Cooking in a fireplace?

[dsavidge]

It seems like there are two main ways of thinking of survival satiations. Hunker Down or Bug Out.

My question today is.. For those Hunker Down situations have you ever tried cooking your meals in your fireplace? How well did your outdoor Bushcraft tools (posts, hangers, etc.) work indoors in a fire place? Do you think something else would have worked better?

[Ashley Cawley]

Another reason why I'm working on getting a Wood Burner in our house, not only does it look nice and adds that magical touch of fire to your living room but I'm confident I can source some free fuel for it and adds yet another bit of self-sufficiency to my arsenal.

Oh yeah and yeah.. back to the point; some you can cook on! :)

[nat110732]

Hi,
Here's a pic of our Morso owl convector, best investment we have made! We had it installed about 4yrs ago and havent looked back. We have cooked slow stews and quick toasts, keeps pots of coffee warm and burns both wood and coal. The chimney was the most expensive part tho!!
If there was one mistake we made , it was to not include a back boiler and install a heating system, independant to our combi/central heating system.
I would recommend it to anyone,
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6179/6176024586_bd068d6af8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925394@N03/6176024586/) morso owl convector stove (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925394@N03/6176024586/) by nat&lou (http://www.flickr.com/people/66925394@N03/), on Flickr
Nat

[markal17]

we do toast soups bangers the kids love it even my 15yo girl gets her mates round for tea and toast
they think her dads cool or nuts not shore lol

[jus_young]

It is a bit of a costly item but glad its one we invested in. I think when it comes to the woodland cook kit, pot hangers and the like in particular, an open fire works better as you have more room to play with. The problem with the open fire is that it is less efficient when it comes to heat output when compared to wood burners. I'm fortunate in that I reinstated an open fireplace in our dining room and had the woodburner installed in the lounge. You just can't beat a nice fire on a cold day and the bonus is that if you do get that power cut and the pump stops working on the gas boiler you still have heat, hot water and something to cook on/in/over. The boiler certainly works less when the fire is going as the heat soon works its way around the house.

[Edwin]

Once there was a late snowfall and power cut in Wiltshire and I cooked on an ordinary grate fireplace. What else did the peasantry do for hundreds of years? Just balanced kettle and saucepans on the grate front and the coals. Flatter fire for cooking rather than a banked one for heat.

[markal17]

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2468&d=1316822138 my fire place have cookd all sorts on it
i love my frontroom kitchen lolol

[dsavidge]

Here is the video I just did for cooking in a fireplace when there is no electricity. I would appreciate any feedback you can give.

http://youtu.be/FfSzK39OWZ8

ds

[Ben Casey]

I open my fire up at the weekend and tonight I was sat making a bacon butty it was the best I have had in a long time it is just a shame the council had the back boiler removed. But it is great sitting just looking at the flames :)

[Ben Casey]

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[WombleWill]

I've cooked bannana's with chocolate and marshmallows in a household fireplace before, but never anything more adventurous.

[Ben Casey]

I suppose witha Dutch oven you could do some nice stews that will be my next project :)

[paulthefish2009]

Iv'e got a woodburner (outside---long story) spent 4 hours in front of it on sunday roasting chestnuts and heat treating a knife blade blank. i've used it to cook all sorts of things(whole leg of lamb triple wrapped in foil and left in the embers is awesome). round my way the local council leave logs from road side cutting for locals to pick up for free,ash (the tree that is!) is the best if you can get it followed by oak.

[Metal mug]

I've just has some fireplace cooked chicken stew. :)

[bushcraftboy]

I've cooked planked cooked bacon, very nice.

[Ben Casey]

I done Pork Chop tonight :)

[LandRoverMatt]

Just got a wood burner that warms up the whole house and a big open fire place also some midget one in the loundge

[RobbC]

We roasted chestnuts at a friends house one christmas, they were lovely :)

Robb

[bikebum1975]

Yep power used to go out all the time when I was a kid in the winter so got to heat the house and did some cooking in/on it wood stoves rule

had one similar to this cept ours had a flatter top on it than this one plus top load as well as front load. Wood stoves still out perform a fireplace though if ya have the option for one
http://kountrylife.com/gallery/a16744.jpg

[swkieran]

i use mine :),tin foil is youre best friend,had some great jacket tats,and cooked bacon n toast :), hot water for cups o tea,sadly as ben said someone has removed the back boiler,so u have to use gas 4 a bath,but im starting to recycle that,bath water for flushing the toilet or mopping floors,stops the meter spinning lol

[chris_lothian]

Although not in the fireplace, i have built a few wood burning stoves and they are exellent for cooking on(just dont tell B.O.C)...lol
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[Juanodaxis]

That's one of the future enhancements to my house. Get the gas fire off and do an open fire like my neighbour. Crhis, them two pictures are great, thanks for sharing.