Cast-Iron Cooking Gear.

[JERMSQUIRM]

normally after cooking i do the same rich. if it wont simpley wipe clean i add some water boil it and and scrape with spatula. if it still wont come off then burn it. but you will have to reseason. i put an old ditry built up one i wanted to clean in a bon fire a couple weeks back at my b-day party. i had a 5 ' wire through handle. when i pulled it out after 3-4 hours it was glowing. after it cooled the 1/8th " crust on it was gone. you could read the numbers stamped on it at manufacturing. other than being black it was like new. i washed in soap and water. dried on the stove top heat so it wouldnt have time to rust and wiped down with veg oil and baked at 400 for 1 1/2 hrs. like new.

[jtrew]

Just the way to treat 'em, Jeremy. I'll take all the old 'throwaway' cast iron stuff like that I can get. I've got several skillets on the back porch right now waiting their turn in the fire.

[wneubauer]

No such thing as "old, throwaway cast iron" if you know what you are doing.... Hot water and a brush or soft nylon scrubber works on everything I've needed to get out of my ovens so far...

[Blue Duck]

I do it the same way the Lodge site says. If its bad I boil a little water in it and wipe it out. Usually just a good hot water rinse and wipe will do.

[thunderchicken]

I do what the old pioneers did, I add a little vinegar to the water and boil it. Seems to lift off any residue and doesn't bother the seasoning.

:cool2:

[Capt Steve]

I do what the old pioneers did, I add a little vinegar to the water and boil it. Seems to lift off any residue and doesn't bother the seasoning.

:cool2:

Thanks thunderchicken. That vinegar trick worked great for me.

[Catgirl]

Thanks thunderchicken. That vinegar trick worked great for me.

I love my cast iron. :cool2:

Normally, I clean mine exactly the way jtrew does.

Thought I had read just about EVERY way to clean it here on the BOC before, but I don't remember the vinegar trick OR the Coke.

Used to know an old bartender who told me this everytime I ordered a Coca-Cola......

"Put a piece of steak in a glass of beer, and one in a glass of Coke overnight Tanya. The one in the coke will be gone the next morning." :smile2:

[Rastus]

Fill pan with water and boil for a couple of minutes. If the pan is really bad I'll quickly scrap and dump this boiling water out. Fill with water and boil again. Then I run cold water down the sink while brushing the pan and slowly dump boiling water out, being carefull to cool of brush in cold water to keep bristles from melting. Rinse any leftovers out and set back on stove on low till all water is gone. Take off stove and let cool for a min. Paper towel with a little bit of crisco on it to coat bottom and sides of pan. Turn paper towel and wipe again to take off any excess crisco. It doesn't take long after you've done it a couple of nights and I've been doing it this way for a decade.