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If the barbecue is large enough, you could use it as the firepit for a biscuit tin oven, but a) you'll only be able to bake small things in it, and b) you'll need to pile embers on the top of the tin. I've baked yeast bread over a campfire by using a cast-iron pan to hold the dough, topped with a bi...

I was in this position a few years ago. I recycled any jar I didn't have a good-condition lid for, and bought two trays of new jam jars with lids very cheaply from a wholesaler. It was a very good decision, it cut down on hours of faffing about looking for lids, fumbling with bits of greasproof and ...

A pal on our allotments has made a smoker from an old domestic fridge. Hole cut top and bottom, bit of 6 inch ducting leading to the smoke pot about 5 feet away. A biscuit-tin arrangement for smouldering the sawdust. The model was taken from the Strawbridge book on self-sufficiency.