Re: Cooking Temperatures & Dutch Ovens

> The ovens don't have
> thermometers, so you have to determine the right amount of coals to use. Some
> recipes suggest the number of coals to use above &/or below the oven,
> depending on the recipe, but other recipes don't.

I am sure you will get a more exact answer but
our recent eagle cooks all the time on a DO
(I want to play with it the next time I
can get our hands on it) but what he did
with the pineabpple upside down cake is to put it
on a bed of charcoals, put 10 on the top (roughly
covering it) and checked it after 10 minutes, then
every 3-5 minutes.

It was done in 15 minutes (the box said 35 minutes)
so it is really an art of watching it carefully.

I am sure there will be a post with "the amount
of time a hand is held over the fire counting from 10
and counting backward 10-9-8-7-6-5-4 ouch
means it is a 400 degrees." I have not experimented with
this but the knowledge with this crew is there.

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