The Ultimate Dutch Oven is the hottest, fastest cooking accessory on the market. Combining old-style outdoor flavor and modern cooking technology, this advanced cast iron black pot is quickly becoming known as "the outdoor microwave." Cast iron is a great heat conductor, transferring and holding heat, or cold. The convection-style Ultimate Dutch Oven has taken traditional meals to gourmet levels.
These simple tips will help you get the most from your new Ultimate Dutch Oven:
Care:
Properly clean and season your Dutch oven every time you use it. Dutch oven experts recommend the Camp Chef Cast Iron Cleaner and Conditioner for best results. A seasoned oven will turn a deep, smooth black color after use.
Maintain a clean cooking environment. Ensure that all cooking accessories are clean. Follow proper cleaning steps to sanitize your hands before handling food.
Propane:
he Ultimate Dutch Oven is designed to work beautifully with propane stoves. We recommend using a universal output or high performance output system. Adjust the temperature and cooking time to match your recipe. Most recipes require a medium flame. The meal should be done when steam appears. Check foods with a fork or toothpick to ensure they are completely cooked.
Do not use Maximum Output System stoves. Their high BTU/hr burners do not allow for fine-tuned cooking and burnt meals are likely.
Be sure to heat the oven's lid before placing over the pot. Using the lid as a skillet, brown meat before placing on the racks. This will best retain the heat and enable the convection cone to radiate the warmth from inside the cone into the lid and throughout the oven's inside area - similar to a home's baking oven.
Combine charcoal and propane together to provide extra heat to the oven's top when needed. Place briquettes on the sealed lid. This combination is best for cooking breads and some desserts.
Charcoal:
You can use this oven with charcoal too for excellent meals. Charcoal cooks slower. Place hot briquettes evenly around the bottom and across the top to ensure uniform cooking. Use more briquettes for hotter, faster cooking and fewer briquettes for slow, tender roasting and baking.
How to Use the Racks, (water in bottom)
The Ultimate Dutch Oven's rack system uses a patented design and tiered-rack technology to make outdoor cooking fast and easy. Place meat and large items on the lower rack. Layer vegetables, biscuits or meat on the upper rack.
Kent Mayberry, president of the International Dutch Oven Society, recommends adding 1/2 to 1 cup water under the lower rack to enable roasts and meats to steam and cook faster. Take out both racks for deep dish baking.
Gerry Duffin, expert Dutch oven chef, forms a layer of tinfoil to rest around the center cone on the racks for cooking rolls, pizzas and other baked treats.
Skillet:
Turn over the lid to create a deep-dish skillet for griddle frying pancakes, creating hot fajitas or frying scones.
Temperatures:
Avoid rapid changes in temperatures. Cast iron will crack and break if taken directly from hot to cold or cold to hot conditions. For recipes requiring both hot and cold temperatures, allow the oven to slowly cool and adjust. Store your Dutch oven in a safe, dry area. We recommend using a Dutch Oven carry/storage bag.
Imagination:
The most important element to outdoor cooking is having fun. Enjoy the relaxing process of preparing outdoor meals and savor the flavor of meals from your Ultimate Dutch Oven. After a little practice, you may be ready to try such ideas as pizza, smoked fish, steamed veggies and even ice cream.
As with any cooking appliance, you should experiment and get the feel for how the oven works best for you. You will discover what Dutch Oveners worldwide have known for more than a century: there is really nothing more delicious, more enjoyable, more relaxing or more satisfying than a great Dutch Oven meal.
CAST ALUMINUM DUTCH OVEN:
Aluminum gathers and transfers heat faster than cast iron. Unfortunately, it does not retain heat as well as cast iron does
after being removed from a heat source. These things should be taken into account as you cook. Adjust cooking times and
heat output for individual recipes accordingly.
Clean up of aluminum is very simple: After cooking in the oven, use hot water and Camp Chef Cleaner. Store in a clean
area. The Ultimate Dutch Oven is protected under US patent 5067396.
ADO-14 Aluminum Ultimate Dutch Oven
$89.99
UDO-14 Ultimate Dutch Oven
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