a large flat pot of cast iron with a cover, used for baking bread.
See also: bake pan
- 1836  (1966)  At first I was inclined to grumble and rebel against the expediency of bake-pans or bake-kettles.
- 1961  The "cookery" consisted of . . . seven or eight bake kettles, "cast iron ovens" that were 14 to 16 inches in diameter and five inches deep with cast iron covers and lugs. . . .