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Using reclaimed metal boilers, fired underneath and insulated with stones and mud, we can create an oven hot enough to cook meals!
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Resources

- Boiler
- Cardboard Tube
- Chicken Wire
- Firewood
- Water

Instructions

Dig a trench, not too wide that the boiler falls in, and long enough to have access to both ends. It's important that the trench faces the direction of the wind so oxygen is fed in from one side, and smoke is exhausted from the other.

Place the boiler on top with the hatch perpendicular to the trench and a cardboard tube on the downwind side of the trench, stones will help you prop everything in place. Cover as much as you can with more stones, this will create air gaps and help insulate! Seal it all in place with lots of mud, making sure you are still able to open and close the hatch. Place the chicken wire inside to act as a flat surface for you to place your mess tins.

Feed the fire into the windward side of the trench, allowing air to flow under the boiler, and exhaust outside the other face. Be mindful of where you construct the mud oven and consider where the smoke will go!

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