What's the best way to season cast iron?
- shootin-blanks
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I have seasoned a few on the gas grill, low for couple hours..
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OP asked for the best. Flax seed oil is definitely the best. Especially if you cook at higher temperatures.
GNC has it
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Let me tell you that vegetable oil at 350 degrees for an hour is a bad idea, it got a little smokey and the fam was bitching about their eyes burning. I did get 5 pieces done. I’ll try the flax oil.
I used hot water, Dawn, and fine steel wool to knock down the rust. Some other pots have more rust that will take a long time to knock down with steel wool. Would blasting them with soda be ok? I use soda on my silencer baffles.
I used hot water, Dawn, and fine steel wool to knock down the rust. Some other pots have more rust that will take a long time to knock down with steel wool. Would blasting them with soda be ok? I use soda on my silencer baffles.
Flax (a.k.a. linseed) oil dries/hardens/polymerizes on the surface for a tough finish, and is food safe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil
Thank you.zeebaron wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:35 pm
Flax (a.k.a. linseed) oil dries/hardens/polymerizes on the surface for a tough finish, and is food safe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil
Pfft.better2have¬need wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:33 pm Let me tell you that vegetable oil at 350 degrees for an hour is a bad idea, it got a little smokey and the fam was bitching about their eyes burning.
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- Slartibartfast
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did this then seasoned and it's amazing although i wouldn't do it
to anything with any value. i used a new $20 Lodge 12" pan from
Walmart and an 80 grit flap disk.
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to anything with any value. i used a new $20 Lodge 12" pan from
Walmart and an 80 grit flap disk.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/db8F9JO.jpg)
[Youtube]xWld3tRcaXc[/Youtube]
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READ-Ditch the Flax Seed Oil. Peanut oil is the best bang for the buck.
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Seasoning cast iron has nothing to do with the oil's smoke point. Peanut oil does not give a nice polymerized non-stick coating like linseed oil, it just leaves a gooey/sticky residue. I know, I tried lots of oils/fats.