GSI Outdoors 10-Inch Hard Anodized Dutch Oven Reviews

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Simply the best. As a whitewater rafter I value space, weight, and versatility. 10" nestles inside 12" and weighs little. Buy an oven bag for transport. They don't rust, cook and clean up like non-stick. Invert the lids and fry eggs or pancakes. With 2 of each size, I serve main course, side dish, sourdough bread and dessert for 8 people. Don't get me wrong, I love my cast iron, but not on a river trip.

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I originally got the 12" anodized aluminum dutch oven with legs, and liked it so much, I got the 10" one too (without legs).

I've been looking for campfire cookwear with good cooking qualities that doesn;t have a non-stick coating, which is hard to find unless you want to go the cast-iron way. I love the GSI heavy-duty anodized aluminum DO's non-reactive with some non-stickish qualities but no non-stick coating to flake or wear off like other aluminum lightweight camping cookware. No cast-iron seasoning to do, no worries about rust or rancidness, and incredibly lightweight compared to cast iron. Heats up fast, heats evenly, and retains the heat (although it doesn;t cook quite as evenly or retain heat quite as long as cast iron). I love this anodizied cookware, because it behaves like the high-quality cookware I have at home (older Calphalon anodized aluminum without the non-stick coating, and All-Clad with stainless interiors), which makes it much more predictable for me to cook with.

I use the dutch oven with the legs conventionally over charcoal briquettes (you can use it over campfire coals too). You can use a stand for the 10" to cook in the same way, or use it on a cooking grate like the Texsport Extra Heavy Duty Camp Grill (12" x 16" another fantastic product.

Note however that the GSI dutch oven have a smaller capacity and are shallower than other dutch ovens. The 10" only has a 2 qt capacity and the 12" has a 5qt capacity, so don't be surprised. I wish the 10" one had a 2-1/2 or 3 qt capacity, but I love the pot anyway. In fact, I often use it as the perfect camping frypan because it heats so evenly.

These ovens seem to need a fewer charcoal briquettes to get up to heat. The Outdoor Dutch Oven Cookbook by Sheial Mills gives a chart for how many briquettes to use with these aluminum DO's.

One real drawback of the GSI dutch ovens though is the underside of the lids they are anodized too, but have a rough texture, so are not very good to use as faux frying pans. The cast iron dutch oven lids I've had in the past were much smoother and better! So boo on GSI for that. Otherwise these are a great product. Just be aware of what you are getting capacity-wise and about the underside of the lids.

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I did a lot of research into dutch camp ovens. Decided to go alumimn and wanted the anodized type for health and upkeep. Also wanted less weight than cast iron. Since there are only few companies who produce gave info to my daughter who gave it to me as Christmas gift. 12 qt model.

I have used it twice so far. Did chili and bread dishes. Used charcold brickettes which got it up to simmering very quickly for chili. Total time for dish was about two hours. Heat held well. Bread (drop biscuits) took about 45 min and were not brown on top but cooked throughly. Clean up was sooo easy. Both dishes required adding additional brickettes so make sure after you've started first batch of brickettes start another 1/2 amount to use later.

The oven did have some issues when arrived. It was in single box, and bearly fit that box. This resulted in the wire handle to be slightly bent and when tried to lift scrapped the side of pot. Instead of returning I used pliers and muscled it into function and it worked fine. I assume this issue was a result of getting banged up in shipping. I would hope it was not a result of manufacturing process. There were a couple rough casting areas I needed to file down on pot rim and lid. Lid and pot were tight fit which is what you want.

I would probably buy again, only because of limited sources(that I was aware of)for anoalized alumium dutch oven. However, for a oven costing $119 it should have come better packaged and not with a few rough casting areas.

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Great product. Very light and ideal size for backpacking. Cleans up very well compared to regular aluminium and cast iron camp ovens.Heats up quickly and does a nice job of baking deserts. Delivered on time and a great price too with free shipping

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The hard anodized finish makes clean up easy and they handle high acid foods like tomato better than cast iron. They are way lighter. Choose the size that works for you. The 10" is ideal for small light packing groups. It does NOT have legs so you need to use rocks or buy the "DUTCH OVEN STAND" from GSI. The 10" is a world class dutch oven that is just as comfortable by a campfire, on your stove top at home or in your home oven as the legs are an optional extra which for me is a great feature. If you need to do a lot of high heat searing then cast iron is better. Cast iron can also be cleaned by leaving in a hot fire. That will melt the aluminum and the hard anodized finish is easy to clean so there is no need for that. Cast iron only needs to be cleaned like that if it was not well seasoned and you really burned food in it. I own the 10" and 14" hard anodized and the 12" plain. The plain finish is OK and I got a steal of deal at a garage sale. If paying full price the Hard Anodized is worth every penny.