I just recently brought a kangaroo brown Aluminium camp oven and it's brilliant I've got many other cast iron camp ovens although they are good I ❤️ this one .well done king brown.
My dad had an ally oven made 25 odd years ago, i haven't seen it for 20, i thought it was wider& flatter than yours . always wondered how it cooked, love your work
They use newer moulds and casting methods now but the original source of these ovens was made with those old moulds your dads oven was made from. Some people think its new to have an aluminium oven but they were made back in the 1980;s. Thanks for the comment mate. Cheers
Yeah I cant wait to get to Cairns again, I love it so much up there. I love dates too. But im on the carnivore diet now so I dont get to eat that stuff. My dad is always making coconut and date slices here so its a challenge staying on the diet lol 😁
As an older American I had to go to the Lodge web site to see if they measured in quarts. Regular metal pans always were but growing dutch ovens were the same as skillets measured by diameter. Grandma would ask for a 10 inch skillet or dutch oven. I should say that for the skillet it was regular or deep. Dutch ovens, skillets, griddles and even cast iron waffle irons are horded away as is some camp steel skillets that well seasoned. Most are the 19th century to early 20th century cold handle brand.
Thank you for your comment. Yes they would have been in inches in grandmas day im sure. We dont use quarts here obviously, we use litres but our camp ovens have quarts as their measurement. Im just educating my fellow Aussies that this is not how it was done before. That this is a new thing and this is why it is so. Cheers
@@campovenking I was wondering if you ever do anything small in what in the US is called a pie iron, but I belive you call it a Jaffle? I don't think I have seen a damper or as it is called here a camp bread baked in one. I use mine for more than toasting bread but haven't got really deep in to it either as for most of 6 months of the year I am up to my backside in snow.
@@57WillysCJ Yes mate, Jaffle Iron is correct, and they are a popular thing. I grew up eating jaffles as did many of us here. And the jaffle iron collecting community are very active with some of the rarer irons fetching a few hundred dollars at times. Thats a good idea making damper in one, I had not thought of that but it would work. I have used puff pastry in them to make pies over the years. Cheers
Another great vid mate! Very informative again! Didn't realise the Quart measurement was something so basic as to that's just how the Yanks measure it 😂 You are spot on about the confidence mate... especially if ya buggar it up the first few times. Can definitely relate to that. Gotta get my hands on one of your stubby coolers too mate!
Yes mate I hear so many stories from people when im travelling the expos of them losing confidence. Im going to be doing more videos on how to run your camp ovens in the future to help people get it right. Just a bit busy at the moment. And Message me your postal mate, I will send you a couple of coolers. The ones I have left were flood damaged so I cant sell them but theyve all been washed and are usable :)
@@campovenking I actually wasn't aware that your place was hit in the floods... Obviously I knew of the floods, but didn't realise they ripped through your place! Just watched your Floodzilla video... simply heartbreaking mate for so many. I did a trip to Lismore shortly after and couldn't believe the scale of the damage! Great to see you back on your feet after all that mate! 👍
Not all ovens from camping stores are Chinese made. Cast iron ones might be however the Bedourie spun steel camp ovens are made in Adelaide by southern metal spinners
Yes mate but the thing is to a camp oven collector and professional camp oven cook like myself, there is no such thing as a spunsteel camp oven!🙂Camp Ovens are cast not spun, the original Simpson Bedourie was made from Tin I think and is collectable as a camp oven but the modern day ones are just steel buckets with lids as far as im concerned. And I am planning to do a video on this subject to explain my views. Anyone who has seen my show live will know my views on spunsteel. Im not here to trash talk anyones product but if its not cast its not a camp oven so I stand by my statement. And I totally admit that im a camp oven snob. 😬😬 Cheers
@@campovenking fair call mate. I am only an amateur at camp cooking and I only have spun steel ovens and I personally don’t mind them but in saying that I am yet to try a comparison to a cast iron oven. Maybe it something to do in a future video is a comparison between the 2
@@davidplaten2701 Yes I am planning on doing that, and i will be doing a pros and cons of both. Not everyone is a collector and I realise this. Some people have a lot of trouble with spun steel ovens but sounds like you are going good. If you can run a spun steel you will be a master with a cast oven for sure 👍👍
thank you, and thats a really good question. I think a lot of people dont really know what a really well seasoned oven is lol. Especially with the modern ovens, some of my older Metters ovens are super shiny. But to answer the question, the aluminiu ovens actually get more non stick with use. They start off goood and get better. I recently had a bloke by the ovens I use in my shows. They werent actually for sale but they were so well worn in and shiny he talked me into selling them and now im starting again with new ones lol. So yeah, they are as non stick id say. About as good as really well seasoned cast iron oven. Cheers.
@@aussieinavan1774 theres not much in it really, cast aluminium is harder to burn the food, easier to clean and is lighter with no maintenance. Having said that, Im taking my favourite cast iron ovens when I go camping and not the aluminiums but that has nothing to do with the cooking and is about my love for vintage cast iron. Cheers
Thanks mate, I'm loving all the informative videos. You mentioned when cooking big slabs of meat you like to have a lot of room around them and I am the same way when cooking in cast iron. When baking meat in one of these cast alloy ovens is it better to do the same and have a lot of room around the meat?
Well thats a trick question. You cant put big slabs of meat in little ovens anyway. But the Aluminium has a less harsh heat on the inside so the effect isnt as bad. But I always prefer the biggest oven I can get, no matter what im coooking.
@@aidandonnelly7368 Ive got 2 of the 15 inch ovens on me now. Will be June before I get anymore. Im picking up more of the 11's tomorrow so ive got plenty of them still.
@@aidandonnelly7368 I have 2two 15 inches here now that im taking up north but ive decided to list them on my shop as well so help yourself. They wont last long.
Hey Ron. Are your ovens anodized? I read that this process *may* reduce some leeching of aluminium into the food, if that's actually necessary. Thanks.
I don't make them. All I know is they are totally food grade to Australian standards. The same ovens have been around with different names for over 40 years
They have been manywhere near that temperatureing cast aluminium camp ovens in Australia sine the 70's. Ive never heard of one melting lol. If your trying to cook at anywhere near pot melting temperature, tben i think your doing it wrong haha.
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I just recently brought a kangaroo brown Aluminium camp oven and it's brilliant I've got many other cast iron camp ovens although they are good I ❤️ this one .well done king brown.
lol, you got to love spell check hey :). Im glad you like your new oven mate.
Cheers
My dad had an ally oven made 25 odd years ago, i haven't seen it for 20, i thought it was wider& flatter than yours . always wondered how it cooked, love your work
They use newer moulds and casting methods now but the original source of these ovens was made with those old moulds your dads oven was made from. Some people think its new to have an aluminium oven but they were made back in the 1980;s. Thanks for the comment mate.
Cheers
Thanks mate I've often wondered what the difference was between the two👍
Thanks for your vast knowledge!
Great vid Ron, love my KingBrown aluminium oven, always with us in the caravan, cooks a mean date loaf too. See ya next week in Cairns.
Yeah I cant wait to get to Cairns again, I love it so much up there. I love dates too. But im on the carnivore diet now so I dont get to eat that stuff. My dad is always making coconut and date slices here so its a challenge staying on the diet lol 😁
@@campovenking Looking fit and well though Ron, even the beard looks slimmer. See ya.
Good video Ron, keep them coming 👍
I have just recently brought one and I'm very happy with it cooks well and the clean up is simple.
Great vid - again very informative 👏👍
As an older American I had to go to the Lodge web site to see if they measured in quarts. Regular metal pans always were but growing dutch ovens were the same as skillets measured by diameter. Grandma would ask for a 10 inch skillet or dutch oven. I should say that for the skillet it was regular or deep. Dutch ovens, skillets, griddles and even cast iron waffle irons are horded away as is some camp steel skillets that well seasoned. Most are the 19th century to early 20th century cold handle brand.
Thank you for your comment. Yes they would have been in inches in grandmas day im sure. We dont use quarts here obviously, we use litres but our camp ovens have quarts as their measurement. Im just educating my fellow Aussies that this is not how it was done before. That this is a new thing and this is why it is so. Cheers
@@campovenking I was wondering if you ever do anything small in what in the US is called a pie iron, but I belive you call it a Jaffle? I don't think I have seen a damper or as it is called here a camp bread baked in one. I use mine for more than toasting bread but haven't got really deep in to it either as for most of 6 months of the year I am up to my backside in snow.
@@57WillysCJ Yes mate, Jaffle Iron is correct, and they are a popular thing. I grew up eating jaffles as did many of us here. And the jaffle iron collecting community are very active with some of the rarer irons fetching a few hundred dollars at times. Thats a good idea making damper in one, I had not thought of that but it would work. I have used puff pastry in them to make pies over the years.
Cheers
Another great vid mate! Very informative again! Didn't realise the Quart measurement was something so basic as to that's just how the Yanks measure it 😂 You are spot on about the confidence mate... especially if ya buggar it up the first few times. Can definitely relate to that. Gotta get my hands on one of your stubby coolers too mate!
Yes mate I hear so many stories from people when im travelling the expos of them losing confidence. Im going to be doing more videos on how to run your camp ovens in the future to help people get it right. Just a bit busy at the moment. And Message me your postal mate, I will send you a couple of coolers. The ones I have left were flood damaged so I cant sell them but theyve all been washed and are usable :)
@@campovenking I actually wasn't aware that your place was hit in the floods... Obviously I knew of the floods, but didn't realise they ripped through your place! Just watched your Floodzilla video... simply heartbreaking mate for so many. I did a trip to Lismore shortly after and couldn't believe the scale of the damage! Great to see you back on your feet after all that mate! 👍
Another awesome video from our King 😁👌🏾🍻
Probably know who this is now 😅
🎣😁
Not all ovens from camping stores are Chinese made. Cast iron ones might be however the Bedourie spun steel camp ovens are made in Adelaide by southern metal spinners
Yes mate but the thing is to a camp oven collector and professional camp oven cook like myself, there is no such thing as a spunsteel camp oven!🙂Camp Ovens are cast not spun, the original Simpson Bedourie was made from Tin I think and is collectable as a camp oven but the modern day ones are just steel buckets with lids as far as im concerned. And I am planning to do a video on this subject to explain my views. Anyone who has seen my show live will know my views on spunsteel. Im not here to trash talk anyones product but if its not cast its not a camp oven so I stand by my statement. And I totally admit that im a camp oven snob. 😬😬
Cheers
@@campovenking fair call mate. I am only an amateur at camp cooking and I only have spun steel ovens and I personally don’t mind them but in saying that I am yet to try a comparison to a cast iron oven. Maybe it something to do in a future video is a comparison between the 2
@@davidplaten2701 Yes I am planning on doing that, and i will be doing a pros and cons of both. Not everyone is a collector and I realise this. Some people have a lot of trouble with spun steel ovens but sounds like you are going good. If you can run a spun steel you will be a master with a cast oven for sure 👍👍
@@campovenking thanks for the kind words brother I really appreciate it. I do hope someday I will get to see you personally
Nice video KB, loving all your content. Question for you, is a cast aluminium oven as non stick as a well seasoned cast iron oven?
thank you, and thats a really good question. I think a lot of people dont really know what a really well seasoned oven is lol. Especially with the modern ovens, some of my older Metters ovens are super shiny. But to answer the question, the aluminiu ovens actually get more non stick with use. They start off goood and get better. I recently had a bloke by the ovens I use in my shows. They werent actually for sale but they were so well worn in and shiny he talked me into selling them and now im starting again with new ones lol. So yeah, they are as non stick id say. About as good as really well seasoned cast iron oven. Cheers.
Hey King Brown how's about a few demo's mate be good to see ya using then
Theres lots of video demos here mate, what are you talking about?
My last couple of videos were cooking videos and I have at least 15 of them all up. More coming too when I get the time. 🙂
@campovenking no worries mate I'll keep looking just wasn't to sure about the cooking differences between the cast iron and cast aluminium cheers mate
@@aussieinavan1774 theres not much in it really, cast aluminium is harder to burn the food, easier to clean and is lighter with no maintenance. Having said that, Im taking my favourite cast iron ovens when I go camping and not the aluminiums but that has nothing to do with the cooking and is about my love for vintage cast iron.
Cheers
@campovenking thanks mate appreciate you time
Cant find these for sale on your website
It does help Ron. Thanks heaps.
Thanks for saying. I want the right people to buy the right ovens. I will be doing a spun steel video soon too.
Really nice looking oven range, do they need the same qty of total coals and similar distribution top and bottom?
You need to run the alloy ovens with a bit more heat if anything.
G’day Ron. Will the 8 inch fit inside the 11 inch and will the 11 inch fit inside the 15? Be great if I could stack all 3 together?
No they dont. The 8 wont fit in the 11 with the lid shut
I suppose they don’t ‘crack’ if dropped like cast iron? Probably only dent under big impact?
They are very tough, No way you would dent one. And they arent at all brittle.
Thanks mate, I'm loving all the informative videos. You mentioned when cooking big slabs of meat you like to have a lot of room around them and I am the same way when cooking in cast iron. When baking meat in one of these cast alloy ovens is it better to do the same and have a lot of room around the meat?
Well thats a trick question. You cant put big slabs of meat in little ovens anyway. But the Aluminium has a less harsh heat on the inside so the effect isnt as bad. But I always prefer the biggest oven I can get, no matter what im coooking.
@@campovenking Thanks mate. I'm trying to decide whether I want the 11 inch or 15 inch alloy oven
@@aidandonnelly7368 Ive got 2 of the 15 inch ovens on me now. Will be June before I get anymore. Im picking up more of the 11's tomorrow so ive got plenty of them still.
@@campovenking Thanks for letting me know
@@aidandonnelly7368 I have 2two 15 inches here now that im taking up north but ive decided to list them on my shop as well so help yourself. They wont last long.
Hey Ron. Are your ovens anodized? I read that this process *may* reduce some leeching of aluminium into the food, if that's actually necessary. Thanks.
I don't make them. All I know is they are totally food grade to Australian standards. The same ovens have been around with different names for over 40 years
@@campovenking thanks.
Mate what size is the one you have in front of you there
Got it mate 11 inches thanks
@@raywhitebribie yeah 11 inches, it holds about 6 litres from memory.
Am i dumb for thinking it would melt or give the food a flavour?
They have been manywhere near that temperatureing cast aluminium camp ovens in Australia sine the 70's. Ive never heard of one melting lol. If your trying to cook at anywhere near pot melting temperature, tben i think your doing it wrong haha.