Written by Dave Gillen

A friend of mine had bought an old canvas hot tent from a gentleman who was in his late seventies. Along with the tent he was given a wooden crate with numerous kinds of old camping gear. In this magical crate we found an old reflector oven. I was so intrigued by it's design that I decided to make another.

The original oven was built from thick sheet metal which made it too heavy for my canoe camping style. So I adapted the design and built mine out of 16 gage aluminum.

It's been on many trips and although somewhat blackened with use, still works as well today as when I first baked in it.