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magnusfide
Aug 06, 2014Explorer II
SWMO wrote:
This might be old hat to some, but in many decades of DO cooking I hadn't seen or heard of it. I wonder why I didn't think of it.
On a Good Eats show recently Brown turn the oven upside down, put the coals on the upturned bottom and and the lid on the upturned legs,it was a simple way to use the lid as a griddle. The legs secured the lid for frying. I haven't used my lid very often for frying, but when I did I set it on a lid stand. I though the lid on the bottom of the oven a better idea.
Yep, it's still seen sometimes at Dutch Oven Gatherings and Chuckwagon events. Now that frying pans like the Combo cooker are available, you don't see it as often.
With the combo cooker you put the coals inside the deep pan and flip the lid over to use as a griddle.
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