Dutch oven in the oven ( update Pics )

[Jst83]

Probably a silly question but

Can you use a dutch oven in the oven in place of coals?

[DRYVEM]

YES! If it is the legged variety DO I would put in on a baking sheet for stability purposes though.

Barbara

[Gaelen]

What Barbara said...except mine seems to have its legs in exactly the right spots that they slide conveniently through the oven grate, so I never bothered using a pan under it.

I've used the lid of mine on my stovetop, too, as a griddle.

[Mike B]

Probably a silly question but

Can you use a dutch oven in the oven in place of coals?

I have a non-camp style Dutch oven I use in the oven to experiment with recipes. When one works ok, I then try it in a camp Dutch oven. This is how I developed the zucchini bread recipe.

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

[Eunice]

What Barbara said...except mine seems to have its legs in exactly the right spots that they slide conveniently through the oven grate, so I never bothered using a pan under it.

ditto for me. works great
Eunice

[Dale M.]

Cast Iron can be used for almost any cooling application, be it camp fire, BBq briquette's, stove top or ovens...

Dale

[Jst83]

Yes it works, Ummmm
Now to try it with coals at the gathering weekend after next

[Gaelen]

okay, Jst83, it looks great...so what's in it and how did it taste?

[Jst83]

simple apple cobbler desert, 2 cans of pie filling a box of yellow cake mix cinnamon sprinkled on and a can of 7-up poured on top. It was great, I was really amazed with such simple ingredients that it would taste so good

[caseydog]

My Griswold DO has no legs, and it is wonderful in the oven. Great for slow roasting a big chunk of meat.

G

[Jst83]

The legs of mine go right between the racks and it sits level. I've done the cobbler and a Hamburger baked bean thingy
Can't wait till next weekend to try it with coals .
One week from today I'll be camping

[BlackIronCook]

I use my Camp DO in the house all the time! We have a Gas Stove with sealed burners so I remove the cooking grate and rest the pot on the stove top over the burner. Also, when I bake something in the oven I leave the lid off. I have heard that when using Aluminum Foil to cover a dish you must increase the heat by 75 American degree to get the same heat. I would imagine a cast iron lid would have a greater effect and would slow down cooking drastically. The other problem is the dish does not dry out as it should.

Randy

[sunny16]

I cut the legs of of a new DO a long time ago and cook everything in it in the oven and on the stove. Makes a great deep pot on the stove! It's my favorite pot to cook with along with my cast iron frying pans. And cleanup is usually pretty easy, too.

[BlackIronCook]

I cut the legs of of a new DO a long time ago and cook everything in it in the oven and on the stove. Makes a great deep pot on the stove! It's my favorite pot to cook with along with my cast iron frying pans. And cleanup is usually pretty easy, too.

I cook with a DO group next door in Texas and only a couple of those folks have DO's with legs. They make a DO stand out of Horse Shoes by welding the tips of three of them together and adding a short leg at the loop. One guy uses two horseshoe stands under his large griddle and cooks on coals all the time.
Randy