Camp chef stove/oven?

[dumprat]

Spotted these at the local sporting goods chain today. Are they any good? The wife likes the idea of being able to bake stuff while camping. I am thinking of adding one to my camp trailer I have in the works.

[Hilldweller]

I've seen those but never used one.

I'm a big Dutch oven fan; have you ever tried one?

[jim65wagon]

We've got one in our teardrop. It's only seen two road trips so far, but it's done some tasty cinnamon rolls and baked an apple pie to perfection and the stovetop works as well as our Coleman stove we've used for the last few years. Having an oven is sweet!

The only issues we've had are the built-in oven temp gauge is about 50 degrees off, we bought an oven thermometer to solve that problem, and the regulator stuck closed one day and I had to dismantle/remantle it to get the gas flowing again....

[dumprat]

Hmm good to hear the oven and stove work well.

In our area fire bans are common so a dutch oven is out, and the weight of a cast iron pot is too high as well

[yj4roks]

NOPE! Campchief makes a "tent" and diffuser plate so you can use a dutch oven on a stove! I live in So. Cal. and have the fire restrictions problem too. This saves the day! Takes a little practice but you can bake again without coals! When I found that item, I hadn't used my dutch oven in about a year except for desert trips! The other plus is you don't have to babysit like with coals...rotating the lid and base to avoid hot spots.

[cruisertoy]

We've had one for about 5 years. Temp thing is off but we put a secondary one in. Works well.

[Skeeno]

http://www.kotulas.com/deals/camping...ady-for-action

This one is only an oven but it smaller than the Camp Chef one. It is also only $70. Combined with my $40 two burner stove, it was much less than the cost of the combo unit.

[spikemd]

My buddy has one and we have brought it on the trail a few times. Baked cookies, which the kids love, and warm things up. The stovetop is as good as any other two burner stove. The only downside is size. It is a bit big and heavy, but since he has a disco with the rear seats removed, it isn't an issue. It adds some dinner options for the trail and works pretty well. He got it at Costco for like $170? I was at Costco yesterday here in Sacramento and they have another batch of them. Like anything at Costco, its a seasonal item, so once they are sold out, they may not get any back in. Good luck.

[6x6pinz]

can't seem to find an oven that works better than my dutch ovens. The only downside is the weather here has been so dry that all the fire restrictions make using them impossible. The last trip we took our woks (made from old disc harrows) and a burner from a turkey deep fryer and had some really great shrimp burritos.

[Honu]

can't seem to find an oven that works better than my dutch ovens. The only downside is the weather here has been so dry that all the fire restrictions make using them impossible. The last trip we took our woks (made from old disc harrows) and a burner from a turkey deep fryer and had some really great shrimp burritos.

you ever try those tent things that campchef sells ?
thought about that here with all these fire restrictions

I want to get into doing some dutch oven things and not sure if those tent things actually work or not ?