Barbecook 3L Cast Iron Dutch Oven with Lid - Heavy Duty Kettle for Camping, Outdoor Cooking & Dutch Oven Recipes - Perfect for Grilling, Stewing & Baking

This is my second winter of using this pot inside my multi-fuel stove, several times a week.It'll hold ample portions for two adults. I bake potatoes on a circular rack, or do one-potmeals with two or three layers of outer cabbage leaves at the bottom to take the scorching.My dog loves these, even when they've turned mainly to charcoal!The description says it's enamelled, which isn't the case. It was seasoned, perhaps to protectfrom rust as much as anything. I'm not sure of the usefulness of the legs, and they make thepot unwieldy to use in an oven, and unsuitable for use on a hob. I have a smaller Dutch oven,without legs, which I use for baked apple or baked beans, cooked in a small tin standing ona trivet in the pot. There would be less risk of scorching if the pot was hung higher from theembers/flames, and sawdust briquettes work best in my situation, with baked potatoes takingabout an hour. When burning solid fuel, they take about 20 minutes each side, then a further20 minutes to finish in their own steam while the beans are heating. A shovelful of ash couldbe used to make the fire less ferocious.I use a welder's glove to hold it by the handle, and a 25cm long set of tongs which are rigidand strong enough to support its weight from underneath, and also to remove the lid and placeit on a trivet or the top of the stove. If you use gloves for grabbing the lid, they'll eventuallyburn through at the contact points and you'll receive a warm reminder that new gloves arerequired.A slight niggle is that the lid handle protrudes above the height of the rim, so the lid won'tsit flat on a firm surface when it's upturned. On the other hand, this ensures there's a gapfor picking or levering it up, which might be a fraught experience while you build confidencehandling hot iron.I haven't used the rimmed lid for holding hot embers or coals because indoors and with limitedspace it would be difficult to keep at least a bit of the ash from falling onto the food. Mycooking therefore receives intense heat from below, but I am able to prepare delicious, simple,hearty meals, independent of mains gas and electricity.