Rusty Carbon Steel Skillet Restoration | Made In Cookware
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Rusty Carbon Steel Skillet Restoration | Made In Cookware
Steve is back to help you learn how to revive your rusty Carbon Steel Cookware. Rust can form when your pan is left in a moist environment, like under a leaky sink or outside on your grill. But you can reclaim your cookware with a little elbow grease and some products you most likely have on hand. Watch this quick video to learn how to strip your Carbon Steel Cookware and build a new layer of seasoning-taking your cookware from rusty to ready to cook in no time.
#rust #carbonsteel #restoration
What You’ll Need:
Dish Soap
Sponge
Baking Soda
Steel Wool
Paper Towels
Vinegar
Video Breakdown:
0:00 Start
0:49 Why Does Carbon Steel Rust
1:28 Clean With Soap And Water
2:36 Soak Cookware in Vinegar
4:19 Baking Soda & Vinegar Scrub
6:22 Seasoning Your Cookware
8:40 Recap/Outro
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When I got my first carbon steel pan, I used way too much oil to season it, and it became a sticky mess. So I needed to strip it down and start over. Not having this video available, I used SANDPAPER to scrape it clean, and it worked great. Note: Made In (and seemingly everyone else online) says you can't ruin carbon steel (or cast iron), so I took them at their word and broke out the sandpaper. Once I finished scraping it clean, it looked just like the strip-down pan in this video (completely steel in color). Then I started over with the seasoning process on the stove, using (as Steve says in his seasoning instruction video), "a comically-small amount of oil." I used Made In's seasoning wax. That stuff works awesome, and one container lasts a VERY long time (years). After seasoning it on the stove three times, it was back to perfect.
Steve: I love all of your videos - they are so practical and helpful. Thanks and please keep them coming!
Thanks Jesse! Agree, the wax is a GREAT option!
Mine was so bad that my husband took it to his workshop outside and used a sander. Perfect! My new go to method.
next time you can use easy-off oven cleaner. lather that sucker, stick it in plastic bag, tie it off, and leave it for a day
Ohhh THANK YOU SO MUCH for your tutorials esp this one at this moment. If not at all for you, my carbon Steele pan would have been dead and buried a very long time ago. I’m proud of finding your repairing and how to season all things/pans channel. You are THE DUDE that knows pans no matter which. Please keep helping with you knowledge and your channel
from my experience, the coating does not get sticky when too much oil is applies, but when it is not heated high enough. It has to smoke at least!
Real talk - this is my pan that I asked for help repairing. It was a huge error on my part. It was super fun to watch Steve walk me through how to repair it and what I did wrong in the first place! You have to use a comically small amount of oil!
Thanks Steve and made in for bringing my pan back to life.
Just stripped. my seasoning after watching your video because the "other manufacturers" video on the pan I bought totally gave me an improper seasoning. So I watched your video last night here; took the first seasoning off. And Im about to re-season the pan using your method. Thanks for the concise and easy to use videos. It makes this process a lot easier for everyday people like myself!
Whoooaaaa, incredible! Is it bad I want to leave my pan out just to restore it like this?…
I love my Made In steel pan, and this video is great. Thanks for the information!
This guy is too cool. I have 2 Made In carbon skillets and I love them. Thank you. It's a great video.
Fantastic! Resurrected my old carbon steel French pans. They are back in action. Thanks
Thanks, Steve! Gonna try this method on my skillet but also a few rusty tools I have laying around.
Really loving these videos! It's amazing how much abuse these pans can take and still recover - I would've probably binned this one, thinking it was ruined!
Super helpful to know you can strip Carbon to the bare metal! Thanks Steve!
fellow carbon steel lover here! love these tips and tricks
Step by step tutorial. Easy yo follow. Thank you so much.
Super helpful, thank you!
I loved this video. My set of cookware is still absolutely beautiful after a year of use, Thanks Steve,I now know what to do if rust ever occurs.
Barkeepers friend worked for me to get rust out as well
The only set of videos I've seen that make seasoning a carbon pan successful. I used this video to strip a pan I did using other videos. This time it will be re-seasoned the correct way. It sounds goofy, but watching eggs slide easily around the pan is a great experience!
Can't believe you got it down to the bare metal, that looks incredible!
Mmmmmm Bacon. Also, making a batch of popcorn is a great way to build the seasoning layer. That's how I maintain the seasoning on my made in Wok.
best one yet!!!
omg, that pan looks good. better then a new one.
The video we’ve been waiting for!!
Awesome video maestro! Great method
Best detailed video by far
Thanks for the video! I hope mine will be as clean as this one 🤞
FANTASTIC!
You did a great job explaining the process, thanks! 👨🍳
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful tips. Thank you very much.
I’m new with carbon steel and your videos have been super helpful!
Glad you like them!
Great video!
Thanks
Super useful. Thanks!
THIS!!! Thank you! I am off to buy a vat of vinegar :)
Just bought my first carbon steel pan and these videos are so helpful /// more Steve !!
Thank you!
Needed this!
Great video 👍😎
Woot woot thank you. I had a carbon steel pan was was worried about THIS is the fix?
Thank you for the instructions. The best I found online.
Glad it was helpful!
Informative video, and I love how you took a moment to put us in think mode about the process you just did. A reflection is always a good teaching tool. Greatly appreciated. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Steve is the GOAT
Great video. Presentation super easy to understand. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I'm so glad this video showed up on my feed. Thanks. New Sub💙
Thanks for subbing!
Steve does great instructional videos. He is engaging and gives clear concise instruction. Keep them coming! Great job!
More to come!
Awesome awesome Video!
thanks. Love your kitchen.
Thank you! 😊
Good information!
Glad it was helpful!
Would this approach work with cast iron as well? Thanks for posting!
You asked for it... Steve is back with a rusted Carbon Steel pan! Hope you enjoyed. Let us know what else you’d like to see covered in future videos.
10/10 would recommend this tutorial to the chump (me) who accidentally put this pan in the dishwasher while staying at a friends home… ☠️👀
Word to the wise: do NOT leave your stripped down carbon steel lying around for too long... and I mean, even like an hour. Flash rusting will occur even from the air. Season that stripped pan right away!
Rust only occurs if humidity is over 60%
Wat does season pan mean ?
@books quotes Applying the oil as in this video is seasoning. It makes the pan non stick.
@@paviaaPS3Or when you don’t completely remove all water from a freshly washed skillet. That’s what the OP was talking about and it is very valid for this video.
@@CreachterZ nah, what I’m mentioning is even more valid
Outstanding...now subscribed, thank you.
Welcome aboard!
Steve, You have a very good on camera voice. Vinegar and steel wool is OK, Baking soda and either steel wool or scrubby is OK. Vinegar plus baking soda is a self defeating waste of time. Baking soda is a base. Vinegar is an acid. When you mix them together, they cancel each other out and all you get is a neutral waste of time. Baking soda is good AFTER the vinegar soak to neutralize the vinegar.
Nice job! I see lots of recommendations to cook bacon early in the seasoning process, including mention of it in this video. I tried cooking bacon in both my Matfer carbon steel and my Field cast iron skillets and found that it kept removing the seasoning. It turns out most store bought bacon, including the bacon I was buying, has sugar added, which is acidic. It would probably be a good idea to be specific about recommending bacon that has no sugar added. I know it would have saved me a ton of aggravation in getting started.
Also super-market bacon contains up to 10% added water
Wow nice thanks for sharing..
Thanks for visiting!
Nice job.
Thanks!
nice stuff
Do these pans work correctly with flat magnetic induction heating stovetops? I have one and it seems like the induction heat is only strong enough to get good seasoning on the bottom of the pan
Yep!
What temperature do you use for seasoning in the oven? How long? I have an electric stove.
With my 2 carbon steel pans I season with the Made In seasoning paste after each use on the stove top. Is that suitable to use for a reseasoning after a strip? I paste on when hot and let it come to a smoke then turn off and wipe down to remove the excess so it doesn't paste up.
Would Barkeepers Friend also work for the baking soda & vinegar stage?
I feel like the smoke never stops 😂, even with a tiny tiny amount of oil
Just got my first Made In (10") pan about a month ago.
1. It wasn't stripped to shiny carbon steel, does this mean it was pre seasoned?
2. Do you need to strip it to shiny level periodically (every few years, maybe?)?
Thanks for a great video!
I only have access to an electric stove. Will that be adequate to accomplish similar seasoning to my cruddy carbon steel pan?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
He loves his job.
Thank you for this video. I thought that my poor pan was done for. Just my inexperience and lack of knowledge. Wish I had a beautiful gas stove like that can it be done in the oven
You can do it!
Question: brand new Made In 12" blue steel pan. and i wasn't sure how much to wash off before seasoning... i scrubbed for an hour and kept getting black, then gold residue on the paper towel test. edible? scary. so out came the vinegar and i soaked the pan. 3 hrs. that removed the blue. in fact that had floating blue bits all through the sink. really glad i did this :) your videos are super helpful God bless you :)
Great tutorial! Is there anything I need to look out for when using an induction stove instead of a gas stove?
I justdid it today. Perfect result. Why your pan looks like stainless steel pan? Mine is all dark silver. I bought blue carbon steel pan. I'd there a difference? Thank you 💕
Amazing! Good job
Great video! After you season with grapeseed oil, can you use olive oil for cooking? Will that affect the seasoning?
That is what I do!
This is exactly what happened to my Made In pan but mine looks worse. For the soak in venegar part, my sink is not big enough. Can I just set the pan on the counter and add the vinegar then? Also, I have an electric stove. Will it work the same as a gas one? Thanks!
Any tips on seasoning this pan on an electric glass cooktop, electric coil cooktop, & induction cooktop? Do we just lay the sides right on top of the heating elements?
You really want to use your oven for seasoning, rather than those cooktops. They have a great video on that. The stovetop method really only works with gas ranges.
Fine wire wool, Spin it with a drill and pad !
Браво!!!
Hey Steve - I don’t have a rusty carbon steel pan, but my 12” and 10” Made In pans were destroyed when I left them in the care of a houseguest. They scraped them, washed them the way you would with soap. They’re totally a banged up mess. Which part of this process do you recommend? I did a lot of scrubbing with soap and abrasive and no matter what, it always wipes brown with a paper towel. And then I used vinegar and I got them very smooth but they don’t look nice anymore. And when I seasoned one in the oven it got those sticky beads - I guess too much oil. Scrub again and start over?
Hi there! If you have the sticky, too much oil situation you can always scrub again (don’t have to go all the way to bare but course salt and oil can get you a long way!) or just let it cook down over time and avoid anything delicate as that breaks down. If you want to DM us a picture on Instagram or email hello@madeincookware.com we can follow up and make sure you get sorted out!
@@MadeInCookware thank you for the quick reply! I guess part of my concern is what the pan is supposed to look like when it’s properly seasoned. I guess it will never look like it did when I first got it, but one of them now looks more like a stainless steel pan from the vinegar. I guess the OCD part of me wants the whole pan to look uniform, and when it looks darker at the edges of the pan that it does in the center of the pan, and I feel like it’s going to cook on evenly. Mainly, I just want to feel like they’re in good condition and will perform well.
yaaaaasssss!!!!
I have a question, when I dry the pan before re-seasoning it rusts in an instant what am i doing wrong?
Can I use this method of seasoning a carbon steel skillet on a wok?
Yes, absolutely.
Was that one of your blue carbon steel pans? I'm surprised it went back to that bare metal color. What's the blue color from?
Yes, all made in carbon steel pans are "blue carbon steel" which is a process used by some carbon steel pan manufacturers to help prevent rust on the pan during shipping. This process uses Iron Oxide and heat which turns the metal blue. A light coating of oil is also added. It is not a 100% perfect system as rust can still happen to the pan, but it is a pretty good rust repellant. Other makers use a beeswax coating on their pans which has to be removed before seasoning. Either way, proper seasoning, care and use will help prevent rust.
@@shawnhampton8503 So it's similar to beeswax except it isn't meant to be removed? I didn't know that.
@@NinjaMonkeyPrime It will come off on its own, but the seasoning on top of it usually has it covered so you never see that. It really is not required to be removed like the beeswax. But if the seasoning fails and comes off, the blue annealing comes off too, most often.
Went through the steps and it looked really good until I heat dried the pan pre seasoning step andta bunch of rust came through. Not sure what to do with the pan at this point
Could a glass top electric stove be used to season?
Absolutely! You can use also use an oven. Check out our video on this: ua-cam.com/video/lzZES7Cy0zc/v-deo.html
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I have De Buyer carbon steel pans and at no stage do they say soap and an abrasive pad??
Hey there! This is for removing rust - what are your best tips?
Our carbon steel 12” fry pan was in the cupboard and our kitchen caught fire and burned up. Pan made it but do you think it’s salvageable or should I just buy a new one??
If it’s a made in one, It gets fired to super high heat for the annealing process - so it’s fine id bet! I throw it directly in camp fires all year long
How would you do the last part if you have an electric cooktop? I follow all the rest! I can ask to use a friend's gas burners, but was wondering.
I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for asking this question!!
They have a video about seasoning in an oven that you should check out
Congratulations.
What about out the oven method? Like 500 for about 1 hour?
I put mine in the oven during a self clean cycle. It worked beautifully and a whole lot easier.
Can I use avocado oil instead of grape seed oil?
I tried avocado oil, but It built up on the sides too much, and later started to flake off into my food. Following other advise I saw on youtube, I put my Debuyer pan in the oven for a 4 hr self clean. All the old seasoning came loose and was easy to wash out with a steel chain.. ( the handle did change colour but it's still very useable) Then I seasoned it with grape seed oil , and it is perfect. Now after every use , I rinse it off, heat it till dry, and put a very thin layer of grape seed oil, maybe 1/8 tsp. on it.
what brand is this skillet ?
Made In Cookware
I wouldn't kill myself to take off the seasoning that's stuck on the rim after the acid bath. If it's bonded that strongly to the pan, it probably deserves to remain, honestly.
How do I season on an electric stove? Do I just put it in the oven instead?
Yes. There is a made in video on seasoning in the oven!
@@chip_malt thank you!
what if you don't have a gas stove top? can you season on a flat top
We recommend seasoning in the oven if you have a glasstop stove.
I got pans but don’t know if they are carbon steel. How can you tell ?
The bottom of the pan will tell you if it's our cookware!
Hey Steve! Thanks for the video! I actually did this to my Made-In Clue Carbon steel pans a few months ago and it went well until I fried some bacon 😢I did the oven method seasoning about 4 time and was able to get a fairly non stick surface. Enough to fry eggs perfectly :) but when I fried a few strips of bacon the seasoning stripped where the bacon touched the pan. Now I have a spotty pan 😢
What did I do wrong?
As I posted above, I went through this same experience with both carbon steel and cast iron skillets recently. I asked the cast iron manufacturer (Field) about this and got some very useful feedback. Most store bought bacon has sugar, which is acidic, added to it. Since sugar is acidic, it will strip some of the seasoning. The options are to make sure the bacon you buy doesn't have sugar, hold off until you have your seasoning really well built up, or cook bacon some other way. But the advice we see all over the place that bacon is great for building up seasoning really needs to make it clear that the bacon used must NOT have added sugar. Adding a bit of vegetable oil to the pan before adding the acidic bacon will help reduce how much seasoning gets stripped, but after trying that tip, I found that the bacon doesn't come out as well with the added oil.
I've had the best luck for a first cook with some canola oil and an onion. I season all my cast iron, carbon steel, and my blackstone this way. Also an onion works great on your outdoor grill grates. Before you BBQ, heat up you grill, cut an onion in half, stick a fork in it and run it along the grates. Your meat won't stick, and probably better for you than the stuff they put in the spray cans
great. really let the vinegear do its for for a while, very important
Excelemte.
Just did this whole process and not really happy with the way it turned out. As soon as i dry the pan it seems to instantly rust and then when i season it (with a very very little bit of olive oil) it got sticky
Yum Bacon as Homer would say
After I clean my carbon steel with water and reseason with grapeseed oil… when I wipe it with a paper towel, the towel is still dirty. Am I not cleaning it enough? I some times use my chain mail to get any bits off too.,
I think that it starts to rust almost immediately, so that is what you are wiping off. Happens to mine too, and has not caused any problems!
It is just patina, not rust. It is normal.
@@shawnhampton8503 I knew it wasn’t rust. Wish Steve had bothered to reply though…
@@marilynjbollo8971 are you wiping before it cools down?
@@DJ-Coma yes
that poor pan omg
What’s the next best oil to use if one doesn’t have grape seed?
Search online for a chart of food safe oils and their respective ‘smoke points’, and use one that is on the high end such as grape seed. Grape seed is available online. Remember to store your high smoke point oil in a cool dark place for freshness.
Avocado oil or Made in also sells seasoning oil on their website.
@@miketreml7898 Avocado oil is NOT good. It has too high of a smoke point (like 550 degrees) and most people cannot get their ovens hot enough past the smoke point to polymerize the oil. Vegetable, or Canola are the only other good choices.
@Mr. Cool Bacon grease is NOT a good choice for seasoning.
Why is made in stainless steel pans able to withstand 800 when most stainless steel can only stand upwards of 500 What is the difference ?🤨
Good information but why do so many UA-camrs feel the need to express almost every single word with their hands? I find it distracting.
There is not 1-2% carbon steel in a carbon steel skillet but 1-2% carbon and the rest is iron*