Getting the most out of your Big Boar Camp Oven
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Tips
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Using your Big Boar
on your Ozpig
1
Place your Big Boar camp
oven over the open firebox of
the Ozpig to pre-heat for
between 5 – 10 minutes, until
very hot. NOTE: Don't forget to
add your trivet when cooking a
roast
or damper!
2
Place your meal inside the
camp oven and leave over the
open fire box from 10 to 30
minutes (depending on your
fire size).
3
Place the Ozpig diffuser
between the camp oven and
the open flames to reduce the
intensity of the heat and allow
for a moderate and even heat
distribution to the base of the
camp oven.
4
At this point, if you want to
brown your food or get a
crunchy top, take some coals
out of the Ozpig belly (or use
hot heat beads) and place
them all over the lid, evenly
spaced. Check your food again
after 10 minutes. Remember
to start with just a small
amount of coals / heat beads,
as you can always add more as
you go - but once it's burnt, it's
burnt!
“Quick Cook” method
By leaving the camp oven on
top of the fire, you will get
what we call a ‘quick cook’. If
you find that the fire is too hot
and is starting to burn your
food; place the Ozpig bbq
plate over the fire and under
the camp oven. If this is still
too hot; carefully remove your
camp oven and place your
Ozpig diffuser underneath the
BBQ plate then replace the
camp oven. This will give you
maximum heat control.
“Slow Cook” method
If you prefer to slow cook your
meal, place the camp oven on
the side warming plate once
you are ¾ of the way through
the cooking process. This will
leave the top of the Ozpig free
for you to cook up mashed
potatoes, pasta or rice ready to
go with your meal.
NOTE:
When using the side warming
plate, always make sure that
the side of the camp oven is in
contact with the side of the
Ozpig. This will ensure that
the radiant heat coming from
the body of the pig will
continue to cook your food.
(Remember to rotate your
camp oven either 90 or 180
degrees every ½ hour to
ensure an even distribution of
heat). Once your camp oven
meal is cooked, leave a slight
gap between the the Ozpig and
the camp oven to keep the
meal warm and ready to
be served.
Here is a simple way to gauge the
temperature inside your camp
oven…. Place a piece of baking
paper inside the hot oven and
look at the colour as an indicator
as follows:
DARK BROWN TO BLACK
VERY HOT 250 degrees Celsius
LIGHT BROWN
HOT 230 degrees Celsius
YELLOW
MODERATE 190 degrees Celsius
Always preheat your
camp oven before you
start cooking.
Using your Big Boar on
a campfire
1
Pre-heat your camp oven on
the campfire
2
Take a shovel of coals out of
the fire and spread them in a
section of ground a little bigger
than the base of the camp oven.
(Don’t use too many, you can
always add more later but it
will be too late if you have too
much heat too early!)
3
Place the camp oven on the
coals and quickly add the food
and the lid to conserve heat.
4
Place a shovel of coals on top
of the camp oven lid - once
again, making sure you don't
use too many as you can always
add more later. Also, keep a
clear space around the handle
so that you can you can still lift
the lid to check your food.
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. Lift the lid from time to time
– if your food is not browning
the way you would like, add
more coals to the lid.
Remember, camp oven
cooking is NOT about rushing!
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