Camp Cooking FAILS and How to Fix Them
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If you don't have a fire trivet you can hammer three tent pegs into the ground amongst the coals to keep camp oven off the coals. Three are easier to get level than four, just keep tapping them until level. Great tips, thanks Harry.
Cool tip Leigh. Also resolves an issue I have with ‘buying’ another gadget that adds both weight and space issues to our already weighty set up. I carry tent pegs already and large ones for the unexpected winds so also using for the camp oven - “Tick” 😊. One I hadn’t even thought of myself Grrr 😡 LOL 😆
Just make sure they're metal tent pegs and not plastic ones ;-)
@@mikehodges6598 Aluminium Pegs can also fail...
@@Paddeltroll Very true. Would need to be steel pegs, which I don't think a lot of folks use due to weight. Titanium would also work, but I don't know anyone who uses those. Of course, if you're using a cast iron dutch oven you're probably not too concerned about weight so a trivet, along with a lid rest and lid lifter should be a part of your kit IMHO.
I just use 3 rocks or 2 lengths of green wood . A few metal rods to place across them are easy to transport and are a great help for cooking smaller things. Good dutch ovens are priceless.
I usually have two fires going when I cook outdoors.
One for cooking and the other as a source for coals. It's a heck of a lot easier to keep a steady heat by adding coals to your cooking fire rather than adding wood.
And the second fire is nice just to sit around while having a cold one.
I am wanting to only use wood so would I start a fire and burn to coals using logs. Then my second fire would be more active with flames that I cook over and you're saying to add some coals to that?
@@mudwellies1
The second fire is used to make coals for the smoker. Not only does it help regulate temps it also makes for a really clean fire so you dont get the dreaded white smoke.
If your wood is really dry like kiln dried wood it's not as much of an issue.
If your logs aren't fully seasoned it really helps to avoid that white smoke that makes your BBQ bitter.
While I use kiln dried wood I dont particularly care for the lack of flavor you get with it. You get much better flavor with logs that are just on the edge of being seasoned and they require a bit of preburn.
I don't have a smoker. I have a fire pit that I wanted to burn extra wood in from the acre we own and thought I should try to cook food because it has a grate on top. It's a larger fire pit so maybe Kohl's could be on one side of it rather than two fires
@@mudwellies1
Depends on what kind of wood it is.
You wouldnt want to use pine.
But any hardwood would do fine.
Zone fire
Hi Harry, my husband and I are just getting into camping and love to cook good food. I have been bingeing your videos for ideas and tips and we look forward to trying them out on our camping trips. Thanks for the great, down to earth videos.
So glad I found this video. I have been trying to master the camp oven. 70% of coals on top and the space between the fire and the camp oven makes so much sense. I too, burnt my first camp oven meal. Do you also heat your camp oven up before adding your protein, i.e. roast chicken? I agree with the garlic and ginger, but when remote camping for weeks on time, I always take some as back up. So nice to find someone who cooks real meals camping. Truth be told I have so much time when I'm camping for cooking. And food tastes so much better in the outdoors. great channel.
An outstanding collection of tips from the expert. Many thanks for the time and effort you put into your videos Harry. They are very much appreciated and enjoyed. 🎉
I’ve been using cast iron Dutch ovens and cooking over an open fire for years. I enjoy the challenge of controlling the fire and heat and although I’ve had some failures, I’ve had more success than fail.
Thank you for the “TIPS”, I hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy new year!
I spent my youth around the Camooweal and Urandangi areas of Qld and the Northern Territory, on cattle stations and droving routes sleeping in swags on the ground and eating out of camp ovens. Thank you for your informative shows. They have not only enabled me to relive my 'glory days' of over 40 years ago but your "Tips" have brought back to mind many things that I had forgotten about this form of cooking........Good on you and keep up the good work.
Grant 'Bill' Williams.
What a great video! I'm still relatively new to camp-fire cooking, so I've really appreciated all these tips! Can't wait for the next one. Thanks Harry 😁👍🙋♀️
I'd love to see some tips that show how much fire wood you generally go through when cooking camp meals. As a family starting out with camping and love camp fire cooking we struggle to estimate the amount of wood needed. Love your videos! Love your recipes. Keep up the amazing work!
Hi Leanne. We raised our FIVE kids 😮 camping and I am a bit of a minimalist when it comes to my camp fire cooking so don’t like to light massive fires to dwindle down to cooking sized fires so with this in mind two tips I can offer to help you on your journey are: Light your fire on THREE good sized pieces of wood - approximately the thickness of your female upper arm around your bicep. Make your cooking fire on top of these (preferably they are a hardwood like Jarrah etc) and they will burn slower than your main fire. By the time your primary fire is ready to cook on (which in my experience can be started as soon as the main burn has passed it’s peak (you will know this from early experience as to when the fire starts to decline in ferocity and size) these will give you a lot more charcoals for a longer period of time to allow you to cook your full meal including veggies and the meat. The second tip to using this method (my minimalist method) is to also use the Camp Braai that Harry happens to also use. We used different versions in our earlier years (they just went by different names or were home made in my earliest days). These allow you to cook a lot of food (eg all your veggies or all your meat) at the same time and if you use the “turn it every 20-30 seconds” method as I do you can start cooking the meal straight after the peak fire burn period. We now have offloaded the kids and my wife and I travel and cook using the small camp braai (Harry has links to it) which I use to this day. It allows me to cook a LARGE (circa 2.0 - 2.5kg boned out chook which will definitely feed) your mob and IF you rest it circa 15 mins at the end you will NOT regret it. We can feed three adults TWO meals (so one hot dinner for three and one cold dinner another night) using a total of about 6 of the wood sizes mentioned. Three on the bottom and three as part of the primary fire stack. Turning it often (every 20 - 30 secs) is the secret ingredient to the method. Those six pieces of wood then only need the kindling and starter stuff which you will work out to get them burning. Once you’ve gotten that going just wait for the peak fire to start declining and you’ll be good to go.
Thanks guys! Both amazing tips! I've got the camp braai and planning on using it the first time next week. Very excited to give it a go.
Hey I know it’s a year late but my advice for wood with camping is use red oak/ red gum wood or similar hard wood, it lasts a lot longer and burns hotter. What I do is cut “biscuits” of red wood so basically big chunks of redwood cut into easily stored pieces 🤙🏼
Try a Dakota fire hole
After many years of borrowing camp ovens and having no clue as to what I'm doing iv been lucky enough to be given one as a gift and now I'm lucky enough to have seen all your awesome TIPS .
Thanks
TIPS. I love this guy. I've tried his advice a number of times and he rocks! Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic tips Harry! We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year mate!
Excellent video, Harry. Probably one of my favourites for overall practical advice and tips.
Just about to travel off-grid and found your video. EXCELLENT !!!!!!!! I will be watching more as I prepare for the adventure. THANK YOU so much.
Some great TIPS in this video! I've started using the fire trivet and it's worked wonders to not smothering the coals and having to replace them more often
All these tips are really great as a beginner fire cooker cheers for the help Harry!
Harry's bits & tips. Worth the watch. Have a great 2023. Cheers
TIPS, I really liked your tips. I am glad I found your channel. Keep the content flowing.
Great TIPS! Thanks and happy new year!!
Some great "Tips" there mate, solid advice! Really enjoyed the video, definitely will be checking out the rest of the catalogue. Keep up the great vids. Cheers.
A good summary of your key TIPS Harry... much appreciated. Cheers Lee
Heading out to use my camp oven for the first time this weekend. Thanks for so many helpful TIPS!
Awesome TIPS! Been learning outdoor cooking and these are invaluable!
We really enjoy your videos, and use your tips when we are camping. Keep up the excellent work.
I love any TIPS when cooking over fire. My favorite thing to do when at home. Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the tips, will absolutely try some out for the next campfire cooking.
Love watching your episodes, lots of great tips to make cooking better. Thanks a bunch 🤗
Some cracking TIPS in this vid Harry. Thanks a bunch mate and Happy New Year to you and your fam mate 🤙🏼
Great tips for not just camping/outdoor cooking but things that could be done in the kitchen as well that often get overlooked!
Always interesting to watch and learn new TIPS. Thanks again and have a great New year.
Harry, this is the first video of yours I've watched. Great "TIPS", seriously I really enjoyed the content! I'll definitely be using some of these in my next offroad adventure.
Thanks for the Tips, Harry! Can't wait to try some out!
Thanks for all the TIPS.
Looking forward to putting these into practise.
Cheers Harry! Thanks for the tips - there were a couple that I had been doing; you confirmed that the were a good idea - like charring meat over the fire before slow-cooking in the camp oven.
Thanks for the tips... I love cooking on the camp fire and have been since I was just a kid but have a few things I'm going to try. Thanks alot...
Thanks for the “Tips” Harry. Love the channel and your recipes. The breakfast burritos were a winner on my last trip away.
Thank you for all the valuable information! I will be giving this a try!
Thanks for the TIPS Harry, got my first camp oven for Christmas so looking forward to getting out there and giving it a whirl 👍
Thanks for all the great "Tips". Hope to get your book and learn to be a better campfire cook. Take care.
Thanks for the TIPS Harry! Some of those mistakes i have been making for years and never realised why i could never get it right.
Bloody love this Aussie legend, always has another trick in his back pocket when it comes to cooking while camping. Cheers for the "TIPS" mate
Great "Tips" video harry, Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family, cheers.
Fantastic Tips. Love your content. Been looking for this stuff. Thanks heaps. Bren
This popped up at random on YT for me. Great "Tips" and format is great, straight to the point, crammed a lot into 8 minutes. Checking out your other vids now. 👍
Thanks for the great Tips! Especially the camp oven, learn something new every day.
Thanks for all of the tips Harry! Cheers
Love the TIPs mate my family and I are head off round aus this year and are keen to try a few of your recipes!
Great concise compilation of camp cooking tips. Thanks, man.
Great TIPS. Happy holidays.
Tips!
I love camp cooking. Great channel to watch. Thanks mate.
Thanks for the Tips! Will be putting them to use over the summer break
Love your Tips Harry. Just subscribed after seeing a few of your videos. Looks great.
Hi Harry, Some awesome "Tips" thanks so much for sharing, been camping fro many years but you always learn something new, love cooking on the campfire there's nothing quite like it. Thanks Anita
Great tips. Always learning something new.
These are great tips. I'm glad I found your channel.
Great tips looking forward to cooking better meals on my next trip. Thanks
It's funny that I've had my camp oven above the coals by about 5 to 6 inches from when I first got into camp oven cooking. Thought I was doing it wrong by tradition, but hey, it worked for me. I just use a piece of 50mm mesh bent into a U- shape. So, thanks for the positive vibe on this and your terrific videos I've watched over the years now. Happy charring👍👍
Thanks for the Tips, Harry. I'll try them next camp-fire season.
Brilliant TIPS have learnt alot from this quick little video! I look forward to putting them to use when out camping next!!. Merry Christmas and happy new year mate. 🍻🍻
Great Tips Harry. Most we have discovered for ourselves over the years but some were a real "Aha" moment for us. We'll be ordering a couple of the trivets to keep our camp ovens above ground instead of digging holes and loading coals in, which we have been doing out of habit for 30 years. Love your vids and looking forward to seeing what you have in store for 2023. Cheers
Thanks for the great Tips - cant wait to try them all.
Thanks for the tips Harry. Especially for the cracked pepper and fresh garlic
Great TIPS in this video mate! Cheers for the awesome content 🤘
Always great TIPS Harry, love your work!! keep it up and looking forward to another fantastic year from you 🔥🍴🤤🤤
Thanks for the great TIPS we've learnt something new that we will definitely use on our next camping trip.
Great tips for the campfire. Look forward to putting them to practical use. Thanks
These are really good tips. Thanks, Harry!
Great Tips Harry. Love your videos
Great TIPS mate. I love getting out and abaout with the kids in the Landy and go camping. I will definitely be trying your hacks .
Thanks Harry
Just starting with camp oven cooking. Any tips are a great help
Great and simple TIPS that will definately come in handy. Thanks.
Awesome Tips mate, keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tips Harry very informative keep it up
so good watching your videos and getting all of your "Tips"
All the good tips! Thanks Harry. I love the tip about getting the fire going early…..a well made and settled in fire is the best 🤙 cheers
Great tips legend! Looking forward to trying a few out.
Great Tips! Love these videos, excellent info.
These tips are brilliant mate, thank you
Lovely Tips! Thanks Harry!
These are some solid tips, my man. I can’t wait to get out there and try these out!
Always good to learn some camp cooking Tips
Thanks for the video
love thh TIPS. will definitely be using a few of these for the next camping trip
Great tips here mate! Thank you!
Good video. Lots of good tips ! Happy New Year
Your tips are amazing for cooking on campfire
Thanks for all the great Tips you have mate 👍
Season greetings and happy new year. Look forward to more great episodes and Tips in the new year
Thank you for the great tips. I've just started taking my boy out wild camp and cooks. He's 6 and loving it! Sausages and marshmallows over an open fire whilst the main meal cooks. I tend to do a lot of stews as they're easy but will be trying some of your recipes to up my game a bit!!
Thanks for the Tips Harry. Love these informative vids among the epics.
Your Tips are spot on , very enjoyable
Love the tips mate , keep up the good work 👍
Loving the tips! Thank you!
Thank you for the TIPS. Love seeing how other folks use their Dutch oven!
Great tips as usual! I always put my camp oven up on 3 tent pegs to get it up off the coals. When I’m finished I store the pegs inside the camp oven ready for next time. Cheers Harry and Happy New Year 🍻 🔥
Thanks for some awesome tips. Familiar with some from general barbecuing, bu these were genuinely useful. Cheers mate.
Some really great tips for my next camp cook up. 💪🏼
Some great TIPS there!
Thanks for sharing.
All these tips are helpful! Thank you!
thanks for the great tips, especially the camp oven ones. I have the exact same oven as you but still learning to use it!
The tips will definitely come in handy. Thanks 👌🏻