How to 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.

Things You'll Need

  • 14-function Pocketknives
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Instructions

    • 1

      Make a fire in a fire pit. Don't dig your pit very deep, but surround it with stones to contain it.

    • 2

      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.

    • 3

      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.

    • 4

      Use a forked stick to carefully rake coals from the fire toward the oven. Surround three sides of the oven with coals.

    • 5

      Build the fire up, around and over your rock oven, keeping the doorway free of fire.

    • 6

      Place your food carefully inside the oven, very much like you would with an oven at home. You can cook bread, vegetables, meats, fish and cereals in the oven.

    • 7

      Cover the opening of the oven with your rock.

    • 8

      Stoke the fire so that it completely envelops the oven in low, constant flames.

    • 9

      Check your food periodically to keep it from burning.