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    Posted: August 24 2006 at 12:52pm
I just recently bought a Lodge Logic cast iron skillet and have enjoyed using it.  I think I am ready to buy a dutch oven but have no idea where to start.  Lodge Logic makes about 15 different kinds.  I read somewhere that it is best to have one with a 12" base--is that true?  Also, do I need one with legs?  What can I fix in one?

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Lisa,  The reason to have one is that you can bake pies, cookies, cakes, biscuits or anything else you can make in a conventional oven in a Dutch oven.  Try that in your fry pan!  The Boy scouts use them which speaks of their ease of use and versatility.  They are also good if you are considering the possibility of bugging out.  A couple of ovens and some brickets will make a good low visibility cooking system that is small enough to pack in the BOV (bug out vehicle.)  The invert lid set on the legs of an inverted pan can be used as a fry pan to cook eggs and bacon or pancakes.

 

Which type depends on what you want to do with it.  I have five ovens all of them with legs.  The one with legs is used for outdoor fire type cooking.  The legs keep the pot off the coals which can be brickets or firewood. 

 

It is easier to control temperature with brickets than with firewood but if your BF preps include firewood you may want to get a couple of these ovens.  I keep brickets because it is so easy to cook with them.  But I know I can find firewood if I run out of brickets.

 

The size depends on how many people you intend to cook for.  There are just two of us and we use the 10" the most but I cook meatloaf in an 8" one.  I also have a couple of 12" ones in case I have some friends over.

 

There is actually a great deal of info on the web about Dutch oven cooking.  You can get a lot of receipes off the web.  All my ovens are Lodge brand and I have no complaints.  The "Lodge Logic" are preseasoned units and cost about 5 bucks more.  They are easy to season but if you're in a hurry buy the preseasoned one as it will take a few hours to season a new oven.  If you live in a rural area you may be able to pick up a couple at a garage sale.

 
If I can answer any more questions don't hesitate to ask!
 

Steve

 
 

Originally posted by katysheltie katysheltie wrote:

I just recently bought a Lodge Logic cast iron skillet and have enjoyed using it.  I think I am ready to buy a dutch oven but have no idea where to start.  Lodge Logic makes about 15 different kinds.  I read somewhere that it is best to have one with a 12" base--is that true?  Also, do I need one with legs?  What can I fix in one?

Thanks so much,
Lisa
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I grew up on meals from those dutch oven pot as  My mother hated cooking so dinner was always  a whatever affair.  Meatloaf   mashed potatoes and ham and sweet potaotes and carrots,  curry chicken potatoes and onions carrots . beef potatoes carrots onions. pork and pinapple and sweet sause with onions and sweet potatoes. pork potatoes and sourcrout   Nothing fancy but always there .  She would throw things in the pot and we ate it.     None of us got fat and we never really minded  .  I cant seem to get my kids into the idea.   

 
Plant onions ,they are so foolproof and a good meal needs  one fresh vegetable  I plan on growing potatoes onions and carrots. 
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Lisa,  Here is one place to get Dutch Oven receipes:
 
 
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