Looks like you had a fun time and a good bonding experience as well. Great pics
Looks like you two had a blast. Burnt bread is of no concern as you both learned something but more important spent time together.
Nice!
That's not burnt. That is a medieval trencher in the making. Looks like great fun though mate.
Silliness aside; I suspect you are right that a good deep cross cut in the top would help it back to the middle. I'm also thinking that, rather than raise the oven out of the coals, is there a way you could raise the bread off the bottom of the oven? I'm thinking of a wire mesh or grill of some sort in the bottom of the oven might help. Just a guess though.
Great tread! I have been wanting to try a dutch oven, but havent gotten around to it yet. It looks like a good first result thoug! How did it look inside? My first thought was that it needed to get more coals around the sides to get a more even heat, cooking it through before it starts to burn from the bottom. Looking forward to see how this progress
Looks like you had a great time Eamo storage heater bricks?
You can use heat beads instead of wood. Works very well. You will need to light them in a canister before you put them under and on top of the oven. You can sit the oven directly on heat beads depending on how many you have for heat. Definitely too much oil. Inside should just be a light film. You've done pretty good I reckon but if using wood you really want some coals. Top effort though and you spent quality time bonding. Awesome!
Yes, I scrapped a storage heater few years ago and kept the bricks - they make a great firepit. I wonder would they be any good to put on top of the oven if I heated them in the fire first ? Get 2 bricks, split them in 1/2 so have 4 pieces on top . . . . or just get stones
Quote from: eamo on March 20, 2016, 11:54:37 AMYes, I scrapped a storage heater few years ago and kept the bricks - they make a great firepit. I wonder would they be any good to put on top of the oven if I heated them in the fire first ? Get 2 bricks, split them in 1/2 so have 4 pieces on top . . . . or just get stones I guess they would be as good as stones but I think BBQcoals would be better maybeIts worth a go anyway (I have some here, I was trying to work out how I could use them as a hot-water bottle when camping )
BBQ coal work great. You can manage the heat distribution better as well. You'd be surprised how few you actually need. The lid of your pot turned upside down can work as a makeshift pan :pop:Some ideas for your next cooking adventure. Keeping in mind the temp of the environment also plays a part in how many coals. Bread........... Skip to 8:10 to skip recipe.
Here's a good resource http://dutchovendude.com/campfire-cooking.php
BBQ coal work great. You can manage the heat distribution better as well. You'd be surprised how few you actually need. The lid of your pot turned upside down can work as a makeshift pan :pop: