baking temps for dutch oven

[Bulldog lady]

ok these may not be PC but we have been to rondys where you can't dig firepits, and fire ring is to small to cook in and keep the fires burning,  it came from a Lodge Cookbook,  uses charcoal briquettes
350 F  8"   11/5 top/bottom   400 F 12/6    If using a deep 0ven add 2-4 more coals
        10"   14/7      "                    17/8
        12"   17/8                           19/10
        14"   21/11                         24/12

Not going to try and copy the whole chart,  each briquette increases or decreases oven temp by 10 degrees.  ash accumulation decreases effencies of coals, whisk away 
Turn rotate every 15 min or so to even out hot spots,  Have seen guys use the bricquettes and food comes out great, now ifn you live with a mean old Red Badger- he ain't about to use them modern things but to each his own, and am gonna try this if nothing more than in the front yard, point to make
Web site if they have a reprint or such   www.lodgemfg.com   this was in a booklet titled Camp dutch oven cooking  101

[Leathermonger]

look for a set of bellows to  blow ash from lid of the oven and add it to your cook off kit!, a blow pipe works well also!

[NAULTRICK1]

She already has lots of wind, his names RED BADGER  I should be careful, I hear He's a gettin to be a pretty good shot with "patience", Makes the phrase "Have Patience" take on new meaning!!!!!     

[crazell]

thanks for the information Bulldog lady..  and the blow pipe works good for stoking the coals too!  

[Tim Burns]

Bulldog Lady: Lodge still lists that booklet:
https://secure.lodgemfg.com/storefront/product1_new.asp?idProduct=4118

[Red Badger]

She already has lots of wind, his names RED BADGER  I should be careful, I hear He's a gettin to be a pretty good shot with "patience", Makes the phrase "Have Patience" take on new meaning!!!!!     

[Earl Scott]

I love cooking so the art of dutch oven cooking has gotten my juices flowing so I was doing some web surfing and found a wonderful tool that will calculate the number of briquets needed to attain your target temputure and suggested placement for the mode of cooking (baking, frying etc) based on the size of the Dutch oven you are using.

http://www.dutchovendude.com/campfire-cooking.shtml

[Bulldog lady]

Just printed it off, thanks so much,  one of great things about this site, always someone with information on any and everything and ready to share it.