It's been a few years, but I finally got a spun steel oven. my wife stalked my youtube playlist and got me a large Livingstone's bedourie for Father's day. her words: "you're always watching that Australian guy on KZfaq and talking about the food he makes"

Love how you have Fred trained up to sort the kindling for your fires on the sidelines of this clip 🤣

Harry, Thanks for the shout out! I am thrilled that you and the family thought the video was funny. I am a true fan and all the jokes I made are the kinds of jokes I would make with (or about) my good friends. I love what you do and hope you are able to keep doing it for a long, long time. Should I do more "tribute" videos? I have not finished this video yet and you may answer the question, but is spun steel the same as carbon steel? Thanks again! -Nathan

Can I just say, I absolutely LOVE your Prado! Fantastic work. Really looking forward to the cookbook.

Molasses bathed my cast iron camp oven. Got the molasses from a stock feeders. They deal in farm feed. Worked a treat.

Sorry man. I clicked on your vid to see what you had to say but I found myself watching your dog playing around

In the mid 80’s dad started to cook a rabbit in the cast iron camp oven. It then rained heavily and we packed up and headed home. Dad put the camp oven in the trailer. By the time we got home the rabbit was as cooked. 👍

Do you ever wonder if the dog thinks Harry is a madman because he just spends hours talking to himself?

Awesome video, as usual, informative and truthful with realworld experience

Great vid mate! Have literally been looking at getting a spun steel version this week!

For a second I thought you had a snake in your shot, then saw Fred playing with a black stick lol 😂

I have an Aluminum dutch oven that I acquired from my neighbor who did a ton of canoeing. Packed his oven in a oven bag with Styrofoam so it would float. There is a great video out there of a guy who does a temperature test between cast iron and aluminum. Nearly identical. Weight would be around the same as the spun steel. Bonus! You don't need to season aluminum!!! Dude, you need some Dutch Oven tools like a lid lifter. $8.

24:20 Bedourie Ovens, from Southern Metal Sinners, come with handles for the lid, so no tipping. I have a 12" high which takes a trivet in the bottom and a trivet in the top for veggies. You can also buy an oyster wheel and wooden paddle. 24:30 You can invert the lid to take coals.

Great vid, Harry - well detailed, especially around the cleaning/seasoning process. Laine 👍🏼

Thoroughly enjoyed the information. There was a lot I was unaware of when comparing the two metals. I also enjoyed watching pup-pup with his sticks!

Hey mate just preparing for our family bush adventures with our off road caravan we get in February 2022 - family of 4 (3&5 yr old). - I love cooking and wife bought me your book and I love it and your videos. I love cast iron cooking and you have confirmed I can cook great food for my family when we travel… love it thank you

Hello once,again,just like to say, my old man gets old fish,chip, oil from a shop,take his pot,pan, down the back yard,an has a big boil up,over a fire,then put them on a wire rack ,dry with newspaper,ready for the next bush trip.good video once again.

Absolutely brilliant. I am looking to get a camp oven and this was just so informative. Thank you.

Good episode. Bought a Bedourie in the states a couple weeks ago. Seasoned well and gets the job done without weighing a ton.

Awesome video! Heaps of helpful advice and tips! Thank you for taking the time to share. :)

Great video Harry. I have cast gear myself, as its been mostly given to me over the years. I got my 12inch cast oven for $5 and it cooks aswell as an expensive one. But i do love my cast iron skillet, use it all the time at home aswell and it has no wooden handle so it gets alot of use as a baking tray aswell. There are some things I havent seen in spun steel such as my potjie, it is great for stews and slow cooking wet dishes. I think next time i buy myself a new oven, ill look at getting a spun steel one instead of cast.

Finaly some one making someone make sence about how to get the best from your cookig quipment. Cook the way you want. Harry good advice!!!!

Thanks for this. We went and bought a spun steel to replace our old cast iron after watching this. A few trips in and a few Fire to Fork cooks completed....it was an excellent decision. (Weight saving alone makes it worth it.)

Another less commonly thought of option: stainless steel. They do exist: Solidteknics noni (deepa pot plus skillet combo creates a dutch oven) is a good quality aussie brand (love the aus-ion at home but that is wrought iron); and the Soto stainless steel dutch oven (Japanese brand). Both look thick enough to be fine on an open fire and the material allows for more acidic sauces. Best part would seem that they don't need seasoning (but that also means less non-stick -- do we hate trivets that much?). Soto might be less well known to car campers but are better known to those that don't mind carrying their tent for a bit further than you would ever want to carry a swag, and may well have a really nice Soto Windmaster stove in their pack (but then likely nothing resembling a dutch oven but I've seen almost everything). I would be keen to hear your thoughts on these stainless steel options on your channel. I'm pretty good at checking my cookware then cleaning it up and re-seasoning well before I take it somewhere but the idea of taking something straight out of storage rust-free is something I can't help wondering about. I have to say that I love my Lodge cast iron oven with legs and my carbon steel wok though.

Great TED Talk Lol. I'm not a big camp oven user and I removed my cast iron camp oven from my kit over 10 years ago. Every now and again I consider replacing it with a spun steel one just to have in the car for those rare occasions where I might do a damper.

Good timing - was just getting around to buying a camp oven and was considering cast iron. That a hard no from me now. Nice vid 👍

Thank you for this comparison and seasoning tip, newer into this part of camp cooking

Check out Solidteknics cookware as well. Aussie made in wrought iron and the stainless steel Nõni range as well. Not the cheapest but definitely amongst the best best available. Love them and they go on every camping trip with us ❤️

Fred moving that branch - I thought it was a snake!

Great video, Harry!

thanks for the Bedourie link to Mule for US shipping! I've been waiting to feel rich enough to order from Aus and pay that hefty shipping tax. Now I already have one one the way!

Just come across your channel and subscribed straight away well done, I must admit I’m old fashioned but have converted to spun steel many many years ago cheers 👍🍻🇦🇺

Thanks for the very detailed run through of the spun steel product. I ended up getting the hillbilly one but the removable handle is a real faff so might check out the SMS one.

Remember a big heavy Camp oven for a whole gang, would have traditionally lived in the "Chuck wagon" and cooked meals for a whole crew. (Weight less of a concern, and the cook would look after his gear - not dropping or otherwise messing it up). Obv. Hot rolledsteel ( Spun or drawn)- being - usually - a lot thinner may have worse cooking (and seasoning) characteristics ie. hot spots etc, but it is definitely easier to carry and use and faster to get going. We also have a Cast Iron Wok - and it is a really nice tool to use (it heats nicely, even on an electric stovetop though doesn't get as hot as on a good burner) - quite finely made, not at all big and chunky like a camp oven.

Been happy with my spun steel great video Harry

I had no idea cast iron could crack... learnt a few things here, thanks Harry.

Thanks for the link! We have several in stock and move a lot of them here in the US.

I was steering toward spun steel as my cast is Heavy AF, this vid sold it, many advantages 🤘 cheers.

Great vid & excellent explanation! As so often, it is not very useful to be pro or con; there are simply differences in materials and hence how they perform. And then there is wether you like the one more over the other. Very well explained. Pray continue Harry with these video's. Love'm.

Great timing, I just started looking at the spun steel camp ovens, Bedourie vs southern metal spinners vs hillbilly vs kings. Thanks for doing the research for me

Great video! I've just got shitty cheap painted home style pans currently but keen to upgrade to a cast skillet and/or spun wok and I think I've now decided which to get first

I had the spun steel from snowys on my short list for a while, this pushed me over the edge.

The Hill Billy Spun Steel camp ovens have a removable handle that prevents tipping. The handle ends have a flat cross piece at each end and slot into a horizontal flat piece on the top side of the oven. Take a look it works.

Maybe you should have mentioned Nathan's video closer to the end, I almost forgot to come back after watching it and cacking myself laughing :)

Hey Harry, when are you going to cook up some of that Tube Steak 😂😂

Got one for Christmas and every trip so far it's rained

I like baking (bread,cake, cookies) in cast iron because the cast iron tames the initial heat of the coals. I do have the weight capacity on my trailer and I use the cast iron as ballast against the jerry cans.

So I gave the Colonial IPA’s a go. 👌 still like their Pale Ale too.... a great session ale. Enjoy your work mate 👍

Great video! I wish spun steel ovens were more available here in the US. I love my cast iron but that weight savings is amazing. I wonder how stainless steel camp pots would hold up to use as an oven.

Nice comparison. Will look into the spun steel.

Used both and both work. Spun steel requires much more attention to heat though as it’s not as forgiving as cast. You can load the heat up with cast as the coals take longer to heat and cool off to good cooking temp before burning occurs. Load up spun steel you are quickly going to get a hot spot and need to use a trivet. We have Furphy and Harding camp ovens that have bounced around in the boat trailer for many years and never seen a broken one. We are pretty lazy cooks though and happy to get to temp and let it do it’s thing only needing a few coals every half hour or so. As I say, we agree both cook a good feed the spun steel needs a little more attention. I have the hillbilly frypan with high sides but is a little thin causing hot spots if you are not on the ball.

There are a lot of spun steel woke out there and I've used them. Once I was able to get a hand hammered wok, it really improved my game. The thick center, textured side and thin really made life easier.

One year late (from me) but awesome info shared Harry - cheers

I broke my skillet the other day, dropped it. Would have been 70+ years old travelled my father when he was younger working around Australia, I salvaged it out of chicken coop after it was buried 15 years.

Should do something at Brisbane 4x4 show 👍🏻

Watching Fred pick up sticks that are longer than my leg lol

Sand or bead blast your spun steel and it'll hold seasoning almost as well as cast iron. Spun and pressed steel is all I use at home and an egg will slide around in it like brand new non-stick cookware

"I haven't got the best back in the world" Hitting the water crooked from a cliff may not helped that.

Really good stuff, UK stockists for the spun steel?

Cheers mate, Need to get myself a camp oven and like the thought of Cast Iron. How would you suggest is best to look after those hot plates sold at 4wd supacentre etc for cooking over a camp fire? Normally I dont clean them before putting it in the bag as Ive found the fat from cooking keeps them from rusting.

A couple cups of uncooked rice in the pot during storage also keeps the rust at bay (inland only of course).

No joke about how hard it is to get a spun steel oven here in the states. Been on backorder for some time but rumor has it I might see it in a couple more weeks.

I have a 12 inch Aussie camp oven and I´m very happy with it. The only thing I don´t like that much is the w ay the wire handles are attached to the lid, going thru the walls and resting inside the lid/frying pan, instead of outside like the main body.

Good video.

Thought that was a snake coming in for a second there lol

Uniflame make a spun steel camp oven with the wall thickness and weight of cast iron.

great video thank you , going to get spun steel oven , cheers

Love the parody.

Was about to buy a cast iron, cheers 🍻

CAUTION: Be careful storing a rag with linseed or flax oil on it as it may spontaneously combust under certain conditions.

Just bought a spun steel frying pan from "World Market" available in the USA. I'm sure there are others.

I'd love to see a reverse un parody of Nathan's dirty American steak tube recipes done in a Fire to Fork style. It might be a challenge getting Steak-umms in Australia though.

I use an OzPig traveller potbelly stove and the spun steel is no good for use on it, hotspots, warping, poor heat retention. My weapon of choice is the 10L oblong shaped cast iron camp oven from BCF, fits perfectly (try getting oblong shaped spun steel) on top with none of the problems I mentioned, I'm ok with the extra weight if something works properly.

Order through Hillbilly Camping Products in Melbourne Victoria... none better in Spunsteel

Fred the Branch Manager 😂

Can you start again please Harry.. missed the topic coz I was watching The Adventures of Fred & the Magic Stick...

I have been given a aluminium camping oven are they any good or do they get hot spots, great cooking tips cheers christian

I dropped a cast iron skillet on the floor and it broke the tile. Pan was fine. Yes, cast iron is more brittle but it’s still da%$ tough.

I love how you said lifting up your wife, your dog or heavy things... Not sure my wife would appreciate being called heavy

Fun fact, clarified butter actually has one of the highest smoke points of all cooking oils

what size(or diameter) is your traditional spun steel camp oven? And what size traditional camp oven would you recommend for 2-4 adults?

Hi Harry. Can we get your IPA beer/ale outside of Australia. I’m in South Africa.

What is the size of the Aussie Camp Oven in the video? very nice Video, now I need to get one to Germany...

Harry, I always throw “clean” sand in when I scrub my pots... heaps less work

Went had a look he was very funny 😆

Needs more Pit Vipers. Great video though :)

I'm here because I bought one of these things from southern metal spinners and it kept rusting while I cooked with it. They provide pathetic seasoning instructions out of the box and only now did they send me here to watch this video...They never said to not use olive oil either... Hopefully after giving this method a crack I can cook a stew without ending up with a rust bucket.

What are your thoughts on aluminum ovens and pans? Here in California open fire is banned in the back country roughly 8 months of the year. That includes EVERYTHING except gas burners. I feel like they could be a good alternative to spun steel.

The dog is rearanging the woods again

Big like my frind good vdo ,happy day

Beer time.👍🍺👍🍺

The hillbilly is a beast of a spun steel oven.

*looks at my freshly ordered Snow Peak cast iron pot* “Well…fuck”

What about a potjie pot. Good old south African cooking gear

Dog stole the scene

They got aluminium camp oven in us

Where are the links please?

Can ya get a spun steel jaffle iron?

And was Seasoning the codeword? 🤣🤣

Are you team Spun or Cast?