WROUGHT IRON SEASONING

Cooking on an open flame in iron cookpots is almost a rite of passage. The ability to turn out a steaming pot of meat and veg or a golden damper can turn you from camp hack to camp hero in the eyes of your fellow travellers.

But successful camp oven cooking takes more than the pot and a few ingredients. It takes maintenance. A well-maintained camp oven will give you years of enjoyment. Let it go rusty, however, and your culinary creations could turn from hearty meal to health hazard.

Whether you’re looking to resurrect grandad’s cast iron pot from the garage, restore an Op Shop bargain, or prepare your new camp oven for its first overland trip, the principles for preparing and preserving iron cookware are the same. We recently acquired an Australian-made wrought iron Dutch oven from Solidteknics.