About Us

My wife Glea and I (Dennis) live in Billings, Montana. We were first introduced to Dutch Ovens in 1990 by our Dentist, Robert Wagner, who has been cooking in them for most of his life. I guess we were really looking for an alternative cooking source in case of power outages and various emergencies.

As we started learning the "art" of Dutch Oven Cooking, it became a lot of fun and exciting to
see what could actually come out of a cast iron pot. I can't really remember the first thing
we tried, but I do remember my first failure, Pineapple Upside Down Cake. We have found
that some things take practice, and they don't always turn out as hoped.

It wasn't long after we started Dutch Oven Cooking that we started to compete. After a couple of years of competition we qualified and entered the International Dutch Oven Championship in Logan, Utah. Yes, we were probably a little out of our league, but it was for the fun of it, the challenge, the excitement and……

We placed 4th out of 15 of the Best of the Best!

We have found that Dutch Oven Cooking is something we "both" enjoy. It's something that brings us together, and my wife likes it because most of the time I cook Sunday dinner!

We teach Youth Groups, Scout Troops, Church Organizations and friends what we have learned over the years. We also do cooking demonstrations at various retail outlets. It's fun to go camping and watch near by campers when they smell the aroma of what's cooking. It reminds me of a time when we were with another family coming home from a trip. We both got Cabins for the night and I was shortly out in the parking lot with a Dutch Oven and a pork roast. Boy it smelled good too. He never lets us forget that while we were eating roast he and his family had sandwiches!

Another fun story is while we were floating the Smith River in Montana with about five other couples, I took a ten pound frozen turkey on the trip and kept it in a cooler for two or three days, soon it thawed and it was time! This was a joint effort and one they all talk about to this day. Yes, I took a heavy 12 inch cast iron pot on the canoe trip, but it was worth it. You might ask how does a turkey fit in a 12 inch oven? We were using a 12 inch deep Lodge oven and cut the Turkey in pieces like you would a chicken to fry. It all fit in the Dutch Oven except for the back. It was ready to eat in 2 ½ hours if I remember correctly. We had stuffing, the kind that comes out of a box, mashed potatoes and gravy and corn. It was good. It seems like things always taste better when you are camping.

We hope you enjoy Dutch Oven Magic, magic because of what comes out of the black pots and how good it tastes. We feel learning to cook in a Dutch Oven is just one way to prepare to feed your family and others in case of power failures and emergencies. We want to help as many as want to learn, how to be self sufficient and how use these magical cooking pots.

If you don't find what you are looking for, or have questions, comments or recommendations for dutchovenmagic.com email me.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Dennis and Glea