Patent ID: 8668949

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a pan defining a vertical direction upward and away therefrom and a radial direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, the pan comprising a top surface extending solidly and unperforated in the radial direction; providing legs pivotably connected to the pan and moveable between a deployed position and a storage position; providing handles secured to the pan along extensions formed integrally with the handles to selectively slide the handles radially toward and away from one another, the extensions mutually overlapping radially in a retracted position, yet offset to not interfere with each other; the providing the handles, further comprising providing attachments securing the handles to the pan to be moveable in translation with respect thereto; deploying the legs from a storage position to a deployed position; extending the handles from the retracted position to an extended position, wherein a grip portion of each handle is spaced away from the pan a greater distance than in the retracted position; supporting a combustible solid as a heat source resting directly on the top surface of the pan; positioning a cooking surface of a Dutch oven above the heat source by supporting the Dutch oven directly on the top surface; cooking a foodstuff on the cooking surface; removing the heat source; waiting while the pan cools to a temperature sufficiently low to permit safe handling; moving the handles to the retracted position; folding the legs from the deployed position to the storage position.