Country cooker is a little beauty

Pete Stocks with his Country Camp Cooker at the Upper Clutha A&P Show. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
Pete Stocks with his Country Camp Cooker at the Upper Clutha A&P Show. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
When it came to the cute factor at the Upper Clutha A&P Show, it was hard to go past the Country Camp Cooker.

Designed in the UK and used by the Red Cross during disaster relief, the portable cooker was touted as ideal for hunters, trampers, duck-shooters, musterers and anyone keen on the outdoors.

Stallholder Pete Stocks said that although there was a fire ban in the Wanaka area, due to the dry conditions, he was exempt because of the cooker's elevated enclosed firebox and a spark arrester.

The flue came in five sections and the legs folded up, which made it easily transportable, Mr Stocks said.

''It's got a wow factor, which makes it good for selling. It stops a lot of people.''

Based in Hamilton, he travelled to a variety of shows throughout the country. He sold more cookers in Wanaka as he believed people in the South were more ''outdoors orientated''.

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