Kitchen appliances and gadgets

SWMO wrote:

RayUSMC wrote:

We're beginners in dutch oven cooking so we have a twelve inch d.o.

I think you'll like the DO, but consider adding a 10" or even an 8" to the collection. Far too many 12" DO's are left cold because they are too big.
Grab a metal oil change pan and paint it with grill paint and you will always have a place to use the DO. I also have another pan turn upside down under the pan. It has 1/2" holes drilled around the sides and acts to raise the coal pan up. I can use it on grass without burning it.

We do something similar. But we use our Weber Smokey Joe Silver. We always take this with us to barbeque in, but we found that our 10 inch Dutch Oven fits perfectly in it.
Just remove the Grill grate, but keep the lower coal grate in it. Place your bottom coals, then balance the DO on the lower grate, and place top coals. Keeps the heat in, keeps the heat from killing grass, lets us use the fire ring for other cooking, and makes clean up of coals easy. Since we use the Smokey Joe for regular grilling, we don't have to take anything extra along with us.