Introducing DavesStuff - Innovative Camping Gear That Works

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Originally Posted by PeeBee

Sorry Rohan, missed you by 3 minutes it seems. I checked the kit last night, so you are right to go. Grab a beer and read the instructions or do the aussie thing and wipe your arse with them! If in doubt jump onto any of the numerous videos MB has loaded on his Kim Kardashian challenge site and also on the davesstuff site under tutorials. Enjoy - excessively. I have one couple cooking on theirs every night because their kitchen reno has taken a turn for the worse and they don't have a BBQ - been doing this for 12 nights straight - pretty keen but shows you can cook a variety of stuff on it.

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Damn 3 minutes? Oh well. Yes I'll be reading up and studying this thread with great enthusiasm now. Cheers!

Ok, read the instructions and Phil your comedy/satire skills are right up there mate! Wish all device instructions were written like yours!

Wanna know what he says through 6 x A4 User Instructions and Safety Notes instruction manual? Well buy one and have a chuckle! :D Bloody great intro to the device.

Now, I've read this thread cover to cover tonight, and my Philstar McCookmaster 5000 is sitting here staring me in the face. AND I'M SCARED!! Haha holy hell it's such a mean cooking machine! I've got a lot of learning to do but I'm gonna jump on this thing bareback, grab its mane and kick it in the guts!

Catch me when I fall.

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Well just got home after picking up my new Davestuff Gwenny!! Haven't unpacked it yet but I feel like a kid at christmas! Suspension shagged in the commodore now too haha she's a heavy beast! :D

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Good work Plassy, you’re gonna love it like our family truly do too mate! @PeeBee Philstar, whereabouts on your site are your ‘tutorials’ located mentioned? Bump.... :-)
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You brought a smile and laugh to my domain reading this, glad you liked the notes as most instructions are boring as batshit and just as much use. If in doubt go for less heat underneath and more on top. MB is a total wizard with this oven so even a call to him and he can probably put you on a better track than me.

When doing pizzas give the oven time to really develop a heat sink effect and you do need a bit of heat underneath, but be wary of wind as it will turn the bottom chamber into a blast furnace in no time. If you dig out the photos of the licola meet up there is one there of the three ovens roaring. We had finished cooking and the wind sprang up, was like three furnaces out of control, probably would have cooked a pizza in 2 minutes instead of 8 I reckon!

Tutorials are on the page listed as models. The pull down menu gives you a tutorials selection, then you can bask in all the delicious glory my heavenly presentation skills can deliver!

Sweet, thanks mate, found now!
http://davesstuff.net/tutorials/
Can stop scouring YouTube and ‘accidentally’ bumping into Kim Kardashian :-)


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@PeeBee @MB @Winnie @Clunk @Hilux man @rusty_nail ............anyone else??

I'm cranking my new Philcook up tonight and starting easy (hopefully) with pizzas. It's all ready to go with a single layer of chips in the smoke tray but can anyone advise how many heat beads to use above and below?

Still looking for @Avo 's calculator which is in this thread somewhere.


EDIT: Here's the calculator courtesy of aussiecampovencook.com

http://www.aussiecampovencook.com/he...briquettes.htm

Says 19 on top, 6 below for a baking temp of 190 degrees. Sound about right for this jigger?

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

@PeeBee @MB @Winnie @Clunk @Hilux man @rusty_nail ............anyone else??

I'm cranking my new Philcook up tonight and starting easy (hopefully) with pizzas. It's all ready to go with a single layer of chips in the smoke tray but can anyone advise how many heat beads to use above and below?

Still looking for @Avo 's calculator which is in this thread somewhere.


EDIT: Here's the calculator courtesy of aussiecampovencook.com

http://www.aussiecampovencook.com/he...briquettes.htm

Says 19 on top, 6 below for a baking temp of 190 degrees. Sound about right for this jigger?

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i usually just almost fill the top and bottom lol. usually takes about the same top and bottom to get even cooking

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

i usually just almost fill the top and bottom lol. usually takes about the same top and bottom to get even cooking

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That's seems a lot......but probably do need a furnace for the pizzas! I've kick-started 25 heat beads but might need to fire up a few more. I'll get them on the oven and see what the temp guage gets up to.

Thanks nicco.

You need at least a full covering on the bottom, maybe 2 deep. Then I would have a single layer on top and built up like a shallow pyramid. The top pan is only going to get 40% of the heat generated as its open on th sides and tp, the bottom will get close to say 85% at a guess based on what you lose out the sides and the heat transfer is 'insulated' to some degree by the ceramic stone, the stone moderates or equalises the heat to some degree also, but if you have a pile of heat beads in just one spot you will get local burning.

Now, the cook time is directly related to the depth of topping, the moisture of the topping, the thickness of the base and the size of the fire under the stone - lots of opportnity to much up but if you don't rush and dont leave it unattended you will get a good result.

I would suggest you get the oven nice and hot, if you have a thermometer thats great, then put your prepared base in and check it in 5 minutes, then every 2 minutes from there until you get a handle on how this works.