Camp Cooking FAILS and How to Fix Them

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[leighmatthews]

If you don't have a fire trivet you can hammer three tent pegs into the ground amongst the coals to keep camp oven off the coals. Three are easier to get level than four, just keep tapping them until level. Great tips, thanks Harry.

[TrulyUnfortunate]

I usually have two fires going when I cook outdoors.
One for cooking and the other as a source for coals. It's a heck of a lot easier to keep a steady heat by adding coals to your cooking fire rather than adding wood.
And the second fire is nice just to sit around while having a cold one.

[MataH]

So happy to hear someone saying these garlic and ginger jars, as well as powdered pepper, taste rubbish!!! These condiments are so easy to keep and to use, why go for processed!
However, no need to salt your water when cooking pasta. The taste of salt fades out unless you add a lot, so it is a better idea to salt your pasta when cooked.
Excellent and useful video, thanks!

[leescooking]

So glad I found this video. I have been trying to master the camp oven. 70% of coals on top and the space between the fire and the camp oven makes so much sense. I too, burnt my first camp oven meal. Do you also heat your camp oven up before adding your protein, i.e. roast chicken? I agree with the garlic and ginger, but when remote camping for weeks on time, I always take some as back up. So nice to find someone who cooks real meals camping. Truth be told I have so much time when I'm camping for cooking. And food tastes so much better in the outdoors. great channel.

[Jassix-oqzo]

Hi Harry, my husband and I are just getting into camping and love to cook good food. I have been bingeing your videos for ideas and tips and we look forward to trying them out on our camping trips. Thanks for the great, down to earth videos.

[robmiller]

I’ve been using cast iron Dutch ovens and cooking over an open fire for years. I enjoy the challenge of controlling the fire and heat and although I’ve had some failures, I’ve had more success than fail.
Thank you for the “TIPS”, I hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy new year!

[grantwilliams]

I spent my youth around the Camooweal and Urandangi areas of Qld and the Northern Territory, on cattle stations and droving routes sleeping in swags on the ground and eating out of camp ovens. Thank you for your informative shows. They have not only enabled me to relive my 'glory days' of over 40 years ago but your "Tips" have brought back to mind many things that I had forgotten about this form of on you and keep up the good work.
Grant 'Bill' Williams.

[JaminHGrilla]

I appreciate the tips. Too many people settle for ultra basic camp meals for the sake of simplicity and speed. A little bit of extra time creates such a better version of what would have been a basic meal.

[leanneanderson]

I'd love to see some tips that show how much fire wood you generally go through when cooking camp meals. As a family starting out with camping and love camp fire cooking we struggle to estimate the amount of wood needed. Love your videos! Love your recipes. Keep up the amazing work!

[gregvideos]

An outstanding collection of tips from the expert. Many thanks for the time and effort you put into your videos Harry. They are very much appreciated and enjoyed. 🎉

[jamespower]

After many years of borrowing camp ovens and having no clue as to what I'm doing iv been lucky enough to be given one as a gift and now I'm lucky enough to have seen all your awesome TIPS .
Thanks

[jimgreenwood]

Your tips are truly the camp oven cardinal rules. They are based on acquired knowledge. I cooked a large pork roast for Christmas in a Hill Billy spun steel Camp oven that I bought more than 30 years ago. Added a jar of Apple sauce, rosemary, red vein sorrel, fennel leaves, garlic, dried apricots and sultanas, a dash of apple cider vinegar, water and some rice bran oil. As you suggest loaded the lid with charcoal and placed a small amount of charcoal underneath. The camp oven juice made a yummy fruity gravy when run through the ninja. It was fantastic.

[rickcathysmith]

I learnt this one’s tip years ago
When you go to a campsite that has the old BBQ plate that looks like it has never been cleaned don’t stress
Just place some Glad Bake paper on the disgusting plate cook your what ever even fish then all the cleaning up is throw it into the fire
Some of the plates get flipped up so they are buckled & over burnt don’t worry
Works a treat

[rosswade]

Been camping for years and love dutch oven cooking! Awesome TIP about keeping the bottom of the oven off of the coals!

[paulbattley]

Thanks for the ‘tips’ mate. Especially liked the part on heat control, I can never seem to get that right

[GlennAston]

Great list of tips for a late 50's guy who has just started 4wd'ing and camping for the first time since scout and cadet days - its a long way from ration packs and farmhouse stew.

[marksiegmann]

These TIPS are great! I've let my son's do most of the cooking at our family camping trip because they know how to do it. It's time I learn myself.

[joeltower]

"Tips"
Not sure if your still giving a book away but thought I'd try 😊
Just bought a 10 inch 5qt camp dutch oven yesterday. First timer here!

[darksidemachining]

Add a thin layer of water to the cold pan with bacon. As the water heats up and evaporates, the fat will render more efficiently leaving behind perfectly crisp bacon.
Pasta can be soaked for a couple hours in just enough water to cover it. After soaking, place it in a pan with heated up spaghetti sauce and mix well. It will be indistinguishable from the traditional method and yet it saves on using the large amount of water and fuel (which might be in short supply when camping) to boil it in the traditional method.

[PaulMotu]

Some great “Tips” there mate! The spacer for the camp oven answers an issue I always had when I saw camp oven cooking being done but one worth mentioning re the rice cooking is wash it, wash it then wash it again GENTLY. Getting rid of all the starch and then prevents it becoming sticky and gluggy BUT if you break the rice by washing it aggressively you will release more starch from the broken grains and therefore will reintroduce stickiness and glugginess again! Great “Tips” thanks mate!