Making a Discada

A Discada, also known as a cowboy wok, is the ultimate outdoor cooking tool. Made from a plow disk, this improvised cookware is inexpensive, versatile, and bullet proof. Every camp needs a discada

[@tomaram6938]

Years later you are still teaching us! 😊

[@mexicalibc7937]

Usually in mexico we add a ring of steel at the edge of the disk so it can hold oil for fried chicken on the disk oh and add the thin potatoes to fry u will love it greetings from mexico. (2" thick the ring).at least

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

The ring is a good idea. It's deep enough already to fry fish. To fry chicken I would have to keep the chicken rotated. Thanks for watching.

[@EddieTM-gj3vt]

Like the comment 👍 I did the same thing to my disc with hot roll steel , so much better.

[@OKBushcraft]

My inlaws made a huge hobo stove out of half a 55gal drum and set it on top. Feeding the fire through a square hole in the side. He made a paddle like spatula out of wood. Makes excellent fajitas.

[@JBsBBQ]

Dude i was literally sitting here plotting on making my outside fire pit into one of these. it's rusted and just been sitting outside. i looked at it one day and decided i was gonna turn it into one of these. i'm probably going to use it with wood, dig a small hole in the ground and put the stand over it. i'm glad i stumbled upon this video! good stuff

[@thomaslilly2176]

It's also called a disco, comal & disc. Looks good. I put a 1 1/2" x 14ga. Of strap metel around the rim of mine. And made a removable tortilla rack out of expanded metal on 1/3 section of my disc. And carry and aluminum bowl that I use to cover it to keep the food warm or to steam/cook things such as potatoes and son on. Just an idea. Wanted to share that i found it handy over the years.

[@derekdrever3470]

I sandblasted mine inside and out. Once it was cleaned, we kept blasting with lower pressure to remove the tooth and then wire wheeled the inside to make it super smooth. Once seasoned its awesome and super easy to make.

[@1ironbelle]

I'm making my own DIY Skottle and have a rusty plow disk that I put in a pan of distilled vinegar. I can rub my finger across it after 4 days and the rust rubs off and I see black steel. No grinding so no grinding off metal. I will leave it soaking for another 3 days and then take it to the carwash and pressure hose it clean to get the vinegar off. This plow disc was rusty AF and I don't own a grinder so I believe I will be able to clean it off with a wire brush.Thank you for this video. I live in So Cal so it took some doing to find a farm that had one for sale.

[@codylongmire4810]

Awesome video. Very real and down to earth and no doubt on going with the bigger disc. Going to add a space for this on the outdoor kitchen area and will be adding a few of these to the new miller welder projects for deer camp and man gifts. Thank you for putting this out there!

[@marcmagallanes4456]

I'm 35 and I remember as a young kid my dad would cook tripas every Easter on one of these they work great

[@tima8338]

I forgot to add, when seasoning a discada, use about a 1/4 cup of regular table salt mixed with the lard, bacon grease or whatever. The salt keeps the smoke down and seasons the surface much better. Also, when cleaning the surface, if its really gunked up with stuck food on the surface, just boil water in it, pour about a half cup of salt and then get a clean dry rag with tongs and scrub the surface. It gets really clean and doesn't contaminate the surface, unlike soap does. Then a light coating of cooking oil, heat it up to where it barely starts to smoke, immediately kill the fire and , dry it with a clean cloth or paper towel and its ready to store until the next cooking session.

[@eastside0434]

These are great ideas now you could build a rocket stove to use for your disco.

[@bdhd206]

Love it when you first uncovered it in grass, nice find. You my friend get a double punch on the man card. Great video, thanks.

[@blackhatbushcraft]

That turned out beautiful Jamie! What an awesome cooking implement! Nice work.

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Black Hat Bushcraft thank Matt. It would go great with your pathfinder youth group.

[@rubengonzalez750]

yea I live in San Diego and Tijuana is 5 minutes away their are lots of black Smith shops down there....I got one made about 25 years ago really awesome..... Discadas which by the way means cooking on a disc have been used in Northern Mexico and I know down here in Southern California for cooking for a long....long time....I had 12 inch high legs welded on mine so i can just put it over a camp fire when I go camping....the Black Smith made it a little deeper so I can deep fry and put a 2 inch lip all around the edge its 22 inches round.....man it makes the crispiest fried chicken you will ever have and fries up fish and shrimp for tacos real well also.....I go camping a lot and don't even take my Coleman propane stove anymore the discada is all i need.....Good to see it catching on here as well.

[@budlloyd3127]

Awesome! Having grown up in Mexico I’m cery familiar with these! I’ve actually got one that has a stand and everything so I don’t have to crouch down to cook over a fire haha

[@anoldmaninthewoods2548]

I like it! Thanks for sharing!

[@alexpal8725]

Awesome video! Just got mine welded together looking to get the impurities out over the weekend! Thanks for your insight

[@johngiesbrecht978]

Nice work. I took mine to the local sandblasted then I just went over it with a 80 grit wheel . Worked awesome Love cooking on it

[@stuartgeller7937]

I've never heard of this before. That would be something nice to make with my everlast welder.

[@Rob_430]

Nicely done. I’m a cast iron wok fanatic and just found this. So cool, and a “man thing”. I know of seasoning it like seasoning a carbon steel wok. Salt and oil scrub works too.

[@PreparedCamping]

That's huge! Look forward to seeing you put it into action doing a stir fry for about 20 people! All the best from the UK Roo

[@keithcronk7980]

Prepared Camping BE REAL HARD TO PUT IN MY BOB BAG

[@jasonw4121]

I have one, I love it!!

[@victorramosjr2445]

I got 2 of them from my dad. Love them!

[@arlynhelmuth8413]

I just found and got 4 -24 inch discs, can't wait to make me a few

[@paulcarcamo6992]

I got one aluminum a come in handy all the time thank you for your video do I like it a lot.

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

I would love to have an aluminum version

[@johnthomas5806]

Two spatulas to turn the cabbage/bacon works well, no overspill on the edges and better control when turning items

[@rodkutlaca2960]

We do a same thing in Serbia 🇷🇸 and cook a lots of pork meat

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Interesting. This seems to be globally used. 👍

[@Rose-do8lo]

Thank you for sharing

[@keithcronk7980]

THATS SO COOL BROTHER THANK YOU SOOO MUCH.PEACE&SAFE JOURNEY TO YOU. WE SEND YALL SMOKE.

[@domingotorres7883]

Awesome 👌 thanks

[@MrDirtysteve75]

Discos are not used primarily in Nothern New Mexico. Damn near everyone South of San Antonio, TX has one and everyone in the rest of the state knows someone with one. They are used throughout the Southwest and Louisiana. A discada is the meal cooked in the disco. Good video, btw.

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

South Africa and Sweden also. They seem pretty multicultural.

[@1075jdogg]

He said northern mexico not New Mexico. But yeah everyone pretty much has one from California to Texas.

[@huntshackwildernessexperie6820]

Great idea It never ceases to amaze me how many great things are right under our nose and we dont see it until someone shows us. Then it is so obvious we wonder why we didnt think of it. subscribed atb

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Hunt Shack Wilderness Experience thanks for the sub

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Awesome I have never seen this done before

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

I couldn't believe it the first time I saw it either.

[@otroems]

thanks for the video... in Mexico we call it "disco" ... "discada" is just some meat meal we prepare on the "disco"

[@R_B62]

find a friend with a sand or bead blast booth, works great on reconditioning cast iron. just re-season and your good to go!!

[@PAPATexas]

Our Tractor store now sells the disc brand new before the hole is cut out!

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Tractor Supply ?

[@wniner8194]

Be careful that it doesn’t have boron and manganese. Poisonous when heated.

[@self-reliantmindset4658]

Ok now a video on cooking with it.. looks great.

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Self Reliant Mindset shot 2 vids already. Scrapped both of them. The wind noise has been unbearable .

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Cool!

[@mikewalton5469]

double punch on the man card, ROFL

[@HNZ.]

hi there; in Argentina it's used since 100 years ago. nice video! see you!

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

It's surprising to me how many cultures use this.

[@HNZ.]

@@BurningRiverBushcraft yes; me too my friend!!!! i hope to see you cooking😉

[@SainiBadwalUSA]

I bought one from agri supply quite heavy.

[@ducrogers302]

Are there any leads in the metal or paint or the welding?

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

No

[@juanfuentes8458]

How did you get air for the fire in the Weber?

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

It's not that tight of a fit.

[@cmsdrywall]

Just burn the crap out of it Then let it cool fill it up with vinegar Let it soak over night then wash it wit soap

[@suscl7936]

Morrell lard. This guy's legit.

[@tracytuten5116]

You could clean it with a little salt & water like you do iron skillets.

[@GypsyJvan]

its also called a tawa,, india people have been using for a 100 years plus... they also make them in cast iron... Gypsy J..

[@MySonsMother]

I'm wanting one of these, but not sure that I want a double punch on a man card. How many would that convert to on a woman card, lol?

[@1klouisek]

2 x Infinity.

[@TheFugitiveKing]

Honey, a WO-man card out ranks the man card every time! My grandmother would kick my butt if I didn't say that!

[@panchopistola8298]

Basically it’s like a Mexican comal

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Pretty close, it seems like every culture has a similar item.

[@shermanhofacker4428]

What impurities are you cooking out?

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Rust, 60 years of farm crap. You can see in the video it smoked like a chimney till everything burned off.

[@westcoaster3763]

@@BurningRiverBushcraft from what I saw the smoke was from the fire not getting enough oxygen. I am going to put a disk on a fire tomorrow and see what happens

[@cherylann2801]

So. Where can I get one?

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Try a farm implement shop or a scrap dealer.

[@tima8338]

Bro....... I made two of these. I paid a local powder coat guy $35 for 28" disc to sand blast. Nice and clean. I used to take a rosebud torch to burn the paint off, but that became too hot and actually would warp the disc itself. Sand blasting is king.

[@amandamiller94]

Basically treat it like cast iron cook wear

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Exactly

[@fronex1insta184]

Video well explanatory but filmed against the light or on-exposed ...domage

[@rozd618]

What you built is a disco, not a discada. Discada translates to "disced".Any food you cook on a disco is technically a discada (there's a specific dish cooked on the disco that is commonly refered to as discada). Similarly, if you build a grill then any food you cook on that grill is grilled. Just thought I'd clarify for you because it sounds odd the way you were using the word. Great job on the build!

[@hexdookhay3369]

It's called a disco as in disc , discada is what you cook on it . 👍

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

They go by a lot of names, but you are correct discada is the dish. Thanks for watching.

[@greglaughlin6051]

Fat camp approved. Haha. Nice job.

[@cmsdrywall]

Dude get some chicken marinate it with tapatio then fry it on your disco It wont come out spicy even the kids can eat it Also whenever you fry on your disco Throw in a whole onion in the oil first to “season” the oil Pull the onion out when cooked do not let it burn as it will bitter up the oil

[@mari-of8wz]

Hello ,

[@GypsyJvan]

nice job, tho... thanks.. Gypsy J..

[@GypsyJvan]

thank u,, im a blacksmith, i have my shop, forge now.. i retired as a mechanic, blacksmith, and fabricator from the railroad.. CSX..

[@GypsyJvan]

my shop is "Black Art and Fabrication...

[@luismarmolejo9142]

i hope you go it my video my friend

[@keithcronk7980]

HOW ABOUT A VINGUAR BATH

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Keith Cronk maybe it would work, the grinder is my speed.

[@hammermantbg]

Vinegar is a good idea but not great at removing paint....so stick to flap wheels

[@fishnfool3715]

That's what I'm talking about, thanks you don't have to spend 400 buck's on something you can make that is what KZbin is there for

[@luismarmolejo9142]

i won't two my friend pleas

[@jimg4196]

All that messing around with the grinder and the drill should a just had some one sand blast it

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

Use what you have

[@andycanable5076]

I "screwed" some springs onto the handles and tacked them on. Made mine a little easier to handle!

[@BurningRiverBushcraft]

That's an upgrade