Ovens? What options are there?

[Quirt]

Okay, I already have Camp and Oven Dutch Ovens and am dialed in on using them. There are times however when I need something more on the lines of a camp type oven or reflector oven for larger volume and more precise baking when I have larger groups. So what are you using either on top of a Camp Chef stove top, or as a reflector oven near a fire?

 

[Codger_64]

I have a Bemco aluminum oven. I added legs to it to raise it high enough to use with my Emberlit. It also works with a gas cannister stove but you have to be careful about heating the cannister. It was made with coal heat in mind. It has a door, shelves and a true thermometer for temperature control. And it folds reasonably flat for storage and transport.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/989088-Backpacker-camp-oven?highlight=Bemco

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It takes a bit of tinkering to get the temp exactly right using the Emberlit. My first time I put the oven on too soon and overheated it to about 700 degrees. But then got it back down to 400 in a few minutes and kept it there to bake corn on the cob, baked potato, cornbread and pizza. It was easier to control the temp with the gas stove.

 

[neeman]

in the early 60s we used cracker tins that the army rations would come in
place it over a trench fire and cover it in mud for insulation

made very good bread

 

[mckrob]

Coleman Ovens are a little heavy but aren't bad, I've baked bread in them quite a few times over the years.

 

[jaymeister99]

+1 on the coleman ovens, first used it over 25 years ago and still use em.

When I was in the scouts we had a reflector type oven with shelves in it. Make a fire, let it burn down to hot coals, then stick the reflector next to the fire and wrap tin foil around the fire to enclose it . IIRC there used to be plans for it in the old handbook, sure they are online somewhere.

Something like this:

 

[Mannlicher]

Coleman oven, over a Coleman stove or a campfire, does a fine job, as several posters have mentioned.