Equipment

Break in a potjie pot

How to break in your pot

To prepare a potjie for cooking the following steps are recommended:

  1. Wash inside thoroughly with boiling water and a scouring pad (or sandpaper) and dry over heat.
  2. Coat the inside with cooking oil and heat until the oil begins to smoke.
  3. Using a paper towel, wipe the inside clean. Repeat until the towel wipes clean.

The pot is now ready for use. The more you use it the better it becomes. After each use wash, dry and coat the inside with oil. Store with the lid off in a dry place with absorbent paper crumpled up in a ball inside the pot.

For wax-coated potjies such as Cadac, try the following:

  1. Start a fire.
  2. Put the pot upside down on a grid and let the flames burn away the paraffin coating inside the pot.
  3. Do the same with the lid.
  4. After 45 minutes, rinse out with water and the pot is ready for cooking.

potjiepotguide

3 thoughts on “Equipment

  1. Good day
    I am South African living in Australia and want to purchase one of your books, please can you send me one I can pay postage.

  2. Great insights and info. I’ve bought some of your devices via Takealot. I have a number of potjies, the biggest being a 10. My deck and pool area at the back of my house is all wooden. I’d like to buy a potjie heating device that can heat my biggest potjie but I’d like to be able to put it on the wooden deck and not worry about the deck being heated and destroyed. Willing to pay more than the normal price if it requires a special device. Thanks.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *