GaryWT wrote:
Anything you make in a crock pot or oven can be done in the dutch oven. Chicken, ribs, roast, corn bread, pizza, apple pie, brownies, cinnamon rolls etc. Start with 10-12 coals on the bottom and 12-14 on the top.
Gary's right about crock pot recipes and d.o.'s.
Gary, which size d.o. were you giving those coal ratios for?
Another way to mitigate the effect of weather on your d.o., especially in winter, is to set up a wind screen around it. Or you can do what I do: set it inside a kettle grill; put on the lid; and open the top and bottom vents.