Cast Iron Camp Oven

Most decent camping stores have them. Interesting thing is that I was in Ranger Camping (WA Store) yesterday and the owner said that camp ovens are starting to become hard to get. He had no idea why. Chinese imports are around the$30-40 mark a Furphy is around the $80+ mark for the same thing and about 2 kg heavier for the same capacity oven.

While cast iron ones have worked well for me in the past I've upgraded to the spun steel Hillbilly campoven. Much lighter, lid can be used as a frypan, dont crack, easier to pack & cook as well as the cast one's.
If your heart is set on cast iron Furhpy's have a complete range but are not cheap. Best prices are normally had at the disposal stores.
Cheers Craig............

I use a 12" cast Aluminium Camp Oven when weight is a consideration and I have larger Cast Iron ones if cooking for a larger number of people.
The heat is much easier to control in the cast ones.
I don`t know where you can buy the Aluminium one, Freedom Camping did have them years ago but not now I think.

Scrubby.

Aluminium Camp ovens.
uAluminium camp ovens
Expensive but look good
Stan

I bought a 12 quart from a disposals store for about $50 years ago, it has been great. I once cooked a stew for 20 in it, mostly it does a fantastic job of feeding 4-5 a roast piece of meat with veggies. Bags are harder to find for this size of oven.
I have cooked with spun steel ovens but I find the heat harder to manage. People more skilled than me probably have less problem with that, I have found the cast oven pretty easy in that respect.

MadCowz

We like the Bedourie- it's light, works well and you can use the lid as a frying pan. Put a trivet in the bottom if you're cooking roast.

You can buy them from camping shops (I know that Down Under camping stock them) or from the source at http://www.southern-metal-spinners.com.au/ . They make another product that might better suit your needs called the Aussie Camp oven- this comes in up to 15" size (the Bedourie stops at 12").

I'm not sure what the 'right' price is, but can vouch that these are excellent quality and last a very, very long time.

I agree with crakles, the ones from hill billy are great. We had a heap of cast iron ovens and got rid of them for our trip and used the hill billy oven and fry pans. The other thing I like about the hill billy set it you can cook with a much smaller fire and less coals so if fire wood is hard to find it doesn't use as much. We have cooked a full roast with only a few heat beads on the lid. they are quite large as well. You can also get a gas ring for it as well if fire wood is unavailable. No affiliation just really impressed with the product.

Josh

G'day,
we use the 10 inch Bedourie camp oven made of spun steel from southern metal spinners, they're lighter than cast and as tough as nails, they make a 12 inch one that would probably hold enough tucker for all the family, as others have mentioned the hillbilly spun steel camp ovens are good value too.With the spun steel ones you save on the extra weight and they are tough .the hillbilly ones also have extras you can add on such as vege rings and trivets for cooking different things.As far as i know some of the "Great Outdoors " stores carry some pretty large camp ovens, Aussie and Chinese made. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
John.

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Hi,

We got ours in Big W last year.
Good quality and cheaper than some of the other places, BCF etc.

Cheers,
Dennis

I have a spinifex cast iron camp oven from Anaconda. Fantastic!!! I have always cooked in station camp ovens when i cooked in camps but never owned my own. I think they are the best thing ever. I recently cooked for 6 of us every night using my one and had room to spare. 2 people were big guys who eat heaps! I cooked everything from a stew to a roast with ease. Definitely worth it as there is less washing up as well!