AnswerID: 100925 Submitted: Thursday, Mar 03, 2005 at 07:14
kesh
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Well I reckon you have bought about the best camp oven money can buy, and I hope you are fit enough to lug it around, they sure are heavy!
And your dilemna is fairly easily fixed, you have to literaly burn the oil/whatever out of it and this means building a good fire in and around the oven and lid, it will glow red hot but dont get too concerned providing the heat is even all over. Whatever you do, DONT throw water on it if you reckon its too hot, it will go bang. Let it
cool down slowly.
Some years ago, after my father passed away we went back to the farm to tidy up prior to sale and retrieve any odds'n ends which belonged to me. And there I found an old camp oven of mine (a Metters-1950's) which dad had used as a container for oil changes in his L/R. I knew this because it still had oil in it! Anyway I emptied the oil, put it in a bag and took home. The treatment I gave it is exactly as above at the end of which it was just a rust colour all over. (this is what you want) Then you have to "season" it, and after some oiling/heating (
cooking oil) the best way then is to
cook something like necks with plenty of fat to fill the pores in the iron. You will soon notice the inside developing a hard black surface which is important you dont scour/scrub off. Only clean with plain water, NO detergent.
As I said, its about the best oven, and it will well and truly see you out. But camp oven tucker, what a way to go!
the kesh
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