Our Customers Comment on their
Bemco® Backpacker Oven Experiences...
Hi there!
The oven works fine on our alcohol stove a CookMate model
3100. Our boat is a classic - a 1977 Catalina 27' built
by Catalina Yachts. We discovered that we can hold the oven steady
with the pot clamps on the inside of the backpacker oven. I
still wouldn't try it in high seas until we rig an extra set
of clamps for it, but I think it would do well at anchor.
Attached is a photo of our first trial.
Thanks!
— Debbi
Just wanted to let you know that I recently
ordered your oven and last weekend I used it in 12-degree
weather to bake some pierogis. They turned out fantastic!
— John
Brian,
I just received the 9" oven the other day. I love the
craftsmanship. Handmade metal craftsmanship is becoming a
lost art. Hopefully I can crank out a trip report in the
next month or two. Backcountry pizza and cinnamon rolls will
be the first attempts. I'll have to be careful to not invite
any bobcats or their larger cousins.
Thanks again,
— Mark
P.S. Nice work on the shallow pans.
Brian,
I'd just like to report that the oven works just as described, and when
cooking for Boy Scout adult leaders, you don't want to leave the baking to
chance! I turned out some excellent biscuits for my patrol during Wood
Badge training, and some delectable brownies during the fall
camporee. All the adults were impressed! The shipping was very fast! My
oven was shipped on Friday, received on Monday. Thanks very much.
– Craig T. Bailey,
Unit Commissioner, Arrowhead District, Daniel Webster Council BSA
Brian,
Just wanted to write a quick note about the oven.
I was skeptical of how it would work using only the alcohol stove I purchased from you with the oven. I liked the size of the stove, but it didn't look like it would put out enough heat. Well, at 12000 feet my 8-yr old son and I set it up outside our tent and proceeded to make pizzas. Lighting an alcohol stove in bright sun is tough because you can't see the flame, but once we knew it was going we moved on. Oven hit 500 degrees in a few minutes and the pizza cooked for probably 6-8 minutes. Golden crust, perfectly melted cheese, I was shocked. We had brought ingredients for only two pizzas because we thought this would be such a hassle it wouldn't be worth making more, that was not the case at all. So I am very happy with the oven and even with the small alcohol stove, it seemed to put out the exact amount of heat and even if I brought another stove for general cooking, I still would have used this one for the oven, it's so simple, fill it up, light it and forget it.
Thanks for the great product.
– Mark
Castle Rock, CO
Hi Brian,
I’ve used the oven several times now baking all kinds of muffins and cookies. Everything was great; perfectly browned top and bottom! Just like a real oven. Sure beats the heck out of those stove-top potato bakers others are selling as backpacking ovens. I’ve used it with my Simmerlite, Primus Multi-Fuel, and Primus Omni Fuel. The Primus stoves just fit under the oven (the legs make it a tight squeeze). The Primus Omni-Fuel works the best by far. It is really easy to regulate to a simmer, even with white gas.Have you had tried the oven with a Trangia alcohol burner? If that worked it would be way cool for the alcohol packers. I think you've done quite well in the design of this oven! It's one of those things you can't believe someone hasn't done before. I hope you sell a million of these things. The price of just under $40For the basic oven.
The full kit is $49.95, is a great value. Very light, packable, and rugged, it will stand up to the rigors of motorcycle camping (single track stuff is tough on equipment). I'm going to have pizza at 14,000 ft somewhere on the Continental Divide Trail ... thanks to your oven.
All said and done, if I have extra $$ after payday I may buy another to give to my son as a Christmas present.
A very satisfied customer,
– Stan
Hi Brian,
We posted a review of the Backpacker Oven on the blog today: PackItGourmet.
We thought it was a great little oven! We’re looking forward to testing it out with a cake or maybe some cookies next.
Please let me know if you'd like me to send you any of these photos. I took quite a few so if there’s another type of photo you’re looking for, let me know and I’ll see if we have one.
Thanks,
– Sarah
See the review at WildernessCooking.com
Brian,
The weekend went well, just a little wet along the Upper Winter Creek and Gabrielino trails. The oven performed well and got a lot of use in making four 6" pizzas, a dozen cookies, and 8 orange cinnamon rolls. I took pictures of the pizzas and the cookies, but the breakfast rolls went so fast I didn’t get pictures! I used the Betty Crocker pizza dough and Boboli sauce packet for the pizzas. Each dough mix packet made 2 pizzas and I was able to make the 4 pizzas with just one sauce pack. The adults and boys loved the baked goods. I'm glad to have a new dimension in backpack cooking.
Here are photos of the awesome food I can now produce using your oven; you da man!
-- Lyle
Last Saturday I used the oven for the first time on a twenty mile hike with Scouts. They used an MSR Whisperlite with the oven baking biscuits, corn bread and brownies. (They mixed them in the two pans included in the kit.) The oven goods were great - nothing burned. Next time they will remember to bring some oil and butter buds! Oh, I did not receive a simmer ring for the alcohol stove - haven't tried it yet. P.S. Thanks for the videos on YouTube.
-- Bob