Dutch Oven as Platesetter

The Sheik of Djbouti

Hey Guys,

Anne-Caroline here. I broke my platesetter and have been using my dutch oven as a height extender instead and have had terrific luck with this. The dutch oven (not inverted) will catch drippings from whatever you are cooking and will also hold liquid to disseminate if you so desire. The cast iron holds heat well and actually aids in stabilizing my temperature on my egg. I have been setting it up with the normal grate at the bottom, then my cast iron dutch oven placed on top and not inverted and then my cast iron grate on top of that. It works perfectly! I highly recommend this method and am actually only going to buy another plate setter so I can invert it and cook pizzas instead... although on second thought I think I might have better luck inverting the cast iron dutch oven instead, achieving high heat with the heated cast iron. Anybody else had a similar experience?

AC

Celtic Wolf

Get a new plate setter and use the Dutch Oven for cooking

Stanley

I appreciate hearing about your innovative approach! Sounds like
this is working for you. Try the pizza thing out and see what happens.