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Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:44 pm to fightin tigers
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Think I'll cool it, wash it, oil it, then put it back on for a couple more hours.
Definitely looking better. Be careful cooling too quick. It can crack if cooled to quick.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 5:21 pm to TigerWise
Rub with Vaseline and pop in the microwave for 8 minutes. Finish in your 100qt crawfish pot and bring to a rolling boil. Immediately cut heat and add 20lb of ice to "quench".
Thank me later.
Thank me later.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 5:34 pm to Lookin4Par
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Rub with Vaseline and pop in the microwave for 8 minutes. Finish in your 100qt crawfish pot and bring to a rolling boil. Immediately cut heat and add 20lb of ice to "quench".
shite, this sounds like a winner. I'm headed outside now to do it.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 2:45 pm to tsmi136
Posted on 1/16/14 at 3:03 pm to LafitteDog
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Everything you need to know:
Not a bad site. However I strongly disagree with the self cleaning oven method. Different ovens get to different temps during that cycle. If you do it just know that there is a possibility you will either warp or crack your iron and many people have started fires using that method.
There are some people/sellers that use lacquer in attempts to make the iron look more appealing for sale.
Self cleaning ovens will also go way past the smoke point of any oil so if there is any seasoning still on the skillet it will definitely smoke up your house and quite possibly catch fire.
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 2/24/19 at 8:17 am to htownjeep
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This is assuming you have just stripped down your cast iron to bare iron and just finished washing it. -Put in the oven upside down and put oven on bake at 200 and let the heat dry it completely. Leave the oven door open during this so the piece doesn't flash rust as bad as if it was closed. -After it's completely dry close the oven and raise the oven temp in 75 increments every 15 minutes until you get to 425. -Be careful, but after the 15 mins at 425 take it out. I use a bakers rack but you can set it on some cardboard or whatever. Then use paper towels and coat the hell out of the piece with solid Crisco. Not oil. Coat it excessively and let it get into every pore. -Use a towel/washcloth (one you don't care about because it will get ruined) wipe down the iron to the point of where you think it's almost dry. It's not because the Crisco has already bonded to the cast iron. You're just wiping off excess. -Put it back in the oven (still at 425) for 15 mins. -Take it out and rub the iron excessively again. You're mainly looking for any pooling of excess you didn't get in the first "drying". -Put back in the oven and set the oven at 500. Let it sit in the 500 oven for 15 mins. -Shut the oven off after the 15 mins. -Forget about the cast iron at this point and check on it the next day. -Repeat if you want to get it darker. But it's more fun to just cook in it at this point and that will darken it as well. Bacon, cornbread, popcorn and sausage are excellent foods for cooking it the cast iron for the purposes of seasoning it.
Do you follow this after every time you cook in the cast iron? If not what’s your remedial seasoning process after cooking and a wash with water?
Posted on 2/24/19 at 8:27 am to Flanders
You just bumped a 5 year old thread..
Posted on 2/24/19 at 8:31 am to TH03
I know.
That only means htown has five more years of experience. And he’s online.
That only means htown has five more years of experience. And he’s online.
Posted on 2/24/19 at 8:57 am to Flanders
I don’t mind the bump. I just found a old arse cast iron in my shop I took from work years ago that is rusted. I’ll post pics and see if I can save it. Never tried before.
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This post was edited on 2/24/19 at 11:14 am
Posted on 2/24/19 at 12:59 pm to NOLAGT
Good luck that looks like a great pot!
Posted on 2/24/19 at 1:56 pm to tsmi136
If is lodge brand it’s already seasoned. If not sorry for the poors
Posted on 2/24/19 at 3:16 pm to fightin tigers
"Get a wire brush wheel and put it on a grinder. Ive done this before, it will work."
100% this. Not difficult at all, goes really quickly. Took a rusted out 7qt Dutch oven down to bare metal in no time. Seasoned with Crisco, it's a great fried chicken or gumbo pot.
100% this. Not difficult at all, goes really quickly. Took a rusted out 7qt Dutch oven down to bare metal in no time. Seasoned with Crisco, it's a great fried chicken or gumbo pot.
This post was edited on 2/24/19 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 2/24/19 at 4:19 pm to tsmi136
Cook lots of meats in it.
Once done, wash it with soap and water then season with wrapping it with cooking oil
Once done, wash it with soap and water then season with wrapping it with cooking oil
This post was edited on 2/24/19 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 2/25/19 at 1:05 am to tsmi136
Four pages and I can’t believe no one mentioned the very best method to season cast iron; use flaxseed oil. There’s science behind the method which through polymerization effectively bonds the oil to the surface creating a permanent non-stick surface. While it took awhile, I did this with all my cast iron pots and pans and it’s a game changer.
Very best seasoning for cast iron
Very best seasoning for cast iron
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