I picked up a Lodge skillet about 4 years ago and hardly ever used it. Everything stuck to it. I followed your instructions in this video and it is virtually non stick. Thanks for the info.

@rogerdoger9939

2 жыл бұрын

@@AD4M1873 I believe he said you only need byo sand the bottom and the corner.

@mattheworesky8496

2 жыл бұрын

@@AD4M1873 The bottom and9 the corners. Just a bit on the sides.

@johnbroadwell2603

2 жыл бұрын

@@AD4M1873 I always rub shortening all over my skillets,,, Mama rubbed lard on hers, which are now mine..

@rossgage9730

2 жыл бұрын

Cool there's hope for mine.

@johnbroadwell2603

2 жыл бұрын

I don't see instructions here for how to season a cast iron skillet...clean it good with a scrub brush in hot soapy water, dry it, rub it with shortening or lard, put it in 400 deg oven upside down, put a pan under it to catch the dripping shortening, and heat it for an hour.Turn off the oven and let it cool.

Received a Lodge as a Christmas gift. Sanded it down using 80 and then 150 grit. Followed your seasoning tips using grape seed oil. Fried some taters with it afterwards. Been cooking with it for a couple weeks using olive oil and nothing sticks to it whatsoever. Rooster rockets, hog meat, and fajitas slide right out. Thank you Kent and Shannon. Many blessings to y’all for 2020!

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying and Thanks for watching

I have a set of lodge cast irons and I was really disappointed with the performance no matter how many rounds of seasoning I did. I did this as a trial run in one of them and it's night and day. Thank you for restoring my love for cast irons!

I discovered this process by accident about ten years ago. I've always loved cooking on cast iron...nuthin like it. My boys, who were very young left my best pan outside, it got buried in the snow and I didn't find it till spring. All rusted up, I sanded it smooth as a babies butt and re-seasoned it. Best non stick on the planet, makes omelets Julia Child would be jealous of!

I love his voice. I could listen to him all day, what a beautiful accent. Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@anderander5662

3 жыл бұрын

Southern Oklahoma accent ......comforting like a old flannel shirt

@Rollwithit699

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! His voice, personality, and many down home talents are great. I think he's pretty easy on the eyes too.

I've been using these tips and buying old cast iron at yard sales and Value Village and bringing them back to condition and giving them to friends. I may be a little dull in my pastimes, but I find this fun and rewarding! Thanks!

@FeenixRyzing

Жыл бұрын

Cast Iron is making a huge comeback. With all of these chemicals in non-stick pans and such. I'm following Kent's directions to bring back my Great Grandmothers skillt (she's in the oven right now curing that first coat of flaxseed oil). It's not a dull pastime! With so many people liking cast iron these days, they'd much rather appreciate a truly well and properly seasoned pan over one of those factory ones at the hardware store. They make great gifts!

@grantgarrod2232

Жыл бұрын

I'd not call your pastime dull at all. Taking someone's neglected, rusty old castoff, & bringing it back to prime condition & daily working order is little different than restoring classic cars or antique furniture, with the same very gratifying end result. Plus, you get to reap it's benefits on a regular basis, it stores in a cupboard, and you don't need to insure it either.:)

@noblejennette2101

7 ай бұрын

That is an awesome past time

My wife has a cast iron dutch oven that was passed down from her mother who has now passed. This oven was used for jambalaya and gumbo for the last 40 years. When i found it it was gummy, lightly rusted in spots and in poor condition. I found your cast iron videos and completely restored it. She just made a delicious jambalaya in it. Now i am watching your other videos astounded at how riveting it is to learn about cast iron. You are fabulous! thank you

I think it's great that people are sanding their Lodge pans smooth these days. It's ironic, though, because that preseasoning saved the company. Lodge has been around 100+ years and they used to sell smooth, unseasoned pans. Folks would use them straight away and they would stick or they wouldn't buy at all because the seasoning process was too much a hassle. (Imagine this: I just paid good money for this pan and now I have to spend a day seasoning it?) They struggled in the late 90s and then came up with this preseasoning in 2002. They were the first cast iron company to sell seasoned cast iron. It saved the company and changed the industry. So, I'm not going to complain about it being rough. Honestly, I've had a 10.25 Lodge skillet for 10+ years and never sanded it. Works like a champ and, after years of use, it's smoothed out a lot on its own.

@vv5171

3 жыл бұрын

I do really appreciate the information and videos Kent Rollins gives us. "and never sanded it. Works like a champ and, after years of use, it's smoothed out a lot on its own." That's my experience. Seems sanding is extra work for not much return. That said, I'm no professional. Thanks for the Lodge history.

@georgepurdyiii307

3 жыл бұрын

Never sanded a cast skillet or oven. Once seasoned if it sticks you weren't paying attention to your job! Cooking isn't a sporting event! It's a competition with your last meal!

@Petesworkshop2225

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, mine has also lost its coating on the inside, yet kept it's beautiful red outside, its the only frypan I use.

@Petesworkshop2225

3 жыл бұрын

@Jon Perala He does say it's a polymer soy based liner, no thank you!

@SteelUnreal

3 жыл бұрын

@Death Wish Anyone who uses the phrase "I have tons of Lodge" is a cast iron newbie caught up in the fad.

The part where your beagle is searching the table for scraps in the background, that’s some genuine natural comedy. SUBSCRIBE.

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us

This guy is good! Sandblasted my lodge skillet and seasoned it the way he said and wow! Eggs slide around nothing sticks! Thanks kent.

@askledhead

2 жыл бұрын

What material did you blast with, I was thinking Bead Blast or Soda blast. Maybe Garnet ?

@richarddowner4292

2 жыл бұрын

@@askledhead I would recommend Walnut shells to BLAST it.. It's not super harsh and will clean it well!

@richardbale3278

Жыл бұрын

Sandblasting? Brilliant!

Thanks Kent. I filled your instructions on a new Lodge 8" and on my Gramas 11" deep skillet. She called it her Chicken pan. She used it constantly but it fell into disrepair after she passed, but I got it when my Mom passed. So I refinished it following your instructions and gave it to my niece for Christmas. She was tickled to get GG's pan. It's ready to go now. I just can't cook anything now in tin and teflon...

@cliveclapham6451

2 жыл бұрын

❤️ GG’s pan 🎯

@josephdadey

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a beautiful story. I'll bet there's a lot of love in that pan :)

@drj688

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that story

I bought a Lodge today,sanded with 80 grit and in the seasoning process right now. Thanks Kent and Shannon for all of these videos!

Thank you Rollins family for the videos on cast iron skillets . I have invested in some lodge cast iron in the past and haven't given them all the love they deserved,; I was unaware the, " bed liner feel" , wasn't just rough casting.

I have always been disappointed with Lodge cast iron because of the sandpaper like finish. I started watching a plethora of youtube videos (I love being retired!) and here's what I have learned. 1) Listen to Kent - he's right on the money and his methods work! 2) There 2 types of seasoning - to prevent rust and to prevent sticking. Lodge 'preseasons' their products to prevent rust, thus prevent returns due to storage issues. That 'rustproofing' has done its job and should be retired. 3) Sanding or grinding the finish from sandpaper to medium orange peel seems to work best. When a surface is completely smooth, there isn't enough surface for the seasoning to stick to. Leaving texture dramatically increases the surface area for the seasoning you will apply to adhere to. 4) Flax seed oil is outstanding and you end up with a surface ALMOST as nonstick as teflon without the worries. 5) This method also works for carbon steel pans. My current favorite skillet is a Lodge carbon steel that felt like sandpaper when I got it. After 10 minutes of sanding and 3 rounds of baking with flax seed oil, I can flip eggs just like a teflon pan. Love these pans and am no longer afraid of them. Thanks Kent

@MercyMinister

6 жыл бұрын

Roger, I think that people in the know would want to purchase Lodge if it did NOT have that nasty finish. I probably have six Lodge utensils, but prefer to use my older ones. They are so smooth and non-stick.

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roger so much for watching

@ness1860

5 жыл бұрын

I liked that Kent didn't take his all the way down to metal. Most of the other videos I watch did that and I don't have the tools. With Kent's method, I got it sanded down in about 20-25 minutes with just sandpaper and elbow grease. I'm seasoning it now and it's coming along fine. I'm amazed at the videos that show using oven clean. If a pan is porous enough to take seasoning, it will surely hold that oven cleaner...

@ioccatonyz1

5 жыл бұрын

Fat women always purchased Teflon because they were told cooking oil is what made them fat. Teflon won't last one year when castiron will last several lifetimes. Teflon is junk but dumb women keep on buying it.

@UnyieldingSeraph

5 жыл бұрын

What if someone was bored and decided to sandblast their cast iron? I'm not talking with an aggressive grit, maybe glass bead. Would it hold the seasoning better? I'm not going to do it, its 2 degrees and drifting snow outside currently. But if I were really bored this summer and a neglected lodge skillet that sat in a garage would occupy my time returning it to service.

Dude, you had me at "if'n you got to." 😊 Subscribed.

Mister Kent,good evening to you and your beautiful wife! I say evening because here in Italy it's 23:05. I bought a Lodge cast iron pan and initially intended to smooth it out. I thought we had a sander in that garage of ours. Come to find out we didn't and only had some sanding paper. Then I found out that some people keep the pan like that, without sanding it and eventually,becomes smooth. I tried to do just that. So I seasoned well after cleaning.. so well it got very sticky. I tried hard and food stuck to it. So I went in that garage of mine and took a few sanding papers and started to sand it down really good. It took me probably 45 minutes and it didn't look like it was sanded by a mouse or anything,but it was smoother that before and almost bare metal. My hands got soooo dirty and I washed it really really well with soap,rinsed really really well and then dried it and started seasoning. I seasoned it 4 times and it's a light to dark brown and OH MY GOD,it got sooooo much better,the glossy finish is amazing me! Now all I have to do is cook in it,I'll start with some bacon and deep frying. I was stubborn and tried to do it my way,but Mr. Kent was right! Don't use their seasoning,sanding it down and seasoning yourself is so much better!!! I'm so astounded by the results! Thank you,Mr. Kent Rollins and God bless you and your family. Simona

@imover9999

3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear, but a small tip as well: your pan may have been sticky from too much oil. Be sure to heat it up till it just starts to smoke after cooking it in. Or, maybe just once a month or so throw it on the oven again to season and cook off any extra oil. That extra oil gums up after a while. Hope this helps. (Happened to my brother's pan, we put it in the oven, it came out nice and non stick again, that's how I know this works)

@SimonaShine

3 жыл бұрын

@@imover9999 yeah,I think it was just that. Thanks for the tip

@johnbroadwell2603

2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of skillets that my grandmother used and probably her mother as well, they are over a 100 years old. I see no reason that they will not continue to be used for another century.....

@SimonaShine

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbroadwell2603 I think they look great,don't they? I got the hang of my skillet and it's amazing,you really learn to love cast iron pans starting right away.

@johnbroadwell2603

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonaShine If you make a habit of rinsing it as soon as you take food out, in hot running water and wipe it dry, it will not need seasoning. I am going to try this soon, cowboy biscuit bread... www.youtube.com/watch? v=Phl6w_77Erw&t=936s

Love the beagle!.... he’s snooping around while Daddy making a video😀.... love it!

Kent, I actually did your process 4 times in the oven. Slick as glass sir. Thank you. Today, bacon and eggs. Then the 10" skillet.

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@michaelmosley254

2 жыл бұрын

Good info we have our skillets hanging on our cabinets also

@marklawrence6068

Жыл бұрын

Best park of the video is at the end when the beagle takes a look at the table to see there is any thing good to eat.... cute dog 🐶 👏

@michaeledwards2605

Жыл бұрын

Non stick for a few uses. Wait till the seasoning starts flaking off in a rew more uses. You'll find yourself having to reseason it frequently because the smooth surface just can't hold the seasoning. Had you left it rough, and seasoned it 3 or 4 times, your eggs will slide around just like the smooth pan, but you won't be constantly reseasoning. Decades ago, cast iron companies would mill their pans smooth. Rough surface pans are actually a more modern thing. Can you guess why?? THEY REALIZED IT MAKES SEASONING PERMANENT. But go ahead and smooth your pan and lose heat retention and seasoning durability. You'll be working much harder to keep your pan non stick than I

@sullivanko1902

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeledwards2605 Really? Everyone online hates the pre-seasoned stuff. I just bought my first Lodge and have been doing research on proper care and feeding of cast iron before I use it. You’re the first I have heard talk about the rough surface being a good thing rather than bad.

I smoothed my 12" lodge skillet with multiple metal spatulas over 30 years, wish I would have done this! I was 25 when I got that skillet and right now she's my best one ,its truly non-stick, fried eggs just slip and slide in her! I really enjoy your channel! Thank you sir.🤠

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and good seasoned iron is the best

I bought a new Lodge pan a couple of months ago and did this. I was like I can't believe I'm sanding a brand new cast iron skillet!! I was thinking I screwed up a new pan but oh my word what a difference. I'm glad I followed your video Kent! Thank you!!

@clancyson

2 жыл бұрын

Do I have to use flak seed oil? Can I use grape seed oil. I love your videos.

@prestigepropertiesgroupllc9110

Жыл бұрын

@@clancyson he no longer recomends using flax seed oil if you see one of his newer videos

This guy is friggin’ awesome. I love cooking. Kents kind of cooking is the next haute cusine.

Lodge could solve a lot of arguing between its customers, by making a smooth version and a porous version for people to buy what they want

@jkulysses

4 жыл бұрын

@Donald Kasper People would pay more for smooth if they offered it.

@jasonji1900

4 жыл бұрын

You could buy a real skillet, from Butter Pat, or Finex too. That’s always an option.

@SuperGlocker77

4 жыл бұрын

There is Lodge Blacklock that's smooth.

@michaeldavidson9939

3 жыл бұрын

I have a couple of 40 year old Lodge skillets that were much smoother new than what you get now. I believe they used a finer grit of sand in the moldings back then but don't know that for a fact. That said, I'll still buy Lodge today if I really needed a new piece of iron and treat it just like this video says. Then I would go out and find a new place to live after my wife found out I'd purchased it... I've already passed some of my pieces down to the children and still have some I haven't used in several years.

@dannyseo6759

3 жыл бұрын

I can make them so smooth like a mirror, but they still weigh a TON!!!! I'll stick with my #10 Wagner, circa 1920.

Oh my goodness! So easy! I can't wait to get the sander out and get all my lodge smooth. Thanks so much!

Saw that video few months ago and dug out my cast iron skillets...perfection..can't use anything else...from fried eggs to grilled cheese it is absolute perfection

Love you Kent Rollins. You're one of my favorite personalities on the interwebs, and I always learn something.

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

I've been using the method you taught about cleaning cast iron ever since I purchased my new lodge stuff couple years ago but it's never been really good. Should've subscribed then. This was excellent information.

I love watching old cowboy cook. He’s got some mighty good tips.

It's been 40 yrs since I learned about iro skittle use ect. My grandpa taught me the ways of the cast iron. And of course I've forgotten most of it. But came across your channel and relearned something's. Hope to watch more of your videos. Thank you sir

I 've had my GRANDMOTHER's cast iron frypan for over 50 years! I figure it is at least 80 years old. When I got it, it was very well seasoned ...inside and out! I have used it almost daily ever since I got it and it is a dream! My kids argue over who will inherit it! I have 4 other pieces, but Nana's pan is my favourite!

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

I hear you Patti, that old stuff is the best ever

Perfect. This is the way. No need to spend hours getting a mirror finish. Smooth it out a little and good to go. Nice video.

I did this last night to reseason my skillet and its better than any of my other skillets now! The cowboy knows what he's talking about

Thanks Ken, I live in the UK and got a cast iron skillet. I seasoned it properly and couldn't work out why it wasn't shiny like the ones in the videos. Now I understand, it's rough and needs sanding first! Thank you sir

Thank you for the great technique Kent! I've been aggravated at my new skillets because they never looked like my grandparents cast iron skillets. I knew that gritting feeling was NOT right. Keep putting out the content because it is appreciated!

@John5.56

Жыл бұрын

Your grandparents probably cooked using the same cast iron for decades before you got to see it lol.

Kent that’s the way I did mine after watching and listening to young. Thanks. God Bless you and Shannon. Until the next one my friend.

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry for watching

I absolutely LOVE this show with Kent and his pups!❤

I did this to a 12" lodge skillet I had for a while. Never had a good seasoning, food always sicked, and it recently got a little bit of minor surface rust. I did Kent's trick here, cleaned it with vinegar, re-seasoned, and wow that pan is truly awesome now. I steam clean and re-season after every use just like Kent says.

Thanks Kent and Shannon, I will give this a shot on my lodge grill pan. I had no idea that's why it was rough like that.

Production value is improving. Nicely done.

Bought a cast iron wok and followed your instructions! I did 6 coats over a weekend and this sucker is now virtually non stick. Keep up the good work!

I love this guy and the video. He is a genuine person ( not a celebrity chef), great tips, but my favourite part was; his reaction to make up, at the end.

I just bought my first cast iron skillet and it was pre-seasoned and rough. Before watching this video I did season it the same method as him, but I didn’t sand it down. It’s fairly non-stick but now I want to go ahead and sand it down and restart from scratch. Love the videos kent!

I used a hand held orbital sander with 80 grit, made short work of the roughness on my Lodge pan but leaves a "tooth" for the seasoning to adhere to. Use organic Avocado oil and can fry an egg on them.

Absolutely nothing gives a better sear crust then a cast iron skillet, love mine! Thank you for posting

Interestingly, over here (in Australia) that type of sander is called a "cat"

@MatthewHilbertsBaritone

3 жыл бұрын

Cat and Mouse?

@Threedog1963

3 жыл бұрын

@@dgmclar Because Australia is on the other side of the world... cat and mouse.

@brianmcg321

3 жыл бұрын

@@dgmclar lol. That was funny.

@cuttergrl1

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@whiteyfisk9769

7 күн бұрын

Ive worked in the trades for 20 years in America. Ive heard all kinds of colloquilisms and euphimsims and the most creative cursing. Not once have i ever heard anyone refer to an orbital sander as a mouse

after watching maybe a dozen videos about people taking a wire wheel to their new pans and stripping them with lye and nonsense like that I just figured I'd take some rough sandpaper to my skillets with just a foam sanding block since they had some high spots and rust on them(they'd been sittin a while, never used)... just about got em re-seasoned now and they're 1000x better, feels pretty darn smooth to me.

So glad I watched your video because I was going to get me a Lodge cast iron skillet thinking it was already seasoned and I would of cooked my first meal in it without knowing what I'm doing..Thanks

Great video! I've got a handful of lodge cookware and a few days ago, after owning my first lodge 8" skillet for almost 7yrs, I sanded it all the way to smooth beautiful bare cast iron...220 grit. I applied a generous layer of olive oil, baked it at 375 for an hour and repeated again. I wasn't happy with the results at all as the oil formed a bunch of islands all over the surface so I had a polka dot skillet. Yesterday I sanded it down again, this time with 120 grit and I buffed the oil on in very light layers and baked at 450F for 30min, took it out, wiped on another layer, put it back in the oven and repeated 4 times...she's a beaut now! Gorgeous bronze color - for my other lodge gear, I'll probably save a ton of time and use the method here presented.

Absolute legend for sharing that with us! My new pan had no seasoning and was like sandpaper due to the sand casting method. Tried this and it works just as stated. Awesome!!

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

This is the best method for new cast iron or stuff that you buy used and is rough. Thanks for the vid Kent. Takes care of my Kent video addiction for a couple of days LOL.

I got lucky and found a skillet that was pretty well-seasoned when I bought it, but I still gave it a few more coatings for a black patina. Then I just used it and used it and it's super slick at the 2-month mark

I need to see a vlog on how to handle the lodge lids with the basting nib. They have been my nemesis! Love your vlogs. Thank you, Shannon, for all of your hard work, especially when you make him look camera ready 😉🤭. That was priceless. But seriously, help us with those lids!

I have watched this a couple times before and never noticed the Beag in the background looing for something to taste on the table.... Love it.

Thank you Mr. Rollins! I bought two brand new Lodge skillets today. I followed your instructions and they came out beautiful! As slick as one of the $200 cast iron skillets. I fried up some bacon first then some fried eggs. My goodness, those were some of the best eggs I’ve ever had. God bless you and thank you for the videos.

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Jess and Thanks so much for watching and Happy New Year to you

@kentchr76

5 жыл бұрын

So you did the same light sanding as shown in the video? Is it starting to look better now?

@superowasion6817

5 жыл бұрын

kentchr76 yes. It’s real nice. I put a light coat of olive oil on them after each use. They are so smooth.

@kentchr76

5 жыл бұрын

Jess Cupp Okay thank you. It’s good to know. I have read and watched so much now about cast iron now - but I DON’T think I can say that I am LESS confused now compared to when I started :) . There’s so much contradictory information about cast iron out there. But there’s one very important thing I have learned though, and that is that if you don’t actually grind/cut a cast iron skillet in half you can always go back and start from scratch again if something goes wrong.

@kentchr76

5 жыл бұрын

Frank the helper Ok - thank you :) .

Even the metal is rough in the recent Lodge I bought so I had to smooth it up a bit too. Now I will re-season and make these pans usable.

Thanks for the advice! I used to get the pan smoking so often before seasoning it... I had no idea that I was over doing it.

I had a lodge skillet a roommate left behind when they moved out. The thing was horrible to cook out of. I don’t think it was even cared for properly. I followed these instructions exactly to start over and now it’s amazing! It’s on bacon frying and vegetable sautéing duty until it builds of a good seasoning. I’ve only used it a handful of times and it’s already starting to get a nice black finish. Thanks!

Bless you sir. I've been eating off and using cast iron for my entire life. My Grandma, mom and I have always used it. You have taught me how to keep and care for my inherited Wagnerware and AB&C cast skillets, and Dutch Ovens. It is also much more healthful than Teflon which deposits harmful chemicals in everybody who uses it. Keep up the great work and recipes. Thank you!

I did as you recommended to my pan, It really makes a big difference. Thank you

To all you doubters....this method WORKS...all it takes is just a little effort, and the return is a GREAT PAN. Thanks Kent!

I had no idea why everything was sticking to my Lodge skillet. I can’t wait to fix it right up! Thank you so much for the helpful video.

Ok, so I just received my first Lodge skillet, I ordered the 3.5 inch one, as I hate buying things that I won't eventually use. Surface was so rough, to small for my sander to get in there so I had to hand sand it, it smoother tna it was but not perfect. Seasoned it only twice. Cooked a couple of eggs in there this morning, perfect! It's going to be great for an English muffin egg and bacon sandwich, yum yum.

@657449

4 жыл бұрын

Swahili SpicE years ago I found a small skillet in a thrift store. I seasoned it a few times and it shined. Eggs still stuck. Did it again and they still stuck.

Thank you Kent. I'm finally settled in my career and can afford to replace everything I own with cast iron. All of my pieces are rough. I'm dying to start cooking. I've been watching your videos for over a year now and now I'm trusting you for all of my care for my cookware.

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Best thing to cook with, Thanks for watching

@ryanpark2049

2 жыл бұрын

@@CowboyKentRollins What about Carbon Steel? I'm thinking about moving to this

@micahroberts3564

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpark2049 high rust adherence. Must constantly be oiled. Exposure to air and even your hand can create rust spots. Not a good choice for cookware. Chef knife maybe, but requires a lot of attention

I am new to Cast Iron. Falon from Moss Family TV sent me to your channel to learn more about cast iron. My mother just bought me a pioneer woman cast iron skillet and I wasn't sure how to clean it or re season it. Thank you for these very educational videos and not making it seem difficult to have cast iron.

I just bought a LODGE yesterday and wondered about the rough texture.....thanks very much Kent.....from Canada 👍🇨🇦😷

I believe all of this as good advice. Before I knew better I went straight to cooking with my Lodge cast iron and the first 4-5 meals out of it did have that metallic taste. But 2 years later, now it’s a lovely non stick pan!

@nancyfarris5093

4 жыл бұрын

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Hey Kent ans Shan, love the chanell! I followed this video exactly today for my old hand me down 12" that likely has never been seasoned correctly. I used it tonight and WOW! its great. Thanks for all you do!

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Making these tweaks to my Lodge has been a game changer. I am now a cast iron believer

Thabk you for making this video. My wife and I had pretty much given up on the cast iron skillets we bought when we were still dating after a quite a few attempts to reseason. I decided last week to give this a try and it's worked extremely well so far. Definitely noticing that the black color comes back more when I cook in the pan than when I was oiling and baking it, and that there's some give and take with cleaning/reseasoning after cooking that's making the finish more consistent. Just in case anyone is worried about splotchiness at the start like I got, it does vanish over about 10 uses.

Thank you Kent. I recently lost my older brother and he left behind some cast iron that I took. I am looking forward to using it after I get it seasoned properly.

I love the beagle looking for food on the table. I had three at one time. They are the worst - and the best at the same time. Good video. Will be seasoning my lodge pans properly. I have been disappointed that at US made product is so subpar compared to the French stuff.

I just restored my first skillet I found in an antique fair. It was all rust brought ‘er back to life thank you Mr. Rollins You videos are fantastic!

@CowboyKentRollins

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I used to collect cast iron cookware I think you've helped me regain the passion

I love the sour face as the makeup was going on, haha. Thanks for all the help and advice with the cast iron! I just got my first cast iron griddle for camping. With your help the griddle is impressing me, and the food's impressing everyone else. Thanks again!

I appreciate your instructions on cast iron. I was always afraid of it. I recently bit the bullet and bought my first lodge skillet. The first time I cooked in it, the egg came right out. Then, it began sticking like crazy. THEN, I found you videos. Lucky me! I WILL have a great skillet with no Teflon. Soon.

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

Best thing to cook with

That’s that most informative video on cast iron seasoning I’ve ever seen. Thank you!!!

@CowboyKentRollins

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Mr.Rollins, I am from NE Oklahoma. I greatly appreciate for these videos. I have learned so much. I am starting my adventure with cast iron.

Good tip. Really liked the beagle in the background getting up on the table looking for something!😂

Thanks Kent and Shannon, this is very good information. I've got several pieces of Lodge still boxed from Christmas that needs this treatment. Soon as I get off my duff I'll get it taken care of. Getting old is the pits. Thanks again for another great video. Stan

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stan and hope things are well my friend

Enjoying your channel way up here in northern Canada. We love our cast iron pans. I still use my grandmothers cast iron Dutch oven which is in the neighbourhood of 100 years old. Love your cowboy coffee tips too! Thanks

I have a Lodge that I use for most stuff. I did not do this procedure, but seasoned it multiple times similar to the maintenance instructions Mr. Rollins has in other videos. It is fairly slick and this point, but has a couple of rough spots, but functions very well. I am tempted to go through this procedure to get it smooth and glassy. Plus it would give me an excuse to buy that particular type of sander. I might have one of the other reviewed skillets to use as a backup.

as a yankee, i find this man highly informative

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Noticed the Beagle supervising in the background ❤️

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

He takes his job serious

@243wayne1

4 жыл бұрын

That's a Beagle for you! Greatest dogs ever!

@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for spotting this... I hadn't noticed.

@abab201

3 жыл бұрын

You've got subscribers pretty lady, I think everyone's waiting for you to upload some fine content

@paulaw418

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! He was standing up at the dining room table looking for food!

You sir are a gem!! Did everything you mentioned and I’ve got a fine looking cast iron thanks to you. Thank you so much!

Thanks Kent. I just bought a Le Creuset coated-cast iron skillet, at the same time I bought a Lodge number 10 Dutch Oven (first venture into cast iron cookware). I didn't understand why the skillet was so smooth and shiny compared to the rough and shiny Lodge. I did some research and found your vid, among many others. I decided to try your method, I went out and bought a cheap, small, orbital sander and took the surface down to remove the rough texture. I then used your seasoning technique, I did it seven times, and tonight I am currently cooking a Venison stew (first meal after). Looking forward to the result.

This is GOLD! I've been struggling for years, but no longer!

Thanks for the video Ken. I live in the UK and been using LeCreseut cast iron which is enamel coated. Recently moved to raw cast iron as the enameled stuff isn't great after a few years. Just purchased 2 Lodge skillets, thanks to Amazon actually reasonably priced in the UK. tried your sanding method today and completed 2 coats of seasoning. So far so good.

@CowboyKentRollins

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy

Happy to see you using flaxseed oil. I"ve been using it as you have, for initial seasoning and it works extremely well. I use a very thin coat and do it six times. One hour at 500 then two hour to cool down. Then I warm it before applying the next coat, put it in and raise the tempt to 500 and leave it.

Just watched a lodge how it's made video.. they found a new customer for life and this is the icing on that cake..

I've found that sugar blasting the surface after sanding gives your polymerized oils a really good grip. My cast iron never flakes.

Thank you for the great video! I've got a 20 year old lodge pan that has always been a pain in the behind. Everything sticks to it. I've stripped it and re-seasoned it multiple times. Nothing has helped. I just got done hitting it with my orbital sander - 2x 60 grit disks, 1x 100 grit, 1x 150 grit. Not quite perfectly smooth, but much, much smoother. It's getting its first coat of seasoning now! Fingers crossed! We need to replace our nonstick and I really hope this makes the cast iron usable!

Kent you are my cast iron God, i did buy the Lodge round griddle. Now i have use my sanding machine and the pan is in it's third round in the owen. Just after two times in the owen it was so much better then it was new. Greetings from Iceland !!!

The make up bit was CLASSIC!!!!!

Kent, thanks for the help. Bought a circular sander with the proper grit pads today. It may just be my oven, but I've been waiting about 2 hours for the pan to get to room temp before the second treatment. I'm furloughed so I've got nothing else to do 🤣

I've got a Wagner Ware pan that I bought new in 1975, that was polished shiny at the factory, and took a kind of long process to get fully seasoned, but eventually became a spectacular pan. I've got two Lodge pans that I polished really smooth myself with an angle grinder and a stripping wheel, and they also took a while to get well seasoned, but now perform beautifully. And I've got a few Lodge pans that I simply added a couple more layers of additional seasoning to before first use, and they also perform beautifully, and get better with each use. Cast iron is very forgiving of trial and error. You almost can't go wrong with it.

A couple years ago I purchased a Lodge pizza "stone" for my wife. The rough finish was fine for that application and it has been great. So last week I decided to buy a cast skillet. I watched a review from 4 years ago I picked the stargazer. At the time it was $88. It's now well over $100. The lodge in the review was $20, todat it's $20. Definitely worth a small amount of work. Thanks for the instructive content.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos. This worked great! Gave a whole new meaning to runny eggs the skillet was that slick and that ain’t no lie !

@CowboyKentRollins

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

the beagle table surfing towards the end... lol caught in the act!

@CowboyKentRollins

5 жыл бұрын

He always looks for every crumb

I just got 2, second hand that sadly were rusted. But by the feel of the iron, somebody loved these guys and they are in a new loving home once again. Thanks for this video. Renewing is something I have never had to do, this helps. God bless!

@emzirek

6 жыл бұрын

Dawn Ruhl you know he has the rest removal video

@dawnruhl8405

6 жыл бұрын

+emzirek- I don't have any power tools but a circular saw and a scroll saw. I need a more "elbow grease" way. For decades I used salt, but never had rust like this before. Granny always used salt and crisco. I wasn't sure it would be enough.

@CowboyKentRollins

6 жыл бұрын

Salt and oil do a pretty good job on rust, if it is real bad use some being soda and vinegar

@dawnruhl8405

6 жыл бұрын

+Cowboy Kent Rollins Thank you, kind sir. The vinegar and baking soda is something I use all the time for other things. I'm glad to know I can use it for my cast iron.

@danielbutcher5836

6 жыл бұрын

Cowboy Kent Rollins where can I pick up some of that being soda? 😉

Excellent guidance! The random orbital sander technique is a great idea. Thanks to you both.

I love this guy! He's like so many of the salt of the earth people I grew up around. Thanks, sir!