Dutch oven

[TnBob]

Im about to buy a dutch oven. What size would you buy? Im thinking I want the Lodge 12" 8 quart. It is deeper than the 12" 6 quart. What accessories do you use?

 

[AllOutdoors]

Im about to buy a dutch oven. What size would you buy? Im thinking I want the Lodge 12" 8 quart. It is deeper than the 12" 6 quart. What accessories do you use?

Go with the 8 quart.

 

[POTH]

If you plan to use over a campfire get a " lid lifter"

 

[Brisco Darlin]

If you plan to use over a campfire get a " lid lifter"

yep. I have the iron tripod to hang mine over the fire.

 

[TnBob]

Thanks. Got the 8 quart Lodge. Got it at Gander Mountain in Hickson. Had a gift card for 40 bucks and cash that my aunt put in my birthday card. Wound up shelling out a whole $2.70 out of pocket! Just need a chance to start cookin now! What do yall use yours for most? :drool:

 

[moondawg]

Thanks. Got the 8 quart Lodge. Got it at Gander Mountain in Hickson. Had a gift card for 40 bucks and cash that my aunt put in my birthday card. Wound up shelling out a whole $2.70 out of pocket! Just need a chance to start cookin now! What do yall use yours for most? :drool:

I mostly make some sort of bread in mine...mainly biscuits or cornbread. I've also made deserts like cobbler or cookies.

Get some dutch oven liners. It's like a coffee filter type material you can put in the dutch oven. Then you put whatever ingredients you are going to cook on top of the liner. When you're done cooking, just pull out the liner and throw it away. There's very little to no cleanup needed for the dutch oven if you use a liner.

 

[shane37110]

Doesn't matter what size you start out with, you will soon realize you need them all! A good set of channel lock pliers makes a good lid lifter, a set to tongs for moving coals around is handy. A fireplace shovel and a small wisk broom for cleaning ash off the lid when going from the fire to the table will be handy too.

 

[jakeway]

Doesn't matter what size you start out with, you will soon realize you need them all!....

Ain't that the truth! I got my first one just about a year ago: Camp Chef Deep 12" Delux. Since then I got a 10" Lodge, an 8" Lodge, a 5 Qt Lodge with smooth bottom and dome lid ( for stews and chili with tripod) and finally a Camp Chef 5" 3/4 quart mini-DO. I use the 12" the least, but I'm usually only cooking for 1 to 4 people. I use the mini one for breakfast about every other day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOCimMQw7I

 

[AllOutdoors]

Thanks. Got the 8 quart Lodge. Got it at Gander Mountain in Hickson. Had a gift card for 40 bucks and cash that my aunt put in my birthday card. Wound up shelling out a whole $2.70 out of pocket! Just need a chance to start cookin now! What do yall use yours for most? :drool:

Open a whole chicken (Spatchcock) on some long grain wild rice. Add some onion, potatoes, and carrots.

 

[jakeway]

Go to this website; you'll learn TONS of stuff bout Dutch Oven cooking, and you'll make some new friends as well.

There's also a Facebook group Middle Tennessee Dutch Oven Society; they have several outings each year.

http://www.camp-cook.com/forum/index.php

 

[TnBob]

Thanks everybody. That spatchcock sounds really good.

 

[BD1]

Go on youtube and search for Kentucky Burgoo. I made some this past Saturday and it was awesome. You can't mess it up no matter what you put in it.