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Seasoning a cast iron skillet #2337356
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How do you season a non-used iron skillet? I have looked it up on the internet and have seen several different ways, but wanted to ask the alder brethren, because some of y'all seem to cook a lot with an iron skillet. We got it as a wedding gift and I want to start using it, but I have heard seasoning is a must before use. Appreciate it, guys!

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337358
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Is it already pre-seasoned? Most come seasoned from the factory. If not, check the buffet forum and there are multiple threads on the subject.

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337361
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I think you're supposed to cook 650lbs or so of bacon in one before it's considered seasoned grin

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337364
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Pour about a 1/4" layer of kosher salt to cover the pan then pour vegetable oil to cover the salt and bake in a 400 degree oven for 2 hours. Open the Windows and turn on a fan.

Never use soap when cleaning the skillet.


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Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337365
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rub it down in vegetable oil, melted shortening, or bacon fat for extra juju, and place it upside down in a 375 degree oven for an hour. Wash it with water and very light soap if necessary after using. I always put mine back in the over at 200 for a little while to dry them.

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Originally Posted By: odocoileus
rub it down in vegetable oil, melted shortening, or bacon fat for extra juju, and place it upside down in a 375 degree oven for an hour. Wash it with water and very light soap if necessary after using. I always put mine back in the over at 200 for a little while to dry them.

This. I always put back in oven for a bit. If not water always finds a spot to rust.


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Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: countryjwh] #2337386
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Originally Posted By: countryjwh
Originally Posted By: odocoileus
rub it down in vegetable oil, melted shortening, or bacon fat for extra juju, and place it upside down in a 375 degree oven for an hour. Wash it with water and very light soap if necessary after using. I always put mine back in the over at 200 for a little while to dry them.

This. I always put back in oven for a bit. If not water always finds a spot to rust.

You can put it on the burner on high until it's dry as well.

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: SouthBamaSlayer] #2337392
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If you like to eat cornbread making a couple of pones in a new skillet is the best way I have found to season one.

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: sloughfoot] #2337405
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You have to heat one up to season it properly it opens up the pours in the cast iron. Then coat it with... I like Crisco grease (this is where the smoke comes in) and put back in the oven and bake it for a few hours.

Done.

And I always heat mine back up after I wash it. I also coat them with a little mineral oil if they will not be used in a while.. like at the hunting camp during the off season.




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Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337452
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my corn bread pan aint been washed since i got it 5 years ago . just wipe it out with a rag and put it up .

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Frankie] #2337472
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the way I do mine, I put on the grill get hot around 150 degrees for about 30 minutes. rub it down EVERYWHERE with lard. wipe excess off then turn grill up to above 500 for about a 2 hours let it cool down and repeat. the key is wiping the excess off


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Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337510
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I know the new Lodge come pre seasoned but I follow the instructions on the Lodge website. They have one section on seasoning and another on restoring damaged cast iron

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: SouthBamaSlayer] #2337559
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Originally Posted By: SouthBamaSlayer

Originally Posted By: countryjwh
Originally Posted By: odocoileus
rub it down in vegetable oil, melted shortening, or bacon fat for extra juju, and place it upside down in a 375 degree oven for an hour. Wash it with water and very light soap if necessary after using. I always put mine back in the over at 200 for a little while to dry them.

This. I always put back in oven for a bit. If not water always finds a spot to rust.

You can put it on the burner on high until it's dry as well.


Yep that works well with gas but my electric stove takes forever so I put it in the oven and set the timer to shut it off.

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337678
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I think the best way - is use it regularly and don’t wash with soap. I bought this chain mail looking scrubber from Bed Bath and Beyond. I use it to scrub the pan while rinsing it in hot water, wipe dry, and put in the oven.

Pan sear a couple of ribeyes using Alton Brown’s Good Eats method and you will have a perfectly seasoned pan after a couple of times. I also use it to cook cornbread - heat the skillet with Crisco shortening and add the batter - never sticks.


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Quote:
my corn bread pan aint been washed since i got it 5 years ago . just wipe it out with a rag and put it up .
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This, yes. ^^^


But here are some video tips from Lodge Manufacturing:

http://www.lodgemfg.com/videos


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Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337863
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Thanks guys. I cooked some steaks on the grill tonight and went ahead and tried to make some cornbread in it. We put some oil in it and heated it up and then put in our batter. It looked fantastic, but once we attempted to take it out of the pan, it stuck to the bottom awful. We scraped it out, and literally had to eat cornbread chunks. Once we got it scraped out, I wiped it down with oil real well and put it in the oven for an hour. I am hoping the more it gets seasoned and used that the sticking will go away, but it stuck terrible tonight.

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337882
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Fry in it, cook bacon in it, bake it in oil. The more grease is involved the better. Once you get it seasoned, don't use soap on it. Hot water and a wash rag is plenty if you scrub good

Re: Seasoning a cast iron skillet [Re: Parker243] #2337889
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You are only supposed to coat them lightly in oil to season them. And once you clean them (We NEVER use soap) you are only supposed dry them and again LIGHTLY coat them in oil.

Here's the thing with most new cast iron skillets: most of them are rough as hell on the cooking surface. If all of my old ones suddenly disappeared and I had to buy a new one, the first thing I would do is to put it in a fire to clean all the factory seasoning off of it, then I would take a sander and polish the hell out of the cooking surface. Once it was smooth as a baby's butt, then I would clean it really good and then season it.

If you don't believe me go look at a new Lodge skillet and then go look at a really high quality vintage skillet and look how rough the Lodge is compared to the old skillet.

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Originally Posted By: Irishguy
You are only supposed to coat them lightly in oil to season them. And once you clean them (We NEVER use soap) you are only supposed dry them and again LIGHTLY coat them in oil.

Here's the thing with most new cast iron skillets: most of them are rough as hell on the cooking surface. If all of my old ones suddenly disappeared and I had to buy a new one, the first thing I would do is to put it in a fire to clean all the factory seasoning off of it, then I would take a sander and polish the hell out of the cooking surface. Once it was smooth as a baby's butt, then I would clean it really good and then season it.

If you don't believe me go look at a new Lodge skillet and then go look at a really high quality vintage skillet and look how rough the Lodge is compared to the old skillet.


This man speaks the truth. I iust bought a 15" walmart brand frying pan, for deer camp. It was about the same texture as 80 grit sandpaper when I got it. I went home and sanded on it with my random or ot sander for a while and then cleaned and seasoned it. Well worth the $16 and a little elbow grease I had to puy into it.

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What grit are y'all sanding these new pans with?

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