Coing dutch: meet your cook-it-all camping tool

HOW TO USE A DUTCH OVEN

1 Prepare the fire3 Start cookingFor many recipes, you just set the dutch oven on top of the hot coats ("bottom heat cooking"). But there are times when you'll need to heat both the top and bottom of the oven. Just scrape about half the coals to the side and arrange the rest in a circle the size of the dutch oven's outer edge. Set the oven on top of the circle of coals, then pile the rest of the coals on top of the lid.2 Set up the oven.If you have a campfire going, move any large pieces of still-burning wood to the side and level out your hot coals to fit the size of the dutch oven. If the campground doesn't allow wood fires, burn 50 charcoal briquets till they're mostly gray, 10 to 15 minutes, and spread into an even layer the size of the dutch oven.BY AMY MACHNAK | PHOTOGRAPHS BYTHOMAS J. STORY | FOOD STYLING BY KAREN SHINTO

BY AMY MACHNAK | PHOTOGRAPHS BYTHOMAS J. STORY | FOOD STYLING BY KAREN SHINTO