Cast-iron..Everything everything sticks
Bought a cast iron griddle, it was a lodge brand, came pre seasoned. My pancakes stick, eggs stick, hash browns stick....breakfast was ruined! What am I doing wrong, people swear by cast iron and, I'...
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SWMO wrote:
If you want to clean an old one and have a self cleaning oven it is too easy, just throw it in the oven during the cleaning.
I don't think the Lodge pans are that rough, at least none of mine have been that bad and a little roughness helps hold the seasoning. That's why it can be so hard seasoning a carbon steel pan, they're too smooth. I don't know about Chinese CI, never used any.
Also oven cleaner.. Spray it on, put it in a bag and let it sit in the sun for several days.
I use a lye bath.. A blue tote full of water and add a can of lye to it (always add lye to water, not the other way around.. can explode) ..
You can leave pieces indefinitely in this solution.. I have a couple of antique pieces in there from last year that I never got around to finishing up.
