Hi guys,
I've been wanting a Lodge CI dutch oven for a while, and the wife and kids keep pestering me about Father's Day gift ideas, and I saw that I had an 8 quart Lodge Camp Oven sitting in my Amazon wish list. The more I look at that one, the more I am less sure it is the one I should get. I would primarily be using this on the grill (kettle or Genesis) or stove top or oven. That camp oven has legs that seem like they would cause problems if I wanted to set it down on the grate of my kettle, or on the grate of the Genesis too.
My primary initial purpose would be to use this for frying stuff like chicken outside on the grill, or even on my Bayou Classic 60,000 BTU burner, but I've seen enough on here to be intrigued by all the other types of cooking you can do with a dutch oven. We have nothing similar in the kitchen beyond old stainless pots with plastic handles, and you cannot put those in the oven.
Any suggestions on what size I should be going for? 8 quarts seemed good, but then I started thinking about how big my 2 gallon and 5 gallon stainless stock pots are, and 8 quarts might be almost too big for most purposes.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks!
I've been wanting a Lodge CI dutch oven for a while, and the wife and kids keep pestering me about Father's Day gift ideas, and I saw that I had an 8 quart Lodge Camp Oven sitting in my Amazon wish list. The more I look at that one, the more I am less sure it is the one I should get. I would primarily be using this on the grill (kettle or Genesis) or stove top or oven. That camp oven has legs that seem like they would cause problems if I wanted to set it down on the grate of my kettle, or on the grate of the Genesis too.
My primary initial purpose would be to use this for frying stuff like chicken outside on the grill, or even on my Bayou Classic 60,000 BTU burner, but I've seen enough on here to be intrigued by all the other types of cooking you can do with a dutch oven. We have nothing similar in the kitchen beyond old stainless pots with plastic handles, and you cannot put those in the oven.
Any suggestions on what size I should be going for? 8 quarts seemed good, but then I started thinking about how big my 2 gallon and 5 gallon stainless stock pots are, and 8 quarts might be almost too big for most purposes.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Thanks!
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