How Do You Make A Rock Oven In The Wilderness?
Pile a bunch of rocks in your campfire in the right way and you’ve got yourself nature’s answer to the Easy-bake Oven. Make a fire in a fire pit. Don’t dig your pit very deep, but surround it with stones to contain it. Gather some rocks. Depending on the size and shape of the rocks, you will need 6 to 10 of them. Enough to make a complete box. Take your time finding good rocks. Build a box out of the rocks right next to your fire. The box should have a top, bottom and four sides, but the side opposite the fire should have one rock that can act as a “door.” Leave it open for now. Ideally, there will be very little space at the seams, but do the best you can with your available rocks. Use a forked stick to carefully rake coals from the fire toward the oven. Surround three sides of the oven with coals. Build the fire up, around and over your rock oven, keeping the doorway free of fire. Place your food carefully inside the oven, very much like you would with an oven at home. You can cook b
