This past Saturday I had more fun than I have had in ages. Good friend Harold Hamblin had organized a Dutch Oven Cooking Class put on by Susan and Russ Richins of RR Catering. The Richins are chuckwagon cooking experts and this class served as a great showcase for their knowledge.
The class ran from 9:00AM – 3:00PM and was full of solid info, fun, and it was very well-organized. We learned the nuances of different dutch ovens, accessories we needed to buy, how to season them, how to store them, transport them and more. At the end of the class, we stuffed ourselves and then learned how to clean Dutch Ovens!
The class provides everything you need. All of the utensils are handy, ingredients all sorted per team and placed into totes, we even were provided aprons! The class worked in pairs and each pair made a bread and some other dish.
With the class you get a binder that contains all of the class notes, and also the recipes we cooked in class. There was cinnamon rolls, honey wheat bread, faux braid bread, french bread, cheesy sausage potato casserole, corn casserole, a cabbage dish and more.
If you have any interest in outdoor cooking at all, I highly recommend this class. The Richins make the class fun, the length and participation are spot on, and you learn a ton of valuable knowledge. I’m thinking that I may just have found a new hobby!
For more info on their class, please visit their website: Dutch Oven Class Info
You can see photos of our class in action here: Class Photos
