Hell in the Glades Trip

Was out in the Glades this past weekend for 3 nights and 3 days. Got to try out the rebuilt Sweetwater Chickee. Same layout but all new wood and roof. Below is a link to my trip report.

http://www.findmespot.com/spotadventures/index.php/view_adventure?t...

Since Flex was with us, I would assume his trips summary will be better.

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Permalink Reply by Flex Kayakfari.com on September 25, 2015 at 2:48pm

The Circle of Life in the Everglades:

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Permalink Reply by SteveS on September 30, 2015 at 11:04pm

Great report. Love the Bemco. I used it on a five day trip last season and it was so nice having pizza as well as fresh cornbread to go with the chili. It is easier than one would think once you do a couple practice runs.

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Permalink Reply by vivian on October 2, 2015 at 9:46pm

Does it work with an alcohol stove? I use a trangia burner.

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Permalink Reply by Ted on October 2, 2015 at 11:59pm

I use Trangia stoves for just about all my trips

Mini – if I want to go light and just boil water
27-6 UL – When I’m in the mood to do more fancy cooking

When I first purchased the Bemco backpacker oven it was my intent to use an alcohol stove with it. I tried many different interactions of the MiniBull Design Alcohol stoves, as well as the Trangia stove. The issue is trying to keep a constant temperature, it was just too much work. In the end I landed up using a MSR DragonFly

Below is a link to a video of me using an alcohol stove with the oven.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVKdZPB2vg

Unfortunately Packit Gourmet no longer makes the pizza kit. I now use Pillsbury Pizza Crust if I’m lazy or get pizza dough from my local pizza place. They get a kick that I’m using it to make pizzas in my little oven. I use Boboli pizza sauce as I found it tastes the best and is just the right packet size.

Had a friend make me up four custom aluminum pizza pans; two can be cooking and two ready to go. Set the stove temperature for 350°F, first cook the dough for five minutes. Note the bottom rack is hotter than the top rack so I swap pizza location halfway through cooking times. Once the dough has cooked for five minutes the sauce and toppings go on next. I cook the pizzas for about 15 to 20 minutes (time will vary depending how many topping you have), take care not to leave the pizza on the bottom rack too long as it will burn the crust. The fun part with a group is having each person make their own pizza.

I agree with doing practice runs before you try it out in the field. I use baking gloves as it is easier to move the pans around quickly.

Used the oven to cook many different things and is ideal for group cooking.

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Permalink Reply by vivian on October 6, 2015 at 6:19pm

Wow, excellent video! I want to go camping with you sometime, you seem to know how to cook :-)

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Permalink Reply by Flex Kayakfari.com on October 28, 2015 at 7:47pm

Happy Halloween from Glades Hell!

A Dark Sabbath in the Everglades - the legend of “Kaya Kay” and the Great White Alligator:

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https://kayakfari.wordpress.com/kayakfari-art/art-of-halloween-kaya...

May your Halloween paddling be filled with fright and darkness! ;)

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Permalink Reply by vivian on October 29, 2015 at 8:11am

Too funny! What I kept thinking of was, you setting up this shoot with all those skeletons and a passerby wondering what the heck you were up to, LOL!