How to easily restore your rusted cast iron pan #shorts

[iolenewilliams]

These cast iron pans are forever and if you lack iron in your body cooking in one of these will replace the iron you need, from the old school books

[kazzuhiko]

I learned this trick by working as part time kitchen staff. The cooks just rinsed their pans with hot water after cooking and simply wiped the remaining debris and oil away. I thought it was gross seeing it still shiny with oil. However, when you take a closer look, those pans were really old and had signs they had been around for ages yet not a single rust and boy they were wayyy better than modern non-stick pans, not to mention a lot safer without the toxic teflon coating!!

[yverocks]

Thank you! You made this simple and straightforward. I picked up a box of cast iron pots and skillets at a garage sale $20 for 17 of them (9 were individual serving sizes, for soups or baked goods, which were too adorable to pass by) and I had no idea what to do, to even get started. So now I'm gonna get them cleaned up. 🤩

[mollygordon]

If you repeat the oil & baking sequence 4 more times, you will end up with an amazing seasoned pan with a hard nonstick surface. I love my cast iron.

[Lauren-udec]

Don’t use flaxseed oil. It goes rancid super quickly, that’s why you have to keep it in the fridge. Not to mention it will burn and smoke as soon as you use the pan. Use your regular neutral oil.

[WorthyMissJ]

There are many, many ways to clean and season cast iron. Find one that works for you and stick with it and your cast iron will be with you for a lifetime!

[pattidrier]

Thank you !!! I have 3 very old heirloom cast iron pans that have been in my family for over 100 years. But I had to put my stuff in storage. And they now need work.

[MissBeeMarie]

My grandparents would just throw them in a fire while burning leaves, wash them, and oil them with shortening. I simply clean them with an SOS pad, wash and rinse, and then oil them with vegetable oil or shortening. Been doing it for years.

[fadinreigne]

SIDE NOTE: At cook time upside down is very important. Oil pools anywhere it will turn into sticky goop.

[lorrainehilgendorf]

All I do is wash my cast iron with dish detergent when I clean mine 2 xs a year then I rub them down with vegetable oil and bake them at low temp all day in my oven.
Then I just wash them when I use them with just hot water.
I dry them on top of my stove..
That's how my granny taught me .

[The_Heartless_Empath]

Lodge usually has a very coarse surface. I take a flap sander on my angle grinder to it to smooth it out before seasoning. Amazing results!

[julesoyler]

All my life we washed our cast iron pans and always dried them on the stove

[alvashoemaker]

GORGEOUS…!! Cast iron pans last FOREVER…!! 🥰👍🏼👍🏼👠👣

[tammymullins]

I use a brillo pad or steel wire pad with rock salt after rinsing really good wipe it down with shortening and bake for a bit

[illiniwood]

After washing, rinse the pan in the coldest water you can get out of your faucet. Doing this will reduce the flash rust by quite a bit. Also, when you find a used pan at a sale be sure it wasn't used to melt lead. Once it's been used to melt lead the lead can never be removed completely.

[megankazukibuttons]

You can skip the scrubbing, by placing the pan a plastic tub and cover completely with Coca-Cola and let it soak overnight or a day or two, then rinse, wipe dry, and season. This works for most rusty objects.

[vegastrina]

Cast iron is unappreciated unless you're a rockin' chef. It is my preferred go-to cooking/baking/etc pan/pot/you name it.. and my grandmothers all owned them and they are still in use by my parents (as far as I know).

As for scratching, I wouldn't worry about that. You can scratch it all day, it doesn't care, made to last forever.

The coated ones are also nice, but the coating does chip if mistreated (I've seen some...so sad...still good enough to cook in, though). I use both, but I prefer the original.

Lodge is literally the best brand, I think they are the original makers, and worth any amount of money spent.

Cast iron lasts several lifetimes, and then some more.

[denisemarie]

One of the best clean up of cast iron !!!❤❤❤

[mikegray-ehnert]

Many recommend letting the pan rest in the oven until it cools to room temp with door closed. Allows the metal to normalize naturally.

[kcevirodem]

I would season it again with the flax seed oil and heat again at least 3 times. I like to do 5 times. Then, you can season with something else like avocado oil.