This Dutch oven purchase was my first. As with everything I get into, I immediately wanted to read up on them. I had no idea how great these things were! First, the history of the Dutch ovens alone should tell you they are no passing fad and have more than enough usefulness to qualify them on anybody's must-have list. They have been providing excellent, simple-to-cook meals for people since the days of the wagon trains. Cooking with charcoal makes the process so easy and cheap and the versatility of the Dutch oven allows it to go from griddle to saute pan to pot to oven by just changing up what you use and how you use it. The lid, inverted, is a griddle. This model's lid rim (a design attribute attributed to Paul Revere no less!) is raised to hold coals on top to aid in browning of foods (heat rises, so it's hard to brown the top unless you have coals on the lid).
Lodge is now producing cast iron cookware that is pre-seasoned, saving you the step of seasoning it before using for the first time. A quick rinse and dry right out of the box and I was cooking. I did a chicken pot pie recipe that was super easy and used refrigerated crescent rolls, rolled out flat, for the crust. A fair amount of coals underneath at first to crank up the heat and pre-cook the chicken and then saute the onions and start the potatoes. Throw in the rest of the ingredients and get to a boil, stirring occasionally, then take a few of the bottom coals and put them on the lid, lowering the bottom heat and getting that important top heat going, then just place the unrolled crescent rolls on top, cover and let it bake. So-o-o-o good!!! Last night I did tamale pie for a party we went to. With hamburger and some homemade Chilean Langaniza sausage I'd made, I added some corn, Ortegas, olives, bell pepper, enchilada sauce, garlic, freshly ground coarse black pepper and chili powder. That cooked for a while and I mixed up some corn meal with milk and eggs, poured it over the hot food, covered with shredded cheese and cooked until done. Outstanding! The pot was emptied while all the rest of the food got token pickings. There is something about cast iron-cooked food... and it's healthier for you than Teflon.
I love barbecue, cooking "low and slow" to get that tenderness and smoky flavor into my 'cue, and this oven allows that same principle to be incorporated (without the smoke, of course) in just about any meal. You need to nurture the coals during any cooking session, so someone must be there to tend them if you cook at really low temps, but that's about the only drawback, and most people will never do that anyway. I bought the metal table with windbreaker sides from Lodge and can't wait to use it. I cooked my first meal on my concrete patio and, while it worked great, it will be nice to get the oven up so I don't have to stoop to the ground to tend coals and stir/check contents, etc. I cooked the second meal under the shade of my canopy as it was sunny and warm, and I threw down a concrete paver that is about 2' x 2' and it worked great too... but I really want to use that new table!
Cooking a huge amount? I got the 12" oven and it'll cook enough food for at least ten people in one swoop, and you can always buy the 12 qt. oven that will supply a single pot of food for a huge group but if you need to cook with multiple ovens at the same time, simply stack them. Once you get used to the cleanup method of NO SOAP and get your process down, it is really easy to clean up after cooking too. These products are simply incredible and I wish I had known more details about them before. They last for generations; people actually pass them on to their children. Looking forward to a long relationship with this product!
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Lodge Camp Dutch Oven
The Lodge Camp Dutch Oven is the pot that does it all! The flanged lid holds hot coals and inverts for use as a griddle. Need high heat? Situate the Dutch oven perfectly over hot coals, thanks to the integral legs. For slow cooked meals, hang the bail handle over a tripod. Includes Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 cookbook.
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- Seasoned with 100% natural vegetable oil
- Unparalleled heat retention and even heating
- Use on the grill or over a campfire
- Use to sear, sauté, bake, broil, braise, and fry
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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020
Size: 2 QuartStyle: OvenVerified Purchase
Updated with a photo 7-15-2020. My grandmother's Martin cowboy skillet/spider skillet is on bottom, a Camp Chef No 10 in the middle, the Lodge No 8 on top. Top two have biscuits in them, bottom had a breakfast casserole. The Lodge lives up to Lodge's reputation. Very pleased with it.
***Bought from the Amazon Warehouse as an open box or perhaps returned. Arrived in a few days. Packaged in original box but it had been opened and taped shut with that scotch tape that has strings in it, so not by Amazon. It had the original box, packaging, and cookbook/owners manual with it. My 2 year old granddaughter had me read it to her over coffee yesterday - to each their own I guess***
I inherited my grandmother's 80 year old 12" spider skillet (looks like a footed dutch oven, only with a long pan handle instead of a bail) early last year. Being big on camping with my horses and friends and family and THEIR horses, I wanted to learn to cowboy cook. A few youtube videos and some reading later, I baked my first 5 layer breakfast casserole at camp last Easter in my grandmother's skillet, I was hooked on camp cooking, specifically with all the cast iron I inherited. Later last year, my dad made a tripod for me at his welding shop out of electrical conduit, complete with adjustable chain and hook. An scavenged charcoal grill grate with chains allows me to grill over the camp fire or keep the coffee warm.
Back to the dutch ovens - I now own a previously owned 14" no name (base of the tower) my grandmother's 12", a Camp Chef 10" and this Lodge 8". I have not used it yet.
Lid fits tight, no wobble (Unlike the camp chef) and the feet are sturdy, substantially sized (Unlike my 14", which has thin, almost spindly looking feet). I found no imperfections in it. Seasoning is good, but obviously a very light starter coat.
I would say this size is good for small things, like a small pan of cornbread, a small (Or just a deeper) peach cobbler, perhaps some camp taters (Canned sliced potatoes, bacon, onion, can of cream of mushroom, cheese), a side dish, something like that.
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***Bought from the Amazon Warehouse as an open box or perhaps returned. Arrived in a few days. Packaged in original box but it had been opened and taped shut with that scotch tape that has strings in it, so not by Amazon. It had the original box, packaging, and cookbook/owners manual with it. My 2 year old granddaughter had me read it to her over coffee yesterday - to each their own I guess***
I inherited my grandmother's 80 year old 12" spider skillet (looks like a footed dutch oven, only with a long pan handle instead of a bail) early last year. Being big on camping with my horses and friends and family and THEIR horses, I wanted to learn to cowboy cook. A few youtube videos and some reading later, I baked my first 5 layer breakfast casserole at camp last Easter in my grandmother's skillet, I was hooked on camp cooking, specifically with all the cast iron I inherited. Later last year, my dad made a tripod for me at his welding shop out of electrical conduit, complete with adjustable chain and hook. An scavenged charcoal grill grate with chains allows me to grill over the camp fire or keep the coffee warm.
Back to the dutch ovens - I now own a previously owned 14" no name (base of the tower) my grandmother's 12", a Camp Chef 10" and this Lodge 8". I have not used it yet.
Lid fits tight, no wobble (Unlike the camp chef) and the feet are sturdy, substantially sized (Unlike my 14", which has thin, almost spindly looking feet). I found no imperfections in it. Seasoning is good, but obviously a very light starter coat.
I would say this size is good for small things, like a small pan of cornbread, a small (Or just a deeper) peach cobbler, perhaps some camp taters (Canned sliced potatoes, bacon, onion, can of cream of mushroom, cheese), a side dish, something like that.
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