CAST IRON Cooking, Cleaning & Seasoning! Everything you Need to Know!
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- Cooking with cast iron pans can be frustrating, but it can also be very EASY! Kevin and Sarah talk all about cast iron and teach how to season, cook with, and clean cast iron cookware.
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I cook with a cast iron pan that my great grandmother bought when she got married. She fed my grandmother from that pan all her life, and my grandmother fed my mother from it, and my mother fed me from it all my life. I'm in my sixties now and it's still going strong. It'll certainly outlive me.
Please put me in your will and bequeath to me a cast iron pan. :)
My great grandmother used 2nd generation cast iron and when she passed it somehow ended up in a garage sale. So very sad! I hope you have loved ones who will appreciate and cherish it.
@@robmullins We found many old cast iron pans and skillets at antique stores and yard sales.
I was just gifted 2 from my grandma, and 1 from my mom, makes my heart forever happy. I will treasure them forever
Loved this video, very informative.
Wow that is an amazing and beautiful story. Thanks for sharing 🙏
You guys have the most informative homestead channel on YT. You get right to the point without wasting your viewers time. Great video.
Most definitely keep them coming
Agreed! My favourite
Also get rid of the plastic spatula.
I agree, so many just talk and talk and talk without ever really doing anything...or they will say stuff like, We will be right back after we do this...just showing the finished project and then explaining how they did it...that is so annoying! Kevin and Sarah actually show what they are doing.
So true!
My favorite cast iron frying pan is 90 years old, and belonged to my grandmother.
I once got a gift card from my employer, and I thought to myself, what in the world would I buy for myself that I wouldn't normally blow money on? I got me a cast iron skillet! And been loving it ever since. I use it so often, it stays on the stove top.
I’m from the Uk and not over familiar with cast iron but I’ve been watching lots of delicious American cooking, so I purchased my first cast iron. However, even after numerous videos I have been struggling to work out how to best use and care for it. I can’t tell you how helpful this video was!! It was clear and informative from start to finish. With step by step advice. I now feel I can start to use my new pan, and I am so excited.
Thank you!
Don’t feel alone. I’ve struggled too. These skillets are very difficult and challenging to work with and keep in good condition.
Girl, I know this an old video and comment, but I commend you on working it, and hopefully you still are.
I'm a southern girl, born and raised in the south, and cast iron cooking is a staple... But I was raised by my dad, and we ate out almost every meal from my 6-18 years of age. I didn't even learn the basics of cooking until I was almost 30!
But I will tell you, the cast iron is most cost effective, and delicious way to cook, bake, roast, etc.
I'm just about 39 now, and have gone through my time of learning to function in the kitchen.
Kudos on you for starting something new to you! Cast iron seems crazy at first, but once you learn to season, it's easier than the water wasting dishwasher!
I have my grandmas cast iron. My mom then used it for years and shes now gone and I use it all the time. Over 100 years old and of course perfectly seasoned. 💕
Two things:
1) Woodstoves are great for drying your pan after you have cleaned it!
2) You don't need to purchase a plastic scraper to clean your pan. Use the junk credit cards that come in the mail with credit card come ons, or old, expired ones you can no longer use. They work just as well and are free!
lol, at first glance the thumb nail looks like the Mrs. has Mickey ears, too cute...love your channel, very informative :)
I would not do that, credit cards are made with PVC and that's not a good idea for it to touch your food or to touch a still warm pan because heat helps break down plastic faster.
Do you get frequent fryer miles?
Use your wooden spatula or even steel spatula. No need any extra tool. It works well.
I use a plastic lid for my scraper such as the lids off of an applesauce jar.
I wish every young person would watch this. Great tutorial
I regret all the money spent on the no-stick stuff over the years, and I feel quite guilty about how I neglected my grandparent's cast iron. They had the knowledge and I'm sure they told me when I was little, but I did not remember. Thank you for this.
Same
But think about the maintenance cost; cost for extra oil, cost for bunch of paper towels, monthly added electricity bills if you're using oven or induction, and most importantly your time.
All in all, I can't really say cast iron is a cheaper option compared to the non-stick stuff. But it certainly is a toxic free option, if you don't have any diseases associated with iron.
Cast iron can and will be your pass down to your family. Your Teflon will be thrown out. It is not a healthy option either.
You and me both. I chucked a pan that was 45 dollars, there was one spot and no way to get away from that, it always would stick. It's the kind that looks like stone. I hear you, for the same money, I bought three 40-year-old cast irons and enjoyed restoring them and love using them. The guilt lasts though. I had about a dozen pans and this gal in the video said to throw them away, I did it, I threw them out. Every time I threw one in the garbage bag, I started adding all this up, oh my gosh, guilt, guilt, guilt for throwing money away. p.s. Learn the rules of using stainless steel, it's the same for cast iron when cooking.
@@c_farther5208 any tips for stainles ssteel? I am behind you.. 😬 getting rid of all my Teflon pans and buying cast iron.. I a getting better with it..but yesterday I bought 2 stainless steel pans and I am starting to feel like returning them.. been watching a lot of videos but seems complicate
Great video. When I was little, it was my job to clean the cast iron pan after dinner. We never put our pans in the water. To removes stuck on food we added water to the pan, cooked on low heat and worked the stuck on food loose. Then dumped the dirty water out and wiped the pan with a coat of oil as you did. Ready for the next meal!
I sometimes use a pinch of salt as an abrasive if I don't have a scrubber handy. Also, When I wipe the oil from my pans, I stuff them into an empty toilet paper roll. When I have 3 oily towels in a roll, it makes a great fire starter for the wood stove. This is a great video guys!
Great tutorial!
Especially about the lard, not adding food until hot, and not touching food until it's browned!
Thanks so much.
I just bought my 16 year old her first cast iron last night.
Happy new year! I'm lucky enough to have my Great-grandmother's cast iron! It was a wedding gift to her, in 1864, and has been in use ever since! Love it!
What a wonderful family hierloom to have. You are very blessed💜
That’s wild!!
I use to use Teflon nonstick but had to replace every year or 2. Never again
I use lard or tallow
I am happy for you and jealous too😅😁
You two are absolutely the best informers of cast iron on here, thank you.
You guys are all over! great information and so easy too understand. The only thing I might add. I use the lint free blue shop towels. Just don’t like lint left behind from white paper towels. Thanks for all you do.
Love my cast iron pots and pans. I still have my father's large frying pan that was his mother's... That thing has to be 80 plus years old, and still works great.
How awesome! I have my mother's skillet. Such a wonderful thing to pass on to family.
You'll never get the great flavor from any other kind of pan. Love my cast iron. Great video, thank you!
I built a rack based on what I could tell from watching your other videos. It wasn’t easy to do!... but then I’m a 66 year old woman. I couldn’t find the rings like what you used so I just went to the hardware store and showed him a picture of what I wanted to do and we came up with something. All done, mine doesn’t look as nice as yours. Also, once it’s up it would be dang near impossible to add new pieces so I have extra rings on there.
I wish I could post a photo of mine. I went to Home Depot, bought iron pipe and fittings...I did paint mine black as they were silverish, and I hung/hang my cast iron with wrought iron S hooks off of Amazon; that way you can add or remove whatever you want.
@@lyndiaroot333 wish I could see it!
@@lyndiaroot333 You must have used galvanized water pipe....what you needed was gas line black pipe.
Yours is the easiest and best way to season cast iron I have seen. Thanks!
Everything you guys say not to do are habits that I already do so I'm definitely saving this video and we'll watch it on repeat until it sinks in... thank you so much🤗🖤
Well, you guys did it! Within our 25 years of marriage, I have destroyed 2 cast iron pans...once with soap, and then steel wool. So, despite being very tenacious, I gave up stymied. This morning we watched this episode, and it was my husband who had us heading to buy a new one by afternoon! By using your great demonstration of the seasoning process (and how to use and clean the cookware properly), I seasoned our pre-seasoned skillet 3 times already. Our 16-year old son asked about it, and after explaining, now I want to get another (for our daughter)...because my last words were, "So teflon lasts a few months, but these often last to be handed down to the next generation and on" Something resonated in him about that kind of investment. He nodded, impressed. (And cracked up when I told him about the soap.) Thank you for awakening a long lost hope! ♥️
You did a great job with this one, you had 100% of my attention. My disappointment was there was no test, darn I know I would have gotten a A .. God Bless
Lodge recommended Flaxseed oil to me, so that’s what I’ve been using for over 40 years. I refrigerate the oil. My cast iron is slick, just like a nonstick pan.
We do the same, but I would not use a rag to remove the excess of oil in it, I would be to affraid of spontaneous fire. I use paper towel or something like it and put it in the fire after.
I agree... I thought of that oily rag spontaneously combusting
Oily rags don't spontaneously combust. Fire 101: fire needs a heat source or spark. My goodness, paper towels are less than 150 years old and oils have been used on cooking pans since before biblical times. People have safely used oil rags for thousands of years. Store it away from the stove, wash it with dish soap to cut through the oils, hang to air dry, and it's perfectly safe.
@@krystlepoulin6382 Try reading The big fat surprise by Nina teicholz she interviewed representatives from industrial cleaning companies that reported cases of piles of clothing contaminated with poly-unsaturated cooking oils spontaneously combusting which are caused by chemical reaction creating large amounts of exothermic heat, enough to combust the clothing. The older oils used in cooking around the world are not poly-unsaturated as the process to obtain this is only about a century old, the oils used are mainly mono-unsaturated like olive oil, but in Nina’s excellent book she shows that olive oil hasn’t been used for that long for cooking in the Mediterranean thus it is probable that fats such as lard or tallow have used the longest as it renders out of the meat we hunted and cooked.
@@krystlepoulin6382 Yeah, you are right. But flax seed oil is known to spontaneously combust if not clean and dried well. I was more saying that I would not use the rag with flax seed oil and put it back on the counter all folded like that. I don't know for the other oils and fat.
Very well explained, thank you ! I have my mom's cast iron pan. I remember her seering steak in it when I was young. Once the steak was cooked, she used leftover tea to make gravy with whatever butter she used to cook the steak in the pan. I'm in my sixties now and kept the pan preciously. I've baked scones in it.
That is very interesting.. the use of tea. I will try that.
Ok this has to go down as one of the best videos. I seasoned two of my cast iron pans by your direction and wow, I’m so pleased. Thank you so much! I’m sure as time goes on more and more people will need to watch this. ❤️
The original "non-stick".......if you treat it properly!!🤟👍🤪
GLOCK 15&1
That IS KEY!!!
Great video Kevin and Sarah! You guys truly have the gift of teaching❤️
I got most of mine from people that were throwing them away just because they had some rust on them they had no idea how to clean them they are some of my best pans
You guys are the best channel around for useful, practical information that actually teaches.
I was given so much cast iron from people. I reseason and use cast iron with every meal I make. Most people gave me cast iron because they buy it from store put food in and it sticks causing a mess in the kitchen. Or the skillet gets a little rust and they toss it. People need to watch videos like this before you buy. To many people buy and then get mad when it does not work the way Grandma's 70 year old skillet does. Understand that it takes time for cast iron skillets to achieve that perfect non stick. We all cooking in them. Great video guys!
I am lucky 🍀 I have cast iron from my great grandma, my grandma and my mom. I am the only one in my family that uses it. Such a shame for it is the best cookware around!!!
Right you are. And aren't you glad no one else wanted it. LOL.
I too have many pieces from my great great grandma. Two of the pieces came to the US via my great great grandma from Syria. Well she always said Syria but it was Lebanon where they were from. My sister does use cast iron just not like I do. Now my girls they won't use it. That is unless they are here then they have no choice. I just hope that when it is my time that they will be cherished and used as I have used them all of my life. I like the extra large griddle that my grandmother had. I use it to make Lebanese bread. Most of the family bake it in the oven. I do not. I use the top of the stove. It will rise and brown at the same time. In the oven you have to let it rise poke your hole and then move to a broiler to brown. On the stove I eliminates the broiler. Plus it doesn't heat up the kitchen.
Choose Joy and that means watching another Living Traditions Homestead. You are both wonderful people who produce excellent videos. Kevin is just terrific and Sarah is a sweetheart. Many thanks for all you do and may your new year bring you all you desire.
Pine combs are an awesome scrubby, plentiful and disposable. Such an inspiration to so many. Y'all let a few jars and lids slip through your fingers, they made here to Georgia. I got'em I got'em!!! LOL
I Love cast iron, ❤ , have been using it for years, I was given one by my MIL 30 years ago, I was still learning, had been watching cooking shows one day, tried to copy, I heated up my cast iron "nice and hot" as the TV cooks said , got out my steaks from the refrigerator, sprinkled on spices, and put them in my beloved pan, turned around to check on my little ones, and bang the loudest crack came from the kitchen, my pan was cracked in two, I was so sad, a hard lesson to learn, DON'T PUT COLD FOOD IN A HOT CAST IRON.
uggggggg, had another one crack years later, but not sure why on that one, had been using it for years. Now I have a few, Love my giant skillet, was awesome when all kids were at home.Thank you for all the wonderful knowledge yall share, wish I'd had these videos 30 years ago. Keep it up !
Very helpful! Now I can see where I have gone wrong and need to strip my pan and start over.
I have a cast iron pan from each grandma and enjoy using them as I feel their spirits are with me. I learned some great tips. Thank you. You guys rock!
This is how I feel about my mom's skillet. Every time I use it, I feel like she is with me.
Can you use cast iron on glass top stoves?
@@sandrazacharias184 I do, just don’t drop it down real hard
I use chain mail to clean my cast iron and since I started I have never gone back to scraping. Also a chain mail scrubber will last as long as your pans.
I have a round brush with very stiff bristles that was made for cast iron. I don't like the sound of the chain mail on the pan. The stiff bristle brush works very well and if I have a stubborn spot I have a scraper thingy similar to the one Sarah used in her demo.
We switched to chainmail a few years ago and will never go back.
I never heard of chain mail. Where would you buy it?
@@marieriegsecker7876 Not to be insulting, if you Google chainmail scrubbers, you will find places to buy it and videos about how to use it, more info than you'll ever need. But Amazon has them.
Ok, getting the excess oil off was definitely my issue!!!!!
Mine too. Now I know why it got gummy and sticky
I am using my mother’s cast iron pans that I inherited and love them. Thank you for how to care for them this was awesome!🤩
This was so educational! I had no idea how to strip a cast iron pan. I also didn't realize you have to season the pre-seasoned cast iron. I've learned so much from this video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge of cast iron. I think now I can finally get rid of the last of my teflon skillets!
Cast iron cooking here I come!👍
Cast iron pans retain the heat more, that’s one reason you don’t need to turn it up past medium unless you are deep frying. Also, most people cook with the heat too high in any pan.
Totally agree... drives me crazy!
I also agree. I don't like my egg whites browned. Low and slow is the way to go.
People want to spend time on game/party and other fun stuff. They don’t have time for cooking.:)
I have 2 pieces of cast iron skillets that belonged to my Great, Great Aunt. She passed away in 1965 they were then passed down until I now have them. ❤ Kevin you are right, I was one of those who did not wipe off the excess oil/lard when trying to "season" my skillets, they had that sticky feel to them. I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong. Now I know! Thank you so much! Much love to your family from West Virginia
Thank you so much for this video. I just bought 2 cast iron pans that was pre seasoned. I've been afraid to use them and glad I didn't after watching your video. That will be my project for today to season both those pans several times. Thank you so much for this video. Very Informative. Happy New Year !!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I learned everything about cast iron in half an hour, so informative, you didn't leave anything out, thank you!
I just seasoned our two pans last weekend. I love ours. I use them more than anything in our kitchen. They are so easy to clean! 😃💜
I totally agree! Who knew. I had a bias against them now I am a believer.
This is a great tutorial!! Thank you so very much for sharing. I love cast iron and will be working on my collection today using the info you shared. I had started a Christmas tradition of giving my grandchildren a new ornament each year so that when they are grown and on their own they will have ornaments for their first tree. However I soon realized that cast iron would be such a better tradition. So now I give my son and his sons cast iron pieces for Christmas each year. One is now out on his own and the cast iron pieces helped him get started. This past Christmas they each receiced from me a 1qt Dutch oven. My son laughed and said “Yay I gotta bean pot”. Once again thank you for such a wonderful video.
Thanks so much for the great information! This gave me the boost I needed to get myself in gear and strip the pan I have had sitting in a cupboard for years!!!
We originally used cast iron because we all tended to be very low in iron and supplements are hard on the body. We ended up loving our pans. The only problem I have is the weight ( I’m nearly 80) but it’s not impossible.
Wow, I learned so much and realize what all I've been doing wrong. Can't wait to season my cast iron! Thank you!
I just love watching you two. You explain everything so well. You both work together so well. Very honest. A true joy to watch & so educational! God bless you both! ❤️
Love that you are showing and talking about CI care without using an oven, I searched a long time before just doing it with my burner and grill. seemed to work, but nice to see someone else doing it the same way :)
We have started the transition to cast iron & some stainless steel. I absolutely love it! I hated having to replace cookware every few years.
Thank you so much for the lesson in the cast iron pans. I’m 75 and inherited my pans from my mom. I wasn’t quite sure how to season them correctly but now I do. I kind of knew that you put them on heat after washing them. But didn’t know all the steps. Especially to not use soap. Thank you very much I’ve been watching your videos for some time now and don’t miss any.
Many use soap.
That was tabu years ago when the soap contained lye, but it doesn't anymore.
The lye would remove the seasoning, but no lye these days.
My dad's favorite cast iron was a square frying pan from his mother. He claimed in high school that when told pi r square he said "No, pie are round, cornbread are square."
I have one too. I love it except I sometimes find that it doesn't heat evenly on round stove burners.
@@wandaleevidito 🤠👍Best pan for frying bacon too.
You are the best! We're huge iron fans - The Original Non-stick cookware! Who needs "forever chemicals" screwing up their body?
Bread in the Dutch oven is just the best!
Have a machined face two-burner griddle that's a favorite, but no name or markings anywhere. Had zero luck w/ the enameled stuff, it all chipped, and the high quality French stuff is insanely expensive.
Cool rack!
If anyone wants a really good enameled cast iron pot, Staub runs a sale about twice a year where they sell their 4 qt enameled dutch oven for only $99, which is a crazy good deal. Perfect for braising or anything liquidy that would hurt a bare cast iron’s seasoning. Plus they’re so pretty lol
I love my Staub Dutch ovens! I have 3, one oval shaped and 2 of the round ones. I’ve gotten all of them while they were running the twice a year sale! When I’m not using my cast iron that’s what I use. ( with the exception of the all clad sauce pots)
Nice tip. I have a nice Tramontina enameled cast iron pot I bought at Costco for a fraction of the price of Staub or Le Creuset. People also need to look for oven proof handles. Some brands of pots have lid handles only good for lower oven temps, plastic is a big no no.
@@sydneydbrooks So I hope you remember what months are the sale months? Please share.
@@alcogito8287 I believe I got mine in October. In fact I’m positive. But they run the sales twice a year I believe. Williams Sonoma is where I got mine. I’ve had my first one for over 20 years and I absolutely love them all! I also have Le Cruset and Martha Stewart and they are certainly great pots also. The Staub is just my favorite by far. It seems to cook better for me and I like the lid design for braising.
Haven't commented before, but I've been watching you since last March and you've taught me innumerable things about country living, sustenance and self-sufficiency. Thank you both (and the girls, when they show up:)) for being so transparent and generous. Happy New Year :)
This explains so much. I was told a different way to do it, and was never happy with the results. I know now, it wasn’t the correct way to maintain it. Thank you!
Thank you for explanation that cast iron has pores that open when heated, absorb oil, then pores close after excess oil wiped & iron cooled. Never understood about iron until that explanation given. Thank you, easy to understand.
one of the best videos about cast iron I've seen - thanks so much
This was the best tutorial I have ever watched!! Because so much of my cast iron is found, pLease can you do a tutorial for cast iron with rust? Thank you.
Yes please cover how to clean the rust off
If rust is there, you have to strip of everything, so treat as if lots of old gunk on iron. High heat on grill or oven, then tart seasoning. You may have missed it because he just said he word “rust”, then went on. I almost missed it, too!!
@@frankiebutler2894 Thank you!
Thanks for this, I thought I knew how to correctly care for my cast-iron but I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong 😅 now I can dig my cast-iron out of the bottom cabinets and re-cure them and start off right and teach my kids the proper way to care for them so my grandchildren can inherited them 🙂
@@marcibailey1948 cast iron is a pain in the a$$ . A waste of time.
I'd rather use modern pans...thank you much
This is way too time consuming
Ive been cooking with cast iron for decades, but I learned a couple of tips here too! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I have my grandmother’s Wagner skillet - it is huge! I remember her cooking only certain things in certain pans. Eggs were never cooked in the same pan as her famous potatoes and onions. I’ve been using that huge skillet and cleaning it as you described but I wasn’t really sure it was correct - i was going on memory - a 40 year old memory. I love that pan and the way it cooks and would love to get more. Thanks again for clarifying everting.
saw this video on cast iron cook ware. I have seen another Homesteader and what they do with cast iron is first using a rotary sander, sand and make smooth the inside of the iron skillet (or other); clean with a clean cloth; apply lard all over the item; place in oven or outdoor grill and heat on high for about 2 hours and let it cool naturally. Might have to do this two or maybe three times. I have done this and it really works. thanks for your comments.
The best video on cast iron cooking 101. Thanks very much
Lots of great information in this vlog!! Y’all really did cover just about everything I could think of and made cast iron very user friendly for everyone! I’ve been cooking with my great grandmothers cast iron since I first started cooking and I’m 60! I absolutely love it!
I have a lot of cast iron. I have all of my mamas. When we have a fire outside sometimes my husband may burn off some of our cast iron. If we buy one that has a lot of rust an stuff on it. Then we wash, them heat and oil it. Love how y’all showed how you do it.
I just got that same pizza pan this Christmas too!! I also added a wok to my collection. LOVE my cast iron! AND before even seeing this video I bought all the pieces of black pipe and iron S hooks to make me a rack! 😁 My husband just raises an eyebrow everytime I come home with more black pipe pieces 🤣😂🤣
lol, enjoyed your comment. So funny.
Cast iron pans...so much better than other cookware.....78 yrs old here and I have my great grandmothers 8 pans.....Larry @ Scoot's Organic
I really enjoy the way you and your husband speak to the camera! You come across as very comfortable and welcoming, it makes me feel as close to being there as possible!
I wish I had a space in my kitchen for a display rack like this for my cast iron.
Create a smaller version. Display your favorite 2 or 3 pans or the least used pans.
@@ritamccartt-kordon283 I have no blank walls in my kitchen. All cabinets, and windows.
I put mine as a display above my dining table.
@@truneilson would be nice, but I have windows all around my table.
I was glued to your informative video! I too use cast iron to cook with and your information is very helpful as to why I do what I do to my pans. Love the rack too! Thank you 😊
Debbie from Indiana
I learned nothing .But there was alot of head nodding because that is exactly everything my father taught me about cast iron. I had to teach my husband because I about had a coronary the first time I saw his mother put hers in soapy water. Someone that doesnt know will get lots of good information out of this video.
In the old days you did not use soap, as it was made with lye and very harsh. It would take the seasoning off the pan. Todays dish soaps are very mild and do not harm a good seasoning in a pan. Many experts use todays dish soaps on cast iron with no problem.
Kent Rollins channel cooks mostly with cast iron, he also shows how to season, recondition, etc. He's even taken rusted old pans back to like new.
My mom had several cast iron pans, and enamel coated dutch oven just like the one you have... When she passed in 2009 I kept a pan (Lodge) the size of the one Sarah used for the taco meat. I *think* she had that pan before I was born (1960), I do recall it from my early childhood. I let my older brothers take other items, my oldest bro especially loved the dutch oven and all the delicious roasts mom fed us from it... The pans are heirlooms, with connected memories to boot.
I have also heard that cooking in cast iron is really good for you. Our bodies need iron and small amounts will get in your food while cooking in the cast iron. Great demonstration.
Thank you Kevin & Sarah. All good info. God Bless you all in Love. ( shared to f/b )
Thank you so much! You answered so many of my questions. I was doing so many things wrong now I know what to do.
Me too thanks for taking the time to to do what you just did, learning learn a lot
That "pizza pan" probably makes a great griddle as well.
It looks like a comal for cooking tortillas
It makes a great griddle. I’ve had mine for 15 years and love it. I’ve also used it to bake cookies and rolls.
@Whoreally Cares
You need a large one if you like to make home made egg McMuffins like I do.
I'll probably get one now.
I created this same system to display my custom cast iron and carton steel pieces from Smithey Ironwork. I flush-mounted it underneath a heavy wooden shelf by the wood stove and use black “S” hooks ordered from Amazon. Seriously, y’all need to order those amazing “S” hooks. Much better than having 2 hook facets. Love your channel. Ty!
I was blessed with my grandma's cast iron skillets, 6 total. My uncle stowed them in a cupboard with grease still in them for 36 years. He was a hoarder and when he had to go into care, us girls were in charge of cleaning out the trailer he and my grandma lived in.
Despite the horrible condition of those skillets, I made it my personal mission to restore them to my late grandma's specs.
It took very little time for the first three to get back in shape, about a month. The fourth...a bit longer, around four months.
Those last two though?
Oh my!
It took me almost six years of constant stripping, seasoning and repeating the process over and over before they FINALLY were back in great shape.
Lots of trial and error and at the time, I was really winging it. Had no clue what I was doing, Just tried to remember my upbringing with the family using cast iron.
It paid off in that I'm now the proud owner of something my grandma held dear and I do as well.
I always joke that in an emergency, I'm going to grab my fur babies and my cast iron skillets.
Thank you for sharing such wonderful information.😇
This was so thorough and helpful!! Thank you, love you guys. I am ready to start using all those cast iron pans that were collecting dust in my cupboard.
This was amazing.. I think my problem with the Cast Iron has been, I dont leave the food long enough before I move it and too hot.. I have a pan that was from my Grandmother ..Thank you.
Lehman’s has a nice long handled scraper for cast iron pans, and stainless steal pads that are amazing.
that's a great treatise on Cast Iron! and you are correct, once you start cooking with cast, you never go back.
I threw out all pans and replaced with USA Lodge seasoned pans. I use lard to start browning/frying food, when done, I use the Lodge method of a quick wash/rinse of odor free dish soap (and their linked scrubber lightly if necessary), stir it around, wipe with paper towel to dry, then wipe with non-lint cloth, spray sparingly and wipe it off. If I had to clean off crusty/stuck food, I heat it up on the burner to smoke point (use exhaust fan for potential toxic fumes), and stick it back into the oven where I store it! Always looks new!
I have some of my family's cast iron that I use once in a while. I am so glad that I came upon your video on how to properly care for them. These cookware have stood the test of many years of cherished cooking by our ancestors.
This is so so helpful!! As someone who is new to the world of cast iron, I've already seasoned my pans (without fear of ruining them) and I'm so excited to start cooking lol
Thank you! I needed that information! Didn't grow up with cast iron pans, but have some & want to start using them.
Best cast iron pan instruction I’ve found - thank you!
Thank you for not only telling us your process but for an actual demonstration. Most helpful!!
Congrats on all your cast iron! I'm gonna build my own hanging rack, I think it's a great idea. Just to give you another way to clean cast iron, I put about a tablespoon of fat and kosher salt in it and scrub it out with a paper towel. Works beautifully! Keep up the good work!
The best thing to cook in cast iron for the first time is potatoes 🥔🥔 that is your best help to make it non stick
Thank you so much for this, we’ve just had our first lodge imported to the UK and can’t wait to start using it with help from you guys 💚
What a Great Way to store your cast iron! I Love It! Thanks For Sharing!
Best video I've seen on using cast iron!! Thank you!! Now I'll feel more comfortable pulling out my cast iron pans and try again!
I can't "thank you" enough for this video's content. I tried your seasoning method and I can actually fry an egg in my pans now!! Thank you so much!!
I stick pans in the wood heater/stove and leave it to strip the pans .Then use wood ashes to scrub old pans to get ready to reseason
I remember my grandmother taking pans outside and putting them directly into a fire to strip them...she also used wood ashes (from hardwood) to make lye for soapmaking...
If you can burn outside a good fire is a great way to deep clean the pans. Just make sure all is cool before you try to dig them out of the ashes,
I am 70 and my family has used cast iron my whole I use mine every day
Thanks for the good information. I've been struggling with my cast iron for the past 15 years.
Hi Kevin and Sarah! I just watched your video on how to clean your iron skillets. I have to share with you a way to clean them that you can easily do in the house with no smoke from the hot skillet. I learned that if you take baking soda and pack it into the skillet, you can then heat the skillet on high to screaming hot and there will be no smoke. Here is how it works:
You start with a dry skillet and dry baking soda. Pack the baking soda in the pan all the way up. Make sure you pack it in tight and it is about 1/2" thick. Then turn the fire up high under the pan and leave it alone. DO NOT TOUCH IT! After it gets hot enough you will literally see the grease turning the baking soda brown. It will even start to curl off of the sides of the pan. After it turns brown and sometimes a little black, turn the heat off and let it cool. Once it is cool you can discard the baking soda. Then season the pan the same way you would if it was new, because it WILL be like new.
I hope you will try this!I watch your shows all the time and look forward to each new video. I am not a homesteader, but was around the farm a lot with my husband when we were dating and I do garden somewhat. I love your videos because I feel like I am visiting friends. So God Bless You! I will be watching!
Thanks! ,Susan Sutton from Coeur D'Alene Idaho. (it is pronounced: core da lane)