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Post by tryinhard on Jul 25, 2014 19:20:03 GMT -6
I've got a Lodge 10" Dutch Oven that needs to be re-seasoned. What's the best way to do it? YouTube says I need to burn it at 500* for 3 - 5 hours then let it cool slowly, wipe with vegetable oil and cook at 350* - 400* for a couple of hours and let it cool slowly again. Is this right?
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Post by tylercraiglow on Jul 25, 2014 22:20:08 GMT -6
My wife usually picks the hottest day of the year to season some old castiron(I never claimed she was the brightest). The ac just cant keep up with her and the dang oven. She says veg oil is the worst cause it will get gummy but crisco or lard works for her. I was at a non trapping rendezvous and one old timer was seasoning with bees wax.
Tyler
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Post by tjm on Jul 25, 2014 23:03:16 GMT -6
Easy way is fry in it with lard every day, scour it with a chore girl in cold water and never ever put dish liquid in it,ever. After scouring warm pan on stove and wipe with lard. Some pans will become so nonstick that you can fry an egg with no fat after a while.
To remove the build up on an old pan, stick it in the wood stove full of coals for an hour or two or bury it in campfire coals.
Can use vegatable oil but it builds a thick coating that doesn't last as long, imo.
In the oven I bake the pan at 350* and take it out and recoat it a few times, scouring it with coarse salt to smooth the coating, salt=season.
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Post by tryinhard on Jul 26, 2014 5:49:18 GMT -6
Thanks guys! I put it in the oven last night on the self clean cycle. I've got a nice oven with some surface rust. Now to clean and season. I'm going to try vegetable oil. I used Crisco last time and the food had a funny flavor. I'm gonna get this one way or another!
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Post by krank on Aug 5, 2014 20:58:16 GMT -6
I got in trouble on a forum that was for collecting cast iron. I told them you could throw a skillet in a bon fire and heat it till you could see through it and be just fine. They were horrified. I realized then that they were idiots that never use cast iron. They just look at it.
If you use vegatable oil on a cast iron pot it will harden into plastic. Nothing removes it short of throwing it in the fire and redoing it. Lard is the only way. Yuppies on the cast iron collecting site insist that only grape seed oil is acceptable seasoning. I think I will head back to that forum and give them some more grief.
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Post by mmaxwell on Aug 10, 2014 19:21:28 GMT -6
Yep camp fire with a lot of hot coals and redo with lard is the only way.
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