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After the threads on cast iron cookware went out and bought one I have the 12" lodge skillet. What oils do you use to season it? Do you cook with the same oil that you season it with? I have been told that using oil with the highest smoke point is best. Avocado or processed olive oil. After you sear a steak what temp do you broil it? My oven usually broils at 550 degrees but that is over the smoke point of all the oils I can find, do you lower the broiling temp after the sear on the stove. | ||
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See YouTube and Cowboy Kent Rollins for what to do with a Lodge skillet. I use peanut oil. Cook and season with it. If you sear the steak first, no need for the broil setting on your oven. 400 - 415 will work. You can also try reverse seared, that's my personal preference. Good luck. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
FWIW, my grandma, who was born in Kentucky in the early 1900s, used lard to season and cook with. Maybe that’s old fashioned thinking. She probably never heard of avocado oil. | |||
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| Ice age heat wave, cant complain.  |
I season with Crisco and cook with whatever I have on hand. NRA Life Member Steak: Rare. Coffee: Black. Bourbon: Neat. | |||
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| Stuck on himself |
Same here. | |||
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I think bacon grease is the definitive cast iron cookware seasoning. You might have to cook a LOT of bacon before it is seasoned properly. Mmmm, bacon. I need some breakfast. ________________________________________________________ You never know... | |||
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I use Crisco. Old tried and true method. Some of these new fancy oils people suggest like flax seed oil tend to flake off. Also, reverse sear your steaks. | |||
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Best thing to do to season cast iron. Pork chops and pork cuts in general do a good job of seasoning. https://youtu.be/ljSQrSoSYAE Here's the link for Lodge skillets. I bought a #10 skillet and did this. Turned out great. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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parati et volentes |
Whatever you do, don't fall into the flaxseed fad. It doesn't last. | |||
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| Ice age heat wave, cant complain. |
Totally agree. It’s a waste of time. NRA Life Member Steak: Rare. Coffee: Black. Bourbon: Neat. | |||
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They do turn out excellent using this method but you can also sear on the stove top and cook in the oven. My favorite cut to do this with is a filet mignon. I use my #4 skillet and get a good sear(crust) on the stove top and then into a 400° oven for about 7 minutes. Simple S&P for seasoning and put on liberally. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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we use canola oil for both; IMHO there are many satisfactory variables reflecting personal choices that have little in the way of objective user results. **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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"I know there are a few of you out there that want to make this an arguement about oil vs. grease, but I don't care, you're not gonna change my mind. <snip> If you want to argue about grease vs. oil, do it somewhere else." - Flork "Get some damn grease!" - jljones? "Grease wins." - sigmonkey "Tried bacon grease yet ? You get to eat the bacon you know." - Oz_Shadow | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
Frying an an egg in a brand new unseasoned Lodge cast iron frying pan. (The Lodge is preseasoned.) 2-1/2 minute video: https://youtu.be/QFrctFla7CE Serious about crackers | |||
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Butter helps for sure. That was like fingernails on a chalkboard when he used that metal spatula in that skillet.  I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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The shiny blackness of that pan looks like a newly seasoned pan. Unseasoned Lodge pans are a dull gray. | |||
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Crisco for the first seal, then Coconut or olive oil to cook. Works excellently on my pans. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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And rough. I sanded my skillet down, washed it and then seasoned it 3 times. I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
I just looked at Lodge's website and it appears all of their cast iron cookware is now seasoned at the factory. If that's what sig2392 has, then he needs to do nothing to the pan but use it. | |||
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Season with Crisco. Cook with EVOO or if needing high heat Avacado oil. As an aside I use coconut oil for popcorn.  I have a pair of Stargazer seasoned cast iron 10.5" pans and a long discontinued Lodge Signature 10" cast iron skillet with aluminum handles. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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