How To Season a Cast Iron Skillet
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- How To Season a Cast Iron Skillet - In this video I will show you hot to clean and re-season a cast iron skillet. In the video I talk about the do's and don'ts for caring and seasoning your skillets.
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U don't ever use dish soap u use backing soda or kosher salt with water
You Cann use lemon juice afteR thou
My mom would scrub her cast iron skillets with soap and water, dry them off, wipe them with a lite coat of bacon grease, wipe that down and they were ready for another use on the wood burning stoves. That was way back in the 60s and used them up to the 2000s. The old school people could cook up some food with their kitchen skills and better than the technology in cooking out today.
@@50STONEhW make uh shepards pie
@@shanecrosse431 I was thinking about doing that. Those are some good eating.
My mother gave me her cast iron skillet. She’s passed away but I guarantee that the skillet is well over 150 years old.
that's a treasure
Blessing
Pass it down, family treasure.
Shout out to your mom yeah that has to feel like love
Really 🤔
Ehh you can use soap on a cast iron skillet. Not going to hurt anything. Nothing wrong with just wiping it off with hot water too. The soap thing come from when soaps were made with lye. That stuff would ruin cast iron. But soaps aren’t made with lye any longer.
As a kid I hated my moms heavy cast iron skillet. Now I have 3.
You're not alone 🤣👏😁
i have 9
@@SmokinandGrillinwithAB Cleaning with very little water and coarse salt does wonders as well
Dude. I washed my wife's CA skillet. And you have now saved my life and my marriage.
Not really understanding the 22 thumbs down. But hey, some people live that type of life. Everything this brother lays out on RUclips,is simplified and makes more people's lives easier and more pleasant. Heck, I thought everyone loves good cooking and a clean/organized cook. AB, you are the go to guy for many of us. Thanks👍🏿👍🏿.
That's what's up Eric :) Thank you. Haters are everywhere but actually when you reach a lot of people that comes with the territory :/
You got bigots that will hate anything involving a black man and other assorted haters.
A friendly Hello, Eric...I love this channel & think what makes it extra special is JB is also such a *likable* man outside of his kitchen expertise...He's the "real deal"...
They are announcing to the world that they are smucks. They probably don't get any attention in their personal life so they go around trying to make other people feel bad.
I doubt the dislikes are due to the colour of AB’s skin… I would wager that it’s due to the controversial world of cast iron care. Some people say don’t use dish soap, some do. Some say don’t use olive oil, some say don’t use paper towel, it goes on and on…
Whatever works for you and if you’re happy with the results that’s all that matters
AB don't forget when cleaning cast iron the rule is hot pan needs hot water cause cold water in a hot cast iron pan will crack it
So true!!
Thanks for the tip!
@@SmokinandGrillinwithAB no problem brother.... your next video should be a bbq inspired smoked spaghetti... I've made it a few times and I'll never have traditional spaghetti again. Lol
WoW, I would've never thought cast iron would crack! Thanks for mentioning that tip!
Great video. After oiling I use Scott blue shop paper towels to wipe off oil. The towels are great for absorbing the oil and not leaving lint after wiping like white paper towels will do. I also put a large baking sheet pan on the bottom of the oven to catch oil drips.
Was going to ask on Reddit if I could use blue shop towels for seasoning, you’re the best! 🤯❤️
Thats an endless time consuming process, plus a good way to run up your electric bill. !!!! :0
I’m looking into getting a set of cast iron pans to add to my collection and this is very helpful. Thank you AB for this.
Look up kent rollins on youtube. The man is funny and teaches you EVERYTHING there is to know about cast iron and recipes. Worth a look like this channel is. He's actually the exact opposite AB lol. Skinny, white country AF and loud haha.
Because it’s wrong
Wax on Wax off. 🤣 I can relate. But if anyone buys cast iron, buy made in the USA
Lol 😆
LOVE how showed in detail about seasoning. I only did the process once all my life and wondered why it takes so long for it to get “non-stick.” I do wash them every few months with dishwashing liquid but don’t plan to do that anymore either. Thank you SO MUCH for this wonderful information!
Yw! Thanks for watching!
My Mother passed 3 mth ago.. I have her all her cast iron skillets.. Thank you for this video. I can wait to Seasoning.
Is it just me, or does anyone else get happy when they see a notification from AB? 😀😀
Yes, his kitchen and deck are nice.
🙋🏾♀️I get happy when I’m notified. Love this channel!
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@@SmokinandGrillinwithAB AB...I live in Sacramento, where are you opening a restaurant?
Hey 🆎I’ve actually restored cast iron pans I found at my Granny’s house. My Mom was ready to toss them. I use what I have too to get that nice sheen. Cast iron is the best cookware ever.
That can on the stove contained bacon grease for whatever it was needed for.
I have lots of cast iron in different stages of shiny to rusty. I have obsessed over many videos. Each one has only part of the picture. Your video covers all the bases (starting with using soap and never again). Your steps make the confusion clear. 2023 cast iron here we come!!!
Thanks AB, whenever I check out instructional cooking vids, I usually check out at least 3 for the same subject/recipe so I can get multiple perspectives but I always make sure you are one of them if you have a vid up. Reason being, you are the best at teaching the methods out of any RUclipsr. Appreciate you!
I do the same thing lol
Next time, try flaxseed oil. You’ll be amazed at how nonstick it makes cast iron
Thanks for the tip I'll try it I've been using Canola
Thank you for this! My mom has been talking about seasoning hers for a while. I bought her all brand new set and cast iron Dutch oven for Mother’s Day but she still wants to season her old ones. I’m 22 and learning from her 💕
Just remember coated ones don't get seasoned.
No lye in soap if seasoned properly Soap doesn’t hurt
Thank you for this! I recently got a new cast iron skillet, and my daughter put it in the dishwasher to clean it before using. 😳😩🤦🏽♀️ It's good now. She knows it needed some oil, so they're both doing well! 😂
I have been cooking with cast iron for a long time and have trying to keep my cast iron up. This is by far on of the best videos I have seen on seasoning your cast iron. I guess I didn't realize you just keep putting more and more layers on back to back. I got my rain day all figure out . Thank you for your very well done / informative video.
19 years young and bought a cast iron at Marshall’s a couple days ago for $15! Wilkinson brand. My friend asked if it was preseasoned and i came here. Followed the steps and it came out glossyyyyyyyyyyy. I only messed up on the handle by not making it even. This was so fun and i plan on keeping it for the rest of my life.
I’m 20 and just bought one yesterday 😂
I'm 33 and just got mine from Amazon
22 and just got one lol
I'm 62 and still use the first one I bought 40 years ago at a flea market. I do all my cooking in either Cast Iron, Enameled Cast Iron, or a Carbon Steel Wok. I think I have 15 pieces of Cast Iron. Fry potatoes and deep fry French fries when you start cooking and it helps build up seasoning. Also bake cornbread or brownies in them. It helps them become more nonstick. Then it will cook meat without it sticking and make cleaning easier.
Just picked one up at tj max, Lodge Cast Iron, for 12$
Leave in the oven while you run the self clean cycle. That will break down everything.
You want to usually avoid olive oil because it has a lower smoke point.
Facts. I use Grapeseed.
Avacado oil is good
I use lard. 😊
What about bacon fat
My grandma still does it that way. And I've kept the tradition going and showing my posterity the same. Great content brother.
Sooo never use dish liquid to wash your skillet again ?!?
Dish soap does not affect seasoned cast iron (or carbon steel). This advice dates back to when dish soap was lye-based, which would affect cast iron. Just don't leave it wet. Use soap if you want.
It’s not really about effecting the iron itself it’s about breaking down the oil that makes up the seasoning we’re wanting to avoid
@@mattchumoore4214 Polymerized oil will not be broken down. That's the whole point of seasoning.
Nothing but the truth!!! I followed this video to a T. Used Avocado Oil spray (500F smoke point) and my cast irons could not have turned out better. Rust prevention worked so well I wish I could put my truck in the oven. Thank you for making this video. You’ve got another subscriber after this one. Amazing!
Professional soap maker here! Modern detergent will NOT hurt your cast iron. Old fashioned soap was made with no way to tell if lye was left in the soap. That’s why old soap could burn you and strip cast iron. Modern soap is created with chemical testing to make sure the lye is completely absent (it gets used up as it bonds water and oil together, which is aspinification) and turned into soap. Things like cascade aren’t even true soap; it’s detergent, which means it’s synthetic and does not use lye in the process of making it.
Great video, AB. You made this process easy to understand and rather uncomplicated as you always do. Thanks for sharing this one.
I made a wizard mad the other day and he threw one of these pans at me..
Apparently he likes to *Cast iron.*
Chef humor? Hahaha
@@Moose803 can't help myself!
This should be the only video you need to watch. He is right about the OIL, it is your choice as long as it gets oiled several times. I prefer corn oil only because it has a higher smoke point (450). This man is on point with this process
They also say flax seed oil is really good
Poison
You want it to smoke. That's what makes the chemical change.
This video was a true gem.Seasoning the cast fry pans always confused me,so I never did it, I finally have the knowledge
Thanks a million AB
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AB, you are a national treasure. I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you.
Not using dish soap after seasoning is a common misconception. The soap does not ruin the seasoning since it is a polymerzied oil and not just oil, soaking it does however.
I’ve never really used soap on mine just coarse salt hot water and dry well and put on the burner touch of oil get to just smoking turn burner off and let it chill. never had an issue. But you’re not wrong I think people are conflating using soap with letting the pan soak with soap in it in the sink
Huh, I have been avoiding it all this time
@@taekwoncrawfish9418 exactly!!! I can’t get my mother in law to understand that. I borrowed her cast iron one day when I needed two and I only had my one. She was so serious when she told me not to wash it with soap. I tried to tell her that it was the lye in the soap that would ruin it, but she is stubborn as all hell and very old fashioned 😂 I don’t use much dawn, but just a couple of drops has never hurt mine at all!
@@healthhollow7218washed my cast iron for the last 35 years and never hurt the cast iron. I don’t let it soak just a quick k wash.
I am new to the whole cast iron world. I seasoned it but what happens when I cook in it and how do I clean the food residue once I make something in it? AB stated to never use soap after seasoning. So, how do I clean it? Thanks so much!
Soap thing is bs now days. Made me ignore rest of vid
U don't ever use dish soap on a cast iron whether it's seasoned or not. U use baking soda or kosher salt with water
My Gma taught me to use kosher salt and 1/2 of a potato. The 1 and only time you use dish soap, is if you buy a brand new one.
Learning something new
My gramma said the SAME thing! Salt and oil and THATS IT!
Right on! Baking soda or salt (back in the day, no kosher salt to be found in my parts) were the absolute methods for keeping them clean and the food tasting great.
My mama said the same thing! She uses salt
Actually I was taught to use salt and lard or veggy oil to clean the pan.
Then put into the oven at 350 or if you had the oven on already from cooking ,turn oven off and let pan sit.The pan will get seasoned .
(Only wash the pans with a few drops of dishwashing soap and water to remove ' very stubborn stains' from the cast iron pan).
Thank you for this it is so needed!!!
I’m taking notes right now💜👀
You're so welcome and enjoy!
Hey Everyone!! We smiling too AB! Thanks for this video!!
Lol Thanks Lacey
@@SmokinandGrillinwithAB Always Welcome!!
This is a process but it’s very satisfying and worth it.
Cast iron is the greatest kitchen tool
I heard it's a myth that soap ruins the seasoning. They say it's baked on at a micro level that's beyond just oil on metal. It's supposed to be bonded where soap doesn't break down the oil no more.
Hi AB, congrats on your second anniversary. I watched some of the podcast. (Will finsh watching soon). Just wanted to say that first. Also, thank you for all the wonderful meals you make for us all. My favorite line, "I'm not finna overtalk it". By the way, I made your Pot Pie for my family and they've been asking when will I make it again. So that tells you, I am definitely a happy viewer. I made other meals as well. Keep being awesome and I see nothing but more success coming your way. Thank you for making us all feel like we are right in the kitchen with you and the authenticity that come along with it. It's the authenticity for me. Thank you!
AB one thinng that I'm not understanding is the metal-to-metal comtact with the cleaning device. Wouldn't that cause bits of the irom to be scraped, scrubbee, or knocked lose, which could ultimately get stuck into food?
I infuse bacon grease with honey whisky. I season my pan with that. It’s also good (in small amounts) to cook with.
Awww dang I wash it after i use bc mine is kinda bumpy inside but it has the same handles like the ones you’re showing?
Cast iron cookware is so great to cook with. I have several different sizes. Cornbread, different shape pans. I love cooking with them.
I totally agree!
Thats wassup AB. Im watching. Didn't know about the 4 times on the seasoning. I just thought it was once. G lookin' tho'..... Hope you checked me out. I gave you a S/O on my channel. Got my seafood loaded baked potato on. Cooking Wit' My Tony Show. Ep. 4
I was looking for this comment I think once is good enough!
Thanks so much for this! I messed mine up and never knew how to bring it back! Now I do! Thanks AB 🙏🏽❤️
Thank you for showing me how to seasoning my cast iron. I just brought me a small set. I always wanted them because we had them growing up. I didn't know how to used them. Now am going to try cooking with them. 😊
This video came right on time!! I was literally trying to figure out everything that you showed! Thank you❤️
Honestly, a bit of soap on a long seasoned skillets is fine... The polymer you create when seasoning is quite resistant and toughens everytime you use your skillet.
Avoid using it on recently seasoned ware I guess, but don't worry about old seasonings, these things will endure
Thanks for the simple straightforward videos. Believe it or not just today I noticed a perfectly sized old cast iron skillet hanging in the shop. I was wondering how difficult it would be to bring it back to life? You made it look simple and easy. After I get it brought back to life I'm going to get rid of the cheap skillets that I have now.
I going to get a lot a flak for this, but you can use dish soap to wash cast iron. Back in the day soap had a lot more lye in it and would ruin the seasoning and your skin. Modern soap is just not strong enough. For example, everyone gets stuff burned on the bottom stainless steel sauce pans, which is basically same stuff that season's a cast iron pan. We all know dish soap won't take that stuff off no matter how long you let it soak. Besides, restaurants have to wash their pans in soap, but after doing so they should be oiled.
Thanks AB for this demonstrate. I'll have to start using my cast iron again.🔥
:)
Damn you do it 4 times??? You must have a super high gas bill. So you have to every single time that you cook do this or just the one time when it's first used when brand new ?
That’s for the video. I have been throwing my cast iron pans away and buying new ones. Now I can save some money because now I know how to clean them!
Me too. 🤫 😂
😂😂😂😂
Throwing them away? Damn. What a waste.
Thank you for making this video. You’ve explained this process much better than anyone else I have seen. This video is a gem. I have one question. How often should I season my cast iron pans? Again, thank you for making this video.
Thanks for simplifying this process! I have three that need that exact treatment! Love what you do, Brother! Thanks, again!
I followed your instructions to the letter and first time cooking an egg it stuck to the pan worse than ever. What could I have done wrong?
I love your channel! My wife and I binge watch your videos and use a lot of your recipes. I recommended your channel to a ton of people. Keep up the hard work! God bless
I literally didn't know you don't wash with soap once seasoned. Thank you Ab!
I have my mom's pans. How do I clean the build up on the outside of the skillet
Sandpaper.
Get the skillet warm and scrub the outside like AB showed you. If that doesn't work, you can put the cast iron in your oven and run the Self Cleaning cycle. Then start with step one washing them and follow the rest of the steps he has shown.
@@johnpurdum8126 thanks 😊
Paper towel? Stops video. 🙄
I've always used a lint free cloth. 👍
Thanks for this. Keep up the good content AB.
Yw and enjoy!
@@SmokinandGrillinwithAB I will.
whoooooo you put that FLAX oil in a warm to hot pan and get ready...It's pretty smelly.
Nothing will season a cast iron skillet like some good 'ol Crisco!
Bacon grease too
That is all you need. Nothing fancy and bacon grease or lard.
Crisco is NOT the same formulation as it was 50 years ago.
@@OGKenG Nothing is the same formulation it was 50 years ago.
The Crisco with the Blue label not that Yellow label
Great video. I just got a set of iron skillets, and I’m excited to use them. Simple and to the point.
GReat video...question I didnt hear you talk about is...how often do you do this process? ...certainly not after cooking every meal... So how many meals do you cook in these pans before re-seasoning them? Or is it like every month or 2? Thanks.
This video was perfect for me. I have my 1st cask iron, I've done everything you said And all the lil issues you talked about I had. You made me feel so much more confident. THANK YOU
HUH'BRUH.. good info bruh👍🏿👍🏿
You are my hero! I grew up with cast iron all my life and still I use them everyday! I watch so many videos of how people season there pans and most people doing the wring way! Great job!
I have an iron skillet that has passed through three generations. This exactly how I was taught.
I was just in the middle of cooking fish with my cast iron when you posted this. Never knew you had to season it at times like that. I always washed it then coat it with olive oil and put it away. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Good looking out big homie AB. Thanks for the 411 on the cast iron skillet's, much love and appreciation 👑🍳✊🏽
🥰🥰🥰 loooove your channel!!!
Yo AB, I did this yesterday and did all the steps but the pan was still kinda "grainy" lookin today. Well, I put a mf Ribeye on dat bih this morning. Afterwards, I hit it with a water boil, scrubbed the residue off with salt and reapplied oil and this bih looks better than it did after the 4th 1hr bake. So if yall in the comments reading this, you may need to cook some beef or pork and then you'll have a clean black look.
I have a lot of CI and have watched a lot of videos of how to season them. But this is by far the best one I've found. For you to be so young, you did a fantastic job! Kudos to you and keep up the great work.
All I do is wipe them out with viva paper towels as soon as I'm done cooking have not had to reseason in over 5 yrs after I wipe them out spray them down with cooking spary I NEVER put water in mine
One of my favorite channels to watch on YT. Always informative and entertaining. Great video AB! Thank You for sharing.
Good info. Good presentation.
Ty. 👍✝️🙏❤️
Thanks AB got a couple of skillets passed down from my grandmother probably close to 100 yrs old. Even got one that is very thin 1/4 high sides I used to make pancakes. I gotta stip and re season some of the other ones using your method that's old school right there!!!
If seasoned correctly , Dish soap wont do anything to it. . i wash mine often and the seasoning is fine.
Definitely gonna put this video in a playlist. Because my cast iron is struggling!
I'm know yo mama and big mama raised you right!! You cook and know how to clean cast iron skillets!! Good job mom and grand mom!!😇♥️
It was good seeing you season the Cast Iron pans, the results were amazing. I am new to cast iron about three years now. The lesson is easy to follow.
Thank you for the video. I am re-seasoning my cast Iron today. 👍
If you can’t use dish soap on your pan, you haven’t seasoned it correctly. Modern dish soap doesn’t have any lye in it. Correctly seasoned means the oil went through polymerization which is very hard and will be far too difficult for dawn to remove without extra help.
So how do you season it correctly then?? 😳
Hey AB, you are definitely my favorite on RUclips! As my new hobbie is cooking you have taught me how to cook so many delicious meals. Thank you for making it simple and easy! Please do a lamb stew. 😊
I thought a seasoned cast-iron skillet was cleaned with a handful of salt and that chainmail scrubber....?
You. An do that also. It really boils down to how you were taught. Using soap strips it down to the bare metal.
Gotta love the cast irons!!!
Yes sir!
Thanks so much for posting had flown away so many non-stick frying-pans always go back to my cast iron
Thank you for putting this video together! I've watched others, yet yours have caught my attention. I'm following the instructions right now. I'm currently on to my second cycle of placing my pan back into the oven. If time permits, I will try for at least three oven cycles. I will update my comment to let you know how it turn out. Thank you again.
How’d it turn out? I’m doing mine now
Thanks a million just bought my first set of cast iron pots and pans this video helped tremendously!!!
This couldn’t come at a better time since I’m looking at buying one. Thanks AB!
Buy American made cast iron. Never China.
Go to a thrift store and buy one there!! Already broken in😃
Don’t buy Lodge cast iron, they’re no good. Get a really old one at tag sales or thrift shops.
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I love throwing the cast iron in the smoker to smoke chili.
🤯 post that video
dang i really liked seeing the differences between 2, 3 and 4. its was actually noticable. Ive never had to "reset" my cast iron yet but now i got a solid foundation on how if i ever have to.
So far all my glorious steak cooks have kept my cast iron looking prime