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Need advice on Cast Iron pots. Deer Camp related hence OB board
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:32 pm
What is the perfect size cast iron pot for 6-10 people?
I got gift cards to amazon for christmas and bday, buying a new pot. The pots i have for home use are either to small or way to big for that amount of people. I am looking 12 to 20qt.
For example, I have a number eight lodge that I cooked a rabbit sauce piquant in a few weeks ago at the camp. The big arse swamp rabbits made it over the top.
wanting the perfect size for a gumbo, sauce piquant, or jambalaya when i have a small group of friends over.
I got gift cards to amazon for christmas and bday, buying a new pot. The pots i have for home use are either to small or way to big for that amount of people. I am looking 12 to 20qt.
For example, I have a number eight lodge that I cooked a rabbit sauce piquant in a few weeks ago at the camp. The big arse swamp rabbits made it over the top.
wanting the perfect size for a gumbo, sauce piquant, or jambalaya when i have a small group of friends over.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:37 pm to MsandLa
You'll get better results on the Food board
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:42 pm to MsandLa
Wen it comes to that I'd get the biggest you can work with
Not too big where you need two guys to move it but you're gonna make a lot with it
Not too big where you need two guys to move it but you're gonna make a lot with it
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:43 pm to MsandLa
Take a look at Magnalite Classic 14 quart.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:44 pm to MsandLa
Get the biggest one you can move between storage and the heat source. Can never have too much pot.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 4:53 pm to MsandLa
I have a nice 12qt black iron that suits my needs.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 6:14 pm to MsandLa
12-14 quarts if good I think. Any bigger it gets very heavy. Get one of each. Can never have enough pots.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 6:19 pm to MsandLa
Like others have said, the biggest you can handle. With me it's a matter of browning all my meat in one batch.
One thing you have to be careful with when using a bigger one is the amount of gravy. Being it's more spread out, it'll fool you. Putting enough water to raise the level of the gravy that you're used to seeing in any "normal-sized" pot can fool you.
For a camp I prefer a cast iron over a magnalite all day. The option of cooking over a fire (which for me would be my most common method anyway) is a big plus. It'll make a Magnalite pot black. Not that it matters for a camp pot, necessarily, but I only use my Mag's over a gas burner/stove or glasstop.
One thing you have to be careful with when using a bigger one is the amount of gravy. Being it's more spread out, it'll fool you. Putting enough water to raise the level of the gravy that you're used to seeing in any "normal-sized" pot can fool you.
For a camp I prefer a cast iron over a magnalite all day. The option of cooking over a fire (which for me would be my most common method anyway) is a big plus. It'll make a Magnalite pot black. Not that it matters for a camp pot, necessarily, but I only use my Mag's over a gas burner/stove or glasstop.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 7:47 pm to MsandLa
Whatever you get, don't get the round one with the small flat bottom. I don't know how to describe it other than it looks like a round bottom pot but has a small flat bottom to sit on a burner. My mother gave me one and I ended up giving it away. You can cook 15 lbs of meat in it, but only brown 10% of it. Get a big flat bottom pot.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 8:02 pm to MsandLa
Number 12's will fit in the oven and are a great size. I used two this morning and did jambalaya for 100.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 9:07 pm to MsandLa
My 12 quart dutch oven feeds 10 no problem. My 8 quart oven is enough for dessert.
Posted on 3/2/13 at 9:41 pm to MsandLa
4 gallon round bottom /thread
Extra room in the pot is fine. Not enough room is badddddd.
Round bottom>Dutch oven for almost all cooking.
Extra room in the pot is fine. Not enough room is badddddd.
Round bottom>Dutch oven for almost all cooking.
Posted on 3/4/13 at 7:02 pm to MsandLa
15 to 20 qt
Posted on 3/4/13 at 7:12 pm to MsandLa
I have a 14qt magnalite that I do all my gumbos in
Posted on 3/4/13 at 7:19 pm to MsandLa
7 for cornbread, 14 for cooking. I am a cast iron fiend. I am always on the look out for older cast iron pots and pans at antique stores etc.
As a matter of fact, I burned the gunk off of 2 cast iron pans this eveneing, a 5 inch and a 7 inch, and re-seasoned them.
Older cast iron is WAY better than the new crap Lodge is putting out, a little elbow grease and they will be like new again.
As a matter of fact, I burned the gunk off of 2 cast iron pans this eveneing, a 5 inch and a 7 inch, and re-seasoned them.
Older cast iron is WAY better than the new crap Lodge is putting out, a little elbow grease and they will be like new again.
Posted on 3/4/13 at 7:24 pm to MsandLa
A buddy and I burned in a cast iron pot a few years ago in one of our perpetual bonfires we had at my house. It made a flame in the shape of an L coming out of the pot that shot out about 40ft to the side and burned the paint on my truck.
Would do again because it looked like a fire tornado and was tight
Would do again because it looked like a fire tornado and was tight
Posted on 3/4/13 at 8:24 pm to MsandLa
I have a 12 and it's perfect for a serving needed for 10-12 people.
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