole burner and fix the duff one later.

Anything else?

IanW.


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