Oftentimes, we want to take a recipe from a "regular" cookbook
and make it in our Dutch ovens. After all, anything you can make at home
in your regular oven can be made outside in your Dutch oven. This
temperature chart will help you to determine how many coals you need to reach
certain baking temperatures and how many coals should be on the top/bottom.
Baking Temperature Chart
for
Dutch Oven Cooking
Oven Size
325°
350°
375°
400°
425°
450°
8"
Total Coals
15
16
17
18
19
20
Top/Bottom
10/5
11/5
11/6
12/6
13/6
14/6
10"
Total Coals
19
21
23
25
27
29
Top/Bottom
13/6
14/7
16/7
17/8
18/9
19/10
12"
Total Coals
23
25
27
29
31
33
Top/Bottom
16/7
17/8
18/9
19/10
21/10
22/11
14"
Total Coals
30
32
34
36
38
40
Top/Bottom
20/10
21/11
22/12
24/12
25/13
26/14
Baking Temperatures taken from
regular cookbooks sometimes refer to Slow, Moderate, Hot or Very Hot Ovens.
Those terms normally reflect the following temperatures: Slow: 250°-350°;
Moderate: 350°-400°;
Hot: 400°-450°.
Julie Miklaszewicz is an avid RVer, having visited 48 states by the time she was 16 years old. She has yet to fly anywhere and prefers traveling with her truck and fifth wheel with her husband and three children, enjoying the beauty of the U.S.A. from the ground. While camping and at home, she prefers to cook in her cast iron Dutch ovens and numerous other cast iron cookware. She and her husband, Greg, are the owners of the RVing Outpost, located in Abbotsford, WI.
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