WOW! Incredible! Next up: how to wash/clean your restored cast iron pan to preserve it's new seasoning.

@xchrysantha

Ай бұрын

Yes please!!!

@ars63007

Ай бұрын

Cast Iron Chris is a fantastic resource on both KZread and Instagram if you’re looking for cleaning tips. He’s got a lot of helpful videos and posts.

THIS video is what I’ve been waiting for. I have beautiful cast iron pans that my grandmother gave me. Now I’ll be able to use them. ✨Thank You so much! 😃🥳

Up next... Brandon's cooking channel! 🤣 Great job on the pan Brandon 👍

Can you please do a video on how to clean burnt on food from non stick pans please??

You are a genius!. Thank you, I have three similar ones to yours which I was going to put in recycling bin. Now I will bring back from the garden!

Brandon, would you show us how to clean and season during the pan’s use? TIA

None of the oils worked for me except Crisco. That was a game changer!

Great informational video on cleaning an old cast iron pan. Thank you, I repeated 0:41 about three times and just had a nice laugh, thank you for keeping the blooper and being authentic in your videos. I hope you and your family experince God's love for you all. God bless you 🕊🙏

Sir, sir how did you know I needed this video? Thank you sooooo much! I have two, one belonged to my auntie who passed. I didn't want to get rid of it, I just know there was a way to clean and re-season it. 🍳❤Thanks again

I usually use grape seed oil to season the whole pan. Makes a really strong layer. Flax seed tended to flake on me. Idk why.

@jstretch

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZaOuM1pfNPPnLA.htmlsi=ETBVb41zm_KUlm4C This explains the flax seed oil well.

@kaymack5304

Ай бұрын

Avocado oil is better because it’s non inflammatory. For your body, not the pan😂

Thank you for this. I’ve watched other videos and they have missed the step of heating, cooling and oiling the pan multiple times. No wonder my pans have always turned out just OK.

I never knew cast iron pans could be nonstick. Thanks for the video!

omg this looks simpler than so many other instructions. i think i should do this to ALL my cast irons because they've all been rusting

@CleanThatUp

Ай бұрын

happy cleaning!

Great video! Thanks for uploading!

Omg I love this guy. So wonderful job

This looks like the easiest way so far. Thanks to you and your grandma i'm going to give it a try.

Wow! I'm gonna have to do this my cast iron pans! Thank you!

Thank you. Good tips.

Great job. Thanks

This was really appreciated!!

Amazing! I'm doing this!

@CleanThatUp

Ай бұрын

Awesome, happy cleaning!!

Thanks

Will putting it in the burner will work as well? If I don’t have an oven.

This is so straightforward, thanks bunches!

@CleanThatUp

Ай бұрын

no problem! glad I could help!

Cool!

So what was the temperature you set your oven to for the 30 minute seasoning process?

Haven’t tried avocado oil but we started using flaxseed oil when americas test kitchen recommended it and it made an astonishing difference compared to what we had used previously.

@lsheffield6205

Ай бұрын

I use their method too. Using the self clean oven cycle to remove rust and old finish was a game changer. All my cast iron is no stick now. ❤

You need use a led / other heavy metals test kit. Sone people use them to smelt metals but it contaminates them. It's super important that you check this, especially if its a old one (some were manufactured with lead) or its thrifted.

Can you do a video on how to clean them once seasoned and how often to season them pls?

Thank you very much Brandon! This video was especially helpful and interesting. The pan was in sad shape and ended up looking almost new, and the process is very easy. I have an old cast iron fry pan I'll try this on. Recently, I bought an enameled cast Dutch oven, beautiful, and did much research on prepping it for use by seasoning it with oil. Used grapeseed oil, but it was a *disaster* and nearly ruined the pan because the oil turned into a glue-like substance and was almost impossible to remove. It took days of scrubbing with a variety of implements and products. Any suggestions? Your humor in this one is fantastic....love your videos!

@lsheffield6205

Ай бұрын

I use America’s Test Kitchen’s method. Put your cast iron into a self cleaning oven cycle. It will remove everything. Then you start layering flaxseed oil and baking it. It takes a while but my cast iron is non stick now. Very easy to clean and maintain. Look up ATK Cast Iron Seasoning.

After each use, do you have to repeat the wash, dry, oven, oil, oven again?

Hello and thank you for the information 😊. May I ask why you need to put the pan in the oven before seasoning it?

@SarahOboda

Ай бұрын

The oven helps it dry faster after rinsing so it doesn’t start to rust before you start seasoning it.

Awesome videos sorry I’m soo late

Sr, how do you clean the cast iron pan after using it?. Do you clean it with soap and water?

@holyhiphopper

Ай бұрын

I was wondering the same thing!

@KN-lu5ty

26 күн бұрын

No matter what you hear you absolutely 100% can use dish soap. You can even scrub with a nylon brush and it does not affect the seasoning if you reseason it after washing for like 5 minutes on stove

@llofdarkwater9152

19 күн бұрын

​@KN-lu5ty - Absolutely agree. I only need a few drops of dish soap most of the time. I've been using everything from 100 year old pans to relatively new pans. Never harmed any of them. Sometimes I only need salt and water, but most of the time, dish soap and water. The key is to make certain they are completely dry after washing, and then give a quick reseason on the stove top, and it's good to go. (I use my cast iron almost daily, and I rotate the ones I use.)

@KN-lu5ty

19 күн бұрын

@@llofdarkwater9152 Yep daily here too even multiple times a day and no need to reseason even every time maybe once every couple times. Don't understand at all the constant parroting about no dish soap lol!! It's sad because people literally don't try cast iron because they hear they can't wash them. And they're life changing

Same process I use to restore cast iron.

How do you clean the cast iron pan after each usage??

If don't have a oven, how can achieve the same results using a stove top?

Question, would you be able to get away with just using a steel scourer?

Could I use tallow for the seasoning?… I don’t use vegetable oils in my kitchen!

@teresamoore4126

Ай бұрын

Yes, animal fat is the best.

I’m allergic to avocado & peanut. What other oils can I use?

@pearlsrevealed

28 күн бұрын

Flaxseed is recommended by America’s Test Kitchen. I use Crisco shortening.

@TaushaTW

28 күн бұрын

@@pearlsrevealedThank you!

@llofdarkwater9152

19 күн бұрын

There are a bunch out there that come in a handy stick. Made just for cast iron - work like a dream.

Yaaasss. When I came to this country, I fell in LOVE with collecting cast-iron but couldn't use them. UNTIL now I will.... THANK YOU

Grandma probably got this idea from Martha Stewart.

God I would never do such thing 😂

i think the oil burned on my pan there is a sticky dark layer it left on

@russbear31

Ай бұрын

When there's a "sticky residue" on the pan, that means you used too much oil and didn't wipe away enough of the excess oil before you seasoned the pan. Food will stick in those "sticky places." It can be fixed. Try reheating the pan on the stove top or in the oven. Once it's blazing hot try using a thick wad of papertowels to rub out the sticky spots. The goal is to redistribute the extra oil across the cooking surface and to blot up the extra oil as you can. Over time as you use the pan the sticky spots should disappear. When you re-season the pan be a miser with the oil. Less is actually more.

I guess, it's not 450 °C, right?

What else can I use, I’m allergic to Avocado

@pearlsrevealed

28 күн бұрын

Americas Test Kitchen recommends flaxseed. I use Crisco

You can also submerge your pan in Coca-Cola overnight and all the rust shall be gone.

You are too cute!

Joe burrow

But honestly, who has the time to do all this?? That’s why I prefer a standard non-stick pan

@llofdarkwater9152

19 күн бұрын

You only have to go through this once - and then never have to go through the big clean, as he did, again. It takes me like one minute to clean and after cooking. Another three or four minutes at most to dry, oil, and drain on the stove top. I use mine daily, nothing ever never sticks, and my youngest pan is well over twenty years old. Looks like new.

@sandie157

18 күн бұрын

Cast iron, gives a finish on meats that non stick can't touch. Also one doesn't have to worrry about the finish peeling off and going into the food. I have and use both. High acidic foods like tomatoes are better off in a non stick.

@Wix11ven

18 күн бұрын

After each cooking, you’ll need to wash it all off, so the oils that you spent hours applying + heating etc would all be gone and needs to be reapplying plus oven heating etc?

@llofdarkwater9152

18 күн бұрын

@Wix11ven - All the time initially spent, getting that seasoning done... what it does is set it. The seasoning layer stays on. And because it's set, it makes the pan a non-stick surface. After cooking with it, I usually only need to give it a quick rinse, with a small drop of soap, using a sponge. (If something does stick, I use a nylon scrubber or wet scrub daddy, and it comes right off. ) After washing, I set it on the stove top, on medium-high, and make sure it's completely dry (takes only a couple of minutes). Then, I add a whisper-thin layer of oil while the pan is still warm, and I'm done. (It usually is all finished, before I've even put the rest of the dishes in the dishwasher. Seriously, the process takes about five minutes, tops.

Some extra background info on the oil for seasoning can be found here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZaOuM1pfNPPnLA.htmlsi=ETBVb41zm_KUlm4C

Never got while those cast iron pans are in trend every now and then. We had this back when I was a kid and it always was so much work to clean them. And everything you cook in them just tastes odd. It smells odd while cooking, too. Don't know why everyone seems to want that... I tried it again a few years ago because my husband wanted to try one out and still... they become sticky after the first use if you don't put enough force into scubbing them down and after a few days after coating, they start to stink sooo badly. Not a the oil went bad stink, but a metallic stink. I hate that. It is overpowering. And still eveything just tastes odd, like a mix of onion and melon. The taste never went away, I tried so much "tricks"... 200€ right into the trash. I also get that smell and taste in restaurants when they use cast iron pans instead of aluminum pans or coated ones. Even Pizza when it is baked in one tastes bad. How do you all cope with that?

@llofdarkwater9152

19 күн бұрын

Our family never has that issue. And I mean extended family, too. Most of us cook daily with ours, in all our different households. Nothing sticks, no odd smells or tastes. I'm not sure what would cause it, other than the type of cooking oil, maybe?

@llofdarkwater9152

19 күн бұрын

I did just ask a neighbor, she said her daughter had a problem with that, but in her case it was too high cooking temp combined with using low smoke point oil.