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Everything you need to know about CAST IRON cookware, seasoning and restoration

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After each use, clean your cast iron cookware with warm water and a stiff brush (such as the Lodge brand cast iron cleaner shown) – never use soap, as it can strip away the seasoning. After cleaning, dry the pan thoroughly and apply a small, dime-sized dollop of oil, rubbing it into all surfaces with a paper towel. The pan should have a slight sheen but not be greasy. Once oiled, store the pan inside your oven. This storage method, combined with the residual heat from subsequent oven use, continually reinforces the seasoning. By consistently cooking with and properly maintaining your cast iron, it will become fully seasoned within a couple of weeks, developing a naturally non-stick surface ideal for cooking items like scrambled eggs or cornbread.

Goal: Learn how to clean and maintain seasoned cast iron cookware after each use and store it properly to preserve its non-stick properties.

Tools and materials

  • Lodge Brand Cast Iron Cleaner
  • Oven
  • Paper Towels
  • Walnut Oil
  • Warm Water N/A

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water in here okay carefully run some water in there don't burn yourself don't let the pan be too hot and then you take this brush and you just simply get in the edges brush it off wipe all the way around the rim right there and wipe it out again with a paper towel and then do the oil treatment one more time so drop a little bit probably once you get it good and seasoned you only need about a dime sized dollop of oil and then you'll rub that oil in just like so and set it back over on the stove let it stay warm and it'll absorb that oil now to finish out our cure let's talk about that so finishing out our cure we're not done we're not totally done here this takes work again it's a commitment on your part we're going to take all of our pans that we've greased up and made look wonderful nice and wonderful we actually could just take this one and wipe it out uh also i'll you know what i'm gonna do it real quick and i'm gonna show you this is the before the crusty nasty before and inside here is just a puddle of nastiness that's the back this is the before and that is the after isn't that beautiful isn't that wonderful so we're gonna take these guys right here and i have my oven preheating again to 285 we're gonna take all of these skillets and we're gonna put them all look at that man from gosh it's just so impressive from that to this unbelievable guys it's just absolutely unbelievable we're going to take this and we're going to put it in the oven and i'm not here to sell you anything this is all about education we're going to take that we're going to put it in the oven for about an hour and a half even two hours at the temperature of about 285 and that will season this pan once we take it back out we'll oil it up again and we will store these pans inside our oven that's where i store my pants and whenever i cook something or bake something in the oven i take my pans out and then when i take whatever it is i cooked out i set my pans back in the oven and that helps again to season them very very well so it only takes probably a couple of weeks maybe to get your pans totally seasoned start cooking with them start using them and i promise you in about two or three weeks you'll take a crusty worthless old pan like this and make it into your go-to pan to cook scrambled eggs for the family in the morning or cornbread or whatever it is you want to cook guys i hope to see on the next video here on the stoney ridge farm thank you so much again cleaning the pans you…

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