Outamatches wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 12:04am:

I am going to have 6 or 8 people in my group this summer. I want to do some baking for them. Will 1 refector oven work or do I need 2. I would probably buy the ovens instead of building it. I have a backpacking oven that I made but it will only feed about 2 people at a time.

OM-

From my experience, I'd say that a typical reflector oven is an adequate baking surface for up to 4 people.  Beyond that, you'd likely be looking at preparing two batches of whatever you are baking (cornbread, bisquits, brownies, cookies, etc.) to prepare with a single reflector oven.  It is important that the baking goods not be obstructed from above and below, so "stacking" is not an option as it would be in a conventional "home" oven.  However, when set up correctly, the reflector should give you superior performance to what you've encountered with a backpacking oven, albeit more bulky.

I'd say that the only downside (other than bulk) you'll experience with most reflector designs is some difficulty in checking the progress of your effort.  Most designs only give you access to what's cooking by reaching in front of the oven (which means over the fire).  I've adapted the design I made to permit a "rear port" access hatch.

dd