Dutch Oven Cook-off Returns to Patoka Lake

Bring your best Dutch oven recipes, cookware, supplies, and ingredients for a friendly competition at Patoka’s Autumn Getaway Dutch Oven Cook-off on Oct. 8 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Judging will be at 3:30 p.m. Advance registration is required this year by Oct. 5 and can be made by calling the Nature Center at (812) 685-2447.

The competition must have no fewer than 15 dishes registered or the event will be postponed until 2023. All culinary skill levels are welcome to compete. Winners will be announced in the cooking area at 4:30 p.m. in the Patoka Lake modern campground.

This program is free after paying the state park entrance fee $7 per vehicle and $9 for out-of-state vehicles.

Patoka Lake (on.IN.gov/patokalake) is at 3084 N. Dillard Road, Birdseye, Ind.