Any Dutch Oven cooks?

[Grandpa 913]

Originally Posted by barrelslime

WIfe and I cook with our dutch ovens every chance we get. anyone else use em?

We belong to a motorcycle camping group, IBMC (International Brotherhood of Motorcycle Campers. Dutch Oven cooking is a big hit with this bunch. Once a year in Arkansas, one of our member holds the "Dutch Oven Cook Off". There you will find some of the best food you can ever put in your mouth, everything from main dishes to deserts. We take our Dutch oven with us in the 5th wheel when we go out and in the Motorcycle Camper when we are on the road that way as well,,, Great Way to Cook! We love it!

[Quahog]

So how about some links to recipes, Grandpa?

[HybridCamper]

I love using my dutch oven on camp-outs. I am soon to be adding a second oven to the line-up, so that I can fix a side dish or dessert in one while the entree is cooking in the other.

The "mountain man" egg breakfast is a regular breakfast for us, as well as monkey bread using Pillsbury biscuits. We've made pizza, lasagna, and a few different desserts like fruit cobblers and chocolate pudding cake.

My wife isn't very adventurous when it comes to food, and likes most entrees plain-like. When I mention Coca-cola chicken to her she scrunches her face up. However, I'm willing to bet she might actually like it once she tries it, so I've decided that this year I'm going to need to plan a couple things for dinner so that we can try something new in the dutch oven but still have the "safe" dinner to fall back on.

My boys like chicken wings. I'm itching to try my hand at some dutch oven wings.

[edowsfamily]

Love it we use it for most of the cooking

[Ladywendolyn]

I have even used my dutch oven while on the road.. cooking off of the 12 volt converter... I usually make pulled pork this way..

[drfife]

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[barrelslime]

That looks like a good time!

[drfife]

Originally Posted by barrelslime

That looks like a good time!

Come on down!

You'll have a great time and get to eat a lot of great food.

Hope to see you there.

[chartrand]

Simple thing to try in a Dutch oven are the frozen unbanked cinnamon rolls. Thaw as directed but bake them in your Dutch oven... Oh are they wonderful

Pat.

[3'senough]

So far I have had one season with my DO and while most of the exploratory menu has been desserts which the lazy mans peach cobbler has been the favorite of all so far. Two 28 cans cling peaches in heavy syrup, one box yellow cakemix dumped on top with cinnamon and butter pats laid on top. Bake for 45-1hr with 16 coals on top and 8-10 on the bottom. Leftovers go great with coffee in the AM.

Tried it with cherry pie filling and chocolate cake but due to the thickness of the pie filling was dissappointed.

[dewey02]

Just pick up a dutch oven cookbook (there are loads of them out there). Even the one you get free when you buy the lodge dutch oven is pretty good. Follow the recipes or adjust depending on your taste or diet. We cut down on salt due to my heart surgery. Follow the specs for the number of charcoal briquettes on top and bottom...and you won't fail. We've enjoyed just about everything we've made. We tend to make meals more often than desserts. Cast Iron is what I would recommend. I'd only consider aluminum if you were backpacking, and then I'd forego the dutch over completely anyway.

We use our Weber Smokey Joe bottom to hold our 10" Lodge Dutch Oven. We always like to have a fire in the firepit, so we put the Dutch Oven in the bottom of the Smokey Joe. It fits perfect and keeps the coals off the ground and safe (since we are using the firepit for fire) and it makes clean-up a snap.

[seanbhalliday]

We use a cast iron dutch oven for soups, cooking hamburgers so they have that nice crust, also as a deep fryer (it is the only thing that actually keeps the heat where it should be), and as a wok for stir frying (once again, it keeps the heat where it needs to be).

All in all about the most versatile cooking instrument we have (a great multi-tasker).

[Cruzinfools]

We have used ours for all kinds of cooking. I like to deep fat fry chicken and potatoe wedges in it. It is fast and you can cook for alot of people without a lot of work. I have a tripod that I use over the open fire and that way you can control the heat. I agree that it is the best thing that I carry. Happy Cooking!

[jdorant]

Originally Posted by Cruzinfools

We have used ours for all kinds of cooking. I like to deep fat fry chicken and potatoe wedges in it. It is fast and you can cook for alot of people without a lot of work. I have a tripod that I use over the open fire and that way you can control the heat. I agree that it is the best thing that I carry. Happy Cooking!

What kind of tripod do you use? We bought one this year that was junk.

[LilBigfoot]

http://camp-cook.com/forum/viewforum...d47d615fe14764

[Cruzinfools]

jdorant
I will get some specs on this and let you know as I had one that had a chain and cheap legs that did not last. I build this one myself and have had it for 10 years. It has cooked a bunch. Will see if I can get some pictures.

[Beerlifter]

I've been cookin' with DO for quite awhile now and love it. Here are a few shots of some of our meals:

Lasagna:


Pizza (on the lid of an upside down DO)


Hot Wings:


Taco Casserole:


I've done lots and lots of meals. It has become a custom for me to fire up the DO everytime we go out. Meals just seem to taste better out of a DO or over an open fire.

[CruizinKim]

Call me a geek, but I received a book on the history of DO cooking and I've enjoyed reading it! They classify the DO with tripods and flat lids as "Camp Ovens" and the others as "Dutch Ovens." Who knew? Anyway, I have the DO variety and have always cooked while it dangles over the fire. It does a superb job, but I would also love to own the Camp Oven version, as well. The books author showed how he uses multiple ovens at a time and stacks them on each other. He also uses inserted cake pans to keep the cleanup down. Anyway, we are going to Gatlinburg in April and hoping that the Lodge Outlet Store offers cheaper prices than in our retail camp stores.

[mcfarmall]

Originally Posted by Ladywendolyn

I have even used my dutch oven while on the road.. cooking off of the 12 volt converter... I usually make pulled pork this way..

I realize this is from last year but I'm not understanding it. You have an electric dutch oven? Or are you referring to a Crock Pot stoneware slow cooker?

[txblackpot]

Now I have heard and read a bunch of formulas for charcoal and Dutch Oven cooking. I am a math teacher and I'm still not going to try some of these equations. I use a method that takes into account the size of the oven and the size of the briquet. It's called the ring method and I learned it from the LSDOS. First make a ring at the outside edge of your DO, then put a second ring of charcoal around the top of the lid. This should give you aproximately 300 degrees. Add a second ring on the top next to the first spacing it out every other charcoal (1-1/2 rings) and you have about 350. Fill in the gaps in that second ring (2 rings) and you got about 400 degrees. Never put more than one ring on bottom unless you are boiling or frying.

TXBlackpot