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A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 7:29 pm
by desertmoose
It's a "discada" or "Cowboy Wok"

It's used for cooking over a fire. Made from an old plow disc and a couple of used horseshoes (Thanks Britta). I added removable pipe legs to hold it over our propane campfire. 22" in diameter, oughta hold enough for Kat and I...

Easy to make, except for the hours of grinding to remove the rust pits... Next time I'll just buy a new disc that's not all rusty.

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Sam

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:50 pm
by rmclarke
Sam, that is very cool I love the horseshoe handles :thumbsup:

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:53 pm
by Woodbutcher
I really like that. Nice job! :applause:

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:19 pm
by Oldragbaggers
Now that's cool!!

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:58 pm
by nevadatear
So whatcha cooking for us next weekend? :thumbsup:

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:04 pm
by desertmoose
I'm thinking I might try fajitas....
Or maybe something else...
I have a few day to decide before Kat goes shopping.

BTW, did you notice the new campfire? Should look pretty familiar...

Sam

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:13 pm
by nevadatear
We did indeed! That means the new little something will work perfectly well on ours!

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:25 pm
by desertmoose
I made dinner on it tonight to try it out. Made a batch of chili rellanos.

Worked good, except even on low, I had too much heat.

Planning on extending the legs tomorrow. Maybe another 3" to get away from the flame a bit.

The campfire puts out plenty if I need it.

I'll see what pieces of pipe I have laying around to weld on the existing legs.

Sam

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:57 am
by wagondude
Very cool! :thumbsup:

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:07 pm
by High Desert
Nice work Sam, that looks great :thumbsup:


those old discs also make real nice portable dutch oven tables.

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:51 pm
by S. Heisley
Beautifully done! Impressive! :thumbsup:

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:19 pm
by deleted
It's as gorgeous as it is functional! Love it! Those horseshoes are a really cool detail.

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:15 am
by desertmoose
Before anyone gets the wrong idea...
I'm not that creative. I didn't dream this up.
There are a lot of these for sale out there. I just made one instead of buying it.

(Can you say cheap??)

Sam

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:40 am
by SuperShady1
cheap...

but I love the handles!!

Re: A little something I whipped out today

PostPosted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:50 pm
by GerryS
I would imagine lots of thermal mass. What's that weigh? Very good idea!