So glad we got to do this camping trip with you, Kelly! It’s always a good time getting to catch up and hang out! 🙂

@kellyhays23

6 ай бұрын

Yes!!! I had a blast! Can’t wait to do it again with yall!

You needed a much larger fire to produce coals. Preheat cast iron. It takes a long time to get hot. Not really too bad for your first try. We lined ours with tin foil for our brownies and upside down pineapple cake.

Use charcoal briquettes to have a manageable and consistent fire for Dutch oven cooking

If you use charcoal briquets it's 25 degrees per briquet. We've made peach cobbler in a dutch oven.

Hey Kelly, as always, loved your video. When you say a pizza from "scratch" you mean "scratch." I don't know many people who make their own pizza sauce...I'm impressed. Hey, get yourself your own space heater for the van, you won't regret it especially on these chilly winter nights. One more thing....Go Lions!! (I'm from SE Michigan).

Howdy Kelly! Thanks for the video…just hoping this will be helpful - don’t think it’s advised to cook with propane inside unless properly vented…maybe you had a door or window open but could not tell. Thanks.,

Great video nothing better than camping with friends and making home made pizzas 💯💯💯

Preheat the dutch oven before putting in the dough. Use almost half the amount of dough that you did for that size oven. And, when forming the pizza dough, start in the middle and press the air out towards the crust edge. This will push all the air to the crust edge and give you that nice airy cornice. DONOT press the edges of the dough down. Go from the center, outwards, leaving two fingers worth of untouched dough around the edge. I have been making pizza for over 6 years now about twice a month, and still learning! It actually looked pretty good!

There's a tree outside of the old visitor center that was planted in 1986 with a plaque dedicated to my grandpa Harold "Buddy" Goins...guess I need to make the trip and see if it's still there...

Awesome cooking. A lid trivet is great so you can lay the lid on it and keep the underside clean. Then a lid lifter clamps on the handle to keep the lid level with coals on it. These two things are essential for Dutch oven cooking. Briquets are also awesome for controlling heat. You can move them around with metal cooking forceps.

... Great time with friends ......... ... Awesome trail and falls ...

I've baked a pan pizza in the Dutch with a pie pan slightly smaller in diameter - it lets some heat circulate around the pan. Blueberry pie too.

Love your adventures... Dutch oven cooking and baking are very different. Cooking is fairly easy. Baking, on the other hand, is slightly more deliberate. First, as you discoverd, baking takes a better supply of coals. If your car camping (dutch oven) adventures are near any lakes or rivers, dried driftwood makes excellent coals for baking. Since you're not backpacking this equipment you might want to consider a pizza stone or pan. Most importantly, for baking, pre heating is essential. Sorry I missed you in Florida...you camped all around me. Canaveral, Jonathon Dickenson Etc. I'm looking forward to many dutch oven treats to come. Be safe !

I lived in Searcy and went to petit jean , AWesome . Tough climb

Love the way you cook with real ingredients while camping and in your van. I don’t even do that all the time at home! Thanks for the video, Kelly. Always love to see a new one.

It's a beautiful world...

Just got back from a quick ~mile walk. If you ever happen to be heading West on I10 between Lake City and Jacksonville FL there's a 'Fanny Bay Trail' that's part of a rest stop on I10 West. There's a nice little boardwalk through a swamp. Check it out.f Great video!

Ticket to ride is a good time. Jealous of your bravery, getting out in the cold and enjoying being outdoors! Great video with all the cooking as always

Both Pizza's look amazing!!! 😊❤👍👏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Oh man, totally feel your joy about the heat! We used a heater to vancamp at a campsite at Lake Catherine over New Years and it was a game changer!!

Petit Jean is great! My favorite is the Cedar Creek trail.

That was fun We use Dutch Oven liners or parchment paper when we cook pizza. It helps manage the mess abit. That was a cool trail. Looked alot like Turner Falls in Oklahoma. Hope you get good news back from the mechanic on your van today 🙏 🤞

Such a pretty place. Arkansas has a lot of beauty. I visited Petit Jean when I was in elementary school with my family. About 10 years ago on a cross country road trip I stayed at a KOA near the PeaRidge/Elkhorn Tavern Battlefield park love the mountains there and so many other places I would like to go back and visit.

The Nail’s rig was nice but I’d prefer the compactness of your van. I’m rigging my 4Runner for sleeping in. Your pizza was okay for a first try.

we have a tripod we use with our dutch oven so the actual pot hangs from a chain. That way you can hang it directly over the fire and adjust the height as necessary. Keeping it right over the fire seems to capture a lot more heat than having it down in the coals.

That waterfall though Arkansas is a beautiful state it really is

That was a Classic trip! Lovely friends & loved the dogs too !! Also,, that state park reminds me of my favorite state park called Cloudland Canyon in N. W. Georgia.. go Kelly!!

@paulinalouise4502

6 ай бұрын

yes ! i does remind of Cloudland Canyon....especially the falls !

What a fun weekend!

That pizza looks good! The mountains in Arkansas reminds me of the Cumberland Plateau in mid-eastern Tennessee and the waterfall is beautiful!

You never find out if you don't give it a shot. We all learn a little by watching you do that. (& we have fun watching you have fun too) :.)

Your pizza looked good! I’ve struggled to make them half as good as yours in my oven at home. If you try again, after you get the dough in the cast iron, it helps to use a fork and poke a bunch of holes in the dough it helps to keep it from getting so puffy.

I'm gonna have to try the dutch oven pizza.Never tried it before.

You'll nail that Dutch oven pizza next time. 😊 Score on that little heater for the night! The falls were the perfect way to end this video, so pretty. The Nails were lovely peeps. ✌️

That pizza still looked amazing ❤ and leave them eye brows alone 😂

So many beautiful state parks in Arkansas. Mt. Nebo is still my favorite.

That was a beautiful location and waterfall. You were right just more coals to help the pizza cook. A cooking tip, when making pizza sauce add a little dried basil and oregano. Makes it so yummy. Hope you are staying warm and safe. Best wishes to you.

@kellyhays23

6 ай бұрын

I put both in the sauce! It def adds great flavor!

@user-David-Alan

6 ай бұрын

@@kellyhays23 Fantastic. Hope you are doing well.

@agnesskibicka

6 ай бұрын

​@@user-David-Alanyes yum! Hello 👋 from Poland 🇵🇱 and mindful life by Agnes (my channel 😊)!

Enjoyed the video. You always have the best 👍

Pizza looked delish!! Always fun watching your videos. ❤

Great video Kelly!

Great Video! I need to put that SP on my to go list ! I’ve camped in Arkansas. Need to do get back! Love my Cast iron dutch oven . Really like my 15” cast iron pan ! Thanks for sharing Kelly !😁👍

Petite jean is the best ark state park with amenities , only one my wife likes because she is not a camping person, thanks for sharing

Kelly what nice friends you have!!! 😊

Good times camping with friends.....and good home made pizza.

Kelly, it's nice to see you hiking trails that I can actually drive to and hike. I live in Hot Springs Village and have been planning to go to Petit Jean SP for a year now. This just makes it more interesting to go. Love your videos, keep up the great work you do.

Arkansas looks amazing! Can't wait to check it out! You need a buddy heater, just ventilate with slightly opened windows. 🤙✌️❤️

@kellyhays23

6 ай бұрын

I got one of those too but hate all the condensation it makes!

@vibelife5133

6 ай бұрын

@@kellyhays23 When I used one it was just to get the space good and warm, turn it off, then turn it on to warm up again in the morning. Ive used my electric heater like you used, it works great when you have hookups or a generator!

@agnesskibicka

6 ай бұрын

​@@vibelife5133hello:) from Poland and mindful life by Agnes and countryside 🏡🐕!

I’ve been to petit Jean. Love it!!!

Arkansas is so pretty but also just has the nicest people ever. i also love the turtle rocks alot on petit jean. i really also love flatside pinnacle close by outside of perryville

Use charcoal will be easier than actual coals from fire. The best food I’ve ever cooked have been outdoors in a Dutch oven. Made a peach cobbler once was the best ever.

Arkansas is gorgeous! I regret that I never got to Petit Jean when stationed at LRAFB. We flew C-130 low-level routes past Petit Jean & Russellville. Here’s a fun fact: Petit Jean looks like a duck on radar!

Great video, thanks 👍

Thanks for the video 👍👍

Use hardwood for coals, and preheat oven. Love your vids!

Tht pizza looked so good!!

❤ your channel Kelly

great video! I had no idea Arkansas had such beautiful hikes!❤

love these vids

I love it when you cook out of my cookbook!

Love the videos

Great pizza 🍕, so many places to hike 🍁

Fun adventure!! Pizza still looked good. Takes to long to heat cast iron I like instant gratification lol. Your hike was so pretty. Keep on!

Good stuff!

Hi Kelly what a beautiful Amazing Scenery I have a tip for you the Coleman stove you can get a line longer and use a 25 pounds tank😊

The pizza 🍕 looks yummy… Good job!

Congrats on getting a van sponsorship!

You have a really good channel. I am glad to be subscribed. I do a lot of camping myself by myself and enjoy it. I am a retired 747 Cargo Captain and I do get a free pass on most all airlines to go anywhere but I enjoy Fishing and Camping. I travel in my Prevost which is quite fun. I want to go tent camping in the Arkansas mountains. I think it would be fun on a 3 day camping survival with everything you need.

Nice video, made me relax❤😅

Use parchment paper next time it makes it easier to take the pizza out and keeps your dutch over clean plus works out better for cooking.

@rockytopwrangler2069

6 ай бұрын

... and a light coating of oil on both sides of dough ..

I believe in your campsite the pole is where you hang your lantern not your food.

@kellyhays23

6 ай бұрын

Ahhhh that would make sense. I’m too used to backpacking idk what all this fancy campground stuff is😂

Love it.

The State Park video is very cool, Arkansas too!

You will Master the Dutch oven. Best foods I’ve ever had were cooked in them.

Hey Kelly, chicken, bacon , ranch pizza is my favorite. Had a local resturant make me a chicken bacon ranch sandwich, it was soooo good! They even put it on the menu. Hint... if you make it, have a sturdy bun. Try it! Plus I'm jealous , Arkansas looks fantastic.

Amazing views at the end! Sweet!

"Medium Rare Pizza" 😆🤣😆

Great park i worked there in the old visitor center back in 2004 lol that hook is for a lantern not food lol but u could use it for that.

Ah, deep dish pizza!

yeah buddy!

@kellyhays23

6 ай бұрын

My fav part hehe 😆🤠

I would love to be on a float under that waterfall in July or August. I’m sure there would be plenty of other people there with the same idea. 😂

Hey you tried looks good.

You are going to need a burro to carry that oven on you next hiking trip. Grand Canyon?

Looked like you had so much fun cooking in the Dutch oven. How do you like it so far?

So much trial and error using a dutch oven. Your pizza looked very good to me! Looks like another good time was had.

One thing I like about you is you will make fun of yourself. People that laugh at themselves es come off very real to me.

Vam living and pizza. You are the dream partner. Ever try the air fryers yet?

Cool music with this one. When you gonna do a video & include Black Oak Arkansas in the soundtrack?

Extra nice video ❤ Beautiful area

Shud hv finshd in oven❤

The pizza looked tasty to me.I personally would have turned the Dutch oven upside down and placed the pizza on the lid and place it on a trivet so not to burn the base 👍

Alway carry a bag of charcoal in case of emergency 😃😃

Small amount of advice for the pizza, make sure that you have a measuring cup or a scale, producing a good pizza crust is a science, it’s a ratio the percentage of water to flowers important and you need to supply the correct amounts, additionally with the warm water you want to put in the yeast and sugar together and not on top of salt to start with, once you’re used as active than the salt is fine but in the beginning it will kill it

Camping with friends and learning Dutch Oven cooking. Does it get any better than that? Floridahanger

That is some fancy camper! That's bigger than some tiny homes! 😮 very nice. That waterfall looks like it would be a nice spot to swim in warmer weather 😊

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Hi Kelly I Love your Camper Van it’s very Awesome and Amazing Love ❤️ your Pizza so mmmmm Delicious Good

Beautiful 🙌😊👋

Save me a peace of pizza 😅😂.

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#Roger

Watch Cowboy Kent Rawlings for awesome Dutch oven cooking tips. Love your cooking sessions. Let us know when you are ready to explore North Florida we would love to show you around. Happy Trails!!! #livewildlyfl

Why is it because your a Florida gurl -probably