How to Restore Cast Iron | 3 Ways to Restore and Season Cast Iron | Quick Tips

You have that old piece of

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that has so much crap in it you don't know if it's round or square, all built up, you found it at the junk yard sale, estate sale, you don't even know what's in it. Hey, we have something.

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tips and tutorials, but we also have our regular cooking videos that come out every Wednesday at 2:30 central time and you sure don't want to miss them either, so the first method we're going to talk about and this is probably the safer method, but it will also probably solve 80% of the problem most people have. We have this pan, it has no cracks. Put it on that burner on medium heat. let's heat it up now, when it starts smoking, now this old cred that's on the outside and inside and any rust that might be in there, hey, when that thing gets hot, it's going to clean up faster, that's why we have to heat it up. you need that wire brush for that grill or maybe you have one that you can hand pass or maybe you don't have any of this and you have to use some salt to scrub this fight, take it off burner and go after it, but friends, no it rusted in one day, they're not going to fix this in one trip, so they may have to rinse it, heat it again, start over, it may take three times four times, but come on.

Put in some effort and let's get to work now. Remember that when we talk about this salt scrub. I don't like using that fine table salt. I like to use that good coarse sea salt, something that has some grit to it. that's going to work now. I've known people to use sixty and eighty grit sandpaper, but I really like to force the salt in because it gets a little more into the cracks now that this buildup is all on the outside and it's getting hot. something that you can grab that handle and hold it over the trash can, the sink, something that works, but let's scrape that stuff up with a spatula because it'll come off there pretty easily when it's nice and hot and thing number two, people guess that.

It is and I didn't know they had them for years. Self-cleaning oven. That's what birthday is. Every time you drop something on it, it cleans itself, but nowadays all ovens, almost all, have a self-cleaning cycle. Now before we continue, I need to tell you this. I don't recommend putting old, thin pieces on pieces that are old or maybe even new to cast iron. You think well. I heard him say this. I'm going to throw it in there, don't do it folks, because a lot of times one will break or one won't survive or one that's warped will get worse, so make sure it's a good piece of plaster. iron, we're going to run that self-cleaning cycle, get you a baking sheet, put it on the bottom rack, take that pan, turn it over to where it's on top of the rack, lock the door, it'll close when you turn, they self-clean and we let it run now, this will reach temperatures of 450 to 525 degrees and let it run the cycle, you can't rush it, you can't even open the door when it passes, give it a little time to cool down, just drag it a little.

From there, grab that wire brush and everything that didn't fall there will crumble right away. You're back in the pure, naked cast iron, that's all that's left, there's nothing alive there, there's nothing growing there. I've already been baptized, folks, there's the latter method and I know a lot of those old timers and a bunch of you guys who watch on YouTube and said, "Hey, that's how my grandma did it, what was that thing about throwing it in the fire? You know that I still would." I do not recommend this for old cast iron fans. Cast iron now, when I was cooking for wrenches for so many years, hey, a lot of times, that's all I had.

I just opened that door, no, Bertha, and put in a 20-inch frying pan. there and I have to let it ruin for 30 minutes. I would drag him there. They were nothing, they didn't live, there was no work, that fire would do that and a lot of the old timers used to tell me that when you cooked that on a fire outside that Ash helped rebuild that

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ing later now I don't know, but if you know, Leave me a comment on that because I've heard it many times and found it in the pan. the sets just have a small stain on one side maybe it's a small buildup that has a little hump Oh gross or maybe it's just a little rust it's not much bigger than a dime I don't want to waste all that

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ing I've been stockpiling in there, I think it's a pretty good seasoning to run through the self-cleaning oven and get things going.

I'm going to treat the stains, so take a little salt and prepare it. put this pan on that burner, heat it up, pour it right on the spot you need to work on, go scrub or grab that wire brush and do it right there in that spot, let's see if we can remove that rust buildup. After that, we can go back and read the season, so the oven is preheated to 350 degrees. Now clean this rascal really good if you just took it out of the self-cleaning oven yesterday and you let it sit and you've scraped it off I want you to give it one more good scrubbing with just a soft bristle brush in a little bit of hot water okay give it a really good scrubbing okay, then I want you to set it back up by throwing that burner on medium-high heat and we're going to get that water out your plaster will change color as it gets drunk and get you a lint-free rag sometimes I like to use a tissue that's been wash, clean this leave it nice and dry I want it to be where it's hot now when you get to that point where you can't even put your finger on the top of the rim of that pan, it'll be hot enough to season.

I promise, so turn off the burner. What are we going to start with? We are laying the foundation. Remember. I like to start with flax seeds, flax seeds, they make a great bond with cast iron, so, poor thing, there's nothing in there that you make a stain, let's say, as big as a 50 cent piece and let's rub that for all the bottom and sides. We have things greased. I don't want you to have a puddle there. I want you to clean up that excess, oh, but I want you to have it old everywhere, on the top, on the bottom sides, everything, let's take it to where it's ready to go.

Slide it in the oven there, we'll let it run for an hour and then guess what, we'll just turn off the knob and let it come to room temperature on its own, but folks, this isn't a one-time thing. process, we're building that foundation, so if you don't have time that day tomorrow, let's do this again, sure you don't have to worship anymore, you don't have to do that, put it back on that burner, heat it up. take a little more of that flax seed and let's build that layer again, put it back on that part, let it run for another hour.

Tiger take it out of there after it gets nice and cool, do it again the next day, but you have to build that base. Now, while you're doing this, I recommend that you do this method at least three times and then you'll pull it out of there and say, well, mine isn't shiny black, well, folks, it's not going to happen like that. I'm going to start to see some bronze colors turning maybe a little bit more black here on this side and maybe a kind of gold color here, but it will be completed now after running flaxseed three times in my house anyway, will you? to what change?

Become a big fan of avocado oil, it has a very high smoke point, but I also use a lot of grapeseed and you can do this after you have three base coats in there. Remember we have to rebuild this now as we continue to use this and it doesn't turn solid black completely, but we have three layers of base there and we're wondering what can we do now, it's something that can't be used guys, this is something that I love. to start right now doing what you know is fried hey, I'm talking about putting some fat in there like that, heat it up to about 350 degrees, throw some fries in there, I don't care what you go over. frying, but frying is very good for new cast iron.

One thing I will tell you, don't think you can use that pan right away and make a cobbler or something tomato or barbecue pasta based. there you will eat what we just put there three times make sure you fry it first because that's the best thing you can do to start with so friends I want to tell you that you and Shanna did it. available to you and very easy and that is our cast iron playlist. It has so many things it can help you with if you're having trouble. Hey, I need help with my seasoning.

Mine is a little rusty. What is the best way to clean it? Because? it's my cast iron sticker hey we've got you covered and Shan will give you a link where you can watch it all day. is there to help you now, as al

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