Dutch Oven Results

Hey, thanks to the folks that took a chance at guessing which state has ordered the most copies of my signed dutch oven cookbook. A winner has been chosen!

I know I said that figuring out the books per capita would be too much work, but I was wrong. I did figure that out, and the results were interesting.

First, here's a map I made of orders from every state. As you can see, the top states are:

1. California
2. Utah
3. Texas
4. Wisconsin

and the states with no orders are:

• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Rhode Island
• West Virginia

So, with that information, the winner was the only person that submitted a guess of California, and that was Benjamin W. - good job! I'll ship him his free cookbook as soon as he replies to my email. I'm pretty sure Benjamin went with the odds of California having the highest population, and that worked for him.
Four people guessed Utah which actually has the Dutch Oven as their official legislature-approved State Cooking Pot - imagine that! But, three people guessed Texas which has the Dutch Oven as their official State Cooking Implement - pretty much the same thing. (I never even knew states had official cooking items!) And, one person each guessed Hawaii and Rhode Island as having no orders.

I found it interesting to compare the raw numbers against the per capita numbers - that is, how many cookbook orders per million residents. I used the most recent census information online and came up with this:

State	Pop	Raw	Capita
CA	38.3	18	.47
UT	2.9	16	5.52
TX	26.4	13	.49
WI	5.7	12	2.11
OR	3.9	8	2.05
MN	5.4	8	1.48
GA	10.0	8	.8
IL	12.9	7	.54
WA	7.0	7	1.00
PA	12.8	7	.55

If we used the Per Capita rating, the top states would be: Utah, Wisconsin, and Oregon, with California and Texas way down at 9 and 10.

So, from this detailed and scientific study (not), Utah really seems to be the Dutch Oven State. Being the curious type, I'll probably keep tracking cookbooks and post again in 6 months or a year. You can help your state rise in the standings. :-)