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Great video! Can I add some tips? - If you are going to use your pot, as a base for your coals: 1) You can use some fresh, Green wood, sticks or metal skewers (something that won't burn!). Put these between the rim of the pot, and the lid skillet, to let fresh air in and keep your coals burning. 2) First, place some aluminum foil in the pot, to help preserve your seasoning inside the pot! 3) Turn your Dutch oven, into a Hibachi Grill - Take along a small, round, grill grate, slightly larger that the top of the pot. Put Aluminum foil, and hot coals in the pot. Then add your grill grate on top of the pot! Boom, you are grilling!
Great review. To use the lid as a pan you would typically flip the base upside down and set hot coals on the back. You can then put the lid on the legs and cook on top of the lid. This way you don't destroy any coating inside your pan and keep it clean as well.
The lodge 4 in 1 multi tool can be used not only to hold the lid when checking inside the pot, but can be flipped to hold the lid upsidedown to cook on over coals.
@@rld1278 Or if you work in a machine shop can make a Dutch oven from stainless steel and have a hookable handle on both sides of the lid top and bottom!!! And make it larger than a regular dutch oven in diameter as well as depth with removable solid screw in legs using one" diameter material and a thicker bottom to hold heat more evenly!!! But not for backpacking but off road truck camping as I do!!!
Great tips Dan! You mentioned putting coals in the Dutch oven and cooking on the lid underside. You could turn the Dutch oven over, placing coals on the bottom of the Dutch oven, and the legs would support the lid for cooking, allowing the coals not to burnout.
Ooh, is that what they are called?! They're a staple here in South Africa, common in making "potjie-kos", pot food, which is a type of stew over coals. :) You gave lots of extra tips for utilizing the whole thing I didn't know about, thanks :)
@@markdudley3831 True story mate. A Dutch oven is either when you fart in bed and force the covers up over your missus head, or when you smoke the devils lettuce in a car with some mates. You cook a lamb leg and some spuds, carrots and onions in a camp oven.
@@zeropoint546 ....hey zero point I have to confess , I'm actually kiwi & our "dirty dutches" over here hate me using their name and oven in the same sentence because of what you pointed out 🤣
Dan you are so right, with a Dutchoven you can cook anything. I used Dutchovens all my life. I suggest for the people that have never used Dutchovens you should do a part 2 on how to care for them. Dutchovens can last for generations if properly cared for.
I cannot cook soups / stews in cast iron Dutch oven; I bought a new lodge one; and it’s my 3rd time cooking in it post seasoning as recommended ; But by the end I am left with greenish black residue in my soup. I can only use it for baking now.
@@redwolf155 that's really odd. Never heard of it before. You might need to have developed a thicker seasoning then try again. That's never happened to me before. Good luck
LOVE Cast Iron Dutch Ovens!!! Rimmed Lids and the feet are VERY important. Thank you for your tips. Appreciate you getting everyone up to speed on how versatile Dutch Ovens can be. Also, loved the comment Charles included about stacking the ovens. Sure, they're a beast to lug around, but fantastic for car/truck/trailer camping. Heck, use 'em at home too for good practice. Get out into the woods.
I chose one without feet so I could use it at home on the hob or oven aswell as while camping. Agree though that the feet make it easier for camp cooking.
@@walterkersting9922 yes, some of the same concepts used to make adjustable rings for alcohol stoves could be used to make one for you dutch oven. I'd guess even a couple of large metal office clips could help secure the ring while in use and then the flexible ring could curl up more tightly to be store inside while not in use.
I went out and bought one immediately after watching you bake bread in one of your videos. The look on your face when you bit into it was priceless and I wanted to experience it myself. Thanks for all the tips.
Great video. The one complimentary piece if kit for a dutch oven I would add is a pair of welder's gloves or the like - they make handling hot iron safer (fewer accidents, ie., burns, spillage, etc.). Makes hot coal transfer to the lid easy.
i have a plyer with a hook that holds the handle and or lets you pick up things. really helpful. and after a quick search i can't find anything like them. mine are from the 80s and have a hook to lift lids by the bail and plyers. been doing me right since boy scouts.
You forgot to talk about stacking Dutch ovens. If you have 2 or more you can save on wood/charcoal by stacking. This works best with meals that need a longer cooking time and little attention.
Dan - As always, great tips! Thank you sir! I absolutely love me some cast iron cook wear. If you remove the lid, turn oven upside down, coals on bottom, lid on top of the legs, use lid as frying pan. Then you won’t smother the coals as you would by putting inside the oven, can easily add coals if needed and easily remove the lid.
One of the handiest DO accessories I have (besides a good set of tongs) is the Lodge lid stand/lid lifter. You've probably seen one, a folding X shaped device. You can set the inverted lid on it, with coals under the lid and cook on it while the bottom half is doing pot duty for something else. Or the newer versions of the device are shaped to easily lift or rotate the lid with coals on it. The "bake kettles" are one item that were important enough to the Lewis and Clark and expedition that they carried them both going and returning. They were not for trade and carefully cared for.
I use a 12 inch around deep dutch oven by putting small pans inside it like with a regular oven. I can cook my vegetables, meat and scalloped potatoes separately that way.
love the tips you have given me some great ideas only comment is i think the nick in the lid and base were put in to allow you to use a thermometer to check inside temp
I use my Dutch over 30 years easily and cool trick for almost fool proof baking with is to use 3 aluminium wadedup foil balls about golf ball size. And flatted them to thickness of a large grape and then use a cake pan sitting on those balls inside the Dutch oven. Naturally have put maybe 6 to 8 hot coals on top and about 5. On bottom remember heat rises. Average temperature will be about 350 degrees inside depending on weather conditions. The flavor will always be better than the oven at home. And like the man ANY THING you can cook at home you can do it in a Dutch oven. And if you have several Dutch oven to use at one time, ground permitting double or triple stack to save coals.
@Gail-gf7km I used the grates for years too, and I have a large number of Dutch ovens and other types of cast iron , that I use I some form or fashion usually each month but I find if don't want the foil balls inside the Dutch oven it use Mason jar lids without the disc insert in them and use the cast iron trivet so I can set the lid down on the trivet and keep the underside of the lid clean. PS make sure if you use the Mason jar lids inside the oven to set the lids in a open fire outside to burn off the coating on the lids, usally 3 to 4 or 5 lids for the large Dutch ovens you will see a huge different of quality of cooking with less burnt black meals .
Thanks for this nice introduction into the Dutch Oven. One advice, do not forget your welding gloves or you will get burnt fingers. A lid lifter is a versatile tool, too.
Can you do a “Keeping Cast Iron Seasoned” Part 2 video? It can be really easy for cast iron to become rusted when used outdoors for any length of time if not maintained properly.
If your cooking for a large group or often, invest in a Dutch oven cook table, witch makes it very convenient. You can also stack them and cook multi dishes at once. Add that in a part two. Former Scoutmaster. Still love my cast iron.
@@johnsullivan6560 I have saw a person do stacks before once when I was really little it blew my mind how they added as they need and move them up or down to heat up more
That's my favorite size dutch oven! I've used it for everything from meatloaf to biscuits, and of course chili and stew. One of our favorites is chicken and dumplings from scratch. It just tastes better cooked over a camp fire!
I'm gonna say it: Dutch Oven is when you're in bed, wife by your side, she's content and not expecting any foolery and you rip an SBD under the blankets. After a few seconds to let it ferment you quickly pull the covers up over your wife's head and trap her under there while you laugh like a fiend. She'll get mad, of course, but it's worth doing at least once in your marriage. 😆🤣
I use a round wire rack/trivet inside as a thermal break and a round cake pan to do pies and cakes, bread in camp, wooden utensils to avoid removing the seasoning
I’ve cooked with my Dutch oven for a few years and I was aware of using the lid as a skillet. I was aware of flipping it over to cook things like a pizza on it. I used that method not for the cooking but for putting a pineapple upside down cake out for easier cutting and serving. I’ve never heard of it as a portable-ish grill, not sure that I will need it that way but in case I do it’s in the memory bank. I enjoyed this video a lot, now how about cooking tips / ideas with it. Like a breakfast, a lunch, dinner and a desert.
I totally agree. While I admire the "spider" variety, I use legless ones because they cook so well on my cast-iron kitchen range top. I also have a flat-top little wood burner in my small RV. On a blustery day, the toasty warmth from the RV stove and the smells from the Dutch Oven on top are pure heaven. On a hot day use the oven outside, setting it on 3 small stones with coals underneath- never directly over a fire.
@@pouglwaw5932 just curious, but what brand of woodstove for RVs (or tiny houses) are wide enough at top to allow a pot as big as a dutch oven? There aren't many - unless you have a metal worker add a thick metal place on top, as one tiny house owner has done. I want to do what you've done - use a legless dutch oven on top of a woodstove...I guess that is what you meant by "word burner".
Really helpful! I've owned several D.H.'s yet I was always too intimidated to try using them...so they ended up stacked by size, (I think I had 4), and becoming a "decorator item". Sold off all but the smallest, sorry to say, but I'm looking forward to having fun cooking in/on the one I have left. Thank you!!
The charcoal in the pot with the lid upside down sounds like a good idea but I think that depends on your charcoal. Standard briquettes probably have a high percentage of carcinogens in them. I don’t want that anywhere I normally cook my food. I’m sure there is a situation for which that degree of deviation would be acceptable, but as a general rule - I’m keeping the charcoal on the outside of the pan. Unless I’m more likely to die from not eating and I can wait the 7 years for cancer. Other than that….nice work introducing the best pot on the planet. The pot that made settling the west possible.
Get lump charcoal from almost any big box hardware store. Made directly from hardwood. Multiple types of wood as well to choose from. Excellent stuff, and not infused with anything harmful.
Great video, Dan. Nothing like cast iron on a campfire. And the best part about cast iron, is you can get used to cooking with it at home, on your stove/in the oven. Build your season, build your cast iron skills.
Someone gave me a dutch oven just like the one you have with legs and stuff. I do believe I'm finally going to try it out this summer LOL. Should be interesting, fun and most likely really yummy! 😁😎
Great video, I liked it, keep up the good work. By the way, I also recently started making videos about hiking and bushcraft, look at it somehow, I assure you it will be a lot of fun.
Great video ... and good information. I've been cooking in Dutch ovens long than ol' Coalcracker has been alive. I've served at a judge at the finals of the International Dutch Oven Society. I've also worked as the "cookie" in a professional hunting camp where my employer agreed that my Dutch oven cooking not only pleased his clients, but enhanced our tips. I'm presently at my remote Idaho cabin. Mañana I'll cook and bake bread.
The dutch oven is extremely popular here in South Africa. The name for it here is a "potjie". They are much bigger and more round. Frequently used in competition and social cooking. here!
Great video! It gets me excited about Dutch oven campfire cooking. Our Dutch oven is a combo with a deep skillet and a shallow skillet that serves as the lid. What brand Dutch oven is that in the video? I love the steam notch, but can’t find one with it!
You can also use a stick to slightly open the lid. I store my Dutch ovens with a paper towel folded and slightly keeping the lid open to prevent smells and moisture from building up.
I've heard 5 quart size a few times. I think he said 12" in this video. being able to place other pans inside of them makes them very useful. Asians also cook this way and watching their videos of placing pans inside of large pots is helpful. Many Asians own no indoor oven, so, instead, bake/steam floury foods on a stove top or portable cooktop-burner.
Him & Simon, A Bloke in The Woods must be on the same wavelength where Simon just did a how he maintains his cast iron stuff ( including dutch pot) on his YT.
I got both types- the round top (which I use on an induction oven) and the one with legs and a rim for the campfire. I learned a lot today. Thank you, sir.
I am hoping to buy one to use on an induction oven, too. Any tips? One concern I have is that most electric-type burners have a small burning diameter, but dutch ovens' bottoms are generally much wider.
It reminds me of HOBO DINNERS... wrap some meat, potato, carrot, celery, salt/pepper in heavy duty layers of tin foil.. seal it off, then bury the pouch in the coals... Let it sit in for about 15/20 mins.. When you scoop it out of the coals, it will be perfectly cooked.. food doesn't burn without exposure to oxygen.. So cover the pouch so air can't get in.. perfectly cooked every time.. Same principle with the dutch oven.. 'Personally, i use a 18" parabolic mirror on the ground, then hang my Dutch oven full with lid on over and aim the directed sun light up to solar cook.. Make sure you monitor that the directed sunlight is only on the pot so you don't catch the trees above on fire.
You said about filling it with coals and using the lid to cook on that's a great idea I think if you could use a grate for separation so the coals can breath it would add cook time
Back in the 18th century, what we call a Dutch Oven was called a Bake Kettle. It really was used as an oven to bake bread, pies, biscuits, etc. A trivet between the Dutch Oven and the pie pan helps prevent scorching.
The originals are really meant for cooking on a hearth. Not taking anything away from the outstanding versatility of this design, but that's the truth. I won't go into what a hearth is, but it's pretty obvious.
Dutch oven are awesome, anything you can cook in an oven, you can cook in it. Have a good lifting tool is very important so you don’t end with ashes in your meal. I found a framing hammer’s claw can makes a great substitute in a pinch.
Im old school and cook almost exclusively with cast iron. My dutch ovens are indispensable and the perfect vessel. The lip lid is critical when cooking on a outdoor fire. I built an inground oven that my dutch ovens fit into and the oven has a cover and it is the perfect oven. Thanks for this video. ❤
I have no oven because it takes up too much space and I don't bake often. My concern is being able to cure/season cast iron without a normal kitchen oven. Can they be cured on a grill or electric burner? or even in the sun on a scorching-hot summer day ?
Absolutely! The only downside is the weight. Danged good cooking kit, but consider you have to hike it in and hike it out.. I know I've done this. Was it worth it? Reckon so. I ate good. But dang if that wasn't a heavy piece of gear.
Great vid Dan, as always, but did you know that a real “Dutch oven” refers to when you do a fart under the duvet, let it simmer, then lift the duvet once to waft the gasses over your partner in bed? Mimicking the action of a heat blast when opening the oven door? I thought you should know!!!
This is awesome Dan. I really thought I was a campire cooking master but there is always something to learn. Cant wait to show some new skills off around the campfire. Thanks!
💯 cook cast iron most of my adult life. always inside ,and out. Lots of fun ways to cook. Hey CC if you want to see A chuck wagon dude cook and is allot of fun to watch Cowboy Kent Rollins His spices are great too .He has a great channel. Good video
coals from a campfire are hotter than store bought charcoal so you need to adjust accordingly. I'll usually use about 25% less coals from a campfire than I do charcoal. Also, sometimes the coals from the fire burn out a little quicker so if you're doing a long cook, say an hour, you'll probably need to replenish the coals from the fire as they burn out. Just remember to not put quite as many as you would if you were cooking with charcoal. Yep, it's all about heat control.
I was going to say with the legs you can stack them and share the top coals of one with the bottom of another, but Charles beat me to it. So I guess I can offer ... line the inside with aluminum foil and then follow the recipe on the box to make a pineapple upside-down cake. This is where the welding gloves come in handy. put a clean piece of foil on the table and turn the dutch oven over gently and shake. The cake and foil will drop out and just gently peel the foil off the cake.
I use nothing but cast iron at home (skillets) and at camp Dutch ovens and skillets.. I think I have 6-7 ovens of various sizes , with and without legs and with domed lids and flat you name .. The only way to cook
So Dan how about good utensils to complement the Dutch oven? Such as how to move the coals from place to place, types of spoons, forks etc.. Never really used a dutch oven but your video has inspired me to consider getting one.
@@benningtoncamper2852 I was thinking the same - a spetnaz shovel so dual-use. heard you might even be able to cook on some of those. certainly can dig a hole for underground cooking so safer and maybe less smoke if rocket oven type.
When you mentioned cooking the pancakes and taking it away and smothering it.. if you do happen to have a grate you can lay it between to make a gap to help not smother it
What a fun video. I'm good with cast iron how-to but I couldn't resist watching such an upbeat video from you. The bonus: hearing about the new book. My grandboys are gonna love it!
I ordered your bushcraft book and I'm looking forward to the material. Great video by the way. I need to do a little Dutch Oven cooking next time I go camping.
I like Lodge cast iron cookware use it almost daily . Got 10in 12in and 14in deep outdoor dutch oven plus indoor ditches and skillets small to very large. Somewhere in the ballpark of 35 pcs. I'm having a lot of FUN with them. Keep care of them people them will last you a life. Mom a used some for over 70 yrs my older sister has them now. Thanks.
The clue is in the name……… Dutch OVEN 👍😂😂😂 great video as always much appreciated. Now I realise why I should have bought one with legs! My saving grace is these days most of my cooking is stove top☹️😢 Regards from deepest Dorset England 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
You don't have to have the feet for in-the-coals cooking, but you should at least have 3 dry-dug (not riverbed or lake found, or they could explode) stones set next to the fire. Test to figure out how best to balance the pot on them as level as possible, then rake the embers from the fire around the rocks and set your flat-bottomed pot on those. This helps when you want to cook with cast iron on a glasstop or an induction cooker and those feet just get in the way. (Also, NEVER drag the pot across the surface of either, and always place it gently, or you could risk scratching or even cracking the cook top surface.)
My Dutch oven has a domed lid, no legs, no vents, Actually has spikes in the bottom of the lid, so no cooking pancakes, but I've had it forever and love it. I'm going to have to look for one with the featured you mentioned to try it out! great vid as usual!
I love all my cast iron cookware. I have cooked with it for years . I also use a tripod with it ! I love making pizza , biscuits and gravy. Chicken and dumplings . Great video as always Dan!!! Take care and stay safe my friend!!!
You just totally blew my mind with the versatility of a freekin' Dutch Oven..... Not only that their great but SOME are even more versatile! I suppose it's obvious that I'm not a bush crafty/ camping aficionado but this info will definitely improve my experiences that are forthcoming! I'm very much enjoying your content and am learning much from your efforts and others.
The legs are a hiderance and create storage problems, they can really cause some damage to things when transporting the oven if not super careful, they also prevent direct contact with a flat plate when required. Prefer the ovens without those stupid legs.
You're spot on with how the legs are difficult. Try using a milk crate. Lid in the bottom with the handle up. Then the oven with feet down. The lid lifter fits in there too.
@@thomasdemaio53 I just miss the point of them, if I want to raise my camp oven off the coals, I use a few stones, it is so much easier than having legs protruding out
My DO, which I'll be using in the hotel parking lot to bake bread in about an hour, is a Camp Chef "Deluxe" and has the little feet on the lid too, which makes the top into a great griddle. The one drag I ran into with it last summer is that the fire restrictions in the west, which are killing camping for me, include charcoal briquettes too and make it a crime to cook with anything but a gas stove.
@@davebetker8788 I've seen those tents, though I understood that they are for using a DO in windy conditions. I'm not sure how they'd to reflecting heat to the top of a DO.
when i made a 3 day drive, i used a butane stove and, when I get my dutch oven (looking for ideas now), I will use it on that. But, if you don't own a butane stove yet, might i suggest spending $10 to $20 more for a dual-fuel one? It seems that being able to refill propane canisters can save a ton of money over the long run and butane canisters cannot be refilled. I've tried tiny alcohol stoves, but they take forever to heat your food or water, so are really only good for backpacking and emergencies.
@@genkiferal7178 That works fine, if I'm just using it as a soup/chili/stew pot. The true magic of the Dutch Oven is that it is in fact an oven. You put some coals under it, but you also put them on the top so that you get the heat from above too. It's about twelve pounds of cast iron, and it is sealed, so it literally becomes an oven inside once it's hot. I have used it to bake cakes, three days out on a river trip, make cookies, pies, roast a whole chicken, the ever popular meatloaf, and most of all bake sourdough bread. A camp oven (not the enamel D.O's intended for home use inside a regular oven) is made to be used over a campfire, or with Briquettes. It's a lot of fun to cook in one, and they are amazingly versatile.
I agree with you Dan cast iron is the best cooking utensil and actually all forms of cast iron are great for cooking. I have a dutch oven but mine has a domed lid so I have combatted that I made a metallic ring to set over top of it to hold my coals. I wish that mine had the little feet on the bottom but it doesn't and of course to combat that I just put something to raise it up. Cooking in a dutch oven over the fire gives you some great I mean great meals and you're exactly right you can cook anything and I mean anything in a dutch oven. This video is excellent for beginners or even anyone who uses a dutch oven that doesn't know about Dutch ovens so thanks for the video have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry and your oven tempt!
You have no legs on your Dutch oven try using grate from a gas stove it'll get it up high enough that it'll be like legs just a thought. You can get coal's under then
Hmm... I recently picked up a cast iron Dutch oven, and haven't even had a chance to test it out yet. In looking up recipes, etc., I saw that opening under the lid as where people would put their digital thermometers through. Never saw anyone use it as a steam vent! The lid of the Dutch oven I got has legs built into the lip, so it can be used as a frying pan with coals under it, just like the main pot. I would never have thought of using the whole thing upside down. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
I got a cast iron skillet a few years ago. It was frustrating at first because it heats up and retains heat very differently from a regular non stick skillet. Now it's the ONLY skillet I use and I've added a couple other pieces; still need a Dutch oven though.
What Brand Name is the dutch oven you showed in this video with a Notch for Steam? I've have searched and can't find one with a notch. Also is that a 4 qt. oven? Thanks.
I live in the outdoors, and, I have a dutch oven, of course I've broken your rules because my lid is domed and there are no legs! LOL, however, I've heard arguements both for and against legs, but my main problem was my domed lid (it was all that was available), I have cut some metal to make a 'fence' around the lid, however, baking bread the other day, and, for the first time putting coals on top, without anything tokeep them there, wow, the few coals I put on were enough to speed up the baking of the bread and actually burnt the top of the loaf in no time. (usually I would fip the loaf three quarters of the way through cooking) but yeah, I completely agree, its the best bit of kit ever (that and my wok that can also double as an oven), got a few decades left in my dutch oven, it's most likely goingto outlast me, so I won't ber changing it, just becoming more adventurous with what I cook with it. Love the idea of cooking pizza upside down!
I watched some videos of African outdoor cooking and they use something that looks like a big pizza pan to place coals onto. I guess you could try that out by buying one at a thrift store or at Dollar Tree. A pizza pan could also be used to set coals onto. I've never seen a *round* broiler pan, but I'd bet that would work best - very very heavy duty.
Does anyone know the name and model of the one Dan uses? Also Dan any eta of the folding fry pan please - I looking to do a big order but waiting for this to come in as I’m Australia.
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Great video! Can I add some tips? - If you are going to use your pot, as a base for your coals:
1) You can use some fresh, Green wood, sticks or metal skewers (something that won't burn!). Put these between the rim of the pot, and the lid skillet, to let fresh air in and keep your coals burning.
2) First, place some aluminum foil in the pot, to help preserve your seasoning inside the pot!
3) Turn your Dutch oven, into a Hibachi Grill - Take along a small, round, grill grate, slightly larger that the top of the pot. Put Aluminum foil, and hot coals in the pot. Then add your grill grate on top of the pot! Boom, you are grilling!
Great review. To use the lid as a pan you would typically flip the base upside down and set hot coals on the back. You can then put the lid on the legs and cook on top of the lid. This way you don't destroy any coating inside your pan and keep it clean as well.
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The lodge 4 in 1 multi tool can be used not only to hold the lid when checking inside the pot, but can be flipped to hold the lid upsidedown to cook on over coals.
@@rld1278 Or if you work in a machine shop can make a Dutch oven from stainless steel and have a hookable handle on both sides of the lid top and bottom!!! And make it larger than a regular dutch oven in diameter as well as depth with removable solid screw in legs using one" diameter material and a thicker bottom to hold heat more evenly!!! But not for backpacking but off road truck camping as I do!!!
Thank you for your teaching
No lie, at 7:16, that blew my mind, I'm glad I watched this video. Im going to try to cook pizza.
thank you
The easiest way to bake and remove a deep dish pizza from a Dutch Oven. Is to line the bottom with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
Informative and beneficial video
I have been collecting cast iron cookware for over 25 years, and have never seen a DO with a vent? Where did you get that?
Except they are Way to
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Great tips Dan! You mentioned putting coals in the Dutch oven and cooking on the lid underside. You could turn the Dutch oven over, placing coals on the bottom of the Dutch oven, and the legs would support the lid for cooking, allowing the coals not to burnout.
Ooh, is that what they are called?! They're a staple here in South Africa, common in making "potjie-kos", pot food, which is a type of stew over coals. :) You gave lots of extra tips for utilizing the whole thing I didn't know about, thanks :)
Aussie here. Most Aussie campers will use these. Generally to roast a joint of meat and a bunch of vegetables.
He also does not know enough ! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
C Rib ... its only the uncivilized yankees that call them dutch ovens .. The rest of the real world call them Camp Ovens ... cheers from Aussie.
@@markdudley3831 True story mate. A Dutch oven is either when you fart in bed and force the covers up over your missus head, or when you smoke the devils lettuce in a car with some mates. You cook a lamb leg and some spuds, carrots and onions in a camp oven.
@@zeropoint546 ....hey zero point I have to confess , I'm actually kiwi & our "dirty dutches" over here hate me using their name and oven in the same sentence because of what you pointed out 🤣
Dan you are so right, with a Dutchoven you can cook anything. I used Dutchovens all my life. I suggest for the people that have never used Dutchovens you should do a part 2 on how to care for them. Dutchovens can last for generations if properly cared for.
I cannot cook soups / stews in cast iron Dutch oven; I bought a new lodge one; and it’s my 3rd time cooking in it post seasoning as recommended ; But by the end I am left with greenish black residue in my soup. I can only use it for baking now.
Amazing summary bud! Much thanks!
@@redwolf155 that's really odd. Never heard of it before. You might need to have developed a thicker seasoning then try again.
That's never happened to me before.
Good luck
@@redwolf155 strip it down and reseason it
@@kevo8225 did just that , and works like charm now, i m down 2 pounds of salt though.
LOVE Cast Iron Dutch Ovens!!! Rimmed Lids and the feet are VERY important. Thank you for your tips. Appreciate you getting everyone up to speed on how versatile Dutch Ovens can be. Also, loved the comment Charles included about stacking the ovens. Sure, they're a beast to lug around, but fantastic for car/truck/trailer camping. Heck, use 'em at home too for good practice. Get out into the woods.
I chose one without feet so I could use it at home on the hob or oven aswell as while camping. Agree though that the feet make it easier for camp cooking.
@@tjk355 Use a trivet if your Dutch Oven has no feet.
So I see a Dutch oven for $30, no feet and the lid is a dome, no rim for coals. I’m thinking maybe just find a metal ring to hold the coals?
@@walterkersting9922 yes, some of the same concepts used to make adjustable rings for alcohol stoves could be used to make one for you dutch oven. I'd guess even a couple of large metal office clips could help secure the ring while in use and then the flexible ring could curl up more tightly to be store inside while not in use.
I went out and bought one immediately after watching you bake bread in one of your videos. The look on your face when you bit into it was priceless and I wanted to experience it myself. Thanks for all the tips.
Great video.
The one complimentary piece if kit for a dutch oven I would add is a pair of welder's gloves or the like - they make handling hot iron safer (fewer accidents, ie., burns, spillage, etc.). Makes hot coal transfer to the lid easy.
There is a three finger adjustable lid handle. It is worth every penny. It holds the lid steady.
Now I am hungry so good luck.
I have a pair of the same we used in the heat treat room . In my kitchen , real handy .
I love my welder s gloves would not cook in fire without them
i have a plyer with a hook that holds the handle and or lets you pick up things. really helpful. and after a quick search i can't find anything like them. mine are from the 80s and have a hook to lift lids by the bail and plyers. been doing me right since boy scouts.
excellent tip. thank you.
You forgot to talk about stacking Dutch ovens. If you have 2 or more you can save on wood/charcoal by stacking. This works best with meals that need a longer cooking time and little attention.
THIS!!♡ ^^^
Awesome idea
Dan - As always, great tips! Thank you sir! I absolutely love me some cast iron cook wear.
If you remove the lid, turn oven upside down, coals on bottom, lid on top of the legs, use lid as frying pan. Then you won’t smother the coals as you would by putting inside the oven, can easily add coals if needed and easily remove the lid.
One of the handiest DO accessories I have (besides a good set of tongs) is the Lodge lid stand/lid lifter. You've probably seen one, a folding X shaped device. You can set the inverted lid on it, with coals under the lid and cook on it while the bottom half is doing pot duty for something else. Or the newer versions of the device are shaped to easily lift or rotate the lid with coals on it. The "bake kettles" are one item that were important enough to the Lewis and Clark and expedition that they carried them both going and returning. They were not for trade and carefully cared for.
I use a 12 inch around deep dutch oven by putting small pans inside it like with a regular oven. I can cook my vegetables, meat and scalloped potatoes separately that way.
love the tips you have given me some great ideas only comment is i think the nick in the lid and base were put in to allow you to use a thermometer to check inside temp
I use my Dutch over 30 years easily and cool trick for almost fool proof baking with is to use 3 aluminium wadedup foil balls about golf ball size. And flatted them to thickness of a large grape and then use a cake pan sitting on those balls inside the Dutch oven. Naturally have put maybe 6 to 8 hot coals on top and about 5. On bottom remember heat rises. Average temperature will be about 350 degrees inside depending on weather conditions. The flavor will always be better than the oven at home. And like the man ANY THING you can cook at home you can do it in a Dutch oven. And if you have several Dutch oven to use at one time, ground permitting double or triple stack to save coals.
I use cast iron stove grates for a trivet in the bottom of my oven.
@Gail-gf7km I used the grates for years too, and I have a large number of Dutch ovens and other types of cast iron , that I use I some form or fashion usually each month but I find if don't want the foil balls inside the Dutch oven it use Mason jar lids without the disc insert in them and use the cast iron trivet so I can set the lid down on the trivet and keep the underside of the lid clean. PS make sure if you use the Mason jar lids inside the oven to set the lids in a open fire outside to burn off the coating on the lids, usally 3 to 4 or 5 lids for the large Dutch ovens you will see a huge different of quality of cooking with less burnt black meals .
Thanks for this nice introduction into the Dutch Oven. One advice, do not forget your welding gloves or you will get burnt fingers. A lid lifter is a versatile tool, too.
I've always used a claw hammer as a lid lifter. Gauntlet gloves are a must if you like the hair on your arm.
Can you do a “Keeping Cast Iron Seasoned” Part 2 video? It can be really easy for cast iron to become rusted when used outdoors for any length of time if not maintained properly.
I enjoy using butter or lard and after cleaning I butter/lard the iron and dry in the sun or on low/coal fire (in case of clouds or cold)
Flax seed oil is my go-to after several years of experimenting with different oils!
If your cooking for a large group or often, invest in a Dutch oven cook table, witch makes it very convenient. You can also stack them and cook multi dishes at once. Add that in a part two. Former Scoutmaster. Still love my cast iron.
@@johnsullivan6560 I have saw a person do stacks before once when I was really little it blew my mind how they added as they need and move them up or down to heat up more
@@TheBellmare just the answer i needed. thank you!
That's my favorite size dutch oven! I've used it for everything from meatloaf to biscuits, and of course chili and stew. One of our favorites is chicken and dumplings from scratch. It just tastes better cooked over a camp fire!
Is it 2 quart?
I'm gonna say it:
Dutch Oven is when you're in bed, wife by your side, she's content and not expecting any foolery and you rip an SBD under the blankets. After a few seconds to let it ferment you quickly pull the covers up over your wife's head and trap her under there while you laugh like a fiend.
She'll get mad, of course, but it's worth doing at least once in your marriage. 😆🤣
I use a round wire rack/trivet inside as a thermal break and a round cake pan to do pies and cakes, bread in camp, wooden utensils to avoid removing the seasoning
Thx for the wooden cooking utensils tip :)
I’ve cooked with my Dutch oven for a few years and I was aware of using the lid as a skillet. I was aware of flipping it over to cook things like a pizza on it. I used that method not for the cooking but for putting a pineapple upside down cake out for easier cutting and serving. I’ve never heard of it as a portable-ish grill, not sure that I will need it that way but in case I do it’s in the memory bank. I enjoyed this video a lot, now how about cooking tips / ideas with it. Like a breakfast, a lunch, dinner and a desert.
A small linked chain ring on the lid works to hold coals on a non rimmed lid, rocks or a trivet for legless pots to raise above the coals
Good tip.
I totally agree. While I admire the "spider" variety, I use legless ones because they cook so well on my cast-iron kitchen range top. I also have a flat-top little wood burner in my small RV. On a blustery day, the toasty warmth from the RV stove and the smells from the Dutch Oven on top are pure heaven. On a hot day use the oven outside, setting it on 3 small stones with coals underneath- never directly over a fire.
@@pouglwaw5932 just curious, but what brand of woodstove for RVs (or tiny houses) are wide enough at top to allow a pot as big as a dutch oven? There aren't many - unless you have a metal worker add a thick metal place on top, as one tiny house owner has done. I want to do what you've done - use a legless dutch oven on top of a woodstove...I guess that is what you meant by "word burner".
Really helpful! I've owned several D.H.'s yet I was always too intimidated to try using them...so they ended up stacked by size, (I think I had 4), and becoming a "decorator item". Sold off all but the smallest, sorry to say, but I'm looking forward to having fun cooking in/on the one I have left.
Thank you!!
The charcoal in the pot with the lid upside down sounds like a good idea but I think that depends on your charcoal. Standard briquettes probably have a high percentage of carcinogens in them. I don’t want that anywhere I normally cook my food. I’m sure there is a situation for which that degree of deviation would be acceptable, but as a general rule - I’m keeping the charcoal on the outside of the pan. Unless I’m more likely to die from not eating and I can wait the 7 years for cancer. Other than that….nice work introducing the best pot on the planet. The pot that made settling the west possible.
Get lump charcoal from almost any big box hardware store. Made directly from hardwood. Multiple types of wood as well to choose from. Excellent stuff, and not infused with anything harmful.
Great video, Dan. Nothing like cast iron on a campfire. And the best part about cast iron, is you can get used to cooking with it at home, on your stove/in the oven. Build your season, build your cast iron skills.
Someone gave me a dutch oven just like the one you have with legs and stuff. I do believe I'm finally going to try it out this summer LOL. Should be interesting, fun and most likely really yummy! 😁😎
Great video, I liked it, keep up the good work. By the way, I also recently started making videos about hiking and bushcraft, look at it somehow, I assure you it will be a lot of fun.
Great video ... and good information.
I've been cooking in Dutch ovens long than ol' Coalcracker has been alive. I've served at a judge at the finals of the International Dutch Oven Society. I've also worked as the "cookie" in a professional hunting camp where my employer agreed that my Dutch oven cooking not only pleased his clients, but enhanced our tips. I'm presently at my remote Idaho cabin. Mañana I'll cook and bake bread.
so, does that vent hole on lid and pot allow too much heat to be released? Is it actually a perk or a detriment?
The dutch oven is extremely popular here in South Africa. The name for it here is a "potjie". They are much bigger and more round. Frequently used in competition and social cooking. here!
Great video! It gets me excited about Dutch oven campfire cooking. Our Dutch oven is a combo with a deep skillet and a shallow skillet that serves as the lid. What brand Dutch oven is that in the video? I love the steam notch, but can’t find one with it!
You can also use a stick to slightly open the lid. I store my Dutch ovens with a paper towel folded and slightly keeping the lid open to prevent smells and moisture from building up.
Fabulous update, I’ve never tasted a bad “Dutch Oven” meal 🧡 Thank you for sharing
In my country, Dutch Oven means something very different
Hey 👋 Dan
To me the Dutch ovens are the best for camping. Learning about hot coals placement is everything. And never fry bacon naked.
They make a single person Dutch oven. Great for the backpack. Great information as always.
Super informative. One question though. What size of oven is most versatile?
I've heard 5 quart size a few times. I think he said 12" in this video. being able to place other pans inside of them makes them very useful. Asians also cook this way and watching their videos of placing pans inside of large pots is helpful. Many Asians own no indoor oven, so, instead, bake/steam floury foods on a stove top or portable cooktop-burner.
Pre ordered the book, cannot wait to experience more wild adventures and more father son experiences
Him & Simon, A Bloke in The Woods must be on the same wavelength where Simon just did a how he maintains his cast iron stuff ( including dutch pot) on his YT.
I got both types- the round top (which I use on an induction oven) and the one with legs and a rim for the campfire. I learned a lot today. Thank you, sir.
I am hoping to buy one to use on an induction oven, too. Any tips? One concern I have is that most electric-type burners have a small burning diameter, but dutch ovens' bottoms are generally much wider.
It reminds me of HOBO DINNERS... wrap some meat, potato, carrot, celery, salt/pepper in heavy duty layers of tin foil.. seal it off, then bury the pouch in the coals... Let it sit in for about 15/20 mins.. When you scoop it out of the coals, it will be perfectly cooked.. food doesn't burn without exposure to oxygen.. So cover the pouch so air can't get in.. perfectly cooked every time.. Same principle with the dutch oven.. 'Personally, i use a 18" parabolic mirror on the ground, then hang my Dutch oven full with lid on over and aim the directed sun light up to solar cook.. Make sure you monitor that the directed sunlight is only on the pot so you don't catch the trees above on fire.
You said about filling it with coals and using the lid to cook on that's a great idea I think if you could use a grate for separation so the coals can breath it would add cook time
Back in the 18th century, what we call a Dutch Oven was called a Bake Kettle. It really was used as an oven to bake bread, pies, biscuits, etc. A trivet between the Dutch Oven and the pie pan helps prevent scorching.
The originals are really meant for cooking on a hearth. Not taking anything away from the outstanding versatility of this design, but that's the truth. I won't go into what a hearth is, but it's pretty obvious.
Dutch oven are awesome, anything you can cook in an oven, you can cook in it. Have a good lifting tool is very important so you don’t end with ashes in your meal. I found a framing hammer’s claw can makes a great substitute in a pinch.
Im old school and cook almost exclusively with cast iron. My dutch ovens are indispensable and the perfect vessel. The lip lid is critical when cooking on a outdoor fire. I built an inground oven that my dutch ovens fit into and the oven has a cover and it is the perfect oven. Thanks for this video. ❤
I have no oven because it takes up too much space and I don't bake often. My concern is being able to cure/season cast iron without a normal kitchen oven. Can they be cured on a grill or electric burner? or even in the sun on a scorching-hot summer day ?
Good stuff. However check out Cowboy Kent Rollins here on TH-cam been following him for years I just don't need chilli's in everything lol
Great video, what brand is the Dutch oven? I like the idea of the steam vents. Keep up the informative videos.
Don’t forget that the three legs gives you a solid base on any surface that doesn’t touch the bottom. A flat surface doesn’t do that!
Absolutely! The only downside is the weight. Danged good cooking kit, but consider you have to hike it in and hike it out.. I know I've done this. Was it worth it? Reckon so. I ate good. But dang if that wasn't a heavy piece of gear.
Great vid Dan, as always, but did you know that a real “Dutch oven” refers to when you do a fart under the duvet, let it simmer, then lift the duvet once to waft the gasses over your partner in bed? Mimicking the action of a heat blast when opening the oven door? I thought you should know!!!
This is awesome Dan. I really thought I was a campire cooking master but there is always something to learn. Cant wait to show some new skills off around the campfire. Thanks!
💯 cook cast iron most of my adult life. always inside ,and out. Lots of fun ways to cook. Hey CC if you want to see A chuck wagon dude cook and is allot of fun to watch Cowboy Kent Rollins His spices are great too .He has a great channel. Good video
coals from a campfire are hotter than store bought charcoal so you need to adjust accordingly. I'll usually use about 25% less coals from a campfire than I do charcoal. Also, sometimes the coals from the fire burn out a little quicker so if you're doing a long cook, say an hour, you'll probably need to replenish the coals from the fire as they burn out. Just remember to not put quite as many as you would if you were cooking with charcoal. Yep, it's all about heat control.
Please demonstrate all that you Talk about…. Without a visual representation….. its all Lip Service…..
I was going to say with the legs you can stack them and share the top coals of one with the bottom of another, but Charles beat me to it. So I guess I can offer ... line the inside with aluminum foil and then follow the recipe on the box to make a pineapple upside-down cake. This is where the welding gloves come in handy. put a clean piece of foil on the table and turn the dutch oven over gently and shake. The cake and foil will drop out and just gently peel the foil off the cake.
Good to see a fellow Schuylkill County boy making a difference. How about you make Boilo in the ditch oven?
I use nothing but cast iron at home (skillets) and at camp Dutch ovens and skillets.. I think I have 6-7 ovens of various sizes , with and without legs and with domed lids and flat you name .. The only way to cook
6:19 yeah !! Great thing ! Thanks..
Hi from France !
So Dan how about good utensils to complement the Dutch oven? Such as how to move the coals from place to place, types of spoons, forks etc.. Never really used a dutch oven but your video has inspired me to consider getting one.
I have an old GI folding shovel I use to manipulate coals. It can be locked at 90 degrees and works great if you dont leave the colas in it too long
@@benningtoncamper2852 I was thinking the same - a spetnaz shovel so dual-use. heard you might even be able to cook on some of those. certainly can dig a hole for underground cooking so safer and maybe less smoke if rocket oven type.
I wonder if you could make charcoal with this thing. If it doesn't allow much oxygen in that should work
good advice as always.. and thanks for not begging for subs like some do continuously. cheers
Hello from British Columbia Canada
🇨🇦👋👍♥️...I gave a dutch oven withe the flat rimmed lid to my brother...maybe I should have kept it...😎😋🥓
Put coals inside my oven to cook on the lid.... I don't think so!!! I've spent to much time and energy to get it seasoned to do that, sorry.
I recommend dutch oven liners, made from parchment paper, when cooking sticky items like cobbler.
I was wondering about that, thx for the tip
This is an awesome set of tips, I just got a lodge 12’ and am gonna use these tips right away. - Thanks!!
I cook on fires once or twice a week.. cast is the go to! Have one deep and a big shallow. I’m a pro at biscuits and gravy while camping!
can I season the pot and lid on the camp fire or must i really use an oven?
When you mentioned cooking the pancakes and taking it away and smothering it.. if you do happen to have a grate you can lay it between to make a gap to help not smother it
What a fun video. I'm good with cast iron how-to but I couldn't resist watching such an upbeat video from you. The bonus: hearing about the new book. My grandboys are gonna love it!
putting coals inside your dutch [6:39] will destroy your seasoning. just saying.
I ordered your bushcraft book and I'm looking forward to the material. Great video by the way. I need to do a little Dutch Oven cooking next time I go camping.
I like Lodge cast iron cookware use it almost daily . Got 10in 12in and 14in deep outdoor dutch oven plus indoor ditches and skillets small to very large. Somewhere in the ballpark of 35 pcs. I'm having a lot of FUN with them. Keep care of them people them will last you a life. Mom a used some for over 70 yrs my older sister has them now. Thanks.
any tips on curing or seasoning them if I don't have a regular indoor kitchen oven?
The clue is in the name……… Dutch OVEN 👍😂😂😂 great video as always much appreciated. Now I realise why I should have bought one with legs! My saving grace is these days most of my cooking is stove top☹️😢 Regards from deepest Dorset England 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
You don't have to have the feet for in-the-coals cooking, but you should at least have 3 dry-dug (not riverbed or lake found, or they could explode) stones set next to the fire. Test to figure out how best to balance the pot on them as level as possible, then rake the embers from the fire around the rocks and set your flat-bottomed pot on those. This helps when you want to cook with cast iron on a glasstop or an induction cooker and those feet just get in the way. (Also, NEVER drag the pot across the surface of either, and always place it gently, or you could risk scratching or even cracking the cook top surface.)
My Dutch oven has a domed lid, no legs, no vents, Actually has spikes in the bottom of the lid, so no cooking pancakes, but I've had it forever and love it. I'm going to have to look for one with the featured you mentioned to try it out! great vid as usual!
Great video Dan, I've used Dutch ovens for many years and you've just proven that there's always more to learn. Thanks 😊
I love all my cast iron cookware. I have cooked with it for years . I also use a tripod with it ! I love making pizza , biscuits and gravy. Chicken and dumplings . Great video as always Dan!!! Take care and stay safe my friend!!!
You just totally blew my mind with the versatility of a freekin' Dutch Oven..... Not only that their great but SOME are even more versatile! I suppose it's obvious that I'm not a bush crafty/ camping aficionado but this info will definitely improve my experiences that are forthcoming! I'm very much enjoying your content and am learning much from your efforts and others.
The notches are for a thermometer. The cable goes goes through the notches to the digital readout.
The legs are a hiderance and create storage problems, they can really cause some damage to things when transporting the oven if not super careful, they also prevent direct contact with a flat plate when required. Prefer the ovens without those stupid legs.
You're spot on with how the legs are difficult. Try using a milk crate. Lid in the bottom with the handle up. Then the oven with feet down. The lid lifter fits in there too.
@@thomasdemaio53 I just miss the point of them, if I want to raise my camp oven off the coals, I use a few stones, it is so much easier than having legs protruding out
My DO, which I'll be using in the hotel parking lot to bake bread in about an hour, is a Camp Chef "Deluxe" and has the little feet on the lid too, which makes the top into a great griddle. The one drag I ran into with it last summer is that the fire restrictions in the west, which are killing camping for me, include charcoal briquettes too and make it a crime to cook with anything but a gas stove.
Lodge makes a dutch oven tent to use over a campstove
@@davebetker8788 I've seen those tents, though I understood that they are for using a DO in windy conditions. I'm not sure how they'd to reflecting heat to the top of a DO.
when i made a 3 day drive, i used a butane stove and, when I get my dutch oven (looking for ideas now), I will use it on that. But, if you don't own a butane stove yet, might i suggest spending $10 to $20 more for a dual-fuel one? It seems that being able to refill propane canisters can save a ton of money over the long run and butane canisters cannot be refilled. I've tried tiny alcohol stoves, but they take forever to heat your food or water, so are really only good for backpacking and emergencies.
@@genkiferal7178 That works fine, if I'm just using it as a soup/chili/stew pot. The true magic of the Dutch Oven is that it is in fact an oven. You put some coals under it, but you also put them on the top so that you get the heat from above too. It's about twelve pounds of cast iron, and it is sealed, so it literally becomes an oven inside once it's hot. I have used it to bake cakes, three days out on a river trip, make cookies, pies, roast a whole chicken, the ever popular meatloaf, and most of all bake sourdough bread. A camp oven (not the enamel D.O's intended for home use inside a regular oven) is made to be used over a campfire, or with Briquettes. It's a lot of fun to cook in one, and they are amazingly versatile.
Not the Dutch Oven I thought it was.
I pre-ordered the book. It releases on 24 May. You have a good channel! Hope you sell lots of books!
I put a cast skillet in between the pot and lid. Was able to cook in the pot and skillet at same time.
I agree with you Dan cast iron is the best cooking utensil and actually all forms of cast iron are great for cooking. I have a dutch oven but mine has a domed lid so I have combatted that I made a metallic ring to set over top of it to hold my coals. I wish that mine had the little feet on the bottom but it doesn't and of course to combat that I just put something to raise it up. Cooking in a dutch oven over the fire gives you some great I mean great meals and you're exactly right you can cook anything and I mean anything in a dutch oven. This video is excellent for beginners or even anyone who uses a dutch oven that doesn't know about Dutch ovens so thanks for the video have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry and your oven tempt!
You have no legs on your Dutch oven try using grate from a gas stove it'll get it up high enough that it'll be like legs just a thought. You can get coal's under then
That lid's a good tortilla warmer 👍🏼😉
Hmm... I recently picked up a cast iron Dutch oven, and haven't even had a chance to test it out yet. In looking up recipes, etc., I saw that opening under the lid as where people would put their digital thermometers through. Never saw anyone use it as a steam vent!
The lid of the Dutch oven I got has legs built into the lip, so it can be used as a frying pan with coals under it, just like the main pot. I would never have thought of using the whole thing upside down. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
That thing Dan is going to go do in the woods? Yup, you guessed it: Judge a dutch oven cooking competition!!
And then, y'know, hibernate. Like a bear.
So does anyone know what brand and size he's using in this video?
I got a cast iron skillet a few years ago. It was frustrating at first because it heats up and retains heat very differently from a regular non stick skillet.
Now it's the ONLY skillet I use and I've added a couple other pieces; still need a Dutch oven though.
Great tips . About to move to the country . Bushcraft area in the garden and a dutch oven coming up . Thank you 👍🥘
Love your stuff man! Cooking on cast iron on a campfire is the best. really appreciate the tips!
What Brand Name is the dutch oven you showed in this video with a Notch for Steam? I've have searched and can't find one with a notch. Also is that a 4 qt. oven? Thanks.
I also would like to know what brand of oven he is using.
I have one but have never used it. I have used cast iron pots and frying pans. Time to bring it out and cook with it. You have inspired me.
I live in the outdoors, and, I have a dutch oven, of course I've broken your rules because my lid is domed and there are no legs! LOL, however, I've heard arguements both for and against legs, but my main problem was my domed lid (it was all that was available), I have cut some metal to make a 'fence' around the lid, however, baking bread the other day, and, for the first time putting coals on top, without anything tokeep them there, wow, the few coals I put on were enough to speed up the baking of the bread and actually burnt the top of the loaf in no time. (usually I would fip the loaf three quarters of the way through cooking) but yeah, I completely agree, its the best bit of kit ever (that and my wok that can also double as an oven), got a few decades left in my dutch oven, it's most likely goingto outlast me, so I won't ber changing it, just becoming more adventurous with what I cook with it.
Love the idea of cooking pizza upside down!
I watched some videos of African outdoor cooking and they use something that looks like a big pizza pan to place coals onto. I guess you could try that out by buying one at a thrift store or at Dollar Tree. A pizza pan could also be used to set coals onto. I've never seen a *round* broiler pan, but I'd bet that would work best - very very heavy duty.
Does anyone know the name and model of the one Dan uses?
Also Dan any eta of the folding fry pan please - I looking to do a big order but waiting for this to come in as I’m Australia.
Also the size of dans one pretty please.
Good stuff, thanks.
Love your content!!!! Book pre-ordered ……. Cannot wait to receive it 👍