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Cabelas DO'S

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:13 am
by Ncaoutdoors
Any thoughts on Cabelas brand dutch ovens and accessories??
I just picked up a 12 qt oven over the weekend. I got a 100.00 gift card for the new Cabelas at Boomtown near Reno. My first one!!
Well, I do have my fathers old 10 qt that needs help! looks pretty bad. :cry:

Re: Cabelas DO'S

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:17 am
by Joanne
Ncaoutdoors wrote:Any thoughts on Cabelas brand dutch ovens and accessories??
I just picked up a 12 qt oven over the weekend. I got a 100.00 gift card for the new Cabelas at Boomtown near Reno. My first one!!
Well, I do have my fathers old 10 qt that needs help! looks pretty bad. :cry:


Some folks have had real good luck using electrology to clean up old ovens. The IDOS website has some instructions on the process. It's a good way to bring back some of those old ovens.

Joanne

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:22 am
by doug hodder
I've got a Cabelas 12". It cleans up well, castings on the lid are nice, interior is really smooth, seasoned up well...it's a cookin' mutha...Doug

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:02 am
by Dean in Eureka, CA
Scott,
Cabela's DO's are private label runs made by Camp Chef for Cabela's.
Shelly was nice enough to pick up a 20"er Cabela's for me on her way out to California... It works very well on 20 lb. prime rib roasts. :thumbsup:
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:24 am
by halfdome, Danny
I was looking at the DO's in the new Cabela's in Lacy WA this weekend and noticed the lids were a lot heavier in weight than a Lodge. I like the Lodge brand better. :D Danny

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:44 pm
by Ma3tt
Ha Ha look at the license plates..... you are such a copy cat!!!! I can hear the police radio now "Any unit be on the lookout for someone taking license plates off of cars, use of unnecessary force is authorized!" :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:25 pm
by Dean in Eureka, CA
Matt,
It is said that imitation (Copying) is a form of flattery, but guess what???
I didn't copy you... Lee Bryant (lazybones) is the one who showed me the license plate wind screen idea. :R

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:34 pm
by Ma3tt
I humbly retract my calling you a feline of the copying variety.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:39 pm
by Dean in Eureka, CA
Hey... Maybe Lee copied you??? :lol:
AND!!!!... Maybe I should've been payin' closer attention to the Guru. (The Alpha and Omega of Dutch Ovens) :o

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:43 pm
by Joanne
Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:Hey... Maybe Lee copied you??? :lol:
AND!!!!... Maybe I should've been payin' closer attention to the Guru. (The Alpha and Omega of Dutch Ovens) :o


I think you need to post that picture on the OTHER website. You know the one. :lol: Be sure to give Matt his props though.

joanne

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:52 pm
by Kevin A
Hah!!! Dean seems to have forgotten who he borrowed the first set of license plate wind shields from. :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:54 pm
by doug hodder
Hey Kevin...for someone that photo shops a galley, you're pretty bold! Doug :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:03 pm
by Dean in Eureka, CA
Now Kev... You know that we both took notice of Lee's LP wind screen at the same gathering, but...
Yes, I did use your set before I got my own and your's do have a high tech feature that none of the others do... :thinking:
Yaa... They never hang up when folding for storage... If the plastic zip ties are still warm. :R

PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:08 am
by Mike B
We have a brand new ginormous Cabela's in Post Falls. I looked at their cast iron and was not impressed. Every DO I looked at had ill-fitting lids. Press on the edge of the lid to see if it rocks on the oven. If it doesn't, rotate the lid and try again. It should never rock. If it does, the oven loses its efficiency from the escaping steam.

You can fix this problem (if it is small) by applying valve grinding compound to the edge of the lid, putting it on the oven and spinning the lid. This may take quite a while, but it helps to seat the lid on the oven. Be sure to completely clean up the DO after you do this.

The ovens I saw at Cabela's were too badly warped to have this done to them. They were cheaper than Lodge, though. 8-)

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:24 pm
by cherokeegeorge
cudos, very smooth hi-jack :thumbsup: now back to our regularly scheduled thread.