Dutch Oven size recommendation
I am looking either a 12' or 14' Camp Chef Dutch oven with feet and lid with a lip. We cook regularly for 4 to 6 people. My initial thoughts to use it was for baking desserts, breads, rolls,.. ...
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I'm starting with a 8 qt unfooted Griswold DO mostly because it's what I "gifted"(read stole)self with from my mother's apt.
I'll be using a foil mod like Lil Kopit suggests atop and a CI trivet below to compensate when cooking on an open fire.
I realise that most recipes are geared for a 12" but find it's not much of a stretch to scale a recipe down by a 1/4. When I look at the pot's size I can imagine being able to cook for 4-6 or even 8 people in it.
Or to put it another way, that's up to 2 quarts of food per person when cooking for 8 people.
Now baking is a different animal but since I can make bisquits/johnny cakes for 5 in a 12" CI skillet and the base of an 8 qt DO is bigger thinking I'll be fine.
I should point out that along with starting to RV in a small TT, I also car camp so there are times weight and size is important to me.
This could account for my belief that an 8 quart DO would be fine for 4-6 people.
I'll be using a foil mod like Lil Kopit suggests atop and a CI trivet below to compensate when cooking on an open fire.
I realise that most recipes are geared for a 12" but find it's not much of a stretch to scale a recipe down by a 1/4. When I look at the pot's size I can imagine being able to cook for 4-6 or even 8 people in it.
Or to put it another way, that's up to 2 quarts of food per person when cooking for 8 people.
Now baking is a different animal but since I can make bisquits/johnny cakes for 5 in a 12" CI skillet and the base of an 8 qt DO is bigger thinking I'll be fine.
I should point out that along with starting to RV in a small TT, I also car camp so there are times weight and size is important to me.
This could account for my belief that an 8 quart DO would be fine for 4-6 people.
