Comments on: A new hobby – Dutch Oven Cooking and a table too!

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:39:28 +0000

Will the feed pan hold if the coals are underneath the dutch oven.

By: PFM

PFM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:01:15 +0000

Very nice. Just goes to show, sometimes the simplest ideas are the best.

By: flyfishinchristian

flyfishinchristian — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:30:16 +0000

Tim, thanks for reading. I bought some Kingsford charcoal and baked a loaf of bread yesterday and it turned out fairly well.

I guess practice makes perfect.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:36:49 +0000

I occasionally read your blog because I am a Christian and I fly fish. Can’t remember how I found your blog.

That said here are my two cents on dutch oven cooking.

Use good regular charcoal and a chimney starter like you have. You will want to put coals under it and on top of it. You can use a simple ratio using the size of the oven. If it is a 12″ you will need 24 briquettes of charcoal. you put 14 on top and 10 on bottom. So for a 14″ oven you put 12 on bottom and 16 on top. This will give you about 350 Degrees and then you can cook anything like you would cook it in a regular oven. You also want to rotate the pan and the lid every 15 minutes.

Fun stuff.

By: Rick Mansfield

Rick Mansfield — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:23:20 +0000

Excellent pictures. I love the table you made.

I’ve just created a link to your post in our newest “Cast Iron Around the Web” entry at http://www.cookingincastiron.com