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Halloween Chili in Cast Iron Dutch Oven (pics)
OLD NORTH STATE BBQ CO.
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Attempted chili for the first time on the Egg using my mothers recipe. Added two chuncks of pecan wood after browning the meat and adding the beans and tomato sauce. The smoke flavor was fantastic. I'll never go back to cooking chili on the stovetop again. You eggers that don't have a Dutch Oven are really missing out on some good cooks.
"Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!"
Med & XL
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That's it... I am getting a dutch oven. What size DO makes the most sense for a chili recipe like that?
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It looks really good - but why couldn't those of us who don't have a dutch oven just use what we would use on the stove (ie, we have a stainless steel pot). I would think if I could set it in the Egg & put spacers under it, it would be fine, no??
Also, can you elaborate on your recipe & cook? What dome temp did you use? How long did you cook it, etc??
Thanks,
HH
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup... Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. - Bruce Lee -
tgkleman said:That's it... I am getting a dutch oven. What size DO makes the most sense for a chili recipe like that?
This #12 Lodge 8 qt works for the large egg.BrandonQuad Cities
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@HH - You can use a stainless steel pot with a lid. There's really not much difference between that and a ceramic coated DO (both non-reactive cooking surfaces) unless you're searing - the CI can hold a lot more heat, so it will stay hotter longer when you first throw food in.
Non-coated CI imparts iron and flavor - stainless does not.
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Was just at the Lodge Outlet in Pigeon Forge TN and got me a DO. Can't decide on chili or pot roast for the first cook. Better half wants pot roast, so I guess chili will be second.
Damascus, VA. Friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail.
LBGE Aug 2012, SBGE Feb 2014
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I just got my 9 qt DO from Lodge day before yesterday. Fits fine in my LBGE. Gonna try some Cow Lick Chilli Next week
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Oh and by the way, awesome looking chili, I'm happy to know someone else uses beans in their chili.
Damascus, VA. Friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail.
LBGE Aug 2012, SBGE Feb 2014
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I bought a box of CI off CL. It had various skillets & an 8 qt DO for $60. They're an off brand, Wenzel, so no worries if they get damaged/destroyed. I got a hankerin' for chili!Flint, Michigan
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I've been wanting a CI DO and this is pushing me towards that hard. Ps love Tervis Tumblers. Best cups everBoom
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Hillbilly-Hightech said:It looks really good - but why couldn't those of us who don't have a dutch oven just use what we would use on the stove (ie, we have a stainless steel pot). I would think if I could set it in the Egg & put spacers under it, it would be fine, no??
Also, can you elaborate on your recipe & cook? What dome temp did you use? How long did you cook it, etc??
Thanks,
HHSorry, should have included the recipe in the posting. Cooked indirect at 325 for about an hour. NO LID ON THE DUTCH OVEN. Let me repeat...NO LID ON THE DUTCH OVEN. I added the pecan wood right before I closed the liod of the EGG. Pecan is a really mild smoking wood. On any new recipe where smoke is involved, I like to start with Pecan and then move to stronger woods on later cooks if needed.1 lb of Beef (85/15)1 lb Sage Sausage2 Cans of Red Kidney Beans1 Can of Black Beans1 Big Can of Hunts Tomato Sauce1 Can of Hunts Stewed Tomatoes4 Tablespoons of Chil powder1 Tablespoon of CuminCrushed Red Pepper to Taste2 Chunks of PecanAnd a Crown and Ginger in my favorite Tervis Tumbler
"Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!"
Med & XL
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That's some good lookin chili! I love chili on the egg. I'm sure if you cooked chili in any type of pot on the egg it would turn out great, but I do think the CI adds a little something extra.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I also enjoy dragging out the dutch ovens every chance we have. Chile in the winter months and BBQ beans in the summer. Thumbs up for Dutch Ovens!
I have always wanted to do white clam chowder in a DO...that is maybe next.
-SMITTY
from SANTA CLARA, CA
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SMITTYtheSMOKER said:
I also enjoy dragging out the dutch ovens every chance we have. Chile in the winter months and BBQ beans in the summer. Thumbs up for Dutch Ovens!
I have always wanted to do white clam chowder in a DO...that is maybe next.
If you try the clam chowder, please post.
"Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!"
Med & XL
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Earlier I said you can use a SS pot (and lid) in place of a CI DO. I just want to clarify the SS will cook much faster than a CI DO, so be careful. Cast Iron is very slow to transfer heat. Carbon steel very fast. SS is close to carbon steel.
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nolaegghead said:Earlier I said you can use a SS pot (and lid) in place of a CI DO. I just want to clarify the SS will cook much faster than a CI DO, so be careful. Cast Iron is very slow to transfer heat. Carbon steel very fast. SS is close to carbon steel.
curious why use lid with SS?Boom -
HH asked if you could use a stainless steel pot if you didn't have a CI DO, I said yeah, if you got a lid. (the lid makes it a dutch oven, otherwise it's just a pot).FanOfFanboys said:nolaegghead said:Earlier I said you can use a SS pot (and lid) in place of a CI DO. I just want to clarify the SS will cook much faster than a CI DO, so be careful. Cast Iron is very slow to transfer heat. Carbon steel very fast. SS is close to carbon steel.
curious why use lid with SS?
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nolaegghead said:
HH asked if you could use a stainless steel pot if you didn't have a CI DO, I said yeah, if you got a lid. (the lid makes it a dutch oven, otherwise it's just a pot).FanOfFanboys said:nolaegghead said:Earlier I said you can use a SS pot (and lid) in place of a CI DO. I just want to clarify the SS will cook much faster than a CI DO, so be careful. Cast Iron is very slow to transfer heat. Carbon steel very fast. SS is close to carbon steel.
curious why use lid with SS?
ok guess I'm confused bc the OP explicitly said not to use lid. And I've seen other people on here making their chili in CI DO without the lid. Thought that's how smoke flavor got in. I assumed everyone did without lid. So if I use my SS pot I just don't get the heat and taste benefits of CI but otherwise similar end resultsBoom -
Note on eating chili. Try adding a shot of bourbon to your bowl of chili. It's great.
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It was off-topic. I wasn't talking about this specific recipe, HH was just asking if he could use stainless pot if he doesn't have a dutch oven. In this case, I guess if the lid is never used, the requirement is for a pot. A dutch oven has a lid. Sorry.FanOfFanboys said:nolaegghead said:
HH asked if you could use a stainless steel pot if you didn't have a CI DO, I said yeah, if you got a lid. (the lid makes it a dutch oven, otherwise it's just a pot).FanOfFanboys said:nolaegghead said:Earlier I said you can use a SS pot (and lid) in place of a CI DO. I just want to clarify the SS will cook much faster than a CI DO, so be careful. Cast Iron is very slow to transfer heat. Carbon steel very fast. SS is close to carbon steel.
curious why use lid with SS?
ok guess I'm confused bc the OP explicitly said not to use lid. And I've seen other people on here making their chili in CI DO without the lid. Thought that's how smoke flavor got in. I assumed everyone did without lid. So if I use my SS pot I just don't get the heat and taste benefits of CI but otherwise similar end results
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My SS pot has a lid ;;)nolaegghead said:
It was off-topic. I wasn't talking about this specific recipe, HH was just asking if he could use stainless pot if he doesn't have a dutch oven. In this case, I guess if the lid is never used, the requirement is for a pot. A dutch oven has a lid. Sorry.
But my main point was that, if I can use it INSTEAD of the DO (with, or withOUT the lid). I was initially concerned about scorching the bottom of the pot (as well as the heat transfer that Nola was talking about).
So, if I understand it correctly, a person CAN use a SS pot withOUT a lid to cook chili in the Egg, as long as he uses spacers on the bottom, and realizes that the SS pot will cook the chili FASTER than the DO (with, or withOUT the lid).
Also, I wouldn't want to use it w/ a lid cuz then you're defeating the purpose of getting the smokiness from the Egg - at that point, ya might as well do it on the stove...
Do I under-ma-stand this correctly?? :-BDon't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup... Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. - Bruce Lee -
Dude, you totally gotz it.
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A little off topic so forgive me but does anyone ever cook in your better half's Pyrex on the egg? Does it affect the outside of dishes or bunt pans or anything or do they clean up after use?
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If you were cooking something very low, indirect, I don't see a problem with pyrex. The egg is basically an oven, and pyrex is designed to be in an oven. However, crank it up, and if you notice when you do wings or ribs, stuff on the edges gets as hot as the sun - it could crack. Hot, I mean 400 plus.
No, I haven't tried it, because I have metal pans.
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SWVABeanCounter said:Was just at the Lodge Outlet in Pigeon Forge TN and got me a DO. Can't decide on chili or pot roast for the first cook. Better half wants pot roast, so I guess chili will be second.
Pot roast. Check it out. http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1144829/cast-iron-dutch-oven-pot-roast-pics#latest"Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!"
Med & XL
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+1 on adding a bit of bourbon.demo said:Note on eating chili. Try adding a shot of bourbon to your bowl of chili. It's great.
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I try adding a shot of bourbon to everything I consume. It does make it better.
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SmokinDAWG82 said:A little off topic so forgive me but does anyone ever cook in your better half's Pyrex on the egg? Does it affect the outside of dishes or bunt pans or anything or do they clean up after use?
My first wife was cooking oven fried chicken in baking dish made by Anchor. When she pulled the dish out of the oven, the cool air shattered the dish. She was lucky she didn't get seriously hurt, just a little chicken grease burns. Since then I'm leery of glass baking dishes, but I only own Pyrex now. I would not feel good about using them on the Egg.nolaegghead said:If you were cooking something very low, indirect, I don't see a problem with pyrex. The egg is basically an oven, and pyrex is designed to be in an oven. However, crank it up, and if you notice when you do wings or ribs, stuff on the edges gets as hot as the sun - it could crack. Hot, I mean 400 plus.
No, I haven't tried it, because I have metal pans.
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I remember drooling over that one. I've bookmarked it for future reference. Thanks.OLD NORTH STATE BBQ CO. said:SWVABeanCounter said:Was just at the Lodge Outlet in Pigeon Forge TN and got me a DO. Can't decide on chili or pot roast for the first cook. Better half wants pot roast, so I guess chili will be second.
Pot roast. Check it out. http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1144829/cast-iron-dutch-oven-pot-roast-pics#latest
Damascus, VA. Friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail.
LBGE Aug 2012, SBGE Feb 2014
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Can you elaborate on the CI imparting a flavor? I have heard about tomato based food in a CI dutch is not recommended, but a lot of folks seem to make chili in a CI DO. How much of a flavor? What if the DO is seasoned? Is this really noticeable?nolaegghead said:@HH - You can use a stainless steel pot with a lid. There's really not much difference between that and a ceramic coated DO (both non-reactive cooking surfaces) unless you're searing - the CI can hold a lot more heat, so it will stay hotter longer when you first throw food in.
Non-coated CI imparts iron and flavor - stainless does not.
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Cast iron is seasoned - coated with polymerized oil. Iron is "reactive" - it reacts with acids and adds iron to the food. The porous nature of the cast iron holds in flavor from the last few cooks and adds them to whatever you're cooking. That can be good or not so good, depending on what you have and are cooking.
It's noticeable sometimes. Can really adds an "authentic" taste. Cast iron has been around for centuries before aluminum and stainless cookware was invented.
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