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Cowboy Kent’s way is the only way to clean cast iron

Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:24 pm
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:24 pm
Been following Cowboy Kent (Oklahoma boy). Clean the skillet hot right after cooking. Wooden spatula, paper towel, hot water for the steam, salt if something’s stuck. Dry it on the burner then thin oil. Keeps it smooth as hell. Food just slides off.
Most of y’all just leave that black gunk building up forever like it’s some badge of honor. Looks like y’all never clean the damn thing. Tastes like last month’s grease every time.
Same deal with the food. Oklahoma cowboy cooking (dry rubs, real heat, meat that actually tastes like meat) runs circles around that Louisiana sauce obsession. Everything down there gets drowned in brown gravy or some thick roux mess like y’all are trying to hide the fact the meat ain’t that good.
Anybody else here cook with Cowboy Kent?
This post was edited on 8/27/26 at 4:34 pm
Posted by SallysHuman
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:26 pm to
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:27 pm to
I like Cowboy Kent and often clean my cast iron his way. Other times, use the salt method. He has some good recipes too.
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:27 pm to
Damn, Burt coming in HOT
Posted by DrrTiger
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:28 pm to
quote:

Most of y’all just leave that black gunk building up forever like it’s some badge of honor. Looks like y’all never clean the damn thing.


Some people literally never wash their's. They just wipe it out and call it good. Gross.
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:29 pm to
Cast Iron Chris has entered the chat...
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:30 pm to
You want to frick cowboy Kent?
Posted by soccerfüt
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Member since May 2013
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:32 pm to
Cowboy Kent’s legal name is Arnold Real Kent.

Legally he’s known as A. Real Kent
This post was edited on 8/27/26 at 4:54 pm
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

Anybody else here frick Cowboy Kent?


Y'know I can't say that I have but you do you.
Posted by jbgleason
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Member since Mar 2012
20431 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

Oklahoma cowboy cooking (dry rubs, real heat, meat that actually tastes like meat) runs circles around that Louisiana sauce obsession. Everything down there gets drowned in brown gravy or some thick roux mess like y’all are trying to hide the fact the meat ain’t that good.


I was going to let things go until this bullshite quoted above. First of all you live in CA. So shut the frick up right there. Then you have the utter audacity to compare OK food to LA food? Are you kidding me?

I had grandparents from KS and OK. They can't cook shite and that's me talking about my grandmas cooking. Cheese hominy is considered elite cuisine up that way. They have no damn idea what salt and pepper is for and have never heard of hot sauce.

Finally, your complete and utter lack of knowledge around Creole and Cajun cooking shows with this "hide the fact the meat ain't that good" comment. LA cuisine is 100% based around cooking cheap cuts of meat because that is what the poor folk here had to work with. Numbskull.

FWIW, the cast iron cleaning technique is spot on. You should have stopped there.
Posted by The Cool No 9
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:41 pm to
Posted by dblwall
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:42 pm to
Food board
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:52 pm to
I usually just squirt a little soap on there and scrub and rinse with hot water.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 4:54 pm to
Sparklin taters
Posted by LSUDUCKMAN67
DTB
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:00 pm to
What Sonic you want to meet at Baw!!!!

Those are some serious fighting words for a damn hippie! Pretty damn brave talking shite about Cajuns and our cooking on here!
This post was edited on 8/27/26 at 5:03 pm
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
4679 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

Some people literally never wash their's. They just wipe it out and call it good. Gross.


Look here amateur. That’s how it’s been done for centuries and it gives it all the flavor.
Posted by StTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:04 pm to
I use a lot of his recipes

Good dude
Posted by LSUDUCKMAN67
DTB
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:06 pm to
He his stuff is good. I’m not knocking Cowboy Kent. I’m talking mainly to ole Burt and his knock on Cajun Food.

He must be one of them damn keyboard warriors
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9681 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:24 pm to
I use cast iron pots and skillets everyday. Some of them my grandmothers. I just wipe with a paper towel after a hot wet rag.

I also have an electrlolysis tank that I can restore pots to amazing condition.

Go look at the Lodge cast iron site. There is a wealth of information.
This post was edited on 8/27/26 at 5:25 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73876 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:24 pm to
Imma need Cowboy Troy to verify this method.
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