The Dutch Oven Survival Kit

Probably the most common question about Dutch oven cooking is: What do I need to get started? Here’s what I’ll take to elk camp in October, and what I’d recommend you get as part of your urban and wilderness survival kit!

During virtually any emergency, you will need a cooking tool that can bake, boil, fry and saute. And it should be able to function with a variety of heat sources, since electricity might be a variable!

My nomination for this wonder implement has been around for hundreds of years. It’s easy to find, cheap and effective. Get a cast iron or aluminum Dutch oven. This cooking tool has a proven track record, and it can use virtually any heat source.

A Dutch oven can be used to boil water, make a stew, bake bread, and cook virtually anything that can be fitted inside. And if you were forced to evacuate an area, a camp and/or Dutch oven is compact and light enough to be easily transported.

Hurricane Katrina was due to hit land in a few hours, and my relatives in Mississippi, about 150 miles north of New Orleans, weren’t sure what was going to happen. I overheard my wife talking on the phone to her sister, Patti, of Clinton, Mississippi. In the middle of the hurricane preparation discussion, they started talking about recipes and what to cook, using a cast iron Dutch oven!

We had given Patti a hand-me-down cast iron camp oven with the lipped lid and three legs. Designed to be heated on top and bottom with campfire coals or charcoal, the camp oven was considered a necessity on the American frontier for at least two centuries. That type oven was taken on the Lewis and Clark expedition, was used by travelers on the Oregon trail, and was indispensable in countless cabins, lean-tos and soddies.

I’ve been cooking with Dutch ovens at hunting and fishing camps for decades, and on many camping trips and Boy Scout and Girl Scout outings. Beginners frequently ask for a list of tools to get started in Dutch oven cooking. So, here’s the basic, bare-bones list of Dutch oven survival kit necessities, proven over the years.


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