Cast Iron Skillet: How to Season and Protect Your Cast Iron

Cast Iron Skillets are the original non-stick "Teflon" coating. An iron skillet seasoned properly will keep food from sticking, is great for browning and easy to care for. And good cast iron cookware will last a life time. Cast iron skillets have been handed down from generation to generation. Rita's favorite cast iron skillet was handed down from her mother and is at least 100 years old.
This video shows you how to season cast iron skillet using a bit of vegetable oil and a few hours in a warm oven. Rita also shows you how to care for your cookware, clean your skillet and re-season it.

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[lalarocks46]

I bought a brand new set of cast iron and threw away box. Is there a step I should do before seasoning? I thought I needed to bake new in oven at 500 for an hour..Is this true?

[RecipeCook]

@lalarocks46 Just follow the directions in the video and you'll be OK. Start by scrubbing your cast iron skillet it in hot soapy water to get it cleaned up from the manufacturing process and then follow the video.

[johnk6749]

I have been using 12" and 10" cast iron skillets for about 2 years. I love them. They make cooking enjoyable. I couldn't count all the things I make in them both on the stove top and in the oven. I feel like I have become a better cook since using cast iron because the food turns out so good and tastes better. No one is ever going to pass on their Teflon skillets to their heirs.

[RecipeCook]

@johnk6749 I love it! What a great sentiment. Cast iron is such a good connection with the past and traditional ways of doing things...but it also works better than a lot of modern methods in many ways.

[210482fmj]

i am using vegetabel oil using the techniqiue this women describes and when i remove it from the oven and run a tissue over the pan it is sticky. THig goes away if i semar some more oil over but should it not leave a sticky residue. IS vegetable oil to sticky for seasoning as some have suggested

[RecipeCook]

@210482fmj Maybe it's your tissue that's making the pan sticky. Vegetable oil (I don't like olive oil), or solid shortening, should be OK to use. Melt solid shortening. Before seasoning, run your fingers over the bottom of the inside of the pan. It should be real smooth, which means it's clean. If there's any residue at all, it won't season right. Lodge Cast Iron, which I have great respect for, suggests 350 for 1 hr; I do 250 and a longer time, so it's your choice. Does this help?

[RecipeCook]

@franzb69 250 F. Let me know how it works.

[pstyr11]

I love my cast iron skillet. It is a good self-defense tool also.

[210482fmj]

Its a shame they don't make these cast iron pans in the iomlette pan shape with the rounded edges which makes it easier to flip a french style omlette. THey only make the rounded edge cast iron ommlette pans with the enamel finish. I wonder why they don't make cast iron skillets witht he sloped edges.

[Funkybot453]

What a waste

[jdh91741]

When putting my cast iron ware aside (dutch oven) I spray it inside and out with Pam. It has prevented rusting very well so far.

[cptgerard]

Thanks, you saved my skillet...and Dinner :)

[GarrettMcKay19]

hahaha "...you won't have to go to the gym, if you buy an iron skillet."

iron skillet FTW!! lolz

[Stayclassy83]

I bought a 15 " lodge skillet it says it's preseasoned does this mean I have to season it myself?