Apple Box Oven

This new improved version of the Applebox oven is made from a foil-lined apple box (top and bottom) and is an inexpensive way to bake in an emergency. It uses about half the charcoal that a Dutch oven uses and gives the same results as baking in at regular oven. It bakes bread (two loaves at a time), rolls, muffins, casseroles, cookies and cakes, anything you would bake in an oven. For 350º use 10 coals (evenly distributed)=charcoal burn time 35 minutes. If longer baking time required add ½ the original coals every 30 minutes. Baking once a day for 1 hour, at 350º will use @15 charcoals. For one yea r= 20 (16-pound bags) about $60.

HINT: Use Kingsford coals (longer more even burn time) =17 coals per pound.
Keep dry, stores indefinitely.

Other Things: wire rack, small baking sheet, 4-pop cans, rocks/sand, newspaper, matches and
charcoal chimney, piece of foil, pot holders, charcoal tongs, candy thermometer to stick in front.

A special thanks to Debbie Kent from www.peaceofpreparedness.com for sharing all of this wonderful information! To download Debbie’s original handout “No Power…No Problem, click HERE.