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Ongoing debate amongst my Dad's grey nomad brigade on what's best; dream pot, camp oven or cobb.
See here if you haven't seen the cobb. http://www.cobbaustralia.com.au/index.shtml
Simple answer, each have their merits.
Gotta say, the cobb does a brilliant roast.
Had a family get together a while back at my Grandparents house:
Mum puts the roast on to cook in the cobb at her house,
hour later I pick it up whilst still cooking and carry it in the car around to gramps place,
park it on the plastic table out back to cook for another hour,
knock off a few beers in the mean time .... bog in. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]
Bet you can't do that with a camp oven.
Cobb can be used during fire bans as well. Gets my vote.
there i was a couple of posts ago talking about how people take too much stuff and luxuries.
I have been known to take my laptop. However usually to download the photos from my memory card - digital camera.
The other week I took it, but it didn't get out of the bag - I couldn't bear the thought in the end of anything connecting me to work.
I have a web design co. so laptop or pda usually stuck to me.
In the past I've been camping and been in mobile range still able to download and send emails - I don't think I'll be that silly again. I go camping to relax.
You people have probably all seen something similar. A couple years back I was camped at Pt Macquarie. There was a tent nearby which not only had the guys double bed - but also his bedhead and bedside draws with a TV at the end of the bed. In a tent for heavens sake. And its where he spent just about all of his day. On his back watching the teev.
Gorrilla, I saw the Cobb at the Victorian Leasure Fest., and thought that with the "coals" it may not be safe while 4wding. With the dream pot, it uses hot water to keep the food hot ( for up to 10 hours ) after the initial 15-20 min. cookup. I had roast lamb last week, 10 hours after the initial 20 min cookup and the food was fully cooked and still hot. I am open to all knowledge from anyone, who can tell me the pros and cons about all these cooking methods. ???
Nomad,
Don't think you supposed to take the cobb 4WDing.
When I mentioned about carrying it in the car, I meant that I physically carried it in my hands whilst someone else drove the car.
Haven't used the dream pot (nor seen it used), but looks to me like its just essentially an oversized thermos. 10 bloody hours for a roast . is that cooking time, or just that how long you kept it hot?
Guess if you mainly eat soups and casseroles, dream pot would good.
Trouble with dream pot and camp ovens is you always need a separate heat source, whereas the cobb has its own.
You can smoke fish in the cobb; just add water soaked hickory chips to a couple of heat beads and block off most of the vent holes. Tried some this other bloke did once, wasn't all that great, but he was still learning (only the second time he tried it).
You can bake bread etc, and they are coming out with different fittings for on top like pizza trays and woks, so cobb is pretty versatile.
But as I said, each has its own merits. A lot depends on how you camp and what style of cooking you normally prefer.
Be interested in what you have done in the dream pot and what situations you think it is good or better than other systems.
Gorrilla- The roast and veg. are placed in an oven bag. They are cooked in about 3hrs, but will stay hot for up to 10 hrs, but will not dry out because the roast is sealed in an oven bag. The idea is to make the food up in the morning, place it in the pot, and when you get home at night your food is ready to eat. You can cook just about anything this way.-- Roasts, soups, pasta, seafood, ect. The heat source is the boiled water ( the pot must have incredible insulation to keep the food hot for 10 hrs) I am not an expert with it yet, because I have only done 2 cookups-( Roast and stew) I think a negative point with it would be that there is not a sealed seperate compartment between some of the food being cooked (ie -stew, cassarole, ect ) and the boiled water. This would not be a problem if the pot was in a stationary position, but I could see a problem in a 4wd situation. I suppose if you were on a 4wd weekend, and had a base camp, you could leave it there. [smiley=disappointed.gif]
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. is that cooking time, or just that how long you kept it hot?