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Thread: Cast iron dutch oven w/ hot plate

  1. 04-19-2009, 06:01 PM #21
    poisonivie
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    Has anybody tried an aluminum dutch oven? I've got one and was wondering about it.
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  2. 04-19-2009, 06:21 PM #22
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    This comes up from time to time and is a REALLY bad idea. Aluminum melts at 1200 degrees and heating it up to 650-800 degrees REALLY lowers it's strength. There have been reports of a collapse of an aluminum dutch oven with potentially disastrous results (how about 100 lbs + of melted alloy all over your feet?)

    DO NOT DO IT!

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  3. 04-20-2009, 12:33 AM #23
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    NO, NO , NO, Never!!! Stay with cast Iron , Stainless Steel will work, but it will also give up after a lot of smelting operations. But not the way an Aluminum pot can.

    Be Safe, Not Sorry , Cast doesn't cost that much.
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