Fixing Sticky Cast Iron

Made this video for rastaromanian - Apparently he over-oiled a new cast iron pan during the seasoning process and ended up with gunky, drippy goops of oil on his pan : (

This video is my attempt at helping him fix the issue. I hope it works!

Remember: Remove as much excess oil as possible when seasoning or maintaining pans.
If you must re-season a pan, put it in the oven on self-clean setting (and turn on a vent fan) - Or do it outside on a hot grille.

Let me know if you have any questions or issues...

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Sticky
• cast
• iron
• rastaromanian
• tastygarlic

[nitr0burn]

The end of you video made the mistake of calling the oil polymerization "carmalization".

[tastygarlic]

@nitr0burn Good catch!

[redwheelmedia]

Thank you for sharing this video. I followed your instructions and it fixed my sticky pan problem.

[tastygarlic]

@redwheelmedia Awesome! That's what this community is all about! :D

[hardhitter0421]

Hey that was a good rag filled with good oil to do another skillet. What I like about this whole concept of fixing the seasoning bad is that, you do not mention a total over haul which would include a through cleaning back down to the metal. I wish I had seen this before I lose years worth of seasoning in my skillets by not adjusting the problem with this method... now I am twice as mad about it...I don't know if this video was a good thing or bad now? Well ok...a good thing, may save a pan.

[tastygarlic]

I love sites like YT because of the collective good (and bad) information. My dad used to tell me to may as much attention to how things are done badly as how they're done well. He said it would save me a lot of money, blood and heartache... I wish I would have listened to him better when I was younger. These cast iron vids are the collective result of my own frustration and experience with them. I hope these vids save folks the frustration I have experienced via trial and error. Thanks!!

[210482fmj]

i am finally going ot buy a non stick ceramic pan. Cast iron is ubeatable for certain food like tortillas with no oil but there are some food you cannot cook in iron pans with zero oil without sticking. non stick pans are the only way to cook using less oil. Any chef school you will find they arer using non stick and it is essential to the modern cooking methods now for pro chefs.  Just make sure to use commercial grade. i think ceramic nonstick pans can handle high powered stoves well

[copiercer]

Grampy told me that if your pan got too dirty, and you couldent get it clean, to build a fire and bring the pot/pan up to red hot in the fire, let the fire burn itself out, and re-season the pan by cooking a little bacon in it just before using it, and wipe it inside and out with the towel used to drain the bacon. (and Don't wash it with soap). All my cast iron is awesome !!!

[marja0011]

@SaraHeartsGirls Thanks!

[MrSuperdooley]

the pan should be upside down when seasoned in the oven from the looks of the drips it was placed right side up

[SaraHeartsGirls]

@marja0011 This lady did some great research on seasoning. h ttp ://sherylcanter.c om/ word press/2010/01/a-science-based-­technique-for-seasoning-cast-i­ron/ 

[marja0011]

I bought a brand new preseasoned oval pot. I've only used it a few times and it started rusting around the sides inside. I used pumice to clean out the rust and have been reseasoning it with lard. Saw somewhere someone said this can get rancid over time better to use oil. But my question is don't I have to remove the rust before I reseason. Someone suggested just putting the oil on top of the rust and reseason. Which is correct? Thanks!

[backyardsounds]

It's a bit extreme, but what I do is take my iron skillet/skillets to one of those fall time camp fire get-together and I'll lay it in the hot fire. You'll need a coat hanger or something to get it out. When you get it home you just rinse it off and re season it. IT looks brand new.

[Elizabeth84]

This video is toooo long.... nice,but too long. Edit it down

[YoshiIkagawa]

Great video. This just happened to my pan and I had no idea what to do. Thanks for the help!

[jpwallace100]

thanks great video