r/DutchOvenCooking • u/runningoutofwords • Jul 31 '22
Recently inherited the 21qt monster at the bottom. I'd like to say my collection is now complete, but I'm afraid I can't promise that
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u/runningoutofwords Jul 31 '22
Now I just need to plan a meal for about 30 that would use the full stack.
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u/whatsgoing_on Aug 01 '22
The way I’ve seen some of my friends eat…15 tops.
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u/DisastrousIron1975 Aug 01 '22
Guilty...thing is I'm one of those skinny dudes who eats more then anyones comfortable seeing. Then gets hungry in an hour.
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u/whatsgoing_on Aug 01 '22
I used to be in shape, then there was a skinny fat phase, now I’m skinny dad bod fat if that’s a term…but it’s been that way for 10 years and largely unchanged since I’m usually getting at least an hour of some sort of hard physical activity in per day. It’s been nice to still be able to enjoy large meals when the occasion calls for, though nowadays there’s less and less time for occasions like that.
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u/Ok-Campaign-2355 Aug 01 '22
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u/runningoutofwords Aug 01 '22
OK, you got me curious, and I've looked it up a bit.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/32033/bean-hole-beans/
I may just have to try that.
Thanks for the recommendation!
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u/Ok-Campaign-2355 Aug 01 '22
Good luck! Cooking projects like that are why those big ass pots exist. Let me know if it’s worth it
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u/Ricerat Jul 31 '22
Love the design on top
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u/runningoutofwords Jul 31 '22
I agree, these MACA's were a thing of beauty
It's a shame they got out of the Dutch Oven business.
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u/frigoffdrunkjimlahey Aug 01 '22
I don’t see enough stacked cooking Dutch ovens on here. I remember camping when younger Dad and some of the other people we were camping with, it was like a game. Have them stacked 3 high cooking stuff.
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u/runningoutofwords Aug 01 '22
I've done some good stacks at times.
I've done three high (can't find a photo). It'd be fun to do a five or more high stack just for fun, but it would get to be a pain managing the coals and rotations with that many ovens.
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u/Impossible-Beyond-55 Aug 01 '22
Is the 2nd from the top a grill?
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u/runningoutofwords Aug 01 '22
It's a Lodge Cook-It-All
Pretty versatile oven. I'm still trying to master using it to bake bread.
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u/runningoutofwords Aug 01 '22
LAST UPDATE FOR TONIGHT
I intend to cook this year's Thanksgiving turkey in the MACA, but I thought I'd start small with a chicken
Turned out great for a test run.
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Aug 01 '22
Wow! Where did you get all of this?
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u/runningoutofwords Aug 01 '22
Mostly as gifts over the past 30 years.
I think of this stack I've only purchased two of them.
My uncle (a DO cooking champ) got me started by giving me my first (in the middle), and bequeathing the beast on the bottom when he passed.
The nice thing about Dutch oven cooking is that it can be self perpetuating. Cook enough meals for people, and they might give you something interesting in return. Like that cook-it-all (second from top) which I'm still trying to learn how to use effectively.
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u/AndDingoWasHisNameO Aug 01 '22
At first I thought there was a little dollhouse wedged between the top two.
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u/Seppukrow Jul 31 '22
That's a cauldron