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Outamatches Inukshuk Offline Posts: 60 Location: South East Iowa Joined: May 10^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #20 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 5:15pm	Quote Print Post
	I will be cooking some breakfast breads like scones and blueberry muffins. I will also waant to do some brownies and biscuts.


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Outamatches Inukshuk Offline Posts: 60 Location: South East Iowa Joined: May 10^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #21 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 5:23pm	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc do you have plans for your oven or did I miss that in one of the earlier posts?


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flpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 929 Location: Florida Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2003	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #22 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 7:20pm	Quote Print Post
	Outamatches wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 5:15pm: I will be cooking some breakfast breads like scones and blueberry muffins. I will also waant to do some brownies and biscuts. Another option since no one has mentioned it is the outback oven (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) The one pictured above is the ultra light which you use you on pot/pan to cook in. You will need a stove with a external fuel source. That pizza (deep dish) was baked at around 11,000 feet. Weight wise on my scale it comes in at 8.1oz. They also make a 10" which is good for 2 to 4 people it includes the fry pan and lid. They also now offer a 12" parker only for larger pans. For scones and biscuts they can be pan fried using a heat riser/diffuser. flp


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Outamatches Inukshuk Offline Posts: 60 Location: South East Iowa Joined: May 10^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #23 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 8:08pm	Quote Print Post
	I have a backpacking oven I made out of flashing but it is not big enough to cook for that many people. I like the idea of DentonDoc's oven where you can get at the pan from the back side. I was just hoping I didn't have to build something. Getting lazy I guess.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8104 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #24 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 10:23pm	Quote Print Post
	outamatches, the oven plans i posted in the beginning of this discussion are similar to DDs, except the stove has wire hinges, similar to a spiral notebook. I built one in a afternoon, using just tin snips and drill, a little easier than cuttiing tab slots if your not handy with your hands? Just drill a few holes and thread some wire. I'm taking my flashing stove this year, but if that doesn't work as planned, next year it will be the reflector oven! And, YES, the whole top folds back to get at or check the item baking. Plans are $5, but that's cheap in the scheme of things


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canoe_junkie Lucky Member Offline Posts: 30 Location: The Pine Barrens of NJ Joined: Aug 7^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #25 - Mar 11^th, 2007 at 2:27am	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 4:12pm: 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 The free plans I mentioned in an earlier posting at: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) allow you to access your oven from behind.


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Bannock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 656 Joined: Dec 6^th, 2002	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #26 - Mar 12^th, 2007 at 6:53pm	Quote Print Post
	Back access is good. My oven has a handle on the top so you move the oven for a second to turn the pan and then put it back. If you're in a BWCA situation, two ovens won't help because there generally is only one spot a reflector oven can sit in front of the fire grate. Perhaps in Quetico you could get two to work, but again it depends on the configuration of the fire pit. Most I have seen are closed on three sides. As far as volume, it depends on the oven. Mine holds a 9" round pan. You can make 9 smaller biscuits or 9 smaller brownies. For that many people it would be good for only a tiny supplement to the meal. I usually cook for 4 and it is plenty big for that many. I have however seen reflector ovens that hold a 13" x 9" rectangular bake pan. That holds quite a bit more. Is it enough for 9 people? I don't know. I guess you have to answer that.


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jamgarr Inukshuk Offline Posts: 34 Location: St. Louis, MO area Joined: Nov 17^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #27 - Mar 18^th, 2007 at 6:31pm	Quote Print Post
	These are some pix of a small reflector oven I recently made using stainless steel cookie sheets from the local dollar store. I modified the design from a design I got off the web. The original was a "V" shaped design which you needed to prop up in the rear with a rock or something else. I gave it a flat, self-supporting base and added an extra angled piece of steel inside for the bottom reflector. Assembly/disassembly is quick and easy with brass fasteners. Rack bars are coathangers. Steel "grippers" to hold the bars in place (Maybe not necessary). Total cost way under $10.00 U.S. It weighs very little. I'll weigh it at the office soon to get the exact weight for the ounce-counters out there. I'm also making a canvas carrying pouch for it. The foil pan shown in one of the pix is 8" square. The pan will fold essentially flat for storage and transport and I imagine that it will survive a few foldings and unfoldings before it springs a leak. Even then it'll probably still be good for most baking purposes. I'll post plans if anyone is interested. Note - This thing is not yet field tested and I reserve the right to say bad things about it at a later time.


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jamgarr Inukshuk Offline Posts: 34 Location: St. Louis, MO area Joined: Nov 17^th, 2006	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #28 - Mar 18^th, 2007 at 6:35pm	Quote Print Post
	Only one of my pix uploaded. I'll try to figure out what I did wrong and post the other pix ASAP. (Well, I might as well post one more here.)


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8104 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Reflector Oven Reply #29 - Mar 18^th, 2007 at 7:26pm	Quote Print Post
	jamgarr, i would like to see complete plans always looking for better way to do things?? Never thought of the stainless cookie sheets!! I also am intrigued by your brass fastening system?? I taking my flashing stove, but if it doesn't perform in the field as I hope, I'll be taking a reflector oven of some type next year


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