Cast iron dutch oven
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Cabelas will have them. Lodge is fine.
If you don't want to have a bunch of clean up get a roll of heavy duty aluminum foil and line it before making your meal. Definitely makes clean up a breeze.
If you don't want to have a bunch of clean up get a roll of heavy duty aluminum foil and line it before making your meal. Definitely makes clean up a breeze.
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You can find em - but they go fast. People know that they can resell them - especially the older ones. Get up early on a Saturday morning and check out yard sales. However to be honest - Lodge foundry is here in the US - and they make a great product. You can also get Bayou Classic or Camp Chef - but I don't think they are as nice as Lodge, the surface seems much rougher - Which will be harder to season - but if you line with foil as suggested, it wont matter. Academy Sports usually has them too.
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When we camp we use ours all the time but the last camping night we make dutch oven pizza and
ITS THE SHIZNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ITS THE SHIZNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agrisupply has their own brand, but like as mentioned before the surface will be much more rough. I own Lodge (bought), Bayou Classic (Given), and Agrisupply (bought) brands. I fry fish or make soup in Agrisupply brand ones and can bake nonstick (after seasoning) in the other two.
Academy or Cabelas usually has a good selection of Lodge stuff. Academy also sells cast iron lids.
I've come across used cast iron at some antique places, usually the more rural, rundown looking ones have more for sale, but the pots still command a good price. If you're looking for a steal, yard sales are about the only way and occasionally craigslist if you catch it when they post it up.
Academy or Cabelas usually has a good selection of Lodge stuff. Academy also sells cast iron lids.
I've come across used cast iron at some antique places, usually the more rural, rundown looking ones have more for sale, but the pots still command a good price. If you're looking for a steal, yard sales are about the only way and occasionally craigslist if you catch it when they post it up.
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Check antique stores. I could put you on several if you were in Hickory. I bought another pan Tuesday and the place we normally go too had more cast iron than normal.
The difference between old and modern is partially weight. New cast iron is heavier. Both of our Dutch ovens are new. But we have some old pots and pans. The main thing to check is the fit of the lid. You can always clean and season, but a poor lid fit will let heat escape and ash get in.
If you are looking for campfire cooking only I would get one with legs. It's easier to manage the coals that way. I can cook on one sitting on coals, but legs make it easier to manage the coals.
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Actually I will be in hickory tomorrow
Check Hickory Antiques Mall at 348 hwy 70. You have to walk around the whole thing. They sell sections to vendors so you have to check each section. They had several Dutch ovens of different sizes, legged and flat.
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The rough ones are usually made in China and the cast iron is not very good. Lodge is a good product and is made in the USA. Unless you can find an old Griswold or something similar, but you'll pay through the nose for them. Also you can get parchment paper liners from Lodge that makes cleanup much easier.
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Lodge is good stuff but their stuff has gotten pretty porous lately. You can sand on it and get it pretty slick and then season it. Or, find an old Wagner or Griswald and pay a little more for it.
While in Texas, I picked up an old griddle that was kinda rough. I've sanded and got it in pretty good shape. I seasoned it on the grill and have been cooking bacon on it. It's coming along nicely.
While in Texas, I picked up an old griddle that was kinda rough. I've sanded and got it in pretty good shape. I seasoned it on the grill and have been cooking bacon on it. It's coming along nicely.
If you had caught me afew months ago I gave away a S&#T pot load of it to the Boy Scouts. Used is fine. Yard sales are a good place to find them as well as thrift stores.
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You hooked me up with the lodge wok earlier. And I appreciated it!
Usually the campfire models will have a ridge or lip around the edge of the lid so that you can pile coals on top for baking in the pot. The curved top big pots don't have that.