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Re: Stacking Dutch ovens

Postby QueticoBill » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:09 pm

Not an expert but last time I did bread I stacked and used bottom amount of coals on top of lower Dutch oven. Not much to it.
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Re: Stacking Dutch ovens

Postby wagondude » Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:11 pm

Stacked cooking works best with things that like 50/50 coals rather than the 1/3 under 2/3 over setup. Remember, heat rises, so the oven requiring more heat should be on top. Of course you can only do that if they are all the same size. We did dump cakes in Scouts with as many as three ovens stacked. You may have to adjust cooking times or rotate ovens through the stack if they are the same size, so keep an eye on them.
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Re: Stacking Dutch ovens

Postby swoody126 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:34 pm

wagondude wrote:Stacked cooking works best with things that like 50/50 coals rather than the 1/3 under 2/3 over setup. Remember, heat rises, so the oven requiring more heat should be on top. Of course you can only do that if they are all the same size. We did dump cakes in Scouts with as many as three ovens stacked. You may have to adjust cooking times or rotate ovens through the stack if they are the same size, so keep an eye on them.


WELL NOTED! :thumbsup:

and you can't do periodic checks when you stack

may take more fire to make more coals butt you have better control when each oven has it's own heat sources

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and this was just our biscuit line

the 4 - 16's full of cobbeler pie were on the other side of the cook fire :)

the 4x8 grill in the background was covered w/ rib eyes 4x that efternoon

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Re: Stacking Dutch ovens

Postby bobhenry » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:44 am

You have to plans a menu that will adapt to stacking. Breads require 3 times as much heat on top as on the bottom. So if you place a stew on top of the bread this will allow the somewhat smaller pot to have 3 times the heat on the bottom with a smaller amount on top. The large quantity of liquid in a stew will prevent burning. Now the little pot on top has once again a small amount of heat on the bottom and you can easily bake a great dump cake or such for dessert with 1/4 on the bottom 3/4 on top.

Remember diameter of the pot time two for 350 +/-

Here is a link to the 2013 seminar for more info on temps and techniques.

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