Camp oven cook
I’m Maggie. I make short videos about cooking bread, roasts and stews in a cast iron camp oven in the coals, and I sell recipe books, charts and two video courses.
YouTube
A new video every Saturday from the fire: one dish, the coals and the camp oven.
Flour, water, salt and a fire that has gone to coals: the loaf I make on every trip.
A joint, a bed of vegetables and the lid piled high with coals, from the first light to the carve.
Underneath, on top and how many of each for a slow stew or a hot loaf.
Oil, heat and a good scrub: how I keep the pot black and not rusty.
Online course
Video course · 6 lessons
Six short lessons from lighting the fire to carving the first roast.
Downloads and merch
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
PDF · 2 pages
One page on seasoning, cleaning and storing a camp oven, to keep in the camp box.
PDF · 2 pages
How many coals, under and on top, for every size of camp oven and every kind of dish.
PDF · 3 pages
What to pack for a weekend, a week and a long trip, with a column to tick.
PDF · 18 pages
Twelve loaves and bakes you can make in the coals, with timings.
About
I learned to cook in a camp oven because there was nothing else. We were a long way from the nearest oven, and a black pot in the coals was how everyone ate. Now I cook that way on purpose: at home on the station, on every camping trip, and for any crowd that will hold a plate.
Each week I film one thing from the fire: a loaf, a roast, a stew, or how to look after the oven afterwards. What I sell is what is on my kitchen table: recipe books, a chart for the coals, a care sheet to keep in the camp box, and two video courses for anyone who wants to cook this way.
Newsletter
A free letter every Friday with one recipe for the weekend, what I cooked this week and one thing to try on the fire.