Cast-iron..Everything everything sticks

I use my gas grill outside to season my cast iron...no smoke in da house.

It takes some time to get a cast iron pan "started". The pre-seasoning is just that, pre. It gets one past the old wax preservative and gives you a solid surface to work with.
First off you should season it a couple more times, either in your oven at 350-375 or on an outside grill on hot. You wipe oil on, shortening is best, but vegetable oil will work only slower and it may take more treatments.
Once you have this done you should use it only for foods that contain fat or that allow you to liberally oil the surface. never try to cook eggs on a newer CI or even a dry one after it's well seasoned.
Don't wash it with anything but water, and not even that if you can avoid it for awhile. When possible just wipe it off with a paper towel and leave it oily. When you heat it up again nothing will survive that can hurt you.
I know it sounds like a lot of work, but once it is well seasoned you will have a pan chemical free, immune from heat and as easy to clean as teflon, and you can use whatever utensils work best for the food you are cooking rather than for the pan.. The surface will never wear off and if it gets damaged you can repair it, rather than sending it to the dump.

smokedummy wrote:
I never had much luck with the griddle either. It does not heat evenly. So I use a regular round cast iron skillet, 10" or 12", they work great.

I use the griddle on a two burner Coleman® stove with no problems.

TMandGirls wrote:
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'm ready to throw it away and buy a Teflon coated griddle.

I never had much luck with the griddle either. It does not heat evenly. So I use a regular round cast iron skillet, 10" or 12", they work great.

I always season the preseasoned cast iron. Cast iron is great, but not for everyone. It has a learning curve and a committment process. Plenty of info on the Lodge webpage and YouTube. If you decide you don't like your cast iron, don't throw it away-give it to someone that appreciates it!

Heck I wash mine! Nothing sticks, what am I doing wrong?
Seriously use lots of oil for the first few times. Once it has a good coating of oil and has been seasoned per Lodges instructions then high heat to get the pan hot, turn it down to medium low and cook to your hearts content. If the pan is well seasoned, washing hurts nothing.

Since it's new you'll want to oil it for the first few times you use it. Don't wash the cast iron after use, just wipe it down well with a paper towel and then lightly oil it before storing. After it gets broken in a bit nothing will ever stick and you'll pass it on to your kids.

- Randy

People, use good natural oils to season your cast iron.

Olive oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, walnut oil are so much better than artificial stuff. Yes, crisco and margarine are just as artifical as pam.

Natural oils make a better finish to your seasoning and don't stink up the house while the oven does it's thing.

:C

I just used my new Logic fry pan for the first time last weekend and nothing stuck. I know it was pre-seasoned, but I bought a small tub of lard to season some more. I heated the pan on the stove top just enough to melt the lard. I took some paper toweling and spread the melted lard over the entire cooking surface and lightly over the entire pan. I then placed the pan in the oven at 350 for 1 hour. I let it cool in the oven and when cool, wiped the pan lighlty with paper towel again.

I used 4 Tbsp. of butter to make hashbrowns, sausage and eggs over the campfire, and noting stuck. When I was done, sprayed some Pam on it and wiped the excess...ready for the next morning. I made pancakes the 2nd day and sprayed a little Pam between each batch. Never got close to sticking.

I would try to re-season the griddle and give it another shot. Good Luck!

On the label attached to that griddle were very specific instructions regarding initial and subsequent use of "pre-seasoned" cast iron cookware. Did you read those directions? Did you follow those directions? Following the manufacturer's directions will provide you with a lifetime of use with that griddle.