Cast Iron skillet

I just clean it with hot water, and maybe a little soap if needed. Dry real well, and heat it up on the stove. Then I add a little oil (bacon fat or any oil of your choice). let it cool give it a good wipe with the towel, and store it.

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Never throw away cast iron.

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This/\ Unless it's cracked through and through or so badly pitted it would not be worth reseasoning that is.

I've taken some seriously rusted cast iron cookware and cleaned it up and brought it back to use over the years.

If not sure how to properly season a cast iron pot, there are tons of u-tube videos that will guide you along the way.

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I just clean it with hot water, and maybe a little soap if needed. Dry real well,

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what i do.

rub with oil and put it in a heated oven and immediately turn off the heat

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Put it in my primo and 550+ for about an hour

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Scratch that step. Seems like it would just burn off all the oil you just added


Most sites say just scrub it with some slightly soapy water, dry, and reapply oil.

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I always end up throwing them away after they get too nasty.

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Wait, what?

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Scratch that step. Seems like it would just burn off all the oil you just added

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A new pot is usually not seasoned well and this step is needed, sometimes several times to get a proper seasoning on it initially.

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I got my steps from watching this video. Please tell me if I should do something different.

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Like I said, if the pan/pot is already seasoned, what you saw on the video is pretty much exactly how I do it except for the salt wash thing. I simply use a touch of dish soap and a sponge to get the grit and old food build up cleaned off the pan.

Just be sure once you put a bit of oil in the pan and wipe it to coat the interior, make sure you wipe it as dry as you can with paper towels.

If you leave it "wet" the oil will either dry out a bit and get sticky feeling or could go rancid.

Typically if I'm cooking steak or something like that, I'll deglaze the skillet with red wine after the meat comes off (this makes a killer jus/gravy and is super simple).

When cleaning after that, hot water and scrub, will use some soap if needed. Key is to rinse well and then dry COMPLETELY.

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Please tell me if I should do something different.

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Quit throwing away your cast iron

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron.html

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Myth #4: "You should NEVER wash your cast iron pan with soap."

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The Reality: Seasoning is actually not a thin layer of oil, it's a thin layer of polymerized oil, a key distinction. In a properly seasoned cast iron pan, one that has been rubbed with oil and heated repeatedly, the oil has already broken down into a plastic-like substance that has bonded to the surface of the metal. This is what gives well-seasoned cast iron its non-stick properties, and as the material is no longer actually an oil, the surfactants in dish soap should not affect it. Go ahead and soap it up and scrub it out.

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