[Pollard]

Just noticed the different sizes in Lodge Dutch Ovens and more than one blue. That and a huge price range due to walmart website being like amazon now. Looks like 5.5 qt in Indigo blue is the one I can get from WM. They do make a 7.5 qt in indigo but wm doesn't carry them. Amazon has them for $120. Maybe later. I have a 6 qt Instant Pot but I want something I can use in the smoker or on top of the wood stove.

Will be heading that way shortly. Grab some lunch on the way. Maybe we'll get lucky and the Mad Moose BBQ guy will be set up in town. Mobile trailer and has the best wings ever.

Probably won't get any cattle panels from TS but will grab a flat of the wide mouth pint jars and look at their air hoses. Gonna drop my son off at WM and let him roam the food aisles with a cart. We're trying to expand his menu. I'll kill time at TS, hit GW Foods for a few racks of ribs, check out the discount grocery store and then head back to WM and hit the kitchen aisles. Meet up and check out and then hit the local grocery stores on the way back. One of them has wings for $2.49/lb which is a deal and we like our wings too.

Lodge makes Dutch Ovens in a lot of colors and sizes.

From Lodge on Amazon

From WM

Oddly, Lodge website doesn't show the 5.5 qt. Specially made for WM? Might be inferior if that's the case. WM tells suppliers what they'll pay and they can either figure out a way or not get the WM volume orders. Must be some quality difference if it's $100 for non WM Lodge 6 qt or $45 for WM Lodge 5.5 qt.

My Presto pressure canner was like that. It's 16 qt iirc and the one from WM has weights while the one available elsewhere including direct from Presto had the dial gauge. Even before starting as a machinist I could see that the machining wasn't great on mine. I've never gotten a chance to look at the non WM version but if I had to guess, I'd bet they're a little better. Mine has always worked just fine though and I prefer the weights. I grew up with that sound. It was usually green beans from the garden.

I might have to have an Indigo Dutch Oven selection, SM, MED, L and XL.

[FamiliarFace]

I think you’re right, Pollard, about the 5.5 qt being made exclusively for Walmart. That is a decent price, too.

My blue 6 qt Dutch oven looks like the blue that is 3rd from the left, top row. On Amazon, it just says “blue” for the color. I’m glad it was purchased when it was, 5 years ago.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I noticed that Walmart has expanded their listing for items! I wanted a particular cookbook, and they also had a used copy listed for half the price. Since I’m not picky, I ordered that one, and it was signed by the Author. Score!

I also discovered two tricks:

If you want to save $ on food, do a search for ‘foods under $2.00’ and you’ll see a LOT of unadvertised sales items. I do that, and also $1.00 items, which are usually canned meals (Chef Boyarde, etc.) that I buy for the Food Pantry.

They also have a tab for ROLLBACKS which are all kinds of discounted items; food, clothing, household, soap, shampoo, junk from China, etc. ;)

I wouldn’t go any smaller than the 5.5 quart Dutch Oven. Get the 6 quart if you can swing it. You won’t regret going bigger when it comes to those.