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Good Grief, can't eat a few ashes?! Oh brother! I don't like the Lodge anyway. Think you have your fire up way too hot. Hope your anchor idea worked well for you. I'll stay with Griswold and Wagner.
I bought one before seeing this review, (I laughed at the ending.) we've used it extensively in the fire pit with wood which is what it's actually designed for, not charcoal. So sir, if you do another review of this amazingly versatile piece, use it in a campfire or at least a fire pit the way it was designed. We've used it in nearly every configuration and, after two good initial seasonings, the first thing I made was pizza, it turned out perfectly. The CI trivit is a must or use a tripod or swing. I love this thing!
So, aside of user error(dumping your ash on your pizza, focused propane flame), it seemed to work well. If you want to buy a one-thing-to-do-it-all piece of cast, this IS the one to get.
Just came across your video after owning this for a few months. Love your review, but we're actually very happy with this product. We use it camping and at home next to the charcoal grill. It acts as a second Dutch oven plus the pizza oven is awesome (haven't had any issues with ash in food). Grill is hit or miss, sometimes I prefer the open flame (like for steaks) but this is great for anything that tends to fall apart which I don't want to lose in the fire. Griddle is a tad small for the whole family, but it works. Love the skillet aspect, just need to manage where the heat is coming from. Overall, very happy we're using this on our camping trips. Haven't used your recommended boat anchor mode yet, probably will stick with our current anchor. It is very heavy, no doubt about that, but even my young daughters can haul it around.
Please! Whoever in R&D/Marketing at Lodge that thought reinventing the wheel was a good thing needs to be canned! The little 2 Qt (and up) dutch ovens should be flying outta your facility what with all the covid crap going on and people buying up cottage homes and thinking about heading for the hills should the shit keep hitting the fan. What are you thinking LODGE? OMG! Break out them old 2Qt molds already!
Thanks for the review of this piece. To be fair ive had the cook it all for about three years and I take it camping with me every single time. It take some care and attention to get it hot but once thats done it cooks incredibly well. I think its probably not for everyone but in the right hands this cast iron piece can produce some masterful dishes, envious glances and memorable experiences when you are camping in the great outdoors. Too bad you didnt like it but I appreciate your honest opinion. It’s not one I share but I will leave it to others to try it out for themselves. Perhaps you should add that creativity and skill is a requirement to use this cooking piece?
I was excited to buy this and even planned to make a trip to the factory store to pick one up. The trip got delayed and I started watching your videos. I'm glad it worked out that way. Thanks for all the tries and information in this over the last month.
THANK YOU! when I seen the ad for it, I was excited, and wanted it. luckily the very next week, you started reviewing it. hopefully lodge watch,and will make improvements. did it make a good ($150) anchor?
There goes your Lodge sponsorship! I’m grateful for your research on this item. You saved me money and from having two boat anchors. Keep up the videos, you’re doing great.
I have bad the Lodge pizza pan for years, and it is marvelous in the oven or on the grill...so thinking the griddle/grill half of the Cook-it-all just might be a keeper. The "wok" half indeed looks like a gooch.
@@MikeB3542 You gave me a good idea for that. Just might use that top half for a pizza on the Weber. Setting in the box on a shelf right now. Sorry, I don't get notified of these downstream comments.
Perfect. It is too expensive, too heavy, too cumbersome, and it just doesn't work well. I hope Lodge realizes that your honest critiques are valuable to their customers. Lodge has so many great products, that it's inevitable that every once in a while a dud comes down the pike. I for one, am anxious to see what Lodge comes up with next. You done good!
Brother thank you for an HONEST review. I love my iron and I am always looking for new good products. If it's a good anchor then it's a good anchor. Thanks again for the great review and what not to buy! Have an awesome weekend!
Thank you sir for your review, I was going to start saving up to get one, but after what I saw, I can do everything it can do with what I got already, You have a good one Laters
Glad I saw this review before buying im on the fence about it, it seem like if I have a Dutch oven and skillet I'm good to go, do they sale the flip top buy itself at all.
Absolutely loved the review, thank you so much for saving me the energy of trying to get hold of this item. I’m in Cambridge, England and this is on uk Amazon for over £230!
I too appreciate your review. I thought this might be the go to piece for camping. I asked Kent Rollins his opinion on it as well, he has not actually used it, but he said it wasn’t his style. When two veteran cast iron cooks says it’s a no go, it’s probably not worth having.
I was desperate to buy one but searching for a honest review, as I was skeptical about its weight and the cumbersome handles. Thank you for this honest review. You saved my hard earned money. I will stick to my Camp ovens/Dutch ovens, cauldrons , woks, griddles, sauce pans, which in fact are cooking everything possible since so many years.
Sir I have a few lodge pots and the only one I like is the skillet. The lodge dutch oven always gets rusty when I am cooking no matter how long I seasoned it and the black stuff has flaked off on my skillet leaving it uneven. What can I do? I had to switch to enameled pots to avoid the rust by the way.
I really appreciate your honesty...when I first seen the cook it all I wanted one but I balked at the price. I'll stick to my dutch ovens, griddle and skillet.
I think you could get a 12" dutch oven, a 12" skillet, and a small plancha lodge makes for about the same price and do a lot more with those than the "cook it all."
Thanks for the video. I was going to buy but that short charcoal rim is a no go for me. I would imagine an extended rim would retain more heat in Dutch mode as well.
Hey guy there were multiple times when you said this probably works better over a campfire did you ever think that maybe instead of using the miniscule looking amount of charcoal that you used that look like they had no heat at all maybe you should use it over a campfire which is what cast iron was originally intended for
You would have to build a bonfire to cook in this. My opinion, but go ahead and spend $158 if you want and try it for yourself. Thanks for watching. PS This one is for sale.
I found your channel because I was looking for recipes for the cook it all I had already bought 🤦 But thanks for the great, honest review. I think I'm going to sell it and get a Dutch oven stand or a sportsman's grill
Hats off for such brutal honesty. I had got the same from amazon and its a disaster. Cant use it indoors.. very high fuel and not to mention too expensive. They probably need to make a 10 or 12 inch model.
Thank you Bro. Saved me some money. Was about go get this instead of my first camp dutch oven. Have now decided to get the Lodge 12 inch shallow as my first camp dutch oven.
@@BackwoodsGourmetChannel Really appreciate the suggestion. Will plan on the 12 deep first. Is there a cook table you would recommend? The lodge cook table or another one if recommended at all?
I actually wanted one when Lodge first announced it. Then I started looking at it and thought to myself that this can’t do anything my Dutch oven, skillets, or griddle can’t do already. Your review confirmed this. Thanks for saving me 130 bucks.
I appreciate your honest review of this product. I am new to cast iron cooking and was interested in this for overlanding as a means to keep cooking items to a minimum. The grill/griddle lid is what interests me the most. Can you recommend other products to accomplish this? Thanks again
Volcano bbq might work pretty well...very sturdy and easily packed in your rig because of its construction you don't have to be concerned about placing heavy items on top , which makes packing your gear so much easier
After watching this, I just ordered one. It looks like everything you made came out great! I think it will work much better camping with a fire. The price has dropped and REI has free shipping, not that bad for large cast iron.
You did a good job at trying to find good points to the cook it all. I didn't like how awkward it was for you. I would modify it and use it as seperate units.
I was enthused at first. But like medicine I knew to wait. New meds would come out and my docs,I was a PA, would start their patients on the new meds. I’d hang back. Within 6-8 months patients would start dropping like flies and my docs would scramble to switch their back to the older,and safer meds! This product looked like too good to believe. Respect your evaluations and glad I didn’t jump out and buy it. Don’t need to add it to my half ton of CI! Loved the ending!
So what i hear you saying is its 7 in 1. A grill, skillet, wok, pizza oven, dutch oven, griddle AND a boat anchor. Almost every do-it-all tool I ever purchased was a "jack of all trades, master of none" I imagine this is no exception. My cook it all just arrived in the mail. Wish i had seen your video 1st but I'll be giving it a 5 day test ride this weekend. Hope i have a better experience than you did. I'll check ulout your other videos and subscribe.
BWG thank you for your honest review. I love cooking in my cast iron and decided to buy one of these for my son and DIL for Christmas...I really appreciate you saving me $130 plus shipping!!! If YOU don't find it beneficial to cook on with your extensive CI cooking experience, I would think most others would find it hard to use too. Personally, I'm too old to be lifting 30 lbs (and that's without any food in it) so I'll just stick to my other CI pots and skillets that are more manageable and effective. Love your videos...God bless!!
Thank you sir! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I could tell, you really didn't want to do this one, but had to because of your strong moral compass. I could tell throughout the series, that you really wanted to like the cook it all, but it just never really stood and delivered! Thank you for all your hard work, I know that this thing didn't fail from a lack of effort, but lack of research and design. Thanks again, happy to be subbed!!
I'm no expert either...but I do know that wood charcoal is better than briquettes because most briquettes burn to fast and get too "ashy" because they're basically powdered charred wood and pressed like a cake. Try natural wood charcoal and see if that works better for you.
I just spent the week in Pennsylvania camping & trout fishing . My Lodge 12 in. deep dutch oven ( now $60 @ Rural King ) & my #12 vintage BS&R skillet ( $8 ) was my “ cooked it all “. I guess your “ damning with faint praise “ morphed into just “ damning “. Loved the video . 😄 Semper Fi
You are right, the 12 " skillet and Dutch Oven are proven cooking tools over hundreds of years. We are leaving for the Smokey Mountains in a couple of weeks and that's what I have packed along with the Sportsmans Grill. Thanks for watching.
I thought they were trying to overdo a tried and true Dutch oven with a skillet lid. I was right not to even think about it. Great vids and reviews. I'll stick with my Lodge wok.
What I learned from using cast iron is that it's all about that heat. What works for me is I use my rocket stove. Or my santa maria grill which is my favorite way. It is what it is.
The Cook It All is too heavy for me but I think I would have really liked it way back when. I prefer to cook over an open fire so it would work great that way.
I got the two piece set from Lodge for $37, it works pretty good. I have done the mountain man breakfast,pizza,roasted a chicken and made biscuits in it. So far so good.
Lol lodge should include a tiny broom to sweep around lid before lifting up off of cooking food. Still 😂😂😂@your new anchor⚓️ I appreciate your review. 😉👍
I'm in agreement with you based on actual experience with iron skillets, pots and griddles on the trail. It takes a good fire to get it hot, then you have to move it away from the fire because it is too hot-so end of day? You are using a "cook it all" due to space...but need the space of a good size fire to use it. I'd say you would have to babysit it either way. Thanks!
Well, that about wraps it up for me. Thanks ever so for this honest, practical demonstration and review. I was seriously considering purchasing one but wanted to watch a promo video first that was NOT put out by Lodge in order to obtain an unbiased overview. I’m a big Lodge customer and have reams of all manner of cast iron so this particularl product won’t put me off Lodge as a whole. But the price point - not to mention massive weight - just doesn’t deliver the goods needed to make this a useful addition to our cast iron family. Much appreciation to you for your appraisal!
Hello backwoods, I just picked up a large frying pan with 3 legs. Its 14 inches wide,4 inches deep,has a 9 inch handle,very heavy,the walls aren't uniformed,thinner in places,. It's old,the only markings is 14. How can I send you a picture
Wow! The cook it all is meant to be used for cooking over a campfire (open flame), not sitting on top of a propane gas stove or a charcoal chimney of burning charcoal. Of course it will get extremely hot in the center of the pan when you have it sitting on a propane gas flame focused in the center of the pan. DUH! It's a shame that some people who might have loved this product while using it the way it was intended have been discouraged from buying it because of your review. That's why I read a mix of reviews when researching a product, because I want to try and avoid having user errors affecting my purchasing decisions.
Great video. Don't worry, ashes like bacon grease, is a condiment here in the South. Keep em coming. BTW, I came to same conclusion as you. I cook our pizzas in a Lodge 14" deep turned upside down.
He he he he.... luv your review. A boat anchor eh. I dunno.. looks awkward to throw... but funny!! My concerns about that use is it looks like it would be a mud magnet with all them lips and hollows...also i bet it scares the fish fer miles around on splashdown!! My fave anchors are old style house window sash weights.. can just lower em silently over side. And on mud they brilliant! Lower til just hits bottom...lift it back up cupla feet then drop. They spear into mud nicely! And lots cheaper than lodge anchor!! Thanks for a good honest and funny review!!
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Good Grief, can't eat a few ashes?! Oh brother! I don't like the Lodge anyway. Think you have your fire up way too hot. Hope your anchor idea worked well for you. I'll stay with Griswold and Wagner.
Don't eat ashes from production charcoal. Most brands including Kingsford contain coal dust. So you can eat those if you like. Thanks for watching.
I don't use production charcoal.
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Dude! You just threw 160 bucks of your hard earned money in a lake!
I bought one before seeing this review, (I laughed at the ending.) we've used it extensively in the fire pit with wood which is what it's actually designed for, not charcoal. So sir, if you do another review of this amazingly versatile piece, use it in a campfire or at least a fire pit the way it was designed. We've used it in nearly every configuration and, after two good initial seasonings, the first thing I made was pizza, it turned out perfectly.
The CI trivit is a must or use a tripod or swing. I love this thing!
So, aside of user error(dumping your ash on your pizza, focused propane flame), it seemed to work well. If you want to buy a one-thing-to-do-it-all piece of cast, this IS the one to get.
Just came across your video after owning this for a few months. Love your review, but we're actually very happy with this product. We use it camping and at home next to the charcoal grill. It acts as a second Dutch oven plus the pizza oven is awesome (haven't had any issues with ash in food). Grill is hit or miss, sometimes I prefer the open flame (like for steaks) but this is great for anything that tends to fall apart which I don't want to lose in the fire. Griddle is a tad small for the whole family, but it works. Love the skillet aspect, just need to manage where the heat is coming from. Overall, very happy we're using this on our camping trips. Haven't used your recommended boat anchor mode yet, probably will stick with our current anchor. It is very heavy, no doubt about that, but even my young daughters can haul it around.
Lodge, if your listening please bring back the 16" dutch oven.
Yep, but do the 6 inch Dutch Ovens too!
Please! Whoever in R&D/Marketing at Lodge that thought reinventing the wheel was a good thing needs to be canned! The little 2 Qt (and up) dutch ovens should be flying outta your facility what with all the covid crap going on and people buying up cottage homes and thinking about heading for the hills should the shit keep hitting the fan. What are you thinking LODGE? OMG! Break out them old 2Qt molds already!
They made a Dutch in 16" diameter??...
...yeah. +1 on your suggestion. I want one now.
@@schechter01 Camp Chef makes a 16" dutch oven. I have one and it works well.
I have been looking for a pizza solution but this doesn't seem to be it.
Thanks for this video you saved me a load of money.
Thanks for the review of this piece. To be fair ive had the cook it all for about three years and I take it camping with me every single time. It take some care and attention to get it hot but once thats done it cooks incredibly well. I think its probably not for everyone but in the right hands this cast iron piece can produce some masterful dishes, envious glances and memorable experiences when you are camping in the great outdoors. Too bad you didnt like it but I appreciate your honest opinion. It’s not one I share but I will leave it to others to try it out for themselves. Perhaps you should add that creativity and skill is a requirement to use this cooking piece?
I was excited to buy this and even planned to make a trip to the factory store to pick one up. The trip got delayed and I started watching your videos. I'm glad it worked out that way. Thanks for all the tries and information in this over the last month.
THANK YOU! when I seen the ad for it, I was excited, and wanted it. luckily the very next week, you started reviewing it. hopefully lodge watch,and will make improvements. did it make a good ($150) anchor?
There goes your Lodge sponsorship! I’m grateful for your research on this item. You saved me money and from having two boat anchors. Keep up the videos, you’re doing great.
I have bad the Lodge pizza pan for years, and it is marvelous in the oven or on the grill...so thinking the griddle/grill half of the Cook-it-all just might be a keeper. The "wok" half indeed looks like a gooch.
@@MikeB3542 You gave me a good idea for that. Just might use that top half for a pizza on the Weber. Setting in the box on a shelf right now. Sorry, I don't get notified of these downstream comments.
Thanks for the honest review. You saved me $120. Going with the standard dutch oven.
That has got to be one of the most honest reviews that I have ever seen.😆
Perfect. It is too expensive, too heavy, too cumbersome, and it just doesn't work well. I hope Lodge realizes that your honest critiques are valuable to their customers. Lodge has so many great products, that it's inevitable that every once in a while a dud comes down the pike. I for one, am anxious to see what Lodge comes up with next. You done good!
Thank you for your honest and entertaining review!
I want to thank you guys for this review. I was thinking about buying a "Cook it all"; but I am not sold on it now. Once again thank you. - Gman
Brother thank you for an HONEST review. I love my iron and I am always looking for new good products. If it's a good anchor then it's a good anchor. Thanks again for the great review and what not to buy! Have an awesome weekend!
The end review is awesome. Sooooooo funny! I'm thinking my current Dutch ovens can do all that the Cook All can do. Thanks for the honest review!
Great video, I love the honest review
Thanks much for your honest review. I was thinking about buying one until I watched your video.
Glad I watched this. Thanks for the review
I would like to replace my aluminum fish frying pot with a cast iron one. What size and make would you recommend?
Love this video!! I was skeptical and glad I waited because I think it would be too big to anchor my kayak!!
Thank you for this great review!
Thanks for the honest review. I have been on the fence about this purchase. I think I will save my money.
Thank you sir for your review, I was going to start saving up to get one, but after what I saw, I can do everything it can do with what I got already,
You have a good one
Laters
Make sure to keep your anchor seasoned well so it doesn't rust!
Glad I saw this review before buying im on the fence about it, it seem like if I have a Dutch oven and skillet I'm good to go, do they sale the flip top buy itself at all.
Absolutely loved the review, thank you so much for saving me the energy of trying to get hold of this item. I’m in Cambridge, England and this is on uk Amazon for over £230!
Thanks for this honest review.
Thanks for the no nonsense honest review. 🍻
Brutally honest review thanks.
I too appreciate your review. I thought this might be the go to piece for camping. I asked Kent Rollins his opinion on it as well, he has not actually used it, but he said it wasn’t his style. When two veteran cast iron cooks says it’s a no go, it’s probably not worth having.
Really appreciate your candid review. It is obvious that you are not a shill for Lodge.
I was desperate to buy one but searching for a honest review, as I was skeptical about its weight and the cumbersome handles. Thank you for this honest review. You saved my hard earned money. I will stick to my Camp ovens/Dutch ovens, cauldrons , woks, griddles, sauce pans, which in fact are cooking everything possible since so many years.
I didnt expect that at the end😂 love the honesty brother
Sir I have a few lodge pots and the only one I like is the skillet. The lodge dutch oven always gets rusty when I am cooking no matter how long I seasoned it and the black stuff has flaked off on my skillet leaving it uneven. What can I do? I had to switch to enameled pots to avoid the rust by the way.
I really appreciate your honesty...when I first seen the cook it all I wanted one but I balked at the price. I'll stick to my dutch ovens, griddle and skillet.
Thank you for another great video,,, That pizza looks fantastic, I would definitely eat it, with or without ashes.
great review i enjoyed the series
you gave it a fair chance
Appreciate your honesty!
Ty for the honesty!
Thanks for the honest review, I had my suspicions but you confirmed them. :) Lodge makes some great stuff but doesn't look like this is one of them.
Great vid....love the ending..lol! Lodge has got some fixing to do. Thanks for the vid.
I don't know why they tried to "fix" a problem that didn't exist. Their current products work just fine. Thanks for watching.
I think you could get a 12" dutch oven, a 12" skillet, and a small plancha lodge makes for about the same price and do a lot more with those than the "cook it all."
thanks for your honesty
Great video thanks for sharing this I was thinking about buying one but nope
Thanks for the video. I was going to buy but that short charcoal rim is a no go for me. I would imagine an extended rim would retain more heat in Dutch mode as well.
Thank you from the Philippines! You would not want to know what they want for that boat anchor over here! I enjoyed your show, and subscribed!
Hey guy there were multiple times when you said this probably works better over a campfire did you ever think that maybe instead of using the miniscule looking amount of charcoal that you used that look like they had no heat at all maybe you should use it over a campfire which is what cast iron was originally intended for
You would have to build a bonfire to cook in this. My opinion, but go ahead and spend $158 if you want and try it for yourself. Thanks for watching. PS This one is for sale.
I might try it. I love cooking over a real fire so it might work. I think chiliwould work great
Real honest, I love it. Cheers!!!
Thanks for you honest review, if you would have recommend I would have bought.
Love your new boat anchor.
Good review...warts and all. Expensive boat anchor.
I found your channel because I was looking for recipes for the cook it all I had already bought 🤦
But thanks for the great, honest review. I think I'm going to sell it and get a Dutch oven stand or a sportsman's grill
I would like to have a try if they have a 8-10 inches cook it all. The 14 inches is way too heavy to clean and maintain
Thanks for the vid!
Hats off for such brutal honesty. I had got the same from amazon and its a disaster. Cant use it indoors.. very high fuel and not to mention too expensive. They probably need to make a 10 or 12 inch model.
I love mine. Haven't had a single problem every meal has turned out perfect.
Thanks for watching. If you want a second one, mine is for sale.
Never try to reinvent the wheel.
Thank you Bro. Saved me some money. Was about go get this instead of my first camp dutch oven. Have now decided to get the Lodge 12 inch shallow as my first camp dutch oven.
I would suggest the 12 inch Lodge Deep for your first one. Second 10 inch shallow. Thanks for watching.
@@BackwoodsGourmetChannel Really appreciate the suggestion. Will plan on the 12 deep first. Is there a cook table you would recommend? The lodge cook table or another one if recommended at all?
That was truly an LOL use for it... worth the wait.
I actually wanted one when Lodge first announced it. Then I started looking at it and thought to myself that this can’t do anything my Dutch oven, skillets, or griddle can’t do already. Your review confirmed this. Thanks for saving me 130 bucks.
Maybe Lodge will pay me $100K to take down this video. Thanks for watching
I appreciate your honest review of this product. I am new to cast iron cooking and was interested in this for overlanding as a means to keep cooking items to a minimum. The grill/griddle lid is what interests me the most. Can you recommend other products to accomplish this?
Thanks again
The Lodge 20 inch Grill Griddle would be a good choice. Here is where you can buy it. amzn.to/2U4daPo
Volcano bbq might work pretty well...very sturdy and easily packed in your rig because of its construction you don't have to be concerned about placing heavy items on top , which makes packing your gear so much easier
Nice show thanks
After watching this, I just ordered one. It looks like everything you made came out great! I think it will work much better camping with a fire. The price has dropped and REI has free shipping, not that bad for large cast iron.
Very Informative. Thanks. zane
You did a good job at trying to find good points to the cook it all. I didn't like how awkward it was for you. I would modify it and use it as seperate units.
I was enthused at first. But like medicine I knew to wait. New meds would come out and my docs,I was a PA, would start their patients on the new meds. I’d hang back. Within 6-8 months patients would start dropping like flies and my docs would scramble to switch their back to the older,and safer meds! This product looked like too good to believe. Respect your evaluations and glad I didn’t jump out and buy it. Don’t need to add it to my half ton of CI! Loved the ending!
So what i hear you saying is its 7 in 1. A grill, skillet, wok, pizza oven, dutch oven, griddle AND a boat anchor. Almost every do-it-all tool I ever purchased was a "jack of all trades, master of none" I imagine this is no exception. My cook it all just arrived in the mail. Wish i had seen your video 1st but I'll be giving it a 5 day test ride this weekend. Hope i have a better experience than you did. I'll check ulout your other videos and subscribe.
Your. An honest reviewer I fell out of my chair with the boat anchor idea 👍
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was not expecting that end! too funny hahahahahahahaaaa
BWG thank you for your honest review. I love cooking in my cast iron and decided to buy one of these for my son and DIL for Christmas...I really appreciate you saving me $130 plus shipping!!! If YOU don't find it beneficial to cook on with your extensive CI cooking experience, I would think most others would find it hard to use too. Personally, I'm too old to be lifting 30 lbs (and that's without any food in it) so I'll just stick to my other CI pots and skillets that are more manageable and effective. Love your videos...God bless!!
Get them a Lodge 10 inch DO instead. Thanks for watching.
I couldn’t stop laughing at the end. Thanks for making my day!
Lodge must love you! Several of your videos talk bad about Lodge gear...yet they keep sending it to you for review...craziness.
Thank you sir! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I could tell, you really didn't want to do this one, but had to because of your strong moral compass. I could tell throughout the series, that you really wanted to like the cook it all, but it just never really stood and delivered! Thank you for all your hard work, I know that this thing didn't fail from a lack of effort, but lack of research and design. Thanks again, happy to be subbed!!
Glad I watched your review. Saved me some money. BTW, I like your cleaver-shaped pizza cutter. May I ask where you got it?
I made this cleaver myself from an old circular saw blade. Thanks for watching.
Backwoods Gourmet Channel Nice work! I’ll Have to look for something similar as I have 10 thumbs...
Love the ending...this is great
Thx for that! I was tempted to buy one last month... Glad I didn't!
I'm no expert either...but I do know that wood charcoal is better than briquettes because most briquettes burn to fast and get too "ashy" because they're basically powdered charred wood and pressed like a cake. Try natural wood charcoal and see if that works better for you.
That's funny! I'd stick to skillets and dutch ovens too!
I just spent the week in Pennsylvania camping & trout fishing . My Lodge 12 in. deep dutch oven ( now $60 @ Rural King ) & my #12 vintage BS&R skillet ( $8 ) was my
“ cooked it all “. I guess your “ damning with faint praise “ morphed into just “ damning “. Loved the video . 😄
Semper Fi
You are right, the 12 " skillet and Dutch Oven are proven cooking tools over hundreds of years. We are leaving for the Smokey Mountains in a couple of weeks and that's what I have packed along with the Sportsmans Grill. Thanks for watching.
I thought they were trying to overdo a tried and true Dutch oven with a skillet lid. I was right not to even think about it. Great vids and reviews. I'll stick with my Lodge wok.
What I learned from using cast iron is that it's all about that heat. What works for me is I use my rocket stove. Or my santa maria grill which is my favorite way. It is what it is.
You save me a lot of money. ty my friend.
The Cook It All is too heavy for me but I think I would have really liked it way back when. I prefer to cook over an open fire so it would work great that way.
The food looks good . I didn't know the cook it all was so much work with it .
I got the two piece set from Lodge for $37, it works pretty good. I have done the mountain man breakfast,pizza,roasted a chicken and made biscuits in it. So far so good.
Lol lodge should include a tiny broom to sweep around lid before lifting up off of cooking food. Still 😂😂😂@your new anchor⚓️
I appreciate your review. 😉👍
Much respect for your honesty. Just saved me some bucks for something else.
I'm in agreement with you based on actual experience with iron skillets, pots and griddles on the trail. It takes a good fire to get it hot, then you have to move it away from the fire because it is too hot-so end of day? You are using a "cook it all" due to space...but need the space of a good size fire to use it. I'd say you would have to babysit it either way. Thanks!
A cast iron anchor? Man those guy's at lodge are genius's.you can cook your food with it and use it as a tool to help gather food as well.
Well, that about wraps it up for me. Thanks ever so for this honest, practical demonstration and review. I was seriously considering purchasing one but wanted to watch a promo video first that was NOT put out by Lodge in order to obtain an unbiased overview. I’m a big Lodge customer and have reams of all manner of cast iron so this particularl product won’t put me off Lodge as a whole. But the price point - not to mention massive weight - just doesn’t deliver the goods needed to make this a useful addition to our cast iron family. Much appreciation to you for your appraisal!
That pretty much sums up my opinion of this product. I was very disappointed.
Hello backwoods, I just picked up a large frying pan with 3 legs. Its 14 inches wide,4 inches deep,has a 9 inch handle,very heavy,the walls aren't uniformed,thinner in places,. It's old,the only markings is 14. How can I send you a picture
Check out the Backwoods Gourmet Group on Face Book. You can post there after being accepted.
Wow! The cook it all is meant to be used for cooking over a campfire (open flame), not sitting on top of a propane gas stove or a charcoal chimney of burning charcoal. Of course it will get extremely hot in the center of the pan when you have it sitting on a propane gas flame focused in the center of the pan. DUH! It's a shame that some people who might have loved this product while using it the way it was intended have been discouraged from buying it because of your review. That's why I read a mix of reviews when researching a product, because I want to try and avoid having user errors affecting my purchasing decisions.
Enough said. Thanks
Great video. Don't worry, ashes like bacon
grease, is a condiment here in the South. Keep em coming. BTW, I came to same conclusion as you. I cook our pizzas in a Lodge 14" deep turned upside down.
Did it work a boat anchor?
YES! Thanks for watching.
glad you are honest about it ha boat anchor i didnt really care for that contraption either you cant beat a good ol dutch oven with a lid and a weber
I actually laughed out loud when he threw that thing in the lake
Yeah I didn't like it from the looks right off. You did a GREAT job on this thanks.
He he he he.... luv your review. A boat anchor eh. I dunno.. looks awkward to throw... but funny!! My concerns about that use is it looks like it would be a mud magnet with all them lips and hollows...also i bet it scares the fish fer miles around on splashdown!! My fave anchors are old style house window sash weights.. can just lower em silently over side. And on mud they brilliant! Lower til just hits bottom...lift it back up cupla feet then drop. They spear into mud nicely! And lots cheaper than lodge anchor!! Thanks for a good honest and funny review!!
Thanks! Totally saved me a $150.