Karl Sigerist Srİ > wrote in message >...
> "Vox Humana" wrote in message
> > "Allan Adler" wrote in message
> > > N.Thornton described a way to make your own stove top oven and answered
> > > some of my questions about it, but I am still confused about it.
> > >
> > > I was contemplating an arrangement of the following sort:
> > > Take a large, deep cast iron sauce pan, put a wok base inside it,
> > > set a small cookie sheet (I've never actually seen them so smalll)
> > > or aluminum pie plate on the wok base, cover it and heat it on the
> > > stove to preheat. Then put dough in the cookie sheet or pie plate,
> > > cover and heat it.
> > >
> > > Is that an acceptable oven? And is this really better than a toaster
> oven?
> > >
> > > I just did a google search for "stovetop oven". One of the hits is
> > > http://www.asseenontvandmore.com/baistov.html
> > > which sells one for about $30. I don't know if they are any good for
> > > baking bread or rolls nor whether they are any better than any of the
> > > other options we've mentioned for baking without a conventional oven.
> >
> > I would get an electric roaster before trying to rig a stove top oven. I
> > think it would be more satisfactory and far less dangerous. Here is an
> > example:
> > http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html...sin=B0000A6037
> >
> >
> Why not use a simple oven like this, we used one for baking, and a host
> of other to be fryed, heating up things over 20 years until he (it?) finally
> died
I can only guess that maybe the OP does not have the money for an
oven. Having used a small toaster sized one myself I would say they
are almost useless. A proper oven, even a table top one, doesnt come
for under £100 here.
I would not consider using a wok base, as all parts of the apparatus
must be perfectly stable. Any instability is just dangerous.
The stovetop link looks very like a pan with a wire tray in it to me.
Paraffin cookers, which were once common, used a tin box with a wire
tray in as an oven, and they worked quite acceptably. I've used a
praffin cooker too, there are a few still in existence - but I dont
recommend them, I think the fume aspect of them is unsafe, but they
cook fine.
Or if the OP wants to get a bit more adventurous how about a solar
cooker? Theyre easy to make, and if you get a bit of scrap glass they
can be assembled at no cost, and can reach 160C in British weather
without concentration.
Home made cookers may involve risks, depending on your design etc, so
I'm not recommending any, just letting you know there are various
options to look into.
Regards, NT