Camping in summer is all about beaches, singlets, cold drinks and good times – but just because the weather gets cooler doesn’t mean the good times have to end. In fact, camping in the cold will be some of the most memorable camping moments you will have – ask anybody that’s been rugged up in front of a roaring fire watching the camp oven puffing out some steam coming off your stew – it’s a whole new level of camping experience – one you’ll end up craving.

Adding a portable camping firepit to your camping setup is by far one of the best ways you can keep warm when you head out camping. We guarantee your partner will love you more if you pack any one of these  essential bits of cold weather camping gear from Adventure Kings and 4WD Supacentre (if they don’t – maybe blame your stew cooking skills!)

The best fire pit for winter camping

Nothing beats a big roaring fire – but if you’re at a campsite that won’t allow fires on the ground, or you have limited amount of wood – or want a fire close to your campsite (not dangerously close) to keep you warm – you need to be looking at the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove.

The Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove has been specifically designed by Aussie Campers and for Aussie Campers. The entire unit packs up into itself, making it an extremely compact bit of gear and it sets up in no time at all. That’s thanks to the legs that screw into the base of the camp oven and the chimney that comes in several pieces (good for more than just storage – we will explain later) – but best of all – it’s extremely efficient. If you have limited wood – you can cook a hearty, warming camp oven stew with just three or four pieces of decent wood and some kindling. The same camping stew would take a whole tree to cook it in a normal fire pit or a normal fire on the ground. The reason the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove is so efficient at cooking is because the heat and the fire is contained in the steel ‘belly’ – the steel is incredible at conducting heat, but because you can control the amount of oxygen the fire is getting – the wood won’t burn too hot or fast. And by taking the circle lid off the top – you are directing heat perfectly to the bottom of your camp oven – just like your stove top from home – but with that camp fire feel and taste that we all know and love- which simply cannot be compared to a meal you’d cook at home!

When you’ve cooked your campfire meal, you can take the top off the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove and add a few extra logs on to give you more heat as the outside temperature cools. The best part about it being so efficient is before you go to bed, you can stoke the fire, and adjust the flew in the chimney so it burns slowly, and you can wake up in the morning and still have hot coals ready to kick the fire back into gear for breakfast and a bit of warmth while the frost melts around campsite. That means bacon and eggs can be cooked on top of it (while the optional genuine Kings Wood-Fired Boiler Attachment boils water for a nice hot cup of coffee-but more on that soon) and you can surprise your partner with breakfast in bed (or just eat it all yourself if they wake up too late!)

Let’s get back to the chimney of the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove – the beauty of the chimney isn’t just in its ability to control the heat and amount the wood burns – the beauty is in how tall the chimney is and the game changing offset piece with a spark arrester (which allows you to bring the entire camp oven stove under your awning or gazebo to get even warmer). When you put all the pieces of the chimney onto the camp oven stove (no need to use all of them if you don’t want to) – all the campfire smoke is up and out of camp – so you’re not getting it in your eyes, and it’s not getting blown into your swag or tent, plus the spark arrester will help stop the potential risk of causing a brush fire. And because of the chimney being at the back of the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove, if you have an Adventure Kings Awning or an Adventure Kings Gazebo– you can have the ‘belly’ of the Camp Oven Stove close to the awning or gazebo and the chimney taking all the smoke up and away from camp – meaning you will be able to get some heat from the Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove while you sleep in your Adventure Kings Big Daddy Deluxe Swag under your awning while you keep cozy and warm  throughout the night.  

There are also several optional genuine accessories you can add to your Kings Premium Cap Oven Stove that will not only take your Winter Camping setup to the next level, but it will also take your backyard cooking/ BBQing up a notch.

First up, we have the stainless steel water boiler I mentioned earlier. This ingenious bit of gear gives you the ability to rapidly boil water without having to use a separate Billy. It simply slots onto the side of the camp oven stove and uses the heat of the firebox to quickly bring 3 litres of water to a rolling boil.

Next we have the hotplate triple pack. These give you multi-level cooking surfaces which means you can cook directly over the fire- plus the rear one acts as a chopping board platform.

Last but certainly not least is the Genuine Vertical Offset Smoker Attachment. The smoke box attachment simply sits on top of the camp oven stove’s firebox and relocates the chimney from the belly to the top of the smoke box which allows you to cook low and slow smoky BBQ- perfect for keeping the whole gang happy on a Saturday night.

If you’re organising a winter camping trip – organise a trip to 4WD Supacentre or 4wdsupacentre.com.au and get yourself a top quality Adventure Kings Premium Camp Oven Stove.