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Stovetop Oven from Two Pie Tins and an Upturned Stew Pan (Boy Mechanic, 1919)
A makeshift oven on a single gas burner: a small pie tin inside a larger one as an air-gap floor, the cake pan on top, and a deep stew pan turned upside down over it all to hold the heat. Start hot, then turn the flame down.
Beginner
Ten minutes to set up
Instructions
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1
Read the Boy Mechanic
Read the Boy Mechanic
"On trial it baked as fine a cake as anyone could wish."
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2
Make the floor
Make the floor
Set a small pie tin inside a larger one on the gas burner; the two form a raised, insulated floor.
Tools needed:
Pie Tin
Gas Burner3
3
Cover it
Cover it
Put the filled cake pan on the small pie tin and turn a stew pan upside down over the whole as the oven.
Tools needed:
Cake Pan
Large Cooking Pot4
4
Bake
Bake
Start with a good hot flame, then turn it gradually lower until the cake is done.
Tools needed:
Gas Burner5
5
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Pan oven troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 3** (Popular Mechanics, 1919), pp. 45-46, by Mrs. Anna M. B. Romig (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanic0003unse). No times or sizes are given.
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