When I was a scoutmaster we had the boys make ovens out of cardboard boxes. Lined with aluminum foil. used a surface thermometer for temp. Used a couple bricks to hold up the grate. In a small pan we placed 4 lumps of charcoal. The boys baked cake and other items. Baked food on a campout can be done without a dutch oven. But a dutch oven is the most versitile.
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I tried to find a plan for a solar oven that could be made by anyone, and posted a few.
You have made one and would you please stick around, as all of us should know how to build an instant solar oven.
Whoops, you were making a regular oven, that is fine, as most of the folks here may not know about ovens that sit on stoves.
I still have part of one, that the stove pipe ran through to heat/cook in it, it is about 2’ square and 16 or so inches tall.
So much to learn and so little time.
Before Y2K, the Mormon list/group talked about how to make a candle that was a stove.
They took a large coffee can, filled it with wood shavings, packed down [as I recall], poured parafine wax over it and I don’t remember if the used a cheap candle or a regular candle wicking material, in the center of the can.
They used a beer can open to make 4 holes in the top, so air would go in to keep it burning.
One lady said that one can had furnished light, cooked dinner for about 6 people and kept them warm until time for bed.
I would be very interested in what you know, as I was never a boy Scout.