I keep looking at the Remoska for home. We have a Cobb for camping and love it - we use it most days for baked spuds, even use it at home for them, I have done roasts on it. One of our favourites is those little honey glazed hams that you can get in most supermarkets. I will pop spuds in with the heat bead, sn the ham in its little dish on the grill, and leave it for a couple of hours. Now that Pip will eat Pizza going to give that a try as well.
We wrap our spud in foil and place them directly around the heat beads - lovely crisp skins. Serve with loads of butter.
The Cobb, hands down. I've been camping for many years and in 2001 left bricks and mortar behind to live on a boat. Living on a boat is very similar to camping in many ways, but much warmer in winter! We always take the Cobb with us when we go camping and it is used regularly on the boat. I am a real fan of this little cooker for its shear versatility and ease of use. The world of cobb cookery
The link leads to an article that covers the Cobb in much more detail. The link also gives access to other camping and boating articles that may help you to make your mind up
just to let the Cobb-ers know the 'cobblestones' from Home Bargains £1.99 for 5 work well....self lighting...ready to cook in minutes and lasted over 3 hours cooking time....also they kept their shape when finished so were easy to lift out of the cobb and dispose of...
only tried them once but will do so again...the jacket pots were to die for..mmmmm
I bought a remoska and I use it as main oven in house
(saved a fortune on electric)and when camping its great being able to cook and not survive on two rings for a 3 week holiday!! I take a glass worktop saver to put the lid on and its worked fine. There's 4 of us so we got the grand one and its big enough to put pizza's in.
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2012 Planned
Easter - Cornwall
July scout camp
August North Wales
You need to think about how and where it's going to be used. I'd say that the Remoska is okay in the kitchen but has severe downsides when camping. It needs electric for a start and gets very hot. The Cobb is independant of the mains and only the lid gets hot. It's also lighter and more compact and can be used anywhere, including in the home. It makes a vast range of foods from pizza and bread to roast spuds, full dinners and breakfasts to soups and stews. All that and more.
The Cobb has no moving parts and all the metal bits are stainless steel. It should last for many many years.
I've placed a link below to an article I had published about the Cobbs use as a pizza oven. As I said, it does much more than that. There is access from the article to a series of videos that show some pretty extreme cooking.
We have cooked pizza on our cobb, it's ok but a lot of practice is needed to stop the base of the pizza being really crunchy, I haven't tried using water in the moat but it may be a way of getting them right.
Hiy'all - great debate. I think if I have the funds I'd plump for a Cobb, as I like the sound of the baked spuds and not having to worry about the hot lid in a tent. I'll have to look out for a pre-loved version as funds are tight and we need a roofbox before I buy another other luxuries! Thanks for all the comments and advice.