Any one use a cast iron skillet

[Kype]

home made potatoes and tuna steaks tonight. first picture is one of my lodges cooking the potatoes with onion, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt and pepper

tuna steaks are cooked in my wagner. salt,pepper, and dill

one of my favorite dressings for fish

and served with my homemade cole slaw

[Kype]

i clean my cast iron using this method:

put the cast iron skillets back on the burner until the cooking surface is smoking. get your tap water going as hot as your tap water can get. remove the hot iron and rinse in the hot as hell tap water forming a steaming affect. gently scrub with only a plastic brissel brush. the rinse again. if your skillets are well seasoned then everything comes off doing it this way. afterwards dry the skillets with an old t shirt(not paper towels, paper towles leave behind lint). then light coating of oil while the skillet is still warm(not hot). i then hang my cast iron on hooks. never put them in drawers or cabniets. 

[Bucndoe]

2 hours ago, Kype said:

i clean my cast iron using this method:

put the cast iron skillets back on the burner until the cooking surface is smoking. get your tap water going as hot as your tap water can get. remove the hot iron and rinse in the hot as hell tap water forming a steaming affect. gently scrub with only a plastic brissel brush. the rinse again. if your skillets are well seasoned then everything comes off doing it this way. afterwards dry the skillets with an old t shirt(not paper towels, paper towles leave behind lint). then light coating of oil while the skillet is still warm(not hot). i then hang my cast iron on hooks. never put them in drawers or cabniets. 

Careful with that. If there is too much of a temperature difference in the water the cast iron could crack

[Kype]

2 minutes ago, Bucndoe said:

Careful with that. If there is too much of a temperature difference in the water the cast iron could crack

no it will not. i work with all grades of cast iron at work. removing and installing electric motors encased in cast iron housings using rose bud torches at 3,000 degrees.  you would need that cast iron glowing red and then quench it in COLD water for it to crack. the heat from a stove top and hot tap water is nothing for a cast iron skillet. you are only creating a steaming affect thus cleaning the surface.

[Bucndoe]

9 minutes ago, Kype said:

no it will not. i work with all grades of cast iron at work. removing and installing electric motors encased in cast iron housings using rose bud torches at 3,000 degrees.  you would need that cast iron glowing red and then quench it in COLD water for it to crack. the heat from a stove top and hot tap water is nothing for a cast iron skillet. you are only creating a steaming affect thus cleaning the surface.

Not with my luck, I baby my cast iron pans to the point the Princess ain’t allowed to clean them. She can cook in them, but I clean them

Edited March 9, 2021 by Bucndoe

[Kype]

4 minutes ago, Bucndoe said:

Not with my luck, I baby my cast iron pans to the point the Princess ain’t allowed to clean them

i dont get your comment. but anyway, a stove top temp, and hot as hell tap water will only create a steaming affect on your iron and cleaning it. no need to worry about the iron cracking or warpping. 

[Bucndoe]

8 hours ago, Kype said:

i dont get your comment. but anyway, a stove top temp, and hot as hell tap water will only create a steaming affect on your iron and cleaning it. no need to worry about the iron cracking or warpping. 

The Princess is my wife

[OldMenRule]

Been using cast iron for ever. I never knew you were meant to clean them. I just thought the flavor of each prior meal just carried over......

[Lunatic]

13 hours ago, Kype said:

i clean my cast iron using this method:

put the cast iron skillets back on the burner until the cooking surface is smoking. get your tap water going as hot as your tap water can get. remove the hot iron and rinse in the hot as hell tap water forming a steaming affect. gently scrub with only a plastic brissel brush. the rinse again. if your skillets are well seasoned then everything comes off doing it this way. afterwards dry the skillets with an old t shirt(not paper towels, paper towles leave behind lint). then light coating of oil while the skillet is still warm(not hot). i then hang my cast iron on hooks. never put them in drawers or cabniets. 

I use hot water from the faucet, sponge and plastic brush if needed. Usually two wipes with the sponge and that is usually enough. Yes I use paper towels to dry it, then oil,  and it goes into cabinet 

 

Edited March 9, 2021 by Lunatic

[Gman]

I clean with hot water only, dry, oil and stick in the oven at 350 until completely dry.

[Nanuk]

i use them for cooking everything, pizza , cornbread , brownies , steaks. , roasted chicken , breakfast potatoes list goes on . I season with organic Flax seed oil .or Crisbees stick found on amazon .  Another way to season is cook a pound of fatty bacon on medium heat this will start the process of opening the metal’s pores to season/seal. 

Thanks

Edited March 10, 2021 by Nanuk