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 Posted By: oldbay 
May 25  # 21 of 39
I've discovered the magic of Dutch Oven cooking. You can almost make any meal in one that you cook at home in the oven. This week I made a baked chicken and an eye of round roast in mine and they came out marvelous. For the chicken I tossed some carrots and celery around the chicken and added about 1/4 cup of chicken broth for moisture. For the roast, I seasoned it with some pepper, and tossed some carrots and potatoes around the roast and added 1/4 cup of water.

Both meals cooked fine in about 1 hour with 6 charcoal briquets on the bottom and 14 briquets on top. If it's breezy, you have to protect the dutch oven from the wind or the charcoal will get too hot and burn too fast which will cause burnt raw food.

I got my dutch oven from Lodge Manufacturing in Tennessee. I ordered a 12" cast iron skillet too! Both came pre-seasoned and have cleaned up easily after cooking in them. They're not as non-stick as T-Fal though, and need a little elbow grease to clean in spots.

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 Posted By: Mama Mangia 
May 25  # 22 of 39
oldbay - it's like mine - except mine is well used!! LOL

there is so much you can do with one of these - I absolutely love mine!
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 Posted By: oldbay 
May 25  # 23 of 39
Mama -
I think my father had one of the Lodge standard dutch ovens but I can't remember him ever cooking with it. The pictures on their site looks like what I remember as a kid.

I'm impressed with my little bit of cooking with the dutch oven and plan on cooking with it a lot, especially when the weather heats up.
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 Posted By: Mama Mangia 
May 25  # 24 of 39
I've made stews, roasts, chicken, ribs, potatoes - all sorts of goodies with mine! I think you will really enjoy having it!
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 Posted By: oldbay 
Jun 6  # 25 of 39
Have you ever made breads in yours? I'm okay with roast chicken and beef but am not sure that I'd make a good bunch of rolls in one. I've watch Cee-Dub make rolls on RFD-TV and it doesn't look hard except for the part where 'if it smells done it is done'. I think breads smell done before they are done and you only have a few minutes between uncooked and burnt bread. I suppose I ought to venture into rolls and have a backup plan like store bought rolls on hand.