Pictured above is the new Lodge product, the "cook it all".
It markets itself as a combination griddle, grill, wok, pizza oven, and dutch oven.
Which it basically is. And when I saw the video, I immediately wanted one... until I saw the price tag. Yikes!!!
So having said that, there are some things you should know about the cook-it-all:
It's got a ring on the bottom, that lifts the pot about an inch off the ground, just like camp oven legs. So it is not practical to use on an indoor stove. Maybe the oven.
It's meant to be used over a campfire. Video reviews of people who tried using this to cook over coals, showed that the results were not good, because the coals burned out inside the ring underneath. Using a camp oven, there's enough airflow that the coals don't burn out.
For all practical purposes, if you have a camp oven (the cast iron pot with a flat lid and legs), you have 90% of the capability.
A camp oven is primarily used as a dutch oven. But you can also use a dutch oven trivet or lid stand, and flip the lid over to use as a griddle. Put your pot upside down over the flipped lid, and it's a pizza oven. While the pot is not curved, there's no reason you can't do stir fry type dishes in the open pot.
The only thing a camp oven doesn't have is the raised grill part, but you can certainly cook steaks or burgers on a camp oven lid.
It all depends on whether you think an item that can only be used over a campfire, is worth spending $130.
Personally, I'd rather something I can use over a fire, AND over coals, AND indoors. All regular Lodge cast iron cookware can be used over fire, over coals, and indoors.
The camp ovens can't be used indoors (only over fire and over coals), but if I already have one, then I have 90% of the capability of the cook-it-all.
I think you're better off buying the new lodge Fire and Cook stand, for cooking over a fire using most Lodge cookware.
It's very reasonably priced, and you can use the cookware you already have, to cook over your campfire.
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