RE: Coleman Oven

[cartooncaracter]

 
We are thinking of getting a Coleman Oven. Anyone have one and what you think. Is it worth the money?

[Y-Guy]

 cartooncaracter
We ve had ours for a while now, bought it at Wal-Mart for around $27. It works okay once you wrap it with foil to keep the heat in, and don t trust the thermometer that comes it it.  We ve baked Cinnamon rolls and a few other things. For the money I have no complaints, but its not a great product either.  You ll need to use it on the outside stove, at least we did, in order to get things warm enough.

[tlhdoc]

 cartooncaracter
We have used on for a couple of years.  It works pretty good, although you do have to keep a close watch on the temp.  I have an oven thermometer that I hang inside the oven.  2 layers of heavy duty foil help it to keep the heat in the oven.  It is so nice to be able to bake something quickly and not have to have a fire to do so.  I have a heavy 8 X 8 inch pan that I use in the oven.[]

[jaycocamprs]

 cartooncaracter
You can bake most any thing in them. As Y-guy said the thermometer in the door is junk, ours is off at least 100 degrees at cooking temp. I use a remote probe digital thermometer. We also use our old gas Coleman stove as we only have a low pressure on the camper.

[Bearnkat]

 cartooncaracter
Hi Chuck and Beth,
 
 We ll chime in total agreement with the pevous posts. The thermometer on the door is way off. We use a regular hang up thermometer inside to monitor the temperature. We really like having the oven in our popup because its nice to have hot biscuits and cinnamon rolls. We feel it was a wise and good investment for our popup.
 

[kathybrj]

 cartooncaracter
We like ours. I don t cook by temp, so the door thing isn;t a problem. I also don t wrap mine in foil.
 
 We ve done cinnamon rolls, brownies, etc., in it and we do like it. We don t use it every trip, but it s good to know we have it.

[Dust64]

 cartooncaracter
We bought one last year. Haven t used it camping, but did use it here at home to try baking various items. Like others said the thermostat on mine is off by about 75 degrees, 420 degrees measured with digital thermometer while the door thermostat read 350 degrees. After several uses here at home I ve decided that it s really more trouble than it s worth. We ll purchase a good toaster oven to go in the camper this season for those delicious A.M. cinamon rolls...earl

[kathybrj]

 Dust64

 

ORIGINAL:  Dust64
 
 We bought one last year. Haven t used it camping, but did use it here at home to try baking various items. Like others said the thermostat on mine is off by about 75 degrees, 420 degrees measured with digital thermometer while the door thermostat read 350 degrees. After several uses here at home I ve decided that it s really more trouble than it s worth. We ll purchase a good toaster oven to go in the camper this season for those delicious A.M. cinamon rolls...earl
 

 So you have to do without the cinnamon rolls if you re dry camping??[]
 
 I don t know if I could get that to fly with the kids![]
 

[tlhdoc]

 kathybrj

 

ORIGINAL:  kathybrj
 
 
 

ORIGINAL:  Dust64
 
 We bought one last year. Haven t used it camping, but did use it here at home to try baking various items. Like others said the thermostat on mine is off by about 75 degrees, 420 degrees measured with digital thermometer while the door thermostat read 350 degrees. After several uses here at home I ve decided that it s really more trouble than it s worth. We ll purchase a good toaster oven to go in the camper this season for those delicious A.M. cinamon rolls...earl
 

 So you have to do without the cinnamon rolls if you re dry camping??[]
 
 I don t know if I could get that to fly with the kids![]
 
 

 
 I have to agree with Kathy.  Until 2 years ago we dry camped exclusily.  Camping for 10 days with out any baked items its is a bit of a pain.  Cheesey garlic bread, cookies, peach cobler, etc.  makes a nice change.[]

[Starryart]

 cartooncaracter
I think the concensus is...It s a GO! We have one too and agree with the others.
 Do try it out at home to test cooking procedures. We use ours on a coleman  stove too. It gets pretty hot to touch and in warm weather we like it outside instead of heating up the camper. (Though, right now heat is a good thing.[])
  It is not a perfect appliance but let s face it we are " roughing"  it right?

[MtnCamper]

 cartooncaracter
Nothin  better than fresh chocolate chip cookies. Or bisquits and gravy for breakfast. We use one, on the inside low pressure stove, without foil. Seems to work pretty good for us.

[Opie431]

 cartooncaracter
I had one and used it so seldom that I got rid of it.  When I have electricity I use an electric skillet to bake in.  It can make cakes, cookies, muffins and pizza in one.I suppose I could use a regular non-electric frying pan to do the same when we are dry camping.

[DBGCAMP]

 cartooncaracter
Get a 12"  Dutch Oven... you can bake, roast, simmer, broil, boil and fry all in one utensil!

[Dust64]

 kathybrj
Kathy: No worries about not having my morning cinnamon rolls. If the campsite I m occupying does not have electricity, something that would be real rare considering my camping style, I simply fire up my generator. The concept of camping without electricity is like bathing without water to me, yeah it can be done but it just ain t natural...earl

[Gamecock Camper]

 cartooncaracter
Ditto on the thermometer on the Coleman oven door... but other than that, it is a great addition to the " camp kitchen" .  We use ours on every trip and use it on a Camp Chef stove without any foil over the oven.  On the old PUT board, many people said to cover it, but I have good results without the foil.  A hanging thermometer (hangs on the shelf) is a good investment (under $3.00) to make for a simple and easy to use oven.  
 
 When I bought my Coleman oven, several of my camping friends told me that they had one, but couldn t cook very well with it.  Thanks to PUT, I quickly discovered that the main problem is that the thermometer on the door of the oven is way way off.  I don t know why they even bother putting a thermometer on the oven since it is so inaccurate.