alec
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I have a Plastimo two burner cooker with a grill.
Any idea how I could rig up some kind of oven ?
Regards,
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Any idea how I could rig up some kind of oven ?
Regards,
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How can I cook a pie without an oven ?
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Heckler
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use a dry pressure cooker, i read somewhere in one of the cruising books about wifey oiling the pc and making bread in it
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Rabbie
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I was tempted to do this last year but thought surely the rubber seal would melt?.
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LadyInBed
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Wrap pie in foil and wedge it on the engine then run the engine for an hour. Pie will be ready in an hour and a half.
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stamfordian
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Place pie in terrecota plant pot and make a lid out of tinfoil,place on burner,heat on low.
alternativly buy a coal fire lining brick cut up to make a box and cement together,leving the top open to act as lid place pie in and heat with lid on....tends to fall apart after one firing!!!.
or....
get a pie from the chipshop.....
or...place in microwave 2mins your done/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
or...
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alternativly buy a coal fire lining brick cut up to make a box and cement together,leving the top open to act as lid place pie in and heat with lid on....tends to fall apart after one firing!!!.
or....
get a pie from the chipshop.....
or...place in microwave 2mins your done/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
or...
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Heckler
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ive actually seen it a couple of times now, i mean to say pressure cooker, the whole idea is to let the contents get hotter than boiling water at sea level so it must run pretty damn hot, think about it, by way are you the rab that bought the 2 burner stove off me last yr? and if so how is it going?
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Aeolus_IV
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I have been told that you can get cast iron pots with cast lids which can be used as ovens on a hob (obviously after placing item inside) - never seen it myself though.
Jeff.
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supermalc
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This will work as a slow cooker. If you are cooking the pie it needs about 8 hours, but reheating it will only take around 1 - 1 1/2 hours. I often did this on route to race (stock cars) meetings, putting a pie on the engine. Had a hot dinner when I got there.
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Mirelle
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Choice of pc vital
Some have all metal parts. That is the sort you want - remove rubber ring, and sit pie on trivet. The sort with plastic handles are nbg for this!
Alternatively, substitute pudding for pie!
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Some have all metal parts. That is the sort you want - remove rubber ring, and sit pie on trivet. The sort with plastic handles are nbg for this!
Alternatively, substitute pudding for pie!
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mickshep
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When I bought my last boat (built in 1946 with a lot of origonal gear) she had a strange galvanised contraption that once unhinged and assembled formed a cube with a double base with a door in the front, this fitted the hot plate on my Taylors 029 cooker exactly and was apparently an oven. The previous owner assured me he had baked bread in it with no problems at all, looking at the construction it was not home made and allegedly worked very well with the advantage of folding flat when not in use. Anyone else come accross such a beast? Mike.
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Peppermint
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Re: You buy a dry pan
It looks like two deepish frying pans that lock together. You can roast meet and veggies and cook pies. I have one and I bought it at the Southampton show in 2003. The woman who demo's it cooks complete sunday lunches in one.
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It looks like two deepish frying pans that lock together. You can roast meet and veggies and cook pies. I have one and I bought it at the Southampton show in 2003. The woman who demo's it cooks complete sunday lunches in one.
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PuffTheMagicDragon
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I remember seeing one on an american camping web-site. I'd have to do a search though as I did not save it. Yours sounds like a heavier version.
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Dave_Knowles
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Have a look at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0884270521/cookingbooks-20/ref=nosim/002-3263500-7493652
http://www.trailquest.net/baking.html
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richardandtracy
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There are two ways, which I've detailed below:-
When it comes down to it, an oven is simply a hot box with some way of maintaining the temperature.
A pressure cooker will work. You may need to stand the pie dish on a trivet to stop localised burning. If you can, remove the seal & put in an oven thermometer to gauge the temperature (will need a few failures for this to work reliably & get used to the settings). Normally a pressure cooker gets up to 120C, so baking at 160C may be a bit hot for the seal. This method does bread too.
The second way is to follow the eco-warriors with their method of doing it. Heat up the pie contents & dish on the hob, then quickly put it into a well insulated hay box. This will then cook with its own heat after a while (2 hours.. maybe). The hay box should be well insulated (6" of hay, polystyrene insulation or something similar). I've not tried this method myself, but I've read many low energy input environmentalists who strongly advocate it.
One wacky method I've seen proposed is a solar oven. The food is put in a cardboard box with glass replacing one side. The box is lined with aluminium foil & heavily insulated on all sides (except the glass side). This is the put facing the sun, with more pieces of foil covered cardboard reflecting available sun into the box. In the tropics, temperatures exceeding 130C have been recorded in the box with this heath robinson equipment.
Regards
Richard.
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When it comes down to it, an oven is simply a hot box with some way of maintaining the temperature.
A pressure cooker will work. You may need to stand the pie dish on a trivet to stop localised burning. If you can, remove the seal & put in an oven thermometer to gauge the temperature (will need a few failures for this to work reliably & get used to the settings). Normally a pressure cooker gets up to 120C, so baking at 160C may be a bit hot for the seal. This method does bread too.
The second way is to follow the eco-warriors with their method of doing it. Heat up the pie contents & dish on the hob, then quickly put it into a well insulated hay box. This will then cook with its own heat after a while (2 hours.. maybe). The hay box should be well insulated (6" of hay, polystyrene insulation or something similar). I've not tried this method myself, but I've read many low energy input environmentalists who strongly advocate it.
One wacky method I've seen proposed is a solar oven. The food is put in a cardboard box with glass replacing one side. The box is lined with aluminium foil & heavily insulated on all sides (except the glass side). This is the put facing the sun, with more pieces of foil covered cardboard reflecting available sun into the box. In the tropics, temperatures exceeding 130C have been recorded in the box with this heath robinson equipment.
Regards
Richard.
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duncan
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Re the modern version is...
...available from Coleman - that great American outdoors equipment manufacturer.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=5010C700&categoryid=5500&submittingpage=subcategory.asp>http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=5010C700&categoryid=5500&submittingpage=subcategory.asp</A> gives details of the product.
It folds flat and will sit on any cooker that produces a flame. Includes a basic thermometer built into the door.
I could not find a UK source but didn't ask anyone to order specially as I managed to get one on eBay - don't hold your breath for the next one!
I am also thinking about adding a small additional tray to the bottom to convert it to a hot smoker for mackerel etc - seems perfect.
Given a suitable source of heat - the gas cartridge burners just won;t run for a couple of hours! - you could cook just about anything that fits.
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...available from Coleman - that great American outdoors equipment manufacturer.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=5010C700&categoryid=5500&submittingpage=subcategory.asp>http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=5010C700&categoryid=5500&submittingpage=subcategory.asp</A> gives details of the product.
It folds flat and will sit on any cooker that produces a flame. Includes a basic thermometer built into the door.
I could not find a UK source but didn't ask anyone to order specially as I managed to get one on eBay - don't hold your breath for the next one!
I am also thinking about adding a small additional tray to the bottom to convert it to a hot smoker for mackerel etc - seems perfect.
Given a suitable source of heat - the gas cartridge burners just won;t run for a couple of hours! - you could cook just about anything that fits.
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richardandtracy
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Re: Re the modern version is...
This looks like a great idea.
Regards
Richard.
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This looks like a great idea.
Regards
Richard.
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Rabbie
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Aye Stuart. Still working fine but have just bought new Plastimo S/S jobbie so your old one will have to go soon. Rab.
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duncan
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Re: Re the modern version is...
folds down to the size of a large book to.
only downside for me is that I gotr it to have hot pasties when fishing in the winter - 2 weeks ago F8 and last weekend it had got up too much by lunch time to rig it all.
one day!
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folds down to the size of a large book to.
only downside for me is that I gotr it to have hot pasties when fishing in the winter - 2 weeks ago F8 and last weekend it had got up too much by lunch time to rig it all.
one day!
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