Dutch Oven Dome Potatoes

[smoker pete]

First testing of my new Camp Chef Dutch Oven Dome to develop recipes to take on the road and use at home during those dog days of summer when you want to keep the house cool and not turn the oven on. Overall the Dutch Oven Dome test was an unqualified success ... as you can tell by the above photo ... Cheesy taters were delicious!

The concept of the Dutch Oven Dome is to divert, trap, and circulate heat to create a convection oven for your cast iron outdoors. A Heat Diffuser is used for effective heat distribution and a Trivet was used to help prevent burning the food. I clipped a Maverick ET-732 ambient probe to measure the temperature inside the dome.



Ingredients: Sliced potatoes with skin, onion, butter, cheese, seasonings, and 2 cups 2% milk. Measured temperature at the top of the dome ranged from 380º-405ºF. There was enough wind to prevent me from using the low setting on the burner. Used Medium-Low.



You'll note inside the Dutch Oven looks like a total mess and at first I thought I had ruined the potatoes. They actually turned out extremely moist, tender, and as I said before ... delicious!! Pot is soaking ...

I sprayed the Dutch Oven with PAM but I'm thinking that wasn't the problem. Do you think the burnt sides and bottom were caused by the milk boiling? Don't want to keep cleaning such a mess ... More tests to come

[barkonbutts]

those look like some gooood taters!!

[Fishawn]

those look like some gooood taters!!

What He Said /\ /\

[IrishChef]

Looks great!
Mess is probably from the dairy solids in the cheese and milk. Not much you can do to prevent, but I have had luck with wood ash and water brought to a rolling boil for a few mins on messes like that while camping.

[smoker pete]

Looks great!
Mess is probably from the dairy solids in the cheese and milk. Not much you can do to prevent, but I have had luck with wood ash and water brought to a rolling boil for a few mins on messes like that while camping.

Thanks for the info IrishChef. I'll give it a shot.

[crusty ol salt]

i cant say anything to much going on

[Zeeker]

Not much more to say but. "WOW" Kudos on a perfect picture...

[sweet_magnolia]

Very nice potatoes. I have seen those domes and wondered if they would be worth it.

[MrZip66]

what a great great idea! It's so simple I gotta think it has to work well. Good looking potatoes too.

[Squirrel]

Great looking potatoes!!! As IC said, it is most likely the milk solids and starch that's causing such a mess. I have used parchment paper to make a liner for my DO and it keeps clean up a breeze. They make dutch oven liners, but it's cheaper to use the parchment paper and mold it to your DO. I just tear off one big sheet and form it.