Anyone using an OZPIG ?

G`day Sandman,
I went the Camping and caravan leisure thingo at the Bendigo Racecourse today and spent a fair while examining the "OZPIG" because like you, I reckoned I could make one.
After a while I passed that idea off as being too much work involved.
The fact that I have already got just about every other cooking device known to man in the shed helped come to the decision also.
But I do agree that it is a nice set up that can be used under cover and dismantles to pack away reasonably small.

Scrubby.

Try this link - There are plenty of examples here. Just click on a picture and you will then find links to the articles that tell you how they were built.

We got one and are well pleased with it. Only thing we'd say is that it is great for cooking but didn't chuck out as much heat as we'd expected for just sitting around on a chilly night.

I knocked the top off a 9 kg bottle years ago and have nearly worn the thing out. Cut just low enough to sit in a plastic crate, you fill it with wood, flip upside down and transport a fire load of nice dry wood. Weights much less than a ChinesePIG, easier to set up, and you can put a camp oven in it. Plate on the top lets you use a very small fire to cook most things. Best thing about the small fire drum is that you do not have to keep adjusting distance from the fire all night as new wood burns down.

If you decide to DIY gas bottle to fire drum, please be very careful with your method.

Iza

If you would like something really nice to cook on and will accept a camp oven, is easy clean up and folds away and great to sit around try this :-
http://www.drifta.com.au/SnowPeak.php

Hi Sandman,
Have a look at this link below at the Pig made in Kingaroy. It seems to suit all of your requirements and is very versatile in its use.
I'm sure you could try and make one but by the time you buy a hole saw, other consumerable items and power, I don't think it would be worth it and it would not be your idea anyway which to me is the big thing of making things yourself.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kingaroy/miscellaneous-goods/pig-9kg-gas-bottle-pig-choofer/1030122905

I've spent some time with an ozpig. My opinion is that they are fun to have, and allow a fire in places and parks where a fire would otherwise not be allowed, and keep your feet warm, but if you want something to cook on get a weber mini q - which I also have. Neither will do the job of the other, but the mini q will do more of the stuff you actually need, but the pig is nicer to stare at whilst having an after dinner rum. If you are in a place where you are allowed to have fires anyway, then a fire pit is much easier to fiddle with the camp ovens than a pig.