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05-27-2018, 10:20 AM
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#441
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Typically we used a galvanized steel round oil change pan (dedicated only to Dutch oven use) set on concrete blocks to protect the ground. It also makes it easy to dispose of cold ash when done. The Dutch oven legs sit solid in the pan, and with a very long set of stainless steel restaurant tongs it’s easy to move the charcoal around to load under and over the oven. Makes for a tidy campsite as well, and is bulky, but light to carry.
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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05-27-2018, 01:11 PM
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#442
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Rivet Master
1962 28' Ambassador
1961 19' Globetrotter
1962 26' Overlander
Mesa
, Arizona
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Rmkrum I like that oil pan idea. When there is a dedicated campfire ring we use that however when there isn't, even though we clean up the ashes, I still don't like leaving the gray spot behind.
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05-27-2018, 02:49 PM
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#443
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Yup. We emphasize “leave no trace” principles. Was a Boy Scout Adult Leader for many years, and that is one of the principles we taught, internalized, and now do as a matter of course. Carrying a few bricks to keep the pan off the ground also helps avoid scorch marks.
Raised three very successful boys, all Eagle Scouts. They still think like that...
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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05-27-2018, 05:27 PM
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#444
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Rivet Master
1972 25' Tradewind
Currently Looking...
McHenry County
, Illinois
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,171
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Len n Jeanne
Tom, I picked up one that sounds like yours at a garage sale. I think you can use it over the coals on a grill surface....
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That's the idea. This park has vented 3 foot square fire pits with adjustable, flip-over grates on the back third. Perfect for open fire or briquette cooking. The pit will easily hold 4 pieces of cookware
As to the kind of pot there's a nearly identical one on eBay now.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CAST-IRON-SHORT-DUTCH-OVEN-8-WITH-LID-HANDLE-HEAVY-10-1-4-MADE-IN-USA/232763309834?hash=item3631c63f0a:g:WaoAAOSwomVa80l 3
Lodge refers to the ovens with legs as Camp Dutch Ovens and the inter webs like the term Dutch Oven for any covered pot with a wire bail. Probably plenty of regional variations on the names.
I'm also bringing 4 pans/skillets from 12 to 6 inches. Got to have all the bases covered.
Tom
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05-27-2018, 05:53 PM
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#445
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3 Rivet Member
2014 19' International
Port Townsend
, Washington
Join Date: Apr 2014
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As a long time Dutch Oven user I know it is heresy to say but the legs are not really that important! in a "normal" campfire the legs sink right into the ground, or too the ground, and do not hover above the coals...maybe if they were 3" in length but otherwise they do very little. Though I have not ground them off of any of my 5 DOs though it would make storing and carrying them a bit easier. That said, I think rmkum's oil pan is great - that will provide the legs with something solid to stand upon plus it is safer and cleaner.
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05-27-2018, 08:42 PM
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#446
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Must admit the oil drain pan is not my original idea. Many of the units I worked with in San Diego, China Lake, and Huntsville, Alabama used this method. And I suspect no one remembers who came up with it first. We used to constantly swap and swipe good ideas from each other. [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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07-13-2020, 01:36 PM
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#447
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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Interesting new Lodge setup which is part DO and part flat iron/meat griddle:
[click on orange arrow to go directly to this post in the Cast Iron thread]
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Originally Posted by Hittenstiehl
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Thanks for the heads up on this.
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07-13-2020, 02:29 PM
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#448
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
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Made me hungry!
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07-13-2020, 06:18 PM
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#449
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Rivet Master
2008 22' Safari
Spicewood (W of Austin)
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 2,987
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Dutch ovens WITH legs are intended for actual fire-use. Dutch ovens without legs are intended for stove-top use. \
Those WITH legs also have rims on their lids to contain the coals. Those without legs, not intended for use with fire, have ordinary rounded lids since they are not expected to be used with coals.
I have both types and use them for their designed purposes.... legs for campfires....no-legs for home or stovetop (or oven) use.
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10-14-2020, 07:18 PM
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#450
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Rivet Master
2014 20' Flying Cloud
Sag Harbor
, New York
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 17,523
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FYI a new post in the Cast Iron thread, with a link for an interesting DO horseshoe trivet which comes with both long and short legs for use with different fires:
[click on orange arrow in quote to see the full post]
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Originally Posted by OTRA15
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Happy trails,
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09-22-2021, 07:07 PM
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#452
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Rivet Master
1962 28' Ambassador
1961 19' Globetrotter
1962 26' Overlander
Mesa
, Arizona
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,996
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Short ribs, veggies, potatoes and rutabaga.
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09-22-2021, 07:15 PM
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#453
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,089
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Yum!
Maggie
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11-02-2023, 09:25 AM
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#454
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,089
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11-02-2023, 11:29 AM
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#455
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3 Rivet Member
Boise
, ID
Join Date: Oct 2021
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That sure is a fancy Dutch oven. I find my enameled ones don’t appreciate the torture of 500*. Good old cast iron sure does the trick!
I find handing warm bread to my neighbors buys me an extra day or so parking in the driveway before the complaints roll in.
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11-02-2023, 11:33 AM
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#456
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 18,089
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It is fancy, and it comes in really pretty colors.
I did see it online elsewhere for about half that price, but I prefer my Lodge cast iron and other old pots to them newfangled ones any day.
And who doesn’t love fresh bread?
Maggie
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11-02-2023, 11:53 AM
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#457
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Vancouver
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We'd like a cloche for our bread baking but not this one. The handle on top makes the upper half a single purpose item. The Lodge bread baker has a flat top, which can be used inverted as a braising pan. Saves carrying twice as many (heavy) items.
We prefer using a pizza stone to bake bread on, as it is easier to load the dough into, and we want to just buy the cloche (cover) to use on the pizza stone.
Serious Eats reviewed this item and recommended against it.
https://www.seriouseats.com/le-creus...review-5272499
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