I'm just wondering'

[jotruk]

I am wondering how many have some sort of oven on board. I am looking to getting some sort of oven that will bake bread and otherthings. What sort of oven do you have and how does it work.

[s/v Faith]

Faith has a grill that also works as an oven.  I have never used it to bake anything.

Emerald Tide has an oven, it has been used exactly twice, once to heat up a frozen pizza (back when I ate such things) and again to make a caluflower pizza I tired last week.

I do not find an oven to be necessary, but then again I don't eat bread.

[CharlieJ]

Pressure cooker. Works well, except you get round loaves

Can also use it as a canner. Also bake potatoes, biscuits- what ever.

[DarrenC]

I admit the idea of a dedicated oven seems convenient given how reliant I am on the one at home, however I've done my share of campfire dutch oven baking over the years to know that it's not necessary.

I'm very interested to start learning about pressure cooking/baking - It seems like it's the cat's pajamas while afloat and could be a real time/energy saver in day to day home life as well.  With electricity rates out of control the way they are every little bit helps.

[CharlieJ]

I admit the idea of a dedicated oven seems convenient given how reliant I am on the one at home, however I've done my share of campfire dutch oven baking over the years to know that it's not necessary.

I'm very interested to start learning about pressure cooking/baking - It seems like it's the cat's pajamas while afloat and could be a real time/energy saver in day to day home life as well.  With electricity rates out of control the way they are every little bit helps.

Here's a place to start- Called "The Foodie Gazette"

http://www.foodiegazette.com/cat/recipes/pressure-cooker

And here's a thread from the SailFar Galley section on the subject-

http://sailfar.net/forum/index.php/topic,1633.0.html

[Kettlewell]

Yep, we've had ovens onboard for many years. Our current one is a very small one on a standard marine Eno propane cooker. It doesn't have the best heat regulation but you get used to it. When full-time cruising we bake a lot, even in the summer: bread, muffins, pies, biscuits, etc. We carry a full array of standard baking stuff, though in some cases I've had to search a bit to find pans that fit in the oven.

[w00dy]

Kettlewell, you might check out some small, loaf-sized, silicone baking pans. They are easy to use and clean, stackable, not to mention, soft and flexible. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asilicone%20loaf%20pans

Our oven is gimballed athwartships, but is fixed fore and aft. The last time we baked on the boat, she had too much weight aft and as a result, we ended up with brownies that were thick on one end and thin on the other!

[Kettlewell]

Yep, we have some silicone stuff, but in some cases old-fashioned metal seems to work better and for long-term cruising durability I'm not sure the silicone ones will last. They are worth trying to see if you like them.

[w00dy]

One good thing about them: much easier to get the loaf out intact. The pan gives instead of the bread ;)

[CharlieJ]

I had some collapsible silicone mixing bowls aboard. They went away :-\, and I haven't found replacements. But the silicone baking stuff is great.

[Captain Smollett]

Wait.  What?

So, are you telling me that we have FINALLY found a reasonable use for SILICONE on a boat? 

[Kettlewell]

OT, but silicone sealant is unfairly maligned in the marine world. In 2005 I removed some through hulls on my 1978 boat and they were all sealed at the factory with some sort of silicone and they were perfect--the silicone was totally solid and had never leaked a drop. A lot of work removing those through hulls for nothing.

[Captain Smollett]

OT, but silicone sealant is unfairly maligned in the marine world.

Not unfair around these parts.  The problem is not just whether or not it leaks.  I HATE it.  I'll not use it.  I've seen (and had to repair) the damage caused by the use of silicone. 

Your mileage may vary...your boat; your choices.


But, I was making a joke, so...

[Kettlewell]

Since it's not the topic of this thread, I will just say I disagree, but like any product category there are good and bad versions and good and bad ways of using it.

[CharlieJ]

OT, but silicone sealant is unfairly maligned in the marine world.

Not unfair around these parts.  The problem is not just whether or not it leaks.  I HATE it.  I'll not use it.  I've seen (and had to repair) the damage caused by the use of silicone. 

Your mileage may vary...your boat; your choices.


But, I was making a joke, so...

Silicone sealer is not allowed on my boat. As a furniture refinisher for almost 30 years, I fought the residue far too often. It's in many furniture polishes.

But then my boat is painted. And trying to repaint over where silicone was once, is a royal PITA!!.

[Grime]

Charlie you put an oven on Tehani  ;D

[CharlieJ]

Yep- a 4 quart pressure cooker ;D