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OT-Preseasoned Cast Iron
I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I
just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to use. Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have to do any work to them before hand?? The piece that I got was just one to do little cornbread sticks. I actually have one of my grandmothers but I have not cleaned it up...It's BAD!!! It looks like it's seasoned well, it's just crusty and stuff, but anyway....need tips on cleaning it, but not right now, just curios about this preseasoned cast iron! Thanks! B-Worthey |
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"bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote in message
... >I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I >just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to use. >Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have to do >any work to them before hand?? The piece that I got was just one to do >little cornbread sticks. I actually have one of my grandmothers but I have >not cleaned it up...It's BAD!!! It looks like it's seasoned well, it's >just crusty and stuff, but anyway....need tips on cleaning it, but not >right now, just curios about this preseasoned cast iron! > > Thanks! > > B-Worthey > > I have had pretty good luck with the preseasoned stuff from Lodge. Wipe it down good and use it. Make sure you grease it pretty good the first few times. -- James A. "Big Jim" Whitten www.lazyq.com |
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Big Jim wrote:
> I have had pretty good luck with the preseasoned stuff from Lodge. > Wipe it down good and use it. Make sure you grease it pretty good the > first few times. But isn't that akin to seasoning while using Jim? -- Steve |
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On 18-Nov-2007, "bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote: > I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I > > just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to > use. > Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have to do > > any work to them before hand?? The piece that I got was just one to do > little cornbread sticks. I actually have one of my grandmothers but I > have > not cleaned it up...It's BAD!!! It looks like it's seasoned well, it's > just > crusty and stuff, but anyway....need tips on cleaning it, but not right > now, > just curios about this preseasoned cast iron! > > Thanks! > > B-Worthey There's nothing mysterious about preseasoned cast iron cookware. The manufacturer has simply killed two birds with one stone. They have protected their product from rust before its' first use and provided an additional service to the end user at the same time. Initial (pre) seasoning is easily accomplished by liberally coating the cast iron with vegetable oil, mineral oil or lard and baking it at 300 plus degrees farenheit for a couple of hours. The "unseasoning" process is equally simple. Simply heat the cast iron beyond the temperature in which any kind of oil or grease can exist. A self-cleaning oven will do the trick nicely. Failing that, a wood/coal fired stove or even an open pit fire will serve equally well. Simply bury the CI in redhot coals for a couple of hours and all baked on impurities including rust and corrosion will be incinerated away. After the heat treatment and of course careful (slow) cooling, simply wash the product thoroughly and reseason as described for initial seasoning. There is nothing complicated or magical about the process and no reason to make it so. Liberal use of oil during the first few uses will aid in thickening and enhancing the initial seasoning. A pitfall that many folks fall into is avoiding any use of their cast iron which might damage or even remove the seasoning. Forget about it. Use your cast iron as if it were impervious to all hazards. For all practical purposes, it is. If you choose to make red spaghetti sauce in your CI dutch oven, simply wash it up when you get done, wipe it down with fresh oil and pop it in the oven for a couple of hours. There may be many reasons for "not" using CI for certain things, but damage to the CI should not be one of them. -- Brick(Youth is wasted on young people) |
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Brick wrote:
> The "unseasoning" process is equally simple. Simply heat the cast iron > beyond the temperature in which any kind of oil or grease can exist. A > self-cleaning oven will do the trick nicely. Failing that, a wood/coal fired > stove or even an open pit fire will serve equally well. Simply bury the CI > in redhot coals for a couple of hours and all baked on impurities including > rust and corrosion will be incinerated away. > > After the heat treatment and of course careful (slow) cooling, simply > wash the product thoroughly and reseason as described for > initial seasoning. There is nothing complicated or magical about the > process and no reason to make it so. > > Liberal use of oil during the first few uses will aid in thickening and > enhancing the initial seasoning. > > A pitfall that many folks fall into is avoiding any use of their cast iron > which might damage or even remove the seasoning. Forget about it. > Use your cast iron as if it were impervious to all hazards. For all > practical purposes, it is. If you choose to make red spaghetti sauce > in your CI dutch oven, simply wash it up when you get done, wipe it > down with fresh oil and pop it in the oven for a couple of hours. > > There may be many reasons for "not" using CI for certain things, but > damage to the CI should not be one of them. What an excellent post... I have never known about "unseasoning" but it makes sense to burn off the impurities before seasoning. I've heard that cooking acidic foods can leach unhealthy amounts of iron in the food. I usually have stainless for my spaghetti. |
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"bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote in message ... >I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I >just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to use. >Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have to do >any work to them before hand?? It is ready to go, but will get even better with use. I always recommend frying up a couple of batches of bacon the first times out so it polymerizes well and gets that black patina. In the case of a cornbread pan, yo can't fry bacon it in, but you can wipe it down with bacon fat before you pour in the batter. |
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Sonoran Dude wrote:
.. > > What an excellent post... I have never known about "unseasoning" but it > makes sense to burn off the impurities before seasoning. I've heard that > cooking acidic foods can leach unhealthy amounts of iron in the food. I > usually have stainless for my spaghetti. I've never met Brick, but always read what he posts from start to finish. The guy's one smart dude and tells it like it is. Nonny -- ---Nonnymus--- No matter how large your boat, the person you are talking with will have a close friend with a larger one. ---Observation by my son |
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"Big Jim" > wrote in message ... > I have had pretty good luck with the preseasoned stuff from Lodge. > Wipe it down good and use it. Make sure you grease it pretty good the > first few times. > -- > James A. "Big Jim" Whitten > > www.lazyq.com Thanks Big Jim....that's really what I was wondering. I know the stuff I season, how it turns out, just didn't know how it was when it came already seasoned. B-Worthey |
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On 18-Nov-2007, Sonoran Dude > wrote: > Brick wrote: > .. . . > > What an excellent post... I have never known about "unseasoning" but it > makes sense to burn off the impurities before seasoning. I've heard that > cooking acidic foods can leach unhealthy amounts of iron in the food. I > usually have stainless for my spaghetti. I can remember only one occasion when I felt it desirable if not downright necessary to "unseason" a cast iron vessel. The article was a 10" X 3" skillet which many refer to as a "Chicken Fryer". I received it as a cast- off from a moving out apartment dweller. The landlord wanted to get rid of it and I was happy to take it off of her hands for the effort of hauling it away. It was really nasty. It had areas of heavy patina as well as areas of heavy rust. I ran it through a 3 hour selfcleaning oven cycle and voila! It was like new again. I washed it thoroughly with soap and water, then after thoroughly drying, I coated it liberally with vegetable oil and then baked it for three hours at 350°F. Since then, it looks "Out of the Box" new. You're right about the iron leeching from acidic foods. Until recently, I hadn't heard of anyone that was intolerant of it, but I know now that it can be as deadly to some people as peanuts are to some others. I do use my dutch oven to make stew which always has some tomatoes in it, but it's not particularly acidic overall. I would not use it to make spaghetti sauce, mostly because the iron would ruin the taste. -- Brick(Youth is wasted on young people) |
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"Brick" > wrote in message news:uwZ%i.6860 > There's nothing mysterious about preseasoned cast iron cookware. The > manufacturer has simply killed two birds with one stone. They have > protected their product from rust before its' first use and provided an > additional service to the end user at the same time. Initial (pre) > seasoning > is easily accomplished by liberally coating the cast iron with vegetable > oil, mineral oil or lard and baking it at 300 plus degrees farenheit for a > couple of hours. > No, never said there was anything mysterious to the process....just didn't know how well it was done in a mass produced sort of thing. I know how well my stuff and my mom's and my grandmother's stuff is once it has been seasoned, but just didn't know about buying it already seasoned. B-Worthey |
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"bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote in message
... >I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I >just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to use. >Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have to do >any work to them before hand?? The piece that I got was just one to do >little cornbread sticks. I actually have one of my grandmothers but I have >not cleaned it up...It's BAD!!! It looks like it's seasoned well, it's >just crusty and stuff, but anyway....need tips on cleaning it, but not >right now, just curios about this preseasoned cast iron! > > Thanks! > > B-Worthey > > Preseasoned is ready to use, your old one can be cleaned in ovens self clean cycle. http://web.comporium.net/~amwil/disc...tm#Cast%20Iron Go here to my bbq site for link to cast iron care, piedmont |
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"bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote in message
... > > "Big Jim" > wrote in message > ... > >> I have had pretty good luck with the preseasoned stuff from Lodge. >> Wipe it down good and use it. Make sure you grease it pretty good the >> first few times. >> -- >> James A. "Big Jim" Whitten >> >> www.lazyq.com > > Thanks Big Jim....that's really what I was wondering. I know the stuff I > season, how it turns out, just didn't know how it was when it came already > seasoned. > > B-Worthey > > > > I bought a 10" skillet and a 12" griddle from the Lodge Outlet in South Pittsburg, Tn a couple of months ago. Brought them home, rinsed them off with warm soapy water, dried them and started cooking with them. Both pieces look like they been in my kitchen for years. Nothing has stuck so far. I did bacon in the pan and for the first griddle cook I did hoecakes, they slid right off. -- James A. "Big Jim" Whitten www.lazyq.com |
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"Nunya Bidnits" > wrote in message > Exactly. Instead of petroleum oil they use food grade oil after > manufacturing to prevent rust. However I worry about the oil going rancid, > since there is no telling how long its been in some warehouse. If I > acquire > new cast iron I clean it and reseason it myself as Brick described. > If it is seasoned, it won't go ranced becasue there is no longer any oil on it. The oil was heated and polymerized and in the chemical sense, it is no longer an oil, but a polymer coating. > I have two large and one mini cast iron skillets which I use many times a > week cooking breakfast and dinner. I just leave them on the stovetop after > cooking with the residual grease in them. When I use them again, I heat > them > up to the sizzling and smoking point, and then **carefully with a big > mitt** > run them under water in the sink. When it starts to cool off I just run a > handle scrubber over it if necessary to remove any residue and rinse. This > lifts off and steams away all the residual oils and leaves just the right > amount of oil imbedded in the pan for the next cook. It looks and sounds > scary and you don't want to get bare skin near it when the steam comes > off, > but the technique works great for me. Sounds scary. It can be done with much less risk so I'll stick with my method. |
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"Michael (Piedmont)" > wrote in message ... > "bworthey" <bworthey@windstreamDOTnet> wrote in message > ... >>I know, a bit off topice, but I knew this would be the place to ask it. I >>just bought a piece of pre-seasoned cast iron that claims its ready to >>use. Anyone had any luck with these? Have any suggestions? Did you have >>to do any work to them before hand?? The piece that I got was just one to >>do little cornbread sticks. I actually have one of my grandmothers but I >>have not cleaned it up...It's BAD!!! It looks like it's seasoned well, >>it's just crusty and stuff, but anyway....need tips on cleaning it, but >>not right now, just curios about this preseasoned cast iron! >> >> Thanks! >> >> B-Worthey >> >> > > Preseasoned is ready to use, your old one can be cleaned in ovens self > clean cycle. > > http://web.comporium.net/~amwil/disc...tm#Cast%20Iron > > Go here to my bbq site for link to cast iron care, > piedmont I was wondering if I could reseason a skillet by carfuly lowering it into the hot oil I fried the turkey in? |
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"cooter" > wrote in message > I was wondering if I could reseason a skillet by carfuly lowering it into > the hot oil I fried the turkey in? Might work, but it is not the best way. No need to do the outside and it is better if it sits in a hot oven for a while once oiled. |
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