Dutch oven
A Dutch oven is a metal cooking pot with a tight fitting lid.
A camping, cowboy or chuck wagon Dutch oven has three legs and a rimmed lid for use on a hearth or outdoors over an open fire. They are ordinarily made of cast iron (some are made of aluminum).
See also: Cooking on a campfire
Secondary meanings
The term is also used for two other cooking devices: a metal shield used before an open fire for roasting, and a brick oven in which the preheated walls do the cooking.
Modern dutch ovens consist of a covered, shallow cooking pan set on legs and heated from below with a built-in electrical heating element.
The dutch oven is also a slang name for a practical joke played on bedmates by restraining them under the covers after you have passed gas.
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Categories: Food preparation utensils