I would just like to thank you and your husband for making these amazing videos! I have been following you guys for about a year now and I have learned so much! I am quite young still (21), but I have implemented a lot of what you guys show into my own life and try to get my parents to try new things out and it has to turn out great! Thanks again!
i learn something new every time i watch you channel, dutch oven cooking i didn't know about coal on top as well !! thanks you for sharing your knowledge and experiences
I have a camp dutch oven that I've never used - I've had it maybe 5 years - because I was too intimidate to try it. I am SO cooking something in it soon now!!! :) Thank you!
Yes you can cook in a camp dutch oven with wood but it is a lot trickier than with a good quality charcoal briquet (kingsford has a briquet that gives roughly 40 degrees F per briquet). I have tried both and I have both 12" deep and 10" deep ovens. Using the 40 degrees F for briquets I can cook/bake anything that I can at home with success. As someone else mentioned in another comment, if you turn the lid 1/4 turn one way and the bottom 1/4 turn the opposite way about every 15 minutes of cooking time, you lessen the problem of hot spots/burning of food. Also, when I bake bread in my DOs, I remove the oven from the bottom coals about 2/3 of the baking time to prevent burned bottom crust - same with other baked goods like cakes and pies. I have entered DO cooking contests before and won prizes doing so.
If you rotate your dutch oven 1/3 instead of 1/4, the three legs land in the same place in the coals and you don't have to jostle the oven around to get the legs grounded. Then rotate the lid 1/3 the opposite way and the logo will be in the same place as when you started.
Just made this in my Dutch oven. Love cooking this way. Our chicken actually came from a friends farm in Mt. Pleasant. Delicious. I poured beer in the bottom of the Dutch oven and shot top of bird with some olive oil. Good stuff
I remember a rule of thumb from Boy Scouts is that one briquette is about 11 degrees of cooking heat( at least for our 14in model). I found it useful when trying to adjust the heat up or down.
I'd love to see more Dutch oven action, especially baking. Maybe you can do a vid on cast iron care? I have cast iron seasoning and cleaning issues, lol!
Thank you for using paper without ink. Some articles say today's newspaper publishers use safe inks, but who knows what they are using. It's never silly to err on the safe side when it comes to your family's health. xoxo from Arizona.
I really am diggin this series. These are such important skills to have. It is surprising to me that tons of people don't know how to cook without electricity. Kudos to y'all for spreading the knowledge👍✌🌞
I just found your channel about 3 weeks ago and have watched about all of them. You are both wonderful in your presentation and explanation. I especially love this series as I am looking to become someday self-sustainable and outdoor cooking is on my list to try as well and this gives me some guidance.
Great Job! Dutch ovens are fun to learn. (delicious too) If you wanted to do the chicken by itself you can put a trivet in the bottom of the DO to keep it off the bottom. I have been having fun with my DO. I have an accessory that I bought from Campmaid. Its a lid lifter and holder and a grill and warming rack... Very versatile. You should check it out. You did a great job for your first try. I learned a lot of stuff from you tube vids when I started. Check out Tim Farmer on you tube. He has a whole section on cowboy campfire cooking. Really great recipes too. Their cinnamon roll recipe is really awesome. If you try baking in it, the most critical thing is the heat on the bottom. It's easy to use to much heat underneath and burn the bottom. Since using my first DO, which was a 12 inch like the one you have, I bought the Campmaid accessory with a second 12 inch oven. I have also made bread. (Tim Farmers recipe) With 2 ovens you can make your main course and a desert or bread all at the same time. I think my next venture is going to be corned beef and cabbage.
That's an awesome thermometer. I probably couldn't do that unless I had a fire pit or an actual charcoal BBQ. I live in town, so open fires are a no-no. But I definitely want to experiment and see what kinds of stuff can be made in the cold of winter!
For 350 try 3 under 3 over technique. If you have a 12 dutch oven 15 briquettes on top and 9 on bottom. Adjust equation for whatever size oven you are using.
Wish I would have watched this before I bought a special tool to lift the lid! Brilliant use of a claw hammer! Recipe looks amazing! Trying it tonight.
When you bought your lodge oven, and I notice you bought a Lodge deep 12", you should have received a booklet that tells you how many coals you need on top and bottom for any given temperature and any size dutch oven. That's just a guide line, air temperature, elevation, and humidity will effect the efficiency of your heat.
This is awesome! I didn't know that about cast iron dutches, I just threw mine into the fire! We were 100% off grid (not even internet) for 4 Months living in a camper before our house could be built. Everything was grilled or fire cooked! But I cook my chicken to 160 ;) I will keep this in mind next time :D
I love the idea of using the Firebox to start charcoal. I love Weber starters but they are not very portable. You're the first person I've seen suggest this idea. Thanks!
WOW!!!!!! thanks for sharing!!!!!! I am going to have to try!!!! Our younger son got me a tri pot cooking thing. Quess I will have to break it out. Have great day!!!!! What will be next.
Jeremy could make a video on making a charcoal starter. I made ours from an old coffee can and hardware cloth. I keep mine in the charcoal bag. No assembly, easy peasy. xoxo from Arizona.
I got a helpful hint on getting the charcoal started faster. Put a 6 inch stove pipe above the charcoal. It works like a chimney and will create more draft for the fire.
You literally just stick the eggs in the oven for about an hour or an hour and a half. That is it. No water. Nothing. I have an empty carton I use and just do 4 eggs at a time.
Yum! Well done. BBQ with some oak. The best. Red is usually better but white is fine. The crank lifting/lowering of the grill is a good type of BBQ. A frame
I was going to comment that firebox doesn't hold nearly enough charcoal to do a complte cook. Especially in such a deep oven. But I see you ended up using another batch of coals. You could have piled even more coals on top to brown the chicken. If you really want ot learn how to cook in a dutch oven check out some videos from Cowboy Kent Rollins. He's a professional Chuck Wagon Cook and genuinely cooks for and feeds real cowboys out on ranches/ranges. He spends weeks on end out there cooking in cast iron/dutch ovens using wood coals(the better option). I learned a lot from his videos and can say that my cast iron dutch oven cooking has become much more successful, consistantly. The first thing I learned from his videos is that forget that BS of putting the dutch oven right on the coals. Using a trivot is the way to go. It's much easier to control your heat. It also makes it possible to successfully bake breads, cornbread and even cakes in a dutch oven. I made my trivots from used horseshoes using the same design as in one of his videos that's actually a sales pitch for trivots they make and sell. And from seeing some of your other videos I'm certain that fabricating some there on your farm would be no problem for you guys. The design with the screw in legs is brilliant because you can adjust the height easily and when you're done you can unscrew the legs and store several of them in an old pillowcase. I've made 4 sets, all have screw in legs of several different sizes. VERY useful tools. I made my own because he sells his for $29 each...YIKES! I can get used shoes for free from just about any stables. Heck, new ones are only a couple bucks each, $4-$5 a pair from tractor supply.But I find that used ones not only are free but have character or "patina". But again, once I started using them my dutch oven success has become very consistant. I usually only use coals from wood because I usually have a campfire going in camp while cooking. I do occassionally use lump charcoal, never briquetts though.
For 350 degrees the formula I was taught for the right number of bricks is the Dutch oven size -2 on the bottom and oven size +2 on top. Although they are somewhat forgiving if you are not exact as long as you are watching what you are cooking.
After massaging my potatoes with coconut oil, I wipe my hands on my forearms and the backs of my hands as a mini beauty treatment. If that's not a consideration, you could wipe the extra fat on the Dutch oven. I've found a Dutch oven can never have too much seasoning. Also a good youtube dutch oven mentor would be Cowboy Kent Rollins, a chuck wagon chef for a gazillion years. With that southern accent, he's a joy to watch! Happy cooking. xoxo from Arizona.
Your lard video is GREAT I used it a couple months ago to render mine!! I have NEVER been to a Trader Joes!! It's quite the drive to make it to one might be worth it! LOL That is one Beautiful dutch oven! GOOD JOB GUYS!! Beautiful dinner! YUMMMM ~Trish
I have heard fantastic things about it... but good to know! I will save my gas money and time! LOL I think probably a little over 2 hours drive for us!
Can you show how to make croutons in the sun oven please. Your chicken looks great! I have 2 dutch ovens which I've yet to use....good motivation!!! Thanks so much for doing this series...really encouraging!😁
It looks like it would be fun to have on a car camping trip. I don't get past using my smokey joe type thing. One of those little round things that I make potatoes and steak with. I'd rather have that chicken smoked on it, but it's probably not as healthy.
Olive oil should be consumed raw. It actually turns to a trans fat at high temperatures. Lard can handle higher temps. That said, I have used olive oil anyway but I try not to
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Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living thank you
Theres a rule of 14 and 7 briquets to reach 350 deg.Im impressed you are doing so good at this great job love it.
That’s about what we did...or pretty close!
I would just like to thank you and your husband for making these amazing videos! I have been following you guys for about a year now and I have learned so much! I am quite young still (21), but I have implemented a lot of what you guys show into my own life and try to get my parents to try new things out and it has to turn out great! Thanks again!
Aww thank you for the kind words!
I just got my dutch oven in the mail yesterday! lol Perfect timing! :)
+Cindy Kester - 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My goodness that looks delish!! Thank you for sharin' today. :)
It's hard to beat a good dutch oven meal! That chicken looks awesome.
It turned out pretty good!
i learn something new every time i watch you channel, dutch oven cooking i didn't know about coal on top as well !! thanks you for sharing your knowledge and experiences
That dutch oven is so freaking awesome, that it has it's very own Bag! #likeaboss
+Cog Hill Farm & Homestead - 😂👍🏻
This has been a fascinating series for me, I have learned so much about off grid cooking and cooking in general, I love it!!!
So have we!
I have a camp dutch oven that I've never used - I've had it maybe 5 years - because I was too intimidate to try it. I am SO cooking something in it soon now!!! :) Thank you!
Yes you can cook in a camp dutch oven with wood but it is a lot trickier than with a good quality charcoal briquet (kingsford has a briquet that gives roughly 40 degrees F per briquet). I have tried both and I have both 12" deep and 10" deep ovens. Using the 40 degrees F for briquets I can cook/bake anything that I can at home with success. As someone else mentioned in another comment, if you turn the lid 1/4 turn one way and the bottom 1/4 turn the opposite way about every 15 minutes of cooking time, you lessen the problem of hot spots/burning of food. Also, when I bake bread in my DOs, I remove the oven from the bottom coals about 2/3 of the baking time to prevent burned bottom crust - same with other baked goods like cakes and pies.
I have entered DO cooking contests before and won prizes doing so.
If you rotate your dutch oven 1/3 instead of 1/4, the three legs land in the same place in the coals and you don't have to jostle the oven around to get the legs grounded. Then rotate the lid 1/3 the opposite way and the logo will be in the same place as when you started.
Just made this in my Dutch oven. Love cooking this way. Our chicken actually came from a friends farm in Mt. Pleasant. Delicious. I poured beer in the bottom of the Dutch oven and shot top of bird with some olive oil. Good stuff
I remember a rule of thumb from Boy Scouts is that one briquette is about 11 degrees of cooking heat( at least for our 14in model).
I found it useful when trying to adjust the heat up or down.
Perfect! Thanks!
I'd love to see more Dutch oven action, especially baking. Maybe you can do a vid on cast iron care? I have cast iron seasoning and cleaning issues, lol!
I love this journey you two have been on cooking off grid.
Thank you for using paper without ink. Some articles say today's newspaper publishers use safe inks, but who knows what they are using. It's never silly to err on the safe side when it comes to your family's health. xoxo from Arizona.
Wow! Looks pretty easy! Thanks for showing us alternative ways for cooking off grid.
Love Dutch oven cooking know matter what time of the year...lodge is good name brand
I really am diggin this series. These are such important skills to have. It is surprising to me that tons of people don't know how to cook without electricity. Kudos to y'all for spreading the knowledge👍✌🌞
That starts with us. That is why we are doing the series ;0)
I am enjoying this series so much. That looks delicious. I have never bought a cast iron Dutch oven but you sure made it look easy.
I just found your channel about 3 weeks ago and have watched about all of them. You are both wonderful in your presentation and explanation. I especially love this series as I am looking to become someday self-sustainable and outdoor cooking is on my list to try as well and this gives me some guidance.
+Kattie Turner - Awesome! Welcome to the channel.
Nice job on that dutch oven meal! I love watching these videos, rocket stoves, dutch oven, etc. Looking forward to more.
This IS fun! Hope you share the effect all this outdoor cooking has on your electric usage and bill. Ie: change in avg weekly usage numbers.
Yep we covered that in our Sun Oven video...we estimate we are saving $1.80 per usage. That adds up!
Isn't it so fun?! It also works great on a camp fire with coals on top :) We got out first one as a wedding gift.
Looks delicious!! And I love cooking with my cast iron. I am enjoying your videos.
Great job for your first time, Thank you for inviting us along. I always enjoy your videos!
Great Job! Dutch ovens are fun to learn. (delicious too) If you wanted to do the chicken by itself you can put a trivet in the bottom of the DO to keep it off the bottom. I have been having fun with my DO. I have an accessory that I bought from Campmaid. Its a lid lifter and holder and a grill and warming rack... Very versatile. You should check it out. You did a great job for your first try. I learned a lot of stuff from you tube vids when I started. Check out Tim Farmer on you tube. He has a whole section on cowboy campfire cooking. Really great recipes too. Their cinnamon roll recipe is really awesome. If you try baking in it, the most critical thing is the heat on the bottom. It's easy to use to much heat underneath and burn the bottom. Since using my first DO, which was a 12 inch like the one you have, I bought the Campmaid accessory with a second 12 inch oven. I have also made bread. (Tim Farmers recipe) With 2 ovens you can make your main course and a desert or bread all at the same time. I think my next venture is going to be corned beef and cabbage.
Ooh, that looks yummy! Enjoying these off grid cooking videos.
That's an awesome thermometer. I probably couldn't do that unless I had a fire pit or an actual charcoal BBQ. I live in town, so open fires are a no-no. But I definitely want to experiment and see what kinds of stuff can be made in the cold of winter!
For 350 try 3 under 3 over technique. If you have a 12 dutch oven 15 briquettes on top and 9 on bottom. Adjust equation for whatever size oven you are using.
Loved the video. I will be cooking with my sun oven thanks to your tutorial. I need to get a cast iron dutch oven. Thank you!
Thanks mate. Watching this, approx 2200hrs, and now I've a hankering for roast chicken!
Wish I would have watched this before I bought a special tool to lift the lid! Brilliant use of a claw hammer! Recipe looks amazing! Trying it tonight.
Great job. Many a great meal from the Dutch oven. Lots of cookbooks in print for even ore recipes.
Wow, really LOVE this series!!
Cool! Looks delicious and easy! Lovin' this series of off grid cooking...great ideas! Thanks Jaime.
When you bought your lodge oven, and I notice you bought a Lodge deep 12", you should have received a booklet that tells you how many coals you need on top and bottom for any given temperature and any size dutch oven. That's just a guide line, air temperature, elevation, and humidity will effect the efficiency of your heat.
love it.....also love cooking with cast iron, I've also found cast iron easy to clean....who knew?
I liked how you prepared the potatoes ,a new learn for me thank you.
Try using your fencing tool / cutter thing. Works great as a dutch oven tool.
U make everything so simple ive seen many videos, im sticking to your videos :) new avid fan :)
Loving this series!
This is awesome! I didn't know that about cast iron dutches, I just threw mine into the fire! We were 100% off grid (not even internet) for 4 Months living in a camper before our house could be built. Everything was grilled or fire cooked! But I cook my chicken to 160 ;) I will keep this in mind next time :D
“Not even internet” lol!
Oh the humanity! ;)
Looks great!! I'm loving this series!!
I love the idea of using the Firebox to start charcoal. I love Weber starters but they are not very portable. You're the first person I've seen suggest this idea. Thanks!
I find that newspaper and a little vegetable oil sprinkled on it works well to start a chimney.
WOW!!!!!! thanks for sharing!!!!!! I am going to have to try!!!! Our younger son got me a tri pot cooking thing. Quess I will have to break it out. Have great day!!!!! What will be next.
You guys make good quality videos….. your subscription numbers confirm it. Keep up the good work 👍🇨🇦
This was great. I would like to start using a Dutch oven outside and you made it look safe and easy. Thank you.
It was surprisingly easy!
So satisfying when you know you can take care of yourself w/o the grid should you need to. Good video - good demo. Chicken looked real tasty.
Very true! But that is only one reason we are doing this series. It is a HUGE $ saver as well ;0)
I love this series!!
That looks delicious...hope you enjoyed it.😀
We did...it was incredibly moist 😊
great video i really want to try cooking like this Jamie thanks for this one
Omgoodness that meal looks delicious. I'd love to buy that Dutch oven. Wow
Jeremy could make a video on making a charcoal starter. I made ours from an old coffee can and hardware cloth. I keep mine in the charcoal bag. No assembly, easy peasy. xoxo from Arizona.
I got a helpful hint on getting the charcoal started faster. Put a 6 inch stove pipe above the charcoal. It works like a chimney and will create more draft for the fire.
+Paul Mooring - Yes that’s exactly what the Firebox Stove does.
Loved the video, and that chicken looks awesome.
Love your cooking videos.
Enjoyed the video- looks delicious!
That looks amazing!
Yum! You did a great job for a first go! We love cooking on coal in our Webber kettle BBQ. Nothing beats a roast done that way. Enjoy!
Would love to see how you boiled an egg in the sun oven. That fascinates me that you can cook them that way!
You literally just stick the eggs in the oven for about an hour or an hour and a half. That is it. No water. Nothing. I have an empty carton I use and just do 4 eggs at a time.
Yum! Well done. BBQ with some oak. The best. Red is usually better but white is fine. The crank lifting/lowering of the grill is a good type of BBQ. A frame
I was going to comment that firebox doesn't hold nearly enough charcoal to do a complte cook. Especially in such a deep oven. But I see you ended up using another batch of coals. You could have piled even more coals on top to brown the chicken. If you really want ot learn how to cook in a dutch oven check out some videos from Cowboy Kent Rollins. He's a professional Chuck Wagon Cook and genuinely cooks for and feeds real cowboys out on ranches/ranges. He spends weeks on end out there cooking in cast iron/dutch ovens using wood coals(the better option). I learned a lot from his videos and can say that my cast iron dutch oven cooking has become much more successful, consistantly. The first thing I learned from his videos is that forget that BS of putting the dutch oven right on the coals. Using a trivot is the way to go. It's much easier to control your heat. It also makes it possible to successfully bake breads, cornbread and even cakes in a dutch oven. I made my trivots from used horseshoes using the same design as in one of his videos that's actually a sales pitch for trivots they make and sell. And from seeing some of your other videos I'm certain that fabricating some there on your farm would be no problem for you guys. The design with the screw in legs is brilliant because you can adjust the height easily and when you're done you can unscrew the legs and store several of them in an old pillowcase. I've made 4 sets, all have screw in legs of several different sizes. VERY useful tools. I made my own because he sells his for $29 each...YIKES! I can get used shoes for free from just about any stables. Heck, new ones are only a couple bucks each, $4-$5 a pair from tractor supply.But I find that used ones not only are free but have character or "patina". But again, once I started using them my dutch oven success has become very consistant. I usually only use coals from wood because I usually have a campfire going in camp while cooking. I do occassionally use lump charcoal, never briquetts though.
For 350 degrees the formula I was taught for the right number of bricks is the Dutch oven size -2 on the bottom and oven size +2 on top. Although they are somewhat forgiving if you are not exact as long as you are watching what you are cooking.
That was great Jamie!
After massaging my potatoes with coconut oil, I wipe my hands on my forearms and the backs of my hands as a mini beauty treatment. If that's not a consideration, you could wipe the extra fat on the Dutch oven. I've found a Dutch oven can never have too much seasoning. Also a good youtube dutch oven mentor would be Cowboy Kent Rollins, a chuck wagon chef for a gazillion years. With that southern accent, he's a joy to watch! Happy cooking. xoxo from Arizona.
Your lard video is GREAT I used it a couple months ago to render mine!! I have NEVER been to a Trader Joes!! It's quite the drive to make it to one might be worth it! LOL That is one Beautiful dutch oven! GOOD JOB GUYS!! Beautiful dinner! YUMMMM ~Trish
You aren’t missing much lol We just go there for the convenience, but most of our shopping is local farms
I have heard fantastic things about it... but good to know! I will save my gas money and time! LOL I think probably a little over 2 hours drive for us!
Can you show how to make croutons in the sun oven please. Your chicken looks great! I have 2 dutch ovens which I've yet to use....good motivation!!! Thanks so much for doing this series...really encouraging!😁
They were super simple Tina, I just put them on parchment in the warmed oven until they toasted!
Is that a Silver Leghorn? He's a Handsome Rooster
An excellent site to watch and learn about cooking over coals with cast iron is Cowboy Kent Rollins
Kent Rollins is good I learned a lot from him also the barbecue pit boys to can't go wrong with them too
I was afraid you didn't start out with enough coals. It looked fantastic in the end though. How was it?
+Keith Brookshire - It cooked perfectly. Very tender. We were impressed.
I just got a dutch oven for father's day!
I think your recipe will also be my first. Thanks for posting this vid!
Awesome. They are great!
Gtrat video. Very cool way to cook dinner. Thanks.
Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
That looks so tasty:-) Great video BTW :-) Hope the plans for a house move are going well
Meh. But we will get there :0)
Keep Smiling :-) It will all work out in the end
Love the off grid cooking series! How long do you leave the coals in the chimney before dumping them out?
Just until they start to turn white. Maybe 7-10 min?
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living thanks. I’ll be trying this tomorrow!!
Let us know how it turns out 😊
That is so awesome !!
You make excellent videos!
Awesome.. thanks for sharing
Dutch oven cooking is easy and takes you back in time.. Our favorite recepie is beef stew and blueberry cobbler.
I would have thought those taters would turn to mush before the chix was done. Did you check the temp of the coals as you were cooking?
Nope. Just let them turn and added them
Just an FYI - you should turn the lid in the opposite direction that you turned the pot...
Nice cook!
I'm in c-19 lockdown and gonna break out the Dutch Oven and Big Green Egg. Very Helpful
Great video, didn't know that it only would take that amount of charcoal to cook chicken. Thanks.
+Wells Family Homestead Wells - Neither did we. It worked really well and we ended up with more hot coals than we needed.
It looks like it would be fun to have on a car camping trip. I don't get past using my smokey joe type thing. One of those little round things that I make potatoes and steak with. I'd rather have that chicken smoked on it, but it's probably not as healthy.
Looks delicious! How long did it take to cook the chicken?
Guildbrook Farm | Simple Sustainable Living Not bad :)
About 45, but based on the temp it was prob done sooner
May I suggest rotating the lid in one direction and the oven in the other.
First thing I would mention is get a chimney starter. For starting the charcoal put a little oil and it will keep the paper burning longer.
Great job. Looks very good
Good luck with your property search... dinner looks amazing...
This is awsome thankyou
What an incredible video! Thank you!!!
Impressive!
Oh I have always wanted one of those!!!!
Great video
Did you have a problem with the ash on the ground suffocating the new charcoal briquettes
Nope.
Lovin this videos!!
Chicken came out great! My only question is why do you use lard? Wouldn't olive oil be healthier than animal fat?
Olive oil should be consumed raw. It actually turns to a trans fat at high temperatures. Lard can handle higher temps. That said, I have used olive oil anyway but I try not to
Nice job!!!