Cast Iron Skillet 101 - TOP (3) MISTAKES Beginners Make!

When it comes to cast iron skillet cooking, adhering to a few rules will make your experience much more enjoyable. Apply these rules, avoid these three mistakes, and your skillet will love you forever. In this video, Mr. Cast Iron addresses these three mistakes beginners often make.

Cast Iron 101 is about the basics of how to cook in but not care for and fix cookware and pans. We'll save that for another video. But, in our Lodge skillet, we preheat to medium-high before adding any meat or vegetables. Next, we add a little oil to the pan.

Last but not least, the facts are that cooking on high will cause your food to stick. These are three mistakes we see when it comes to the basics of cooking with cast iron! Eliminate these, and you will enjoy cooking in cast iron much more!

***SUGGESTED YOUTUBE VIDEO COURSES AND CHANNEL TOOLS***

*** "As an Amazon Associate, this channel earns and benefits from qualifying purchases." Other brand affiliate links may be included, too.***

#mrcastiron #lodgecastiron #castironskillet101 #lodge #vrafam

[ulf]

Adding two more tricks right here. One, after removing the food, while the pan is hot still, if you've hot water (or hot water from cooking potatoes, etc), put some after in the pan and use a spatula to remove the residue. Put it back on the burner or gas for a few mins and let it dry off. Done. Two, there's no need to reason the pan in the oven at high temp you see the seasoning is wearing off. Instead, put a lil oil in the skillet and put it on the burner at high heat until it smokes. Let it cool down. Use a paper towel and distribute and the excess oil and bring it to a smoke point again. It's the same thing as seasoning your pan in the oven, but much quicker and it will help build layers on top of layers of patina in your pan. Enjoy cooking with cast iron :)

[BigBellyJeezus]

I'm in New York City & growing up my mother didn't know how to maintain a cast iron skillet properly so I hated them. Now especially since discovering your videos everything is being thrown in my cast iron. My fiance says I'm obsessed with them 😂.

[daddydutchbbq]

Warm skillet, warm oil food will not stick in properly seasoned cast iron. Great tips Mike ! Loved the Mrs input too !

[eddysantos]

i’m a college student and i made all these mistakes, but now i know so thank you! you are appreciated

[archerpiperii]

Tip #4 When finished cooking, do not let the oil cool down with the pan. This will create a sticky mess that is a hassle to clean. When finished cooking, get a piece of paper towel or napkin and sop-up/wipe out the oil. You don't have to get all of it, but if you get most of the oil then most of your cleaning will already be done.

It is also a good idea to start saving used paper napkins for the purpose of wiping oil out your cast iron.

Phoenix, AZ.

[cliftonmcnalley]

Been cooking on cast iron for 50+ years, since I was 10 years old. Thank you for the tip about checking the temp of the head of the handle, I'd never heard it before.

[uchihanaruto]

Haha! Love Mrs. Cast Iron’s disclaimer at the end! 😂

[friend]

I just got cast iron for Christmas and I am thankful for your video. I laughed so hard when you said warm up the cast iron like you warm up a woman. lol Your wife is a treasure and so are you.

[shovelhead]

Great tips, Mike. Too bad about the smoke alarm catching you out. Thank you for sharing them with us. Stay safe and stay cool

[bettyfeliciano]

Thank you very much for those tips! I just purchased a 10.25 Lodge skillet with lid and I haven’t used it yet! Now I feel more informed & less intimidated! As for your wife, lol, I know how she feels. My husband..rest his soul, …used to cook steak in a smoking hot skillet and my job was to fan the smoke away from the smoke detector!! Lol. ❤️✝️

[FlourEggsYeast]

Hey, I like your pop up before someone comments! Does it help with getting better comments that are civil? We hope you & Teresa are doing well! Looks like you got a “runner” on this one, it’s picking up speed and got recommended to me! We’ve been on the road so often we haven’t been watching a lot, but so good to see you guys are doing well on the channel!!!

[qwertycring]

I just found my moms cast iron, i never saw her use it but i got interested with using it instead. This videos help alot as i got used to using non-stick pans.

[Kevenant]

Just bought my first cast iron skillet, Lodge 12 inch. I'll never go back to standard pans. I'm enjoying cooking so much and the extra care you have to give a skillet before and after cooking and how our ancestors used them makes me feel more respect for food and my elders and the way they lived.
Also, i did laugh when the lady said "easy"😂 The moment a man gets scared but is allowed a measured and respectful criticism of his better half is a sign of true love!
Thanks for your videos, i have gone through a lot of them and will continue until i am entirely confident with my skillet.

[dangunn]

Yep. Yep. Yep. Good advice. I fry 2 eggs every morning on my cast iron round griddle. And it makes the best pancakes I've ever had. And once a week I make cornbread in a cast iron frying pan. And my cast iron dutch oven I use hanging on a chain from a tripod over a campfire.

[SilvijaSilvi]

Thank you for the last one. I was trying to cook hot and fast thinking it's the right way but meat always sticks to the skillet. Now I know why.

[jesussalas]

Thank you for this. I tried cooking on my cast iron twice and was simply cooking too high of heat... it would smoke like crazy so it scared me of ever using it again lol.

[thegrumpyolgringo]

Great tips and advice. Thanks to You, I'm no longer a Cast Iron beginner.😆. NicelY Done. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇺🇲.

[GilaMonster]

This was helpful, I have cooked on cast iron for about 3 decades. Probably for the 1st decade I didn’t know what I was doing or how to care for the pans. Thankfully I didn’t ruin them, but the first one I got did get pretty rusty and a bit pitted from improper seasoning and storage. Thankfully it cleaned up well with a wire wheel, and the putting hasn’t changed how it cooks.

[bobhughes]

1000% !
Great advice as always. Ppl mistakenly think cast iron should be screaming hot.

[dondet]

Wonderful fun video. I love my cast iron Won’t use anything else. Glad others use them too. Keep up the old school skillet info😊