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Whether you need to season a new pan or re-season an existing one, you can complete it in these six easy steps: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash your skillet well with hot, soapy water and ...
How to Season a Cast-Iron Pan. 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 2. Make sure your pan is clean and dry. 3. Coat the pan with a thin layer of baking grease—Ross likes Crisco.
Even a newly made cast-iron pan is somehow imbued with history. It was shaped and forged in the hottest fire, the heat giving it life. A beautiful, nearly immortal life—if you treat it right.
An advantage of seasoning is that it helps prevent food sticking. Some cast-iron and carbon steel cookware is pre-seasoned by manufacturers to protect the pan from oxidation (rust), but will need to be further seasoned by the end-users for the cookware to become ready for best nonstick cooking results. [4]
Cast-iron cookware was especially popular among homemakers during the first half of the 20th century. It was a cheap, yet durable cookware. Most American households had at least one cast-iron cooking pan. Popular manufacturers included Griswold, which began production in 1865, Wagner in 1891, and Blacklock Foundry in 1896. The 20th century also ...
Cast iron skillets, before seasoning (left) and after several years of use (right) Commercial waffle iron requiring seasoning. Cast iron, carbon steel, [1] stainless steel [2] and cast aluminium cookware [citation needed] may be seasoned before cooking by applying a fat to the surface and heating it to polymerize it.
A redditor decided to season his cast iron skillet 80 times in a row, "for science."
Cousances was a brand of enameled cast iron cookware ("cocotte" in French). [2] [3] [4] originally manufactured by a foundry in the town of Cousances-les-Forges in northeastern France. [5] [1] The Cousances foundry began making cast iron pans in 1553. [6] Four centuries later, in 1957, the brand was acquired by Le Creuset. [7]