Answer: No, you don’t have to as it’s already seasoned. However, we do highly recommend you give it a wash, light oil and get it hot before you use it.

Please refer to the following:

• Preparing a brand new oven.
• Seasoning a camp oven with a hooded BBQ

How you clean a rusty camp oven depends on how rusty it is and what equipment you have available to you. If It's only lightly rusty you can just use some steel wool and some elbow grease, if its really rusty the other methods below will be better.

Please refer to the following:

• Cleaning Rusty Cast Iron with Molasses

• Cleaning Rusty Camp Ovens with Electrolysis 

• cleaning rusty camp ovens with coca-cola

Answer: It can if you don’t get your heat control right, follow our simple tips for heat control and you’ll be on the right track in no time.

Answer: Yes you can use dish washing liquid to clean your camp oven. It’s common for people to think because they use cooking oil to season their camp ovens that using dish washing liquid will remove the seasoning. Read this article for more information.

Answer: Have a look at this article and it will show you how to tell if you have an old camp oven.