Customer Reviews

The Camp chef UDO-14 Ultimate Dutch Oven. 9 1/2 Quarts,Cast Iron.

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I love to cook up my special bean recipe in this little oven. It heats so thoroughly, which really makes the cooking process turn out better. And of course, being cast iron, this thing will last forever.

The UDO-14 performs as advertised, but a couple issues showed up. I wanted it for pastry and breads as much as for crock-pot meals. With the stand-alone oven, there is still an issue with uneven heat and not getting done on top. One reviewer suggested it still needed briquettes on the lid to bake breads. There is a quick fix for it and I wish I figured it out before I bought the UDO-14 as I would have bought both together. Don't get the UDO without the Dutch Oven Dome Cover. For $30-something you get a deflection plate to spread the heat from the gas burner (no hot spots). It also allows the oven to sit securely on its legs on the top of the gas stove. The cover itself is a fire-proof fabric dome that drops over the oven and keeps the entire pot and lid at pretty much the same temperature. The only minus is I am having trouble finding cookware that has a hole in the center large enough to drop over the convection column in the UDO-14.

Great value, quick shipping and product is more versitile than those offered by lodge at a better price, you cant have too many dutch ovens :)

This dutch oven does everything great especially if you are using it on a Camp Chef stove. The cone in the center does a great job at getting your heat to the top of the dutch oven without worrying about coal ash in your food. The lid doubles as a nice deep skillet or trivet. the two removable grates included with it work well for grilling, small smokes, and doing a dish on the bottom with meats on top. Another great product from camp chef. I have done everything from cobblers to pot roast in it and been exceptionally pleased. The only downside if you can call it a downside is that you can not use dutch oven liners with this oven.