Kit
Maester
Sorry I keep asking for help with all these stupid questions.... but that's what we're here for, right?
I need to have campfire-sized fires on my bamboo rafts. Preferrably without burning up the rafts and their occupants. Again, they are rather primitive folks, so the setup should be something rather primitive- and I'd prefer to not make them trade with outlanders to get metal for this if I can manage it with the materials at hand. Can I use some kind of clay bowl? Coated with something? A bed of old ash in the bottom? How about one bowl inside of a larger shallow one, the larger shallow one containing a few inches of water to prevent the smaller fire bowl from getting too hot and burning the raft? I was also considering having the fire bowl on a set of short legs (perhaps with the legs sitting in a shallower bowl with a few inches of water in it). The rafts are going to be moving, so the wobbliness of a burn bowl on legs would be a disadvantage. It would also be nice to have something that didn't require constant monitoring and repouring of water into that outside pan, but I'll do what I have to do. I've experimented small-scale with a fire made in a pot of sand, but the sand got really hot. I guess I could keep wetting the sand, just like repouring water into a bottompan, if I really had to... Thoughts?
I also need to have some bigger fires, an oven or two, and a kiln on some larger communal rafts. These are going to pretty much be constantly going, and very hot. What would I need to do to make my ovens and kiln safe? Sit their legs in a pan of water?
I have to be really careful, because I have kids and disabled people essentially living on some of these big communal kitchen rafts, so I can't have them catching on fire. Also, I figure if the kiln (which was expensive and a PITA to transport) ends up sinking to the bottom of the river, that could be a real hassle.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thank you.
I need to have campfire-sized fires on my bamboo rafts. Preferrably without burning up the rafts and their occupants. Again, they are rather primitive folks, so the setup should be something rather primitive- and I'd prefer to not make them trade with outlanders to get metal for this if I can manage it with the materials at hand. Can I use some kind of clay bowl? Coated with something? A bed of old ash in the bottom? How about one bowl inside of a larger shallow one, the larger shallow one containing a few inches of water to prevent the smaller fire bowl from getting too hot and burning the raft? I was also considering having the fire bowl on a set of short legs (perhaps with the legs sitting in a shallower bowl with a few inches of water in it). The rafts are going to be moving, so the wobbliness of a burn bowl on legs would be a disadvantage. It would also be nice to have something that didn't require constant monitoring and repouring of water into that outside pan, but I'll do what I have to do. I've experimented small-scale with a fire made in a pot of sand, but the sand got really hot. I guess I could keep wetting the sand, just like repouring water into a bottompan, if I really had to... Thoughts?
I also need to have some bigger fires, an oven or two, and a kiln on some larger communal rafts. These are going to pretty much be constantly going, and very hot. What would I need to do to make my ovens and kiln safe? Sit their legs in a pan of water?
I have to be really careful, because I have kids and disabled people essentially living on some of these big communal kitchen rafts, so I can't have them catching on fire. Also, I figure if the kiln (which was expensive and a PITA to transport) ends up sinking to the bottom of the river, that could be a real hassle.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thank you.