re: Why can my dad fry eggs in his cast iron but I can't in mine?

Fry the eggs in the bacon grease. Med-high shouldn't be too hot for your egg. Don't flip it too soon

If the eggs are sticking, it sounds like your skillet simply isn't seasoned enough and you're removing too much of the bacon grease. Otherwise, I have no idea why they would stick. They can be cooked on high heat to get that good crispiness, or on lower heat, if you don't want the crispiness. Either way, they shouldn't be sticking in bacon grease.

I cook the bacon first and then the eggs in the bacon drippings. Never had the eggs stick, but my cast iron skillets are old and were passed down to me. They're very well seasoned.

How are you washing your skillets? Are you using soap on them?

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Why not cook Eggs first then bacon?

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Wait what?

This goes against all the rules of the first world order.

Cook the eggs in a non stick skillet. They are perfect in there.

I enjoy bacon from the skillet just like the next person but after I started cooking my bacon in the oven I hardly ever go back unless I'm in a hurry. Put bacon on a cookie sheet with foil down, place in cold oven and turn it to 400. The bacon will cook in about 10 minutes> you can time your eggs to come out with the bacon or wait til the bacon is done and use some of the fat from bacon to cook the egg in.

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Why not cook Eggs first then bacon?

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Because bacon grease has all the flavor and coats the pan to fry eggs.. Nobody makes bacon and eggs in a cast iron skillet and fries the eggs first. Nobody.

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Why can my dad fry eggs in his cast iron but I can't in mine?

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I've watched him fry eggs in his cast iron 100's of times,

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And for every time he's fried eggs in it, he's fried other stuff in it 100's of times.

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mine is new (6 months) and his is old? I use mine all the time

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You probably haven't fried anything 100 times in it, have you?

It's all about seasoning it right. And just because you followed the directions on the label or some website, doesn't mean its deeply seasoned. It doesn't happen overnight.

Cook the bacon on parchment on a sheet pan in the oven. Cook the eggs on stovetop, using lower heat than you usually do. Voila.

There is a simple answer to your problem. Buy a cheap non stick pan at Wal Mart for frying eggs. I use my 100 year old cast iron skillet for other dishes.