Recent content by matts

Yeah, I agree in my limited experience with my aluminum oven, I've burnt food more than I would have thought. I guess less heat is required with the aluminum dutch. Hey Chaplain Kent! I've printed off your recipe and hope to try it this weekend. Thanks!

Hi Dutchess! Thanks for the recommendation

Most charcoal is made from wood. The cheaper ones use bituminous coal, but the better brands use wood charcoal mixed with coal. The wood charcoal I was elluding to is made of pure wood. It's the original charcoal [my father told me during WWII that he say the ladies in Italy making this fuel...

Adding to mish's comments, it can be fatal to stuff a bird the night before cooking it and placing it in the refrigerator for risk of botulism. The germs like airless, damp places to grow, and a stuffed body cavity of a chicken or turkey is just the right place. If you do stuff the bird, do...

There's a nice no fail and delicous recipe on the back of the Bell's Poultry Seasoning box. I usually add 1/2 pound of cooked breakfast sausage to it, and, if it's Thanksgiving or Christmas, about 1/4 pound of steamed, peeled, finely chopped chestnuts.

Our Direct-TV powered Tivo picks up the show Dutch Oven and Camp Cooking with Cee Dub Butch Welch on RFD-TV for us. I don't know how or why it choose that show, but my wife and I watch it every week. So much so, that I bought an aluminum dutch oven from Campmor last year, and have cooked in it...

I know this is a few days old post, but I wanted to add that you have to use the Brinkman smoker on concrete or some other non-combustable surface -- and NOT your deck. There's a little whole in the bottom of the firepot that drops hot coals out. I know this from experience, I saw a ton of...

I think the choice of charcoal depends on your use. I never had any luck with matchlight, and felt it retained a petrol aroma which was passed on to the meat. I prefer real charcoal made from wood that you can get at Trader Joe's or at a roofing supplier [it's used by the guys that solder...