Dutch oven from the 1890s Note the evidence of ashes on the lid.
A Dutch oven is a thick-walled metal cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid.
A camping, cowboy or chuck wagon Dutch oven has three legs and a flat, rimmed lid, so that coals from the cooking fire can be placed on top as well as below. This provides more uniform internal heat and lets the inside act as an oven. They are ordinarily made of cast iron, although some are aluminum.
See also: Cooking on a campfire
Secondary meanings
The term is also used for two other cooking devices: a metal shield used before an open fire for roasting, and a brick oven in which the preheated walls do the cooking.
Modern dutch ovens consist of a covered, shallow cooking pan set on legs and heated from below with a built-in electrical heating element.
The dutch oven is also a slang name for a practical joke played on bedmates by restraining them under the covers of a bed after one has passed gas.
A similar use of the term dutch oven is used to describe passing gas during sexual activities.
External links
- International Dutch Oven Society
- Dutch Oven FAQs in German
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