People list crazy uses online. Some campers use them for pineapple upside-down cake over coals. Others bake pizza with a foil ball inside to keep the dough off the bottom.
One guy on Reddit made a full Thanksgiving turkey in his Dutch oven. He didn’t have an oven. He used charcoal briquettes on top and bottom. It worked.
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There’s even a rumor that an astronaut brought one to the International Space Station. Not true, but I wish it were. Imagine zero-gravity beef stew.