Cool little article on dutch ovens below.
Cooking With A Flanged Lid Dutch Oven
Have you ever noticed that there are two types of dutch oven lids? There is your basic dome shaped dutch oven lid which can be used for cooking over a campfire or even in your household oven. The other type of dutch oven lid is a flanged lid, which has more of a flatter lid with raised sides. It is these raised sides that makes the difference of what you cook in your oven.
Even though you can cook just about the same type of foods with a dutch oven with a dome shaped lid and a flanged lid, how you cook with it is the difference. A dutch oven with a dome shaped lid is best used for cooking inside an oven or on top of a stove. But a flanged lid is best used for cooking in or over a campfire. It is because of this flanged lid which allows you to cook so many different things in a dutch oven when camping.
The purpose of the raised sides is to hold hot coals on top of the lid to help cook what ever it is you are cooking inside the oven. When camping you will need to bring a bag of charcoal. Once you start your campfire you will want to place the charcoal in the campfire within reaching distance, of course not hand reaching distance, you will want a good pair of tongs or another tool you can use to remove the charcoal from the fire to place on top of the lid.
By placing the hot charcoal briquettes on top of the lid you will be able to cook everything from rolls for dinner to delicious apple crisp for dessert. Now, when it comes to how many hot coals you should place on top of the lid all depends on what you are cooking and the size of the dutch oven. Typically, the number of coals depends on the size of your oven. What ever the size of your oven, you will want to double that to get the amount of coals you will need to properly cook the food inside your oven. So, if your oven is 12" in radius, you will need to 24 coals on top of the lid to properly cook the food inside.
When I first started camping, a dutch oven was not on my list of things to bring. But once I started using dutch ovens when camping it has become a "need to bring" item on my list. Camping meals have now gone from hot dogs and burgers for lunch and dinner, and sometimes breakfast, to pizza for lunch, delicious beef stew for dinner and once cleaned out, an irresistible apple pie for dessert.
Even though you can cook just about the same type of foods with a dutch oven with a dome shaped lid and a flanged lid, how you cook with it is the difference. A dutch oven with a dome shaped lid is best used for cooking inside an oven or on top of a stove. But a flanged lid is best used for cooking in or over a campfire. It is because of this flanged lid which allows you to cook so many different things in a dutch oven when camping.
The purpose of the raised sides is to hold hot coals on top of the lid to help cook what ever it is you are cooking inside the oven. When camping you will need to bring a bag of charcoal. Once you start your campfire you will want to place the charcoal in the campfire within reaching distance, of course not hand reaching distance, you will want a good pair of tongs or another tool you can use to remove the charcoal from the fire to place on top of the lid.
By placing the hot charcoal briquettes on top of the lid you will be able to cook everything from rolls for dinner to delicious apple crisp for dessert. Now, when it comes to how many hot coals you should place on top of the lid all depends on what you are cooking and the size of the dutch oven. Typically, the number of coals depends on the size of your oven. What ever the size of your oven, you will want to double that to get the amount of coals you will need to properly cook the food inside your oven. So, if your oven is 12" in radius, you will need to 24 coals on top of the lid to properly cook the food inside.
When I first started camping, a dutch oven was not on my list of things to bring. But once I started using dutch ovens when camping it has become a "need to bring" item on my list. Camping meals have now gone from hot dogs and burgers for lunch and dinner, and sometimes breakfast, to pizza for lunch, delicious beef stew for dinner and once cleaned out, an irresistible apple pie for dessert.
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