How do you season your Cast Iron Skillets?
08-12-2011, 04:19 AM
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I also do the same i use steel wool to clean mine good. then put crisco in the pan and around the bottom. i put in the over at 475 for 2 hours comes out beautiful. oh also i put the pan in the middle rack up side down.
08-12-2011, 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Originally Posted by dlbrandt
I have my mother's set of cast irons. From a tiny one to a very large one. I season them the way you all do. It does well, but my fried potatoes ALWAYS stick no matter how much oil or butter I put in. It's a mess to clean up. Any suggestions?
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08-12-2011, 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by craftybear
How do you season your Cast Iron Skillets?
08-12-2011, 05:20 AM
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I swear by my cast iron but since I bought my wife the new stove (glass top) I cant use them on it at all. I had to go out and buy the ceramic coated cast iron and I like them but I had a time trying to season the skillet. I use bacon grease also but for the life of me everything I cook in that one skillet sticks. Maybe in a few months of use it will figure out its place in life and all will be good but in the meantime my favorite skillet is delegated to cooking cornbread in the oven. :|
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08-12-2011, 05:33 AM
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I rub mine down with bacon grease then put into the oven. Now say you have a bonfire going on outside, you could then rub it down and put it into the fire, just on the outside of huge fire you have going. When I was small my mom would throw it into a trash can outside and start a fire.
08-12-2011, 05:34 AM
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To season an old skillet, you just rub cooking oil in it and let it set. Then follow a lot of the washing instructions already posted after use. If it is one you have just purchased, check the label. The one I just bought my daughter at Wallyworld was already seasoned and ready for use!!
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