Homestead Series Cast Iron Pots And Pans

We use almost all cast iron pans and pots now. Wouldn't go back. We show how to maintain them and there advantages.

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• cast
• iron
• pot
• pans
• cookware
• homesteadacres
• kitchen
• oven
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• stove
• cooking
• homestead
• series
• baking
• camping

[Kodygoo]

how hot is the oven to bake the oil coated pans? and what does the oil do to recondition?

[HomesteadAcres]

@Kodygoo The oil makes a protective coating on the pans. As it builds up its actually better then a non stick pan. We use about 400 F

[patchcords]

I use cast iron too, nothing beats the taste of food cooked with cast iron !!!

[VivianRinSC]

There is a taste difference. If I cook my home-fries in anything other than cast iron, they don't taste as good even though I did everything the same way with the same ingredients.

[madamesophia2004]

You guys are just awesome- I get so inspired by your videos to help my husband with our small scale farm/fruit orchard we are starting up. I have learned so much watching you both and wanted to thank you for posting. From a transplanted American in Denmark. :)

[stonenstrop]

Cast Iron skillets, pots. griddles and waffle irons are worth the effort. When I bake over a campfire in grandma's no.8 Griswold pot I not only oil the bottom, tear 9 inch circle out of brown paper (like a grocery bag) and soak it with oil. Then place my pineapple rings, apply brown sugar, drop cherries into pa and pour the yellow cake mix. Next place the pot on hot coals, turn the lid upside down on the pot, and a good scoop of hot coals into the lid, wait 25 minutes or so. stonenstrop

[ceahorse56]

I love my cast iron fry pan, 36 yrs old and still going strong. My husband recently found 3 at a yard sale for a $1.00 each. He's restore one, ithad such a thick coating he had to sand it down. Now after seasoning it , it's perfect!

[noblinger]

Great vid. I have a pan to refinish. This helped.

[alderaforall]

I was always told no soap, and don't scrub them with any kind of scour pad if possible. I have managed to shanghai my mom's cast iron pans used throughout my childhood. After cleaning put them back on the stove turn the heat on and cook them dry. Coat them with a thin film of veg oil and ready for the next meal to be cooked in them.

[BornRandy62]

I have full sets of both Griswold and Wagner brands cast iron pans. from the 3 inch ash tray size single egg pans to 14 inch fryers. I have several flat fryers that are great for burgers and pancakes. One will cross two stove burners others are round single burner sizes. I have about 400 pounds of cast iron cooking utensils.

[tangarooo]

@aedr2374 Your coment was five months ago, so you probably already got an aswer to your question. But I can answer anyway. The black flakes are charred food. Not poisonous, but not good for you either. Take your skillet(s) down to the metal and re-season. I have found that the best way to clean them is to add a little water when they are still hot and use a metal spatula or even a bit of steele wool to scrape the bottom. The heat seems to help loosen anything that could have stuck.

[jimdoesjokes]

Today I was warming up some food in a teflon coated pan. The teflon flaked off everywhere in the food and I noticed a slight smell. Teflon is poisonous. People wonder why cancer seems to be more rampant in modern society. We cook in poisonous cookware, are bombarded by radio waves constantly, ingest the most foul kind of preservatives and breathe in toxic fumes everyday walking down the street. I'm throwing away the teflon and buying cast iron theres no excuse for your health.

[1994buttons]

I found two of those huge fry pans at a yard sale for 30 bucks each.. now let me tell you if I had to get my husbands attention I would have to get a muscle man to help me.. they are heavy!

[sheepinarowboat]

thank you. Very nice video.