A couple of weeks ago, Chef Gary came up to me with the opportunity to teach a few boy scouts a cool new trick. Knowing I wanted to pursue education in the near future, Chef let me teach the boy scouts that were here for the weekend how to bake outdoors out of a cardboard box oven. All you do is wrap the box in tin foil at least four layers so that the box doesn't burn. Then create shelves out of more cardboard wrapped in tin foil held up with some green wood so that it wouldn't burn as easily. Lastly, the coal is placed at the bottom of the oven, with each coal bricket representing about 45 degrees of heat.
It was really fun to not only teach the scouts how to make it, but to also educate them on healthier pizza toppings like broccoli, peppers, and onions which made the lessons that much more important. The best, and worst, part was when the green wood turned to black wood and started to burn, causing the oven to smoke. I then turned the culinary lesson into a fire safety one, explaining the importance of doing this away from dry plants and having water near by.
