New oven for the property
Its been a while since I posted any updates on the property/shed. Actually, there wont be much about either one of those in this post, but it kinda ties in since the oven is in the shed….
Yeah, its a stretch but it will have to do.
So I’ve been enjoying the shed almost every weekend this winter since I have a 2 burner coleman stove and a teeny tiny wood stove. The coleman is great to make my coffee with, and the stove always has a pot of water warming on top for tea or cocoa. Oh, and I can’t forget the occasional can of soup or Chef Boyardee. I have a coleman fold up oven, one of these..
Its a great little oven, but it is little. Biggest pan you can get in there is a 9×9. That means you can bake about half a roll of Pilsbury cinnomon rolls at a time. My other issue is that I can make coffee and some rolls, but that takes up both burners, so no bacon.
Yup, i said it….. no bacon. Suckville.
That leads me to last weekend when I was in my local sportsmans place. I saw an oven that was big enough to use a full 9×13 baking pan…. actually it will hold 2 full sized pans and has 2 burners on top.
This little beauty runs on the same small bottle that my coleman 2 burner runs on and has the option to use a conversion hose for 5lb and up bottles!
So, you ask, how well does it work? First try with the oven today was a success. Warmed the oven up and it held a steady heat on the built thermometer and another I hung on the rack inside. My mom wanted to see how it would do and made a test batch of blueberry scones.
All you get is a picture of the left overs. I was too busy stuffing my face to take pictures…..
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Rob, like the looks of the new oven. Can you cook a chicken in it, is it big enough. Does it have an even heat inside. I noticed that most ovens, like the one in our 5th wheel the temp goes up and down to try to maintain some sort of constant heat but fails badly. Always more heat on one side than the other.
How much did that one cost you, and what is the model number?
Anyway, let us know on a chicken.
Hi Danny!
The stove is this:
https://www.campchef.com/deluxe-outdoor-camping-oven.html
I’d say you could get a chicken in it, it’s big enough I could get the 9×13 pan in with airspace around the pan, and with the shelf in the lowest position there is about 6″ vertical clearance from the rack. I will get exact measurements to you next time I go up to the shed. I found the best price at amazon $210, I bought mine at Sportsmans Warehouse for $225 cause I could walk in and pick it up. I put a second oven thermometer on the lowest shelf and it had a max 50 degree difference between the top of the oven (where the built in temp sensor is) and the lowest shelf. After the preheat was done there was a steady 30 degree difference in temp. The temp held rock steady as long as I didn’t open the door and let all the heat out. I did a 20 minute burn in at 400 degrees (425 on the built in thermo, 375 on the low shelf thermo) to get the oils and stuff from the factory heated up and dissipated. I let it cool completely for 2 hours and then we did the scones. Scones were baked at 340 (365 on the top temp, 325 on the bottom temp). Both times I ran the oven the key was to preheat and get the temp to where you want it and then it stays stable at that temp, I didn’t see any temp fluctuations on either thermometer. Impressive for an appliance that doesn’t have any temp control other than the knob to turn the flame up or down.