hobo hounds yes I love my dutch oven in fact I have a few. only take one on the road. I have never tried to bake on a stove top. with a dutch oven to bake you need most of the heat on the top. I do the coals over and under. however I have had good luck with this method also; in a bbq that has a lid, place a heat sink above the heat source I use a piece of plate aluminum about 3/8 thick, larger than the diameter of the dutch oven. so on a 10 inch d.o. you would need like a 12 inch plate, you could also use iron instead of aluminum. then place the d.o. on the heat sink. best if your d.o. has legs if not place rocks under the d.o. to raise off the heat sink. then close the lid and bake. you might have to experiment a little with temp I find it takes a little longer to bake this way, but I have had excellent results. from my results I believe you are getting about 350 degrees in the d.o. maybe a more if you really fire up the Barbie. btw to everyone who reads this d.o. make really good and easy popcorn on a stove top, just like mom used to make on the stove top. I am surprised that dutch oven cook books don't talk about this because it's so easy. highdesertranger