Season your camp ovens, stoke your campfires and practice your camp oven cooking as the iconic Australian Camp Oven Festival is kicking off in October. It’s Australia’s longest-running camp oven cooking event, first debuted back in 1999, the festival was the brainchild of outback icons Gary Fogarty and Ned Winter. What started out as a…
[divider align=”center” width=”100px” height=”5px” margin=”0.8em” color=”rgb(244, 57, 57)”] 33cm Cast Iron Camping Frypan – $29 Inc Free Postage This Durable Cast Iron Skillet is great for cooking up a camping feast. You can throw this straight onto the camp fire and cook the evening’s supper with ease. [ux_image id=”6185″ link=”https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/705-53470-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fitm%2FCast-Iron-Skillet-Pan-33cm-Camping-Frypan-Outdoor-Cookware-Adventure-Kings%2F173252470056%3Fhash%3Ditem2856a6e528%3Ag%3A2hgAAOSwLfRbMIBZ&campid=5338340300&toolid=20008″] [button text=”Buy Now!” color=”alert” size=”xlarge” expand=”true”…
Are you serious about wanting to learn camp oven cooking? Ranger Nick, the “Master of keeping it simple”, shares proven tips, tools and tactics with an open invitation to anyone wanting to learn camp oven cooking but can’t get started. Here’s a dinkum guide to basic camp oven cooking techniques presented by Ranger Nick. Let’s…
Australia’s Biggest Damper Have you seen Australia’s biggest damper? Were you lucky enough to visit the Australian Camp Oven Festival at Millmerran this year? If so, you would have seen Ned Winter’s Australian-shaped camp oven filled with a freshly baked damper. It was on display in the judging tent for the cooking competition. Didn’t make it…
Ozpig is now taking entries for the 2017 Ozpig 14 day challenge. Are you a master of cooking a feast on an Ozpig? If you think have got what it takes to complete the 14 day challenge send Ozpig a private message on Facebook. Details: Beginning on January 1st, 2017 you must cook a meal…
I’m not sure how the new Coconut Shell BBQ Briquettes stack up compared to their regular BBQ Briquettes. However, if you are like me and love using Heat Beads® BBQ Briquettes, you’re going to get excited about the latest addition to their quality product range. I’ve been told they contain the same amount of fixed carbon as their regular BBQ Briquettes. They…
The Bait Layers Win Big at the 2016 Australian Camp Oven Festival This year the Bait Layers attended the Australian Camp Oven Festival which was held on the Queens Birthday long weekend, 1st & 2nd of October 2016. According to the leading cook Terry, they had a great weekend. He said that they were so…
My Recap of the 2016 Australian Camp Oven Festival This year on the Queen’s Birthday weekend, over six thousand visitors travelled to a little town, one-hour drive south-west of Toowoomba called Millmerran, for the biennial 2016 Australian Camp Oven Festival, the largest of its kind in Australia and definitely well worth checking out. Camp Oven Ally…
Here are 9 Queensland state forest and national park campfire-friendly areas around the Sunshine Coast. Camping fees can be found here:http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/experiences/camping/camping_fees.html Bookings can be made here: http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/experiences/camping/camping_bookings.html Cost: Fees for camping permits in national parks and other protected areas, forest reserves, State forests and recreation areas, from 1 July 2015: $5.95 per person per night,…
Lower Lakes Stockman’s Challenge & Bush Festival The Lower Lakes Stockman’s Challenge and Bush Festival is a 3-day event held in Strathalbyn. Local and interstate competitors showcase their skills in many events. These include whip cracking, bareback obstacles, stock handling, packhorse, and much more. This event brings together the top national competitors in Aussie…
7 Camp Oven Events You Should Check out in 2016 This year, all over Australia there are seven camp oven events that you might want to check out or even compete in. If there isn’t one in your area or you can’t get to one, try competing in Australia’s only online camp oven cook up, The Great…
The Billman’s Foundry, is Australia’s leading manufacturer of bronze fountains, street park, garden furniture, ornamental castings and are the only Australian producer of cast iron camp ovens. Since its humble beginnings in a small tin shed on the outskirts of Castlemaine in 1980, father and son team of Gerald and Max Billman have taken Billmans…
Camp Oven Lid Lifters are a handy tool that allows you to pick up your hot camp oven lid without burning your fingers. Below is a list of 10 things people use to lift their camp oven lid. Ten Types of Camp Oven Lid Lifters One – Tent Pegs: A tent peg is commonly used…
The Koorlong Camp Oven Cook Off is held at the Koorlong Hall each year with teams competing for the coveted trophy for the best overall camp oven. From 10am-4pm, visitors will be able to experience camp oven food at its finest and given the competition will be fierce and teams are out to impress, spectators will…
This Year the Australian Camp Oven Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary, the festival will be held on the 1st and 2nd October 2016 and will include a diverse range of heritage-inspired activities such as bush poetry, arts, crafts, shearing demonstrations, damper throwing competitions and of course – camp oven cooking! The Australian Camp Oven…
How to Make a Fire Pit Made from a 44 Gallon Drum! | Part 2 Over the past few years, we have come to realise that people only cook in their camp oven when they are out camping. Our goal is to inspire others to cook in the camp oven more often at home; a…
How to Make a Fire Pit Made from a 44-Gallon Drum! | Part 1 Over the past few years, we have come to realise that people only cook in their camp oven when they are out camping. Our goal is to inspire others to cook in the camp oven more often at home; a 44-gallon…
Following the success of the 2015 event, The Clarence Valley Camp Oven Festival is back again. It is held at the Nymboida Camping & Canoeing centre wich is situated 35Km’s south-west of Grafton, on Armidale Road. It’s a fun-filled weekend for the whole family, this year’s event promises to be bigger (not too big, though, they…
Here are 3 campfire friendly Queensland state forest and national park areas around Brisbane. For a quick getaway that is cheap and allows you to use your camp oven over a fire, check out these 3 areas around Brisbane that allow you to do just that! 1. Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area…
Fingerpaint for Kids – No Cooking Needed! This fingerpaint is so easy to make as there’s no cooking involved at all! This is quick to make and will keep the kids entertained for hours on a cold, rainy day. You probably already have the ingredients at home, too! This recipe is enough to fill one…
End of content
End of content
The Camp Oven Cook website uses cookies so that I can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
