Two Pan Dutch Oven

[VABob]

Here is a two pan dutch oven that I made today and then cooked up a quick meal.

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I started with two stainless steel pans I found at the dollar store. Two bucks... my kind of price!

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I then sprayed the outside of the pans with high heat paint. A suggestion lent to me by Guy.

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Don't spray the inside of the pans. Let dry.
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Then heat to cure the paint. I used paper clips to keep the tins together and make the oven.

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And after the paint cures, the oven is ready.

I made a quick dinner. The recipe was a bag of dry mashed potatoes, a can of peas and carrots, half a bag of dry turkey gravy, 2 cups of water, and sausage. Mix together whole can of peas and carrots and mix in the dry ingredients. Add water as needed. Add the sausage on top.

Clip the pans together using paper clips. (I like the square binder clips.) Cook in the fire just like above.

This is the result:
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Plated:
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Clean up was easy. Note the scraper. Black and Blue showed me that tool at the campout. It works very well.

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Looks like my pans are starting to get seasoned! I need to try some biscuits next!!

All images found at my picasa site:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bob.gossweiler/TwoPanDutchOven?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ6M4_2BmceLYQ&feat=directlink

[Black and Blue]

Not bad, not bad at all. Good price too.P^

[Trailace]

When is dinner? :D

[Mr. Guy]

Looks great Bob. Try a stainless steel dog bowl for a deeper pan. Works for me anyway.

That recipe sounds good too. I'll have to give it a try.

Guy

[VABob]

The Original, Disposable, Two Pan Dutch Oven.

This is the inspiration of all other two pan dutch ovens. No cleanup no fuss.

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And here is what is for dinner: Mango Pear Pork.

I bought some pork, a red onion, two pears, a mango drink and the two foil pans.

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The package comes with four pans, and I'll only need two. Bonus: they gave me frisbees.

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Cut pears into cubes. Dice the onion. Remove the fat from the pork and cut into bit size chunks. Throw it all into the pan.

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Pour the mango juice into the pan, reserving a third for a vodka mixed drink later on in the evening. ;)

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Make the oven by clipping the lid on with binder clips. This time, the larger ones did better at holding the pans. Tip: leave the clip ends out so you can open the clips when the pan is hot!

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Put in coals.

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Wait thirty minutes, and the result:

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Plated:
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Throw out the tins, so almost no cleanup! Make sure you save the clips, because there are still two tins left...

Substitutions: Mango chutney can replace the onion and mango drink. If you like the recipe but don't want the corn syrup from the nectar, Odwalla's mango drink would be a good substitution, probably make the dish taste even better.

Enjoy!

[VABob]

Was wondering Bob ...
With the thin sheet metal of these pans, do you have any problem with food burning and sticking to the pan?

G wizz

I haven't had a problem when there is liquid in the pan, as is many of the recipes. Still, I suspect that when I put it on one my camp stoves, I'll have to watch the heat or put a diffuser underneath.

BTW-Here is a neat discussion of metals and the use in pans.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/602735

[Mr. Guy]

Hi Bob,

Say, I was wondering how much longer it was going to be before you got the WHOLE dutch oven cook set?

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And if you do, you'll need to think about deserts too.

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Everyone needs a pony powered ice cream churn. :rolleyes:

LOL I took the family to the Chuckwagon Gathering at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum today and saw and ate some good food there.

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/events/chuckwagon/default.aspx

If your ever in OKC on Memorial weekend, do yourself a favor and go.

Guy

More pics:http://picasaweb.google.com/mrguy001/ChuckwagonGathering2010#

[Mr. Guy]

I looked at the dog pans. They were $3.00. EACH. Wow, dude, you must have money to burn! LOL! :D

Hey, I ride a cheap motorcycle so I WOULD have money to burn on dog bowls. :D :D :D :rolleyes:

Guy

[STCPO]

Here is my version of this setup. I bought three cheap pans from the Dollar Store. Line the bottom with tin foil to allow for easy clean-up.

Here is my cobbler recipe.

Fill the bottom of your pan with the filling of your choice. Add cake mix to the top of your filling to fully cover the filling. Add about 1/2 to 3/4 can of Sprite or any clear soda.

Add about 8 - 10 coals to the bottom and 10 - 14 coals to the top.

Let it cook for about an hour. I rotate the top every now and then to get even cooking of the cake mix.

Here is the finished product. Makes for a very easy camp treat and is easy to pack on a motorcycle.


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Cheers,
Pete

[okc_native]

Here is an idea on a lower sugar recipe. Try using Pillsbury's low sugar cake mix
http://www.pillsburybaking.com/products/product_detail2.aspx

and there are no sugar pie fillings available at some stores.

[eggmandingo]

Wow, what a great idea. I can't believe that in all the years I've been camping, hunting and fishing.....none of my friends, nor I, have ever heard of this..... Very good idea and will be with me on my next outing! P^

[quadancer]

Since we don't pack briquettes, I suppose hot coals from the fire will do the same thing. I like the throwaway foil pan idea - that's gonna be really lightweight compared to steel pans.
Again, we could use aluminum pans and just add the tinfoil idea; still light.

[George]

The pork-pears-mango juice recipe looks good. I think I'll try that on Deba. Don't forget the red onion. :D

[bigTom]

I used the 2 pan method on Deba's Chicken apetizer at SeaSToc this year. It must have worked ok, all the chicken stuff went away....

Oh, yeah. Credit where credit is due department: George cooked it on his fire (not charcoal) at the same time he cooked his potatoes and meat....fed about 30 or more as I recall...

[VABob]

Glad you liked the idea. Somewhere on this site, Guy and I got chatting about using stainless pie pans (because with a pair of pliers-- like what's on most multitools-- one also can use them as fry pans, double boilers, fire bowls, etc.), and Guy suggested dog bowls because they are deeper dish. I think that's the ticket if one is planning to cook for more than one person, and can spare the space.

By the way, the two aluminum, but square, pans are great for making bread.