# Dutch ovens, your recomendation **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Cooking\ **Created:** [February 28, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223 "2011-02-28T05:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/original/1X/f1a2211dcb353b921ed70873794a31db2031eccc.png) [@system](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/1 "2011-02-28T05:17:07Z")
Weaz had dutch oven question but what are your experiences with these things. You can blow nearly 300 bills on these. What do you have and how do they work? Cast iron or enameled cast iron. How about heat can they take an egg? ---
**Author:** ![euge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/euge/32/5060_2.png) [@euge](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/euge)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/2 "2011-02-28T06:29:48Z")
I go an Emeril 6 quart since the price was right. It has served me well for $40. I seasoned it myself. Holds heat extremely well. Used it to fry and braise and even have done dishes in the smoker. I see no reason why it wouldn’t last longer than my lifetime if cared for. ---
**Author:** ![punatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/punatic/32/13656_2.png) [@punatic](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/punatic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/3 "2011-02-28T07:52:40Z")
Back in the days when people cooked over open fires, dutch ovens were highly prized and handed down as heirlooms. We cook in a dutch oven a lot on Scouting campouts.  We surround/bury them in hot coals, so an egg is no problem.  It’s pretty amazing what all you can cook in one. Euge is right, you don’t need to drop three bills on a dutch oven.  Good ones can be had for much less.  IMHO cast iron ones are great.  There are plenty of YouTube videos showing how to season/clean/cook with a cast iron dutch oven. ---
**Author:** ![phillamb168](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/phillamb168/32/10146_2.png) [@phillamb168](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/phillamb168)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/4 "2011-02-28T10:39:50Z")
We’re gonna pick one up soonish as well - we have a fire pit that I’d like to try to cook on. You can get inexpensive kits that include a tripod that you hang the dutch oven on, so it’s suspended over a fire. Dunno about the price. I’ve seen them at the local garden shop for 50 euros. Cast iron’s the way to go, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![tygo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/tygo/32/2134_2.png) [@tygo](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/tygo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/5 "2011-02-28T12:18:12Z")
I picked up a Cuisinart porcelain enameled cast iron 7 qt for $60 at Marshall’s about two months ago and really like it.  Places like that are hit and miss but you can sometimes get good deals.  I hear Costco has a reasonably priced one as well but I haven’t been able to find it. I had my eye on the Le Creuset as well but just couldn’t bring myself to part with that much coin. ---
**Author:** ![phillamb168](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/phillamb168/32/10146_2.png) [@phillamb168](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/phillamb168)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/6 "2011-02-28T12:30:30Z")
> [@tygo](#): > > I picked up a Cuisinart porcelain enameled cast iron 7 qt for $60 at Marshall’s about two months ago and really like it.  Places like that are hit and miss but you can sometimes get good deals.  I hear Costco has a reasonably priced one as well but I haven’t been able to find it. > > I had my eye on the Le Creuset as well but just couldn’t bring myself to part with that much coin. Problem is, I don’t think you can use the enameled ones over open flame, which in my mind kinda defeats the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![tygo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/tygo/32/2134_2.png) [@tygo](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/tygo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/7 "2011-02-28T13:02:06Z")
Yes, you can.  If you couldn’t then yeah, I agree that would partially defeat the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![phillamb168](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/phillamb168/32/10146_2.png) [@phillamb168](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/phillamb168)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/8 "2011-02-28T13:58:13Z")
I misspoke - I meant enameled ceramic, not enameled cast iron. ---
**Author:** ![hokerer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/hokerer/32/266_2.png) [@hokerer](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/hokerer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/9 "2011-02-28T14:23:52Z")
Like Punatic, we use dutch ovens all the time on Scout campouts.  In my opinion, seasoned cast iron is the way to go.  We’ve got various sizes, all Lodge. Oh, and they’re “camp dutch ovens” meaning they have legs on the bottom and a lip on the lid for holding coals.  You don’t really need a tripod. ---
**Author:** ![morticaixavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@morticaixavier](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/morticaixavier)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/10 "2011-02-28T16:07:39Z")
I have a le-creuset and it is nice, small oval enameled one, I would not have purchased it but it was a wedding gift. I also have an old one I found at a rummage sale for 2 bucks or so. It doesn’t have a lid but… For cast iron, if I can’t find it at a garage sale or similar I love lodge. They even have a range of preseasoned options that are good. not too expensive either, and made in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![tschmidlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/tschmidlin/32/3857_2.png) [@tschmidlin](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/tschmidlin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/11 "2011-02-28T17:42:21Z")
We’ve got a med/large Le Crueset that we got as a wedding gift, and I have a cast iron one that my father in law was getting rid of.  I want to try cooking in a campfire at some point, but I haven’t researched it at all to figure out how.  I’ll have to check out youtube this summer. ---
**Author:** ![hokerer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/hokerer/32/266_2.png) [@hokerer](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/hokerer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/12 "2011-02-28T18:31:23Z")
> [@tschmidlin](#): > > I want to try cooking in a campfire at some point, but I haven’t researched it at all to figure out how.  I’ll have to check out youtube this summer. Here’s the place to start your research… [http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/](http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~papadutch/) ---
**Author:** ![tschmidlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/tschmidlin/32/3857_2.png) [@tschmidlin](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/tschmidlin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/13 "2011-02-28T20:06:19Z")
Cool, thanks Joe! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![weazletoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9bcb4/32.png) [@weazletoe](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/weazletoe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/14 "2011-02-28T23:12:20Z")
Mine are just good ole’ cast iron. They take a lot of abuse up in the mountains camping, so I did not want anything to fancy. My next purchase will be a volcano stove. Bad to the bone I tells ya! ---
**Author:** ![punatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/punatic/32/13656_2.png) [@punatic](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/punatic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/15 "2011-03-01T00:29:49Z")
> [@weazletoe](#): > > My next purchase will be a volcano stove. Bad to the bone I tells ya! [[u]I’ve got one of those![/u]](http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/cams/HMcam/) ---
**Author:** ![denny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/denny/32/13092_2.png) [@denny](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/denny)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/16 "2011-03-01T00:44:22Z")
> [@punatic](#): > > > [@weazletoe](#): > > > > My next purchase will be a volcano stove. Bad to the bone I tells ya! > > [[u]I’ve got one of those![/u]](http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/cams/HMcam/) ;D ---
**Author:** ![timmcmanus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/timmcmanus/32/6091_2.png) [@timmcmanus](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/timmcmanus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/17 "2011-03-01T00:47:40Z")
I got a nice 4-quart and 8.5-quart set of dutch ovens from these guys: > **[Bayou Classic®](https://www.bayouclassic.com/)** > > Exploring the bayous and marshlands of southern Louisiana, crabbing from the shore, camping on the beach, duck hunting, bass fishing – these are the outdoor experiences upon which Bayou Classic was founded – and at the end of the day, it was always... Reasonably priced.  I chose these ovens because they didn’t have feet on the bottom.  I use them in the winter in the house to make beef stew and such, so the feet were a concern on the home stove. ---
**Author:** ![pawtucket\_patriot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/pawtucket_patriot/32/8024_2.png) [@pawtucket\_patriot](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/pawtucket_patriot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/18 "2011-03-01T13:19:54Z")
I have a 3.5 quart Le Creuset dutch oven and a 6 quart All-Clad stock pot (pretty much the same thing as a dutch oven).  Both work great, but the Le Creuset keeps a more even heat.  I’ve used both on a gas cook top as well as in the oven (for braising/roasting). ---
**Author:** ![bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@bluesman](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/bluesman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/19 "2011-03-01T15:51:45Z")
I have a 9qt Lodge that is pretty well seasoned at this point. It’s about four years old. I make a Hungarian Goulash in it using my gas fired oven that’s to die for. I want to get a tripod someday for an outside cook. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/original/1X/f1a2211dcb353b921ed70873794a31db2031eccc.png) [@system](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223/20 "2011-03-03T05:10:57Z")
I’m playing the cast iron vs enameled iron and what will last for the kids, nah I don’t have kids now so I’m torn as what is better, onoins that are gray from the iron and F it and cook in iron. Only time will tell.Thank you to have posted your recomendation [Next page](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/dutch-ovens-your-recomendation/5223.md?page=2)