Everyone meet Bertha, Bertha meet everyone. Here she is, our outdoor oven, handmade in the UK from Sheffield Steel and a bit of a looker even if we do say so ourselves.
I was originally planning to build myself an outdoor oven, I’d even downloaded plans from the internet showing how to go about it. Then, one Sunday whilst meeting some friends at a food festival at Hampton Court we stumbled across a stand from the Garden Oven Company. Moving house at the same time Bertha was my moving in present to myself, and an incredibly successful present at that. Gone was the issue of me traipsing through the house with all the materials to build an oven, the associate mess and risk of it cracking during the first winter and we had a fully functioning oven, ready to go which doubles as a BBQ – she’s a beaut’!
Her official designation is Number 6 of Batch 1, although she’s Bertha to friends, over these pages I plan to write more about what we cook in her, although for now here are some pictures of her in action.
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| my poking stick of choice |
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| trial run |
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| MEAT-MODE |
I should also give a big shout out to the lovely people at the Garden Oven Company who were particularly helpful getting her set up and even upgraded parts as their design has evolved – cheers guys!