Jalapeno and Cheese Damper baked in an $18 homemade Reflector Oven

[@SlackingSince1969]

I love how you came up with your own solution!!! Lay a sheet of aluminum foil on the ground under your trivet and build a slightly bigger fire. Keep the fire up throughout the cooking process. Don't let it burn into coals. You need fire. Turn the oven so the front is facing the wind. If you want to block the wind on the other side of the fire wrap some aluminum foil around a couple of sticks a few times and stick them into the ground. It will help reflect heat into the oven. Cheap too. Unless you don't have sticks in Australia.🤣 Do that and I think your homemade solution will cook a roast. It may be more of a slow cook as opposed to a camp oven or a textbook reflector oven but what you came up with will work. It will also cook a damper quicker. Buck I love how you ran with this. That damper was perfect. When you told me you hadn't heard of these before I couldn't believe this didn't make it to Oz. Glad I put you onto something. I hope someone with the tools and know how is willing to put one together for you for not alot of money. It ain't hard and I sent you enough photos and videos to make it easy to understand. Especially for someone with a technical bent. I call this attempt a success.🇨🇦🇦🇺👍👍

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Cheers mate

[@seabee167]

I reckon a medium sized galvanised tool box would work perfectly, laid on its front with top propped open and double as cooking storage.

[@grahamwhittaker8844]

Ya watchin Terry ? Get on to it mate now ya nothing to do with the van sorted 😂😂, 👁️👁️😎😇❤️🙏another great clip Buck 👍👍👏👏👏

[@Phil_McAvity]

Buck that was actually cooked perfectly, my mouth was watering! 🤤

[@frantickle]

100% looked awesome!

[@lornamcmillan7911]

That clip was awesome Buck, I love when you do clips like this , Good onya Enjoy looks bloody good 👍🍻

[@jamesmacdougall27]

Good on you mate. Keeping it real unlike many other channels. Always a good watch.

[@markhopkins9925]

Thanks Buck , a different way to cook . Well done on damper . 👍👍🍻🍻

[@HandcraftedByTerryG]

Well done Buck what a fantastic idea to cook something different im going to give this a crack i was just reserching they say you can use cardboard and alfoil and make the same thing Thanks Slackin youve come up with a real winner here mate 👍

[@mrdonny3501]

Great clip Buck. You got me thinking. Some stainless hinge's and 4 sheets of alloy 400 x 400.

[@deanroach_Roachy]

Great clip Buck love it, great way to cook damper.

[@tomrollings4233]

You can get small sheets of aluminium from bunnings and wire them up the same .. might be worth a shot 😊

[@barbedstar6480]

What fun...and successful too! You could get another pan and cut it in half to hinge to the ovens outside edges. Would wrap around the edges more. Or three more would really extend the sides and one more for the top.. Those pans would all nest, depending on how you join them. A light, effective camp oven. What a simple solution. The damper looked great! Years ago I dated a Kiwi (a man of few words) whose favorite snack was Worcestershire sauce on American white bread! You cracked me up when you said that!!!

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

I have a proper reflective oven on the way from the UK.

[@stuartkcalvin]

A twenty lire metal drum, with the bottom and front cut out?

[@Lee-astrololee]

Aussie ingenuity Buck, when you don't have the real thing, make your own!! Pretty sure I have seen these type of reflective ovens which direct the sun via a mirror to a base that then reflects the heat back to the cooking pot, sorry couldn't find it on YT but!

[@anthonywicks5586]

Buck you nailed that damper it looked great. The reflector oven is very interesting idea and something new thanks very much for sharing with us Buck and Slacking 👍

[@jackturtle131]

Never seen that idea Buck. Great looking damper. It doesn't matter if it takes longer to bake just adjust your time and start a bit earlier

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Exactly mate

[@johnwilliams3963]

Also works as a wind break for the fire. Great way of cooking for hiking or motorcycle, or simple A frame two person tent set up

[@louiskudlak2256]

Etsy have them

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Yeah i went in there and it said they don't deliver to Australia. Just waiting back from a yank mob.

[@samthemanfish6903]

Nothing to stop you doing same thing and still using your camp oven. Bloody good idea. If you can cook bread you can cook a roast. Low and slow is the go.

[@SteveMrW]

Buck, the damper looks great and it has a punch. Well done Marc.

[@davexstuntman]

G'day Buck and All, As the wise man Rodney R once said "You're a Bloody Trendsetter" Mr B. Now I need a feed, keep up the good work. An old ration tin would would well. Cheers, Keysy 😁👍👍

[@hkayztheoldguy]

Always commendable to try new ways to cook…awesome effort mate😎

[@brianrollins3245]

Fantastic that you had fun with the experiment and rewarded with a tasty damper. Works similar to solar oven by harnessing radiant heat. Haven’t thought of these in years but they were common item in Boy Scouts troop gear back in the 70s. Came in different shapes that usually included a reflctive surface below the tray.

[@Joshhatch83]

Looks good Buck and the bottom of the damper is not as bad as your last one in the Weber Q😂

[@trevkelly9371]

Middle of summer hear in rocky i dont even think id need a fire just those tin trays and the sun be enough to cook up,

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

🤣

[@LandySmurf]

Anthony Wicks is your man for making something like this

[@deanroach_Roachy]

Landy I think so too but he is way too busy with his new company “Wicksy’s rocket stoves”

[@markolav70]

@@deanroach_Roachy patent pending #

[@PrivateAccountWorkGardening]

Mr Roony. You can Use Stainless Thread and Steel Fixing Ties. Or Drill a Stainless Plate Top and Bottom and Bolt it Sir. I wanted to use Stainless thread in a brick Pit - So I could get the Temps up for a Nice Pizza.

[@PrivateAccountWorkGardening]

If Mr Gorilla welded that up- With a Big Handle- With his Circle Griddle And A nice Plate bottom- And Angle / For Firewood. You could make $150 a Pop easy. Bucky And Gidjies Radio Fish Fryer Flatbreads, Roties, Pappadarm Daniels

[@PrivateAccountWorkGardening]

Smoked Sausage, Smoked Lamb, Drippings onto Rosemary Potatoes. Drippings onto a veg bake, Scallops, Curry DAMPER !! Banana leaf Rice, Crab Bake, STEAKS !

[@PrivateAccountWorkGardening]

Smoked Duck onto baked Potatoes Crispy Skin Fish Charred Bream Duck over Charred Snapper with Fried Rice and Duck Fat

[@PrivateAccountWorkGardening]

Hey Mr Roony. It might be a bit out of your price.. but if you can get a 2nd Hand Kebabs Spinner- They're similar. They Run off Gas I think for your Camping.

[@aussie5365]

Thanks for the clip Buck. It will work for me with little space in the back yard. (Don't want to burn the neighbours out )

[@baumie4618]

How good is that! 👌

[@JamesJeanneret]

Get Scotty Bruce to knock one up for you mate.

[@LandySmurf]

You could have just sat Brett Hooker with his Jacket next to your fire and you could cook anything

[@louiskudlak2256]

Great idea, always good trying different things, inspirational buck, thanks for sharing

[@aussiecue]

What next? How about a shit shovel Curri!

[@burkeyistheone]

I reckon you could be on to something there with the beer keg. Just have a couple of small pieces of ally sheet for top and bottom.

[@paulrohan1840]

Got to laugh Buck. Doink doink is not a cooking term I'm aware of 😄

[@gypsyjoker30]

You need to get a welder and plasma cutter then you can fabricate whatever you want buck

[@Tharge1]

first time me hearing of one, looks good. how do you think they'll hold up in windy weather buck?

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

The real ones will be fine. I had this pegged down with a couple of tent pegs.

[@raynewman4904]

Looks like an interesting idea,saw adventures engineering can help with this.

[@rosshalliwell2096]

What A fantastic vid mate very well done I'm going to try this one

[@deanoconor5369]

Great clip Buck, pretty keen on the jalapeno damper.

[@ekim72]

Great vid, keep 'em coming.

[@trevorjohnson7330]

Get a stainless steel keg and get it cut open then polish the inside

[@jaminxo]

lol it can only fail love the quote

[@heinherselman1172]

Looken good

[@petermcmurtrie]

Great video Buck! 🙂👍 We had a few trys at cooking with a similar set up in the early 1970s in New Zealand when I was in the Scouts mostly heating baked beans or Spaghetti. Are the commercial ones Aluminium or Stainless Steel?

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Aluminium mate.

[@SlackingSince1969]

@@petermcmurtrie I saw these in action a couple of times when I was in Scouts and Rovers. Been around for centuries. In the logging camps in the 1800's into the early 1900's. The cooks would make the beans, stew, etc over the fire in cast iron camp ovens and bake bread, cakes, pies, cookies, etc in the reflector. Using the same fire. Even though the meat was usually salted to preserve it. There had to be good food as the men were working hard and would not stay at a lumber camp where the food wasn't good. A variety of desserts were always served.

[@petermcmurtrie]

@@Mrbuckaroonie.. give me a call and I'll make you one to your specifications. Cheers Pete

[@petermcmurtrie]

@@SlackingSince1969 Yes I think I saw them first at a Jamboree or District Camp. I joined Scouts as a Cub Scout in the 1970s and went all the way through Scouts, Venturers, Rovers and then 5 years as a Scout Leader.

[@raynewman4904]

Hey Buck,you could use a wind protector like the one saw adv made. We could use a 9 gal keg. Or the old 60 lt drum,if we can find one. Great idea though,good onya slackin

[@gypsyjoker30]

Would you ever move further south buck

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

No mate I am here for good now.

[@chrishepple3401]

I don't see the Point sorry

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Just a different way to cook. The proper item folds flat and is much more effective than this thing I made. It was fun giving it a go.

[@anyguy6475]

I looked it up. It's meant to help minimize smoke flavoring when cooking savory foods from an open fire.

[@SteveMrW]

The point is, is that it’s another way to cook and fun to experiment.

[@stevedyson6983]

Test

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

Yes working mate

[@stevedyson6983]

Thanks Paul when I add a link it fails

[@stevedyson6983]

I have left a comment on your Facebook on your selective oven About where you can buy a cheap oven cheers

[@stevedyson6983]

Try easy to buy one

[@stevedyson6983]

Etsy