Reseasoning a Dutch oven
Ok campers, I am guilty of being a slacker. I haven't used my Dutch oven in a couple of years. Opened it up and I still looked good and smelled ok. But, should I clean off the old seasoning or just go...
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Little Kopit wrote:
Ok, here we go again.
The seasoning on a Dutch oven is OIL! Do not use soap on a seasoned oven.
However, if you want to make sure about how well seasoned an oven is, re. season it. You know, very thin coat of oil, plant oil like olive oil or safflower oil...., lightly gone over with a light rag to make sure it's a thin coat. Put in oven for 2 hours at high temperature, I use 410'F. Turn oven off and leave oven there until cool. Then on to step 2.
Do that 3 times. and it will be well and truly seasoned.
Enjoy. Post some photos of your cookings, s.v.p.
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:E I would never advocate washing CI on a regular basis however I do initially wash any pot that's been in storage for a long time or newly purchased.
Yesss a thousand times yes to your posting of how to season. Using a similar seasoning method to your's during the summer when I don't want the heat of the oven, I season it atop the stove on low; takes longer but gets the job done.
I maintain and regularly use CI that originally was given to my great grandmother using either bacon fat or grapeseed oil. The grapeseed oil is now ridiculously expensive but has a high burn point and no taste.
