Who here cooks with cast iron? Let's have a cast iron thread.

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>>8687245

All the time...

>>8687245
alright potter how's cauldron class

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>>8687245

There's nothing better for caramelizing onions...

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>>8687270

Almost there...

Nope, I'm not a millennial

>cat perch
>going onto a fucking island/table

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>>8687278

Wa La!

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>>8687270
>>8687278
Sweet, here a couple of mine are sauteeing and stuff.

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Cast iron is also awesome for making quiche.

>>8687281
Jesus Grandad who let you on 4chan

I use it for a few specific things. Used to cook a lot of things with it but I eventually saw the light and bought a very nice stainless steel pan.

>>8687281
The kettle in OP is over a century old.

>>8687281
Milllenials don't know how to properly use a cast iron pan to the best of its ability.

>>8687270
Cast iron works great for that, but if I'm doing an enormous batch then I'll use an electric skillet.

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Cast iron is also good for phillies.

>>8687245
cast irons are the best IMO but the maintenance and knowledge to do so are huge. its almost not worth it

almost

>>8687347

Wat? Once seasoned there isn't any maintenance other than rinsing it off and wiping it down. It's the easiest piece of cookery in my kitchen to keep clean and serviceable.

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>>8687347
Have you ever owned cast iron? As long as you don't leave it out in the rain or run it through the dishwasher it's extremely low maintenance. I have a dirty pan sitting on the stove right now, I can show you how involved it is to clean it after use. I literally just run hot water over it and use a scraper and a nylon brush to get whatever out, then you just dry it off with a towel and lightly oil it. Hell, you hardly have to oil it.

Actually here's two of them I used to make breakfast earlier. The BSR skillet on the left is full of old bacon grease. I'll clean it as I had said. The right one is a wagner griddle I always use for eggs. I don't even need to clean that one, I just wipe it off after I use it and it's done.

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Cast iron is basically the worst fucking cooking meme there is. I fell for it and wasted 4 dollars on a 12 inch lodge that someone else had fallen for and thrown in the trash, where most cast iron belongs. Some hobo had found it in the trash and sold it to me.

I use it to bake in from time to time. Shit comes out alright.

>>8687245
Jesus christ what do you even use that beast for? Wouldn't it straight up break a stove? Are you boiling a whole cow?

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>>8687381
You do have to season it again. I read that you should season it once a month.

I picked carbon steel over cast iron but to each their own

ergonomically the short handle on standard cast iron skillets killed me

>>8687342
Do americans really do this?

>>8687558
... toast bread with cheese? Yeah, so does yurop

>>8687572
Yurop hasn't even figured out how to make cheese yet

>>8687534
>I read
You should never believe anything you read, see, or hear. Just wipe it down with some Crisco after you're done boiling/wiping it.

>>8687433
>Lodge
Did you even season it?

Back in my boy scout days, moving from a shitty Wal Mart Teflon pan to cast iron was wonderful. That heavy skillet was actually non-stick, heated evenly, and cleaned easily.

>>8687624

The hobo, I think his name was Dan, said it was already seasoned, plus lodge pans all come pre-seasoned I think.

I have heard on /ck that cast iron is the lowest maintenance pan there is and that it can't be beat for how rough you can treat it.

I figure, if that is true, then this pan is perfect just the way Dan sold it to me.

If its lower maintenance than teflon and carbon steel, then I shouldn't have to season it again... i've never had to season my teflon pans - i just wipe them out with a paper towel when i am done cooking in them. If cast iron is EASIER than that then I am glad I won't have to do anything to this cast iron that Dan sold me, probably ever.

>>8687645
Seasoning works because oils fill up the pores in cast iron and form a blanket of slippery oil when it gets warm, and a congealed layer of protection when it's cold. If it gets soaped at all the oils break down and it must be reseasoned.
Also, don't trust homeless people.

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>>8687522
Honestly I have no idea what I am going to use it for. One of my friends told me I should fill it with gold.

The dude who sold it to me gave me a big burner to go with it. He said he bought the burner intending to use it but never did.

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>>8687677
Also if you want to know a bit about it, here is the bottom. The two lines are gate marks. They are left by older casting processes. They indicate this was made sometime in the 19th century.

>>8687677
You could brew some potions in it

>>8687677
>>8687680
brew a potion jesus fucking christ

I had no idea people actually used these, looks like a huge fucking hassle

If I had the means to I'd use it outside in a firepit to make chili or something similar

>>8687680
>cauldron
>cast iron
>19th century
somewhere along the line this belonged to a witch
also yes >>8687677 you should fill it with gold-wrapped candy on Halloween and pass it out and tell stories about the cauldron

>>8687677
Would make a boss pot of gumbo.

>>8687706
>If I had the means to I'd use it outside in a firepit to make chili or something similar

I could see that being useful.

>go camping with a few people
>make a fuck huge pot of chili
>cook it over the fire

Sounds comfy af

>>8687706
It's 15 gallons, it'll be a fuckload of chili. This thing can feed an army.

>>8687715
Dude I'm going to try to use it for something like that and have a big party.

I'm going to build a wooden frame outside for it and set up some chains to hang it on. I think I might want a pulley or something because it will be heavy as fuck once it's filled. It's already quite unwieldy.

>>8687677
anon, no joke, would you be willing to sell?

I go LARPing and Camping a lot, one character concept I've been toying around with is an inkeeper, I'd not be getting involved in the combat but can still get my /tg/ on, one of these would be perfect for cooking big old fuck off stews in for the games.

>>8687726
>It's 15 gallons, it'll be a fuckload of chili. This thing can feed an army.

I mean to be fair, anything you cook in that thing will be a fuckload

again, with a firepit, it'd be great for parties

could use to to do a mean crawfish boil

>>8687733
You can find new ones that are going to be more affordable. I can't even find an example of this online so I'm not quite sure what it is worth. I bought it at a "used" price but it's probably worth 3-4x a new one to the right collector. I've been told the right sugar kettles can be worth a few thousand. I'm going to hold onto it because I've already talked to my family about it and my dad is going to consider recipes.

>>8687743
That thing would be a nightmare to dump crawfish out of

>>8687745
Neat, good luck anon.

just make a whole lot of tea at once

>>8687245
Yes, they're great for crafting pies with alchemy in my atelier.

>>8687670
>Also, don't trust homeless people.

Do0d. That's not cool. You've never even met Dan.

That big pot is pretty awesome, maybe you could use it to hard boil a single egg?

>>8687245

I have a cast iron frying pan soaking in the sink right now with dish soap.

>>8687743
>I mean to be fair, anything you cook in that thing will be a fuckload

Actually, it depends on how much ingredient you were to place in the pot.

You see anon, the size of the pot is not what dictates the amount of food that is cooked. The pot can only allow for a certain amount of food to be cooked, it does not guarantee that the maximum amount of food will be cooked every time.

I shouldn't have to explain things like this to people...

>>8687774

This is the proper way to clean them. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

>>8687245
Nice cauldron.

Cast iron is cool but truth be told it's a partial meme that really is only practical in the hands of an autist or someone that really appreciates the art of cooking. Its functionalities are better replicated by other pan types. I think the only real tangible characteristic is that it's fucking iron and it would take a nuclear war to even put a dent in it

>>8687780

I decided to deseason it,

I cooked some chicken that was marinated in this crazy mango sauce, The sauce burnt in the pan and it's too difficult to clean it out without a good deep clean.

>>8687781
I've seen a few folks bring cast iron skillets camping. 10/10 would get one just for how fuck off sturdy they are

>>8687781
The high heat capacity and thick nature makes it great for putting a hard sear on meat.

I don't use my cast iron for much else. I generally prefer heavy stainless.

>>8687783
It's not so difficult to clean. You can just soak it with water and scrub it out with something. Lodge sells plastic scrapers that work well. You can just scrape it out with a metal spatula. It's cast iron. You're not going to hurt it much.

>>8687795

Good to know for the future, too late now.

please make a thread using the huge pot and making enough chili to last you a week

I wanna see that beast in action

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>>8687781

Mine rarely leaves the stove top because I use it that much.

It's a meme for autists who start Jack threads.

For everyone else, it's simply a nearly perfect cooking vessel that's been tried and trued for a couple hundred years.

>>8687775
woah thanks for bringing some sense in this topsy-turvy thread, we almost got lost in here without you

>>8687797
How long has it been soaking? Modern dish soap doesn't have lye in it and it isn't really going to strip it. You can probably just go scrub it out because it has loosened up the food.

>>8687810

over 24 hours

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>>8687800
How fat do you think I am? I usually use my stainless and my pressure canner when I wanna make a week's worth of chili.

>>8687793
>be me
>totally inept retard
>move to new house
>want to make eggs
>find a pan
>its cast iron but i didnt know it at the time. it was just the first pan i found
>put it on the stove
>start heating it
>notice like 5 mins in its still barely warm
>10 mins its getting warmer but still not that warm
>wtf is wrong with this shit
>wait another 5 mins and add my egg yolks
>instantly starts burning and smoking like fucking crazy
>the egg literally starts to bond with the iron and i can't even fucking peel it off with a fork and the whole thing is just smoking like crazy
>take it to the sink to run water on it to get it to settle down
>starts smoking 10x more
>cant even see in my fucking kitchen at this point
>run in my backyard and just throw it on the grass until it settles down

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>>8687818
That kettle is 15 gallons I can hardly handle 2 gallons of chili.

>>8687818

ok well make something for a lot of people then

that thing deserves some use

>>8687783

Anything sugar based, like a "mango sauce", isn't going to cook well in cast iron. It gets too hot and burns the sugars. It is the one limitation of cast iron that I can think of.

>>8687835
Gets too hot? It doesn't magically get hotter than other pans?

>>8687835
Acidic sauces also pick up off-flavors in cast iron

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>>8687803
nice thread you have here cuck
would be a shame if someone started fucking it up wouldn't it?

Cast iron? It's a meme for romantic retards who want to feel nostalgic for old inferior technology. Two words, just two words for you, "friend": Rachel Ray. Hard-anodized cookware for men (you may have a problem here) that want to cook affordably and effectively in the modern era.

>>8687245
>Cast iron: Because no one bakes cornbread in a non-stick aluminum skillet

I used my cast iron tonight to do the bacon & leeks for potato bacon chowda.

<3 cast iron

>>8687713
I think there's a better chance it was used by a slave than a witch

I bought a double dutch oven from lodge, where the lid from the dutch oven could be used as a skillet too. I got it for camping, since I wanted something that would heat evenly despite the uneven heat of a campfire, but I found myself using it more and more regularly. I have a shitty electric stove that normally heats unevenly, but that gets fixed with cast iron.

>>8687245

BURN THE WITCH!

>>8687677

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxbWTJXm4I

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>>8687857
>>8687857
I have a nice fire keeping the iron hot should this pig pass anywhere near my place during xmas ... he wont be seen again

>>8687838
Yes it does. Cast iron retains heat longer than other pans so it can build up

>>8687857
>for men
Men have no business on /ck/, the board in which the majority of users are women

>>8687576
even as bait this is moronic

>>8688846
You have no way of knowing that, dumbass.

>>8688960
like cgl this place is infested with gross sluts

>>8687245
That looks awesome.

>>8688846
>majority of users are women
/ck/ meet up when?

>>8687677
>>8687706
>>8687701
It's time to become a wizard, anon.

>>8689001
Whenever your ready to imagine 3-4-5-6-7second rule to be readily ignored along with dumpster diving pacific northwesterners chiming in with whatever organic stuff they wish to share at whatever potlucl should ever come about

Reminder chinese may use gutter oil but things like that are done for necessity on the other hand white folks are outright filthy and gross by nature

If you cooked a nice big batch of vege soup or something in one of these giant pots, reheated the leftovers
with new ingredients, how long could you keep it going before it went off? A week or so?

>>8689062
This is exactly how they used to use them. They'd go for days at a time, and given the number of people those pots are supposed to provide for, by the time you'd have to be concerned about the food spoiling you'd have replaced all the food you started with anyway.

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>>8689001
>meet

>>8687347
There's no maintenance other than not cooking acid in it and not letting it stay wet for extended times. Or are you one of those memers with a bible full of ridiculous cast iron rituals?

>>8687721
>wanting to carry a gigantic iron cauldron out into the middle of nowhere and back

>>8687245
Do you eat children?

>>8687680
Next party you go to make the mother of all chilli pots.

>>8687283
disgusting

catfags need to die

>>8687296
Raised poorly but they'll revive traditionalism nonetheless.

>>8687677
How much did you give for that? It's worth quite a bit, mate. Dumpster Dan probably stole it.

>>8689528
I bought it from an old retired minister on a farm out in rural alabama. I had to drive a few hours to get it. I only gave $90 for it. I bought $300 worth of stuff from him at the time though. He was selling his collection because he was no longer mobile enough to use it.

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Love my cast iron..cook asian dishes all day every day in it!

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When is it considered enough?

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here is the end results

how do you even cook with the big boiler in the back over an open fire or hearth?

>>8689666
never mind i see it!

so when your cooking on cast iron do you use a lower heat because it stays hotter?

t. baby who's never cooked with cast iron and has a pan and wants to try it but not make a mess

>>8690757

Depends entirely on what you're cooking. If you want to sear something (which CI is ideal for) then you'd use high heat just like you would with any other pan. Same with doing a stir-fry.

If you're doing something that requires a lower heat then you'd turn the heat down.

The heat setting on your stove generally doesn't change. What changes is the fact that CI is slower to react to temperature changes. It heats up slower and it also cools down slower.

>>8687545
I have both. Ideally you should have a 12 inch cast iron, but the rest of your cook ware should be carbon steel, it's more finicky, but more versatile, and a hell of a lot lighter.

>>8687783
oven cleaner or vinegar are better ways to strip the seasoning.

>>8690860
I would personally prefer an electrolysis bath to void being so harsh on it.

>>8690866
That's for rust removal, not stripping seasoning.
How is electrolysis supposed to remove polymerized fat, exactly?

>>8687245
>when you pretent to be manly by cooking in cast iron but then own one or several cats and have toxoplasmosis gondii because of them which will give you faggot sons and whore daughters

>>8690846
>it's more finicky, but more versatile

How so? It has the exact same surface/seasoning characteristics as cast iron does.

>and a hell of a lot lighter.
That's a bad thing.

>>8690866
I tried that once. Never again. Electrolysis is worse since it micro-etches the surface. That's the antithesis of making it nonstick. At least it's better than sandblasting.

Heat is the most effective way of stripping the seasoning. Put it in the oven, run the self-clean cycle.

>>8690878
Heat is most effective but it also stresses the pan and can cause cracks.

>>8690890

Lol, maybe a one in a million chance of it cracking.

This isn't a case of getting it red hot and dropping it into cold water. Just stick it into the oven and let it heat up slowly while the oven does its thing.

>>8690890
Not if you let it heat up and cool down along with the self-clean cycle.

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i wanted to get some cast iron stuff but i hear a whole lot of weird shit about them

>look up how to take care of cast iron
>to season it, you must burn oil onto it
>you must do this once every month or so
>actually, do this every week
>also, bathe your cookware in the blood of a sheep
>to properly store it, keep it balanced on a totem pole
>NEVER look at your pan in a mirror
>skydiving with your pan is a great way to make friends with it
>to properly dispose of your cookware, you must throw it into a volcano

how do i know what to actually do?
i don't want to spend $50 on a pan only to have it fuck up after a week of use

>>8687245
Some of my normie guests bitch about the metal taste in my food but I actually like it. When the rust flakes off to "season" my food its like taking an iron supplement, very nutritious.

>>8687245
I ccok with my cast iron skillet at least once a week, probably more. I fuckin' love it.

Also have a dutch oven I use for stews and such.

>>8687835
>can't cook sugar

>>8687839
>can't cook acidic sauces

picks up fish tastes and won't let them go too


Seriously, is there anything that cast iron is good at besides searing (not cooking) a steak and perhaps baking in?

What worthless shit.

>>8691061
>how do i know what to actually do?
You literally cannot "fuck up" a cast iron pan unless you heat it red-hot and then drop it in water. Unless it somehow splits open, the worst that will happen is "gotta re-burn oil onto it and try again"

Your great-great-grandparents' slaves cooked with cast iron. They rubbed bacon grease all over it and it took care of itself. If Mammy could do it, it's not that fucking hard.

>>8691553
If it picks up tastes youre doing it wrong. It should never do that.

>>8691586

ok.. but is it actually good for anything?

Seems like teflon is a better solution 95% of the time.

>>8691616
Teflon wears out if you use it regularly so you're going to have to replace the pan regularly. Cast iron will work for a lifetime and then you pass it on to someone else because it's still fine.

>>8691586
>denying the realty of cookware

yeah you're not supposed to cook with antiquated memeiron either though to be honest

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Gotta go with a 7 star Michelin chef with cast iron being the best single pan.

>>8691679

caling things meme is a meme meme

What oil and temperature do you guys use to season your pans? Every time I try to season mine I don't get that smooth surface and food still sticks to it.
I use canola oil at 375F

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>>8691730
There are a few crucial things to getting a good seasoning.

First you need to make sure your pan is completely dry. Before you season your pan, you want to wash it down and then completely dry it.

After that oil the pan and wipe it down, and then take a new cloth and wipe it down even more.

I put it in the oven at 200 at this point to preheat the pan. Sometimes I'll just preheat it on the stove top. Then I wipe the pan off again to make sure any pooling hasn't occurred.

After that you just need to bring the pan up past the smoke point of the oil you're using for at least 30 minutes. Canola oil should have a smoke point near 405. I usually use crisco/olive oil/whatever canola mix.

From bare metal I usually do 3-4 seasonings. After that I don't really reseason them outside of cooking. Sometimes when you season the pan it comes out with a dull pattern on the cook surface. This really doesn't matter, and it will even out after you season it again or after you just cook with it.

Here's a pic of the dull pattern that I described. It is completely normal.

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>>8691796
Oh, yeah, uhh.. smoke point of 405, I usually put them in the oven at 420-450 for an hour or so.

You can also cook cornbread in a bare metal pan and it will turn out fine while also doing a layer of seasoning. I've used my pans to cook fries and stuff while I'm seasoning them.

My roommate thought the cauldron was funny.

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>>8687680
Do it!

>>8687534

Using it regularly will keep it seasoned.

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Made Schichtfleisch for 25 people in my dutch ovens last weekend.

My kind of cooking, prepare the meat, light the coals and kick back with your buddies for 3 hours.

>>8687250
if you had a gas stove would you still rely so heavily on cast iron?

>>8687245
The only reason to use cast iron is that you want a large thermal mass for cheap. Otherwise, carbon steel has all the same advantages.

>>8691906
damn that looks tasty anon

recipe?

>>8687534
>You do have to season it again. I read that you should season it once a month.

That's retarded. If done properly seasoning should last for decades. There's absolutely no reason to season it "once a month". The only reason to re-season it is if you fucked up the seasoning somehow.

>>8687670
>oils fill up the pores in cast iron

That's not seasoning. That's just keeping your pan oiled.

Seasoning is oiling the pan and then heating it so that the oil polymerizes into a rock-hard shiny black coating.

A pan should never have a "congealed layer" on it. That's a fucking nasty dirty pan.

>>8687677
There used to be an old couple we had as neighbors that would annually make a big pot like that of apple butter. They'd can it and give it to everyone. Good stuff

>>8691796
Is it possible to season a pan without using an oven?

I have a pan that hasn't been used for quite a while.

>>8693493
Absolutely. All you really need in order to season a pan is heat. You can season one on a grill, or even in a camp fire. I've also seen people season things over camp stoves and gas flames. You can find videos of every different technique with some googling.

>>8693493

Sure, anything that can get the pan hot enough will work. You can do it on the range top, using an outdoor propane burner, etc...

>>8691680
This is amazing, source on the book?

Cast iron dutch ovens rock.

For everything else, carbon steel is the master race.

>>8687281

lol

you have a point.

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>>8693528
ad-hoc at home by Thomas Keller

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>>8687245
a-are you a witch?

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>>8687245
I was just wondering if anyone else did, too

>>8689305
He could use it to fend off the bears

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>>8693365
Slice pork shoulder into half inch slices, powder with Magic dust:

1/2 cup paprika
1/4 cup salt
1/4 brown sugar
2 tea spoons ground mustard seeds
1/8 chili powder/flakes
1/8 cup cumin
1 tea spoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
2 tea spoons cayenne pepper
put in fridge over night.

Next day cut onions into thickish rings, tip the dutch oven on its side and start layering pork and onions. Make sure to take juicy onions, you need the liquid.
Put some bbq sauce and maybe some bacon on top and cook for three hours.
My 12 inch DO needs 9 briquettes underneath and 18 on top.

>>8687677
go to the renaissance fair sell hot fried popcorn

>>8687534
Where did you read that?

>>8687281
>mfw I have a cast iron skillet handed down to me from my great grandma
sucks for you and your pleb cookware.

>>8687433
Lodge is shit, never mind the fact you bought it from a fucking hobo who fished it out of the trash.

>>8694290
Fuck, he could crawl into it to hide from the bears.

>>8695616
I support local business, sorry you prefer to buy from chinese merchants

>>8690890
You're supposed to let it cool down along with the oven.

>>8687768
It better be a fucking ostrich egg.

>>8689659
>halfway_there.jpg

>>8694905
>Schichtfleisch

That looks pretty good.

I'll have to give that a shot.

>>8691061
>i don't want to spend $50 on a pan only to have it fuck up after a week of use
Go to charity shops, thrift shops and antique malls. You will find GOAT cast iron for like 10(local currency).

>>8687677
Someone screencap Mister Potter over here im on mobile

>>8687245
can I use cast iron on an electric stove, or is it just not feasible without wrecking the stove top

>>8695632
I get my cast iron from old ladies in antique malls you sword swallower.

>>8695874
Plenty of posts ITT have electric stovetop. It's actually easier to use on an electric stove because it heats more evenly than aluminum or some other shitty Teflon coated pan.

Just...remember that the WHOLE thing is hot as fuck, including the handle. I didn't figure that one out as a kid once.

Once.

>>8695772
bahahaha no you won't
no one sells used cast iron for that cheap anymore unless it's lodge or noname (and a Lodge is only $15 new)
even salvation army knows what vintage pieces are worth

>>8687793
>high heat capacity
Iron's specific heat capacity is actually half of aluminum's though

>>8695772
>buy CI pan for 10 leaf bucks
>sell for 10 quid
>repeat for infinite money
>mfw

>>8687270
Holy shit. This is why American's are obese.
>I only eat onions, why am I gaining weight?

>>8687281
This guy speaks the truth. Cast iron pans are overrated and should only be used when camping.

>>8696374
The rescue mission near me puts cast iron they get inside the silent auction case. It's pretty bullshit.

>>8695616
>never mind the fact you bought it from a fucking hobo

>>8695950
>I get my cast iron from old ladies in antique malls

Oh yeah... that's much better. Way to think it through.

By the way... Lodge is the best. The slightly textured surface that you OCD faggots can't handle, and polish off, actually helps the pan retain a better seasoning and helps make the pan better.

But keep being asperburgery faggots - never change.

>>8687680
What are those Fish molds used for? They look cool AF

Only time I use an Iron Skillet is when I bake my mac and cheese

>>8697580
old sckool fish sticks, you put fillets in and fill it with dough then your fsticks look like fish, double win

>>8697603
Nice! Now I want one!

>>8693329
dumb ass

>>8687270
>>8687316
Protip - caramelize your onions in a pressure cooker. You can do massive batches and it takes so much less time.

>>8687257
spbp

>>8689053
look at this autist

>>8690878
I just find the seasoning on my cast irons are much more stable. I end up reseasoning my carbon steel pa a with some frequency.

Not so much lighter as more ergonomic, longer handle, sloped sides. It makes more of a catch all than cast iron.

>>8691808
fucking harry potter and his potions

>>8697580
Don't listen to that other person. It's a cornbread pan. Fish are second most common to corn stick pans. It's a lodge fish cornbread pan. Lodge is the brand.

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>>8697771
They made lodge chef's skillets now too. I picked a few factory seconds up when I was near there last and haven't used them yet.

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>>8697580

I use mine for jello.

>>8687245
Considering getting a cast iron pan because my electric stove heats everything so unevenly. Are there any brands to favor or watch out for, or are they all pretty similar quality?