DCHP-3

bake kettle

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

a large flat pot of cast iron with a cover, used for baking bread.

Quotations

1836
At first I was inclined to grumble and rebel against the expediency of bake-pans or bake-kettles.
1961
The "cookery" consisted of . . . seven or eight bake kettles, "cast iron ovens" that were 14 to 16 inches in diameter and five inches deep with cast iron covers and lugs. . . .