Homemade steel oven

[Spark]

After cooking another lot of jacket potatoes and more delicious pizzas, I thought it was about time I put a few pictures of my oven up.

I made it using 0.9mm stainless steel, pop rivets and bolts. The steel is doubled up on the bottom so the bottom layer is sacrificial if it burns through.
There is enough room inside for 5 decent sized jacket potatoes and a pizza (homemade of course). Potatoes take just over an hour but cant remember how long the pizzas took.

The oven on its maiden use.

The cooked pizza.

 

[Barney]

made me hungry looking at that, and i have just had my tea!

superb invention.

 

[spiritofold]

Smart one! Thats a cool setup
I bet your popular in the woods!!!

 

[ZDP-189]

I bet you're popular at home too!

 

[Rothley Bill]

Nice one. How heavy is it?

Have you seen the ex mod field ovens? Same principle, but a bit big to carry without a truck, they are double skinned on the sides and top, makes them more efficient.
Our scout group cooked jackets for 150 in it last year.

 

[Red Kite]

Hi Adam

Pizzas took about 15 mins - and they tasted great

ATB

Stewart

 

[Singeblister]

mmm that does look nice good job on the oven mate

 

[brancho]

I need to make an oven again with my scouts and that has some good ideas

 

[Peter_t]

that pizza looks yummy great idea! but isnt it easyer to just bury the potatoes in the embers of a fire?

pete

 

[Spark]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I was quite pleased to find that it worked. Originally it was going to be a prototype but as it was successful I decided to leave it as it was. I have found 3 things that need to be improved.
Rothley bill - Don't know how heavy it is exactly but its not too heavy - just bulky. So it will just be used for car camping.
Peter t - It is easier to bury them in the fire but in the oven they dont burn quite so easily. Also I can try to cook all sorts of other stuff. Plus it was fun to make.

 

[ForgeCorvus]

What are the dimensions as I'm planning something

If it works I'll share

 

[Spark]

The dimensions are as follows :- 250mm wide x 330mm long x 265mm high.

 

[ForgeCorvus]

Whats that in english

 

[Spark]

By English I presume you mean inches.

9 7/8" wide x 13" long x 10 1/2" high.

 

[ForgeCorvus]

Thanks Spark, I could of worked it out.....but I'm lazy

I must get back to my plotting