I'm a beginner also. Maybe 3 years. I cheat and use an IR gun on D/O as well as tires:C
This guy has some very good basic info on this page
http://www.dutchovendude.com/campfire-cooking.shtmlAnd right here on this forum also has some very good info. And searchable by Dutch Oven.
Someone took the time and a lot of work...
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/13970283.cfmFolks, Cruzette and I developed a Recipe Archive.
It took about 4 months to go through the 10,000+ posts to find recipes. We completed the task on 8/7/04. The work will continue to capture all new recipes as they are posted in Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs Forum.
To-date we have captured over 2300 recipes thanks to all of you.
The recipes are organized by categories and sub-categories and are shown in the Table of Contents webpage. The recipes spread over multiple webpages to keep each pages load time down. By clicking on a category in the table of contents, you'll be taken to the top of that category of recipes. If the category has sub-categories, hyperlinks are provided. The Recipe Archive is also searchable, using a word or multiple word search engine.
My biggest surprise getting into D/O cooking was the room all of it took up. But worth it.
P.S. welding gloves are 1/2 the cost as "dutch oven cooking gloves" are and better IMO.