For you folks who cook with cast iron

rg02 · 12-08-2012, 10:12 PM

Nothin on the grill or smoker today but thought you folks who like CI would like my latest CI pickup, clean, and inaugural cook:

Picked up a Wagner #8 online and was supposedly cleaned and seasoned. Got it in my hands and it was a Mess! Forgot to take any before photos, but after 3 rounds with oven cleaner sitting in a bag for 24 hrs she was finally clean enough to my liking.

I then scrubbed her with a SS scrubber and dish soap concentrate twice. Then dried her and on the stove for a couple minutes to dry more. I then greased her lightly with shortening and put her in a 350 oven for 15 minutes. Wiped her with a dry paper towel and then back in the oven for an hour.

Any constructive criticism and feedback is appreciated! :D. Her inaugural cook I spoiled her and had her cook fried chicken drumsticks! My first time ever cooking fried chicken. Came out tasty!

Photos:
Before seasoning

After one seasoning and fried chicken cook:

In action:

Product of this beauty:

Plated:

Thanks fer lookin'

Randbo · 12-08-2012, 10:17 PM

I like cast iron. Nice clean and cook!

Outnumbered · 12-08-2012, 10:17 PM

Nada thing better than pan fried chicken.

thompson238 · 12-08-2012, 10:20 PM

awesome find ! cast iron properly cared for will last several lifetimes!

WineMaster · 12-08-2012, 10:31 PM

Thats how ya break in CI

JMSetzler · 12-08-2012, 10:57 PM

The pan looks good. Now pass me the fried chicken :)

Sillius Sodus · 12-08-2012, 11:00 PM

Wagner is as good as Griswold. It looks like you did a great job with seasoning it. Congrats on the pickup.

MisterChrister · 12-08-2012, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sillius Sodus

Wagner is as good as Griswold. It looks like you did a great job with seasoning it. Congrats on the pickup.

This. I have one just like it, and about a dozen others. No better way to pan cook. Congrats!

AussieTitch · 12-08-2012, 11:09 PM

Nice pan,
We use cast iron a lot,mind you most of It is enameled
you folks ever clean Cast iron, with molasses and water?
Cheers.
Titch

fantomlord · 12-09-2012, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AussieTitch

Nice pan,
We use cast iron a lot,mind you most of It is enameled
you folks ever clean Cast iron, with molasses and water?
Cheers.
Titch

when/why do you use molasses and water? Usually just a good wipe out does the trick for mine.

chicagokp · 12-09-2012, 07:44 AM

That looks great! I have a 5 gallon bucket of water that I added a can of lye too. I just let my pans soak in that solution to loosen/ eat away the carbon and grime. Have you tried that? I have not used oven cleaner before.

Wampus · 12-09-2012, 07:48 AM

I LOVE my CI skillets. LOVE EM!

But, you call that a mess? When I got mine from a craigslist seller they had been literally stored under their minibarn for years and had at least 1/4 of crud on them. One of em (a 12" Lodge) is my all time favorite skillet to play with now.

Great job on the seasoning!

rocketmanray · 12-09-2012, 07:48 AM

Looks good, and you'd made any southern proud with that grub in the skillet!!!

RMR

LMAJ · 12-09-2012, 07:50 AM

Oooohhhhhh - that looks good. Makes me want fried chicken now...

chicagokp · 12-09-2012, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wampus

I LOVE my CI skillets. LOVE EM!

But, you call that a mess? When I got mine from a craigslist seller they had been literally stored under their minibarn for years and had at least 1/4 of crud on them. One of em (a 12" Lodge) is my all time favorite skillet to play with now.

Great job on the seasoning!

I was thinking the same thing. The uncleaned one looked pretty clean to me. I'm cleaning 6 CI Skillets that were my wife's grandmothers. They have 40 years of carbon and grime. Some of them I didn't think could be saved, but CI lasts forever if you take some care with it.

12-08-2012, 10:12 PM	#1
rg02 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-08-12 Location: Castle Rock, CO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For you folks who cook with cast iron Nothin on the grill or smoker today but thought you folks who like CI would like my latest CI pickup, clean, and inaugural cook: Picked up a Wagner #8 online and was supposedly cleaned and seasoned. Got it in my hands and it was a Mess! Forgot to take any before photos, but after 3 rounds with oven cleaner sitting in a bag for 24 hrs she was finally clean enough to my liking. I then scrubbed her with a SS scrubber and dish soap concentrate twice. Then dried her and on the stove for a couple minutes to dry more. I then greased her lightly with shortening and put her in a 350 oven for 15 minutes. Wiped her with a dry paper towel and then back in the oven for an hour. Any constructive criticism and feedback is appreciated! :D. Her inaugural cook I spoiled her and had her cook fried chicken drumsticks! My first time ever cooking fried chicken. Came out tasty! Photos: Before seasoning After one seasoning and fried chicken cook: In action: Product of this beauty: Plated: Thanks fer lookin' __________________ --Modified ECB---Mini WSM---22.5" Weber blue OTG---'69 18.5" Weber redhead----Mav ET-732

12-08-2012, 10:17 PM	#2
Randbo is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-06-11 Location: Brookings Oregon Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I like cast iron. Nice clean and cook! __________________ 3 UDS, One charcoal eating fire breathing home bulit trailer pit,

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Outnumbered is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-18-11 Location: Smithville, Missouri, United States Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nada thing better than pan fried chicken. __________________ Greg Vincent When I die, my goal is to have a visible smoke ring when the coroner cuts me open for the autopsy.

12-08-2012, 10:20 PM	#4
thompson238 Got Wood. Join Date: 07-18-12 Location: Toney Alabama Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	awesome find ! cast iron properly cared for will last several lifetimes! __________________ Weber Performer,SamAdamsWeber,Smoky Joe,22.5 WSM, Weber Genesis E-310,red thermapen(the fast one)

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WineMaster Babbling Farker Join Date: 01-16-07 Location: Southern MN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats how ya break in CI __________________ Dan MJH From Backyard Bomber BBQ ---- X 2 Junior & Stretch 22.5 Weber Kettle Blue Thermopen Comp Team Wine & Swine This is funner than chuckin rocks at a sign. John Godwin (Duck Dynasty)

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JMSetzler Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-25-11 Location: Valdese, NC Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The pan looks good. Now pass me the fried chicken :) __________________ Visit Man Cave Meals on Facebook and YouTube! Kamado Joe Classic * Kamado Joe Big Joe Ugly Drum Smoker * Weber Performer * Weber Go-Anywhere * Mini WSM Man Cave Meals Video Index

12-08-2012, 11:00 PM	#7
Sillius Sodus Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-03-09 Location: Richmond, VA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wagner is as good as Griswold. It looks like you did a great job with seasoning it. Congrats on the pickup.

12-08-2012, 11:09 PM	#9
AussieTitch is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 11-17-12 Location: South East Victoria Australia Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice pan, We use cast iron a lot,mind you most of It is enameled you folks ever clean Cast iron, with molasses and water? Cheers. Titch

12-09-2012, 07:44 AM	#11
chicagokp is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-17-11 Location: Chicago north 'burbs IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That looks great! I have a 5 gallon bucket of water that I added a can of lye too. I just let my pans soak in that solution to loosen/ eat away the carbon and grime. Have you tried that? I have not used oven cleaner before. __________________ UDS - Midi Me - Weber Performer - 22.5 Weber OTG - Weber Genesis - GOSM White Lightning Thermopen

12-09-2012, 07:48 AM	#12
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I LOVE my CI skillets. LOVE EM! But, you call that a mess? When I got mine from a craigslist seller they had been literally stored under their minibarn for years and had at least 1/4 of crud on them. One of em (a 12" Lodge) is my all time favorite skillet to play with now. Great job on the seasoning! __________________ Big JT's Smokin' BBQ Competition Team “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahatma Gandhi

12-09-2012, 07:48 AM	#13
rocketmanray Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-02-09 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Looks good, and you'd made any southern proud with that grub in the skillet!!! RMR

12-09-2012, 07:50 AM	#14
LMAJ Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-07 Location: Southeastern Pa Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oooohhhhhh - that looks good. Makes me want fried chicken now... __________________ L-M Official Pennsylvania MOINK Ball maker 1 Large BGE - 7/5/08 1 Large BGE and table - 8/29/12 1 18.5 new to me WSM Super Fast BLUE and RED Thermapen 1 - The Great Outdoors Smoker Sea Bug cooker 1 - Fantastic hubby - the original Big Al _______________________________________ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault