Honest UNPAID Review: Unboxing the Marquette Castings Cast Iron Skillet
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2023
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I got it too!
You told me to look for the check mark.
Hey Kent, have you tried solidteknics US-ION? They are made in Australia (Aus-ion) and in the USA (US-ion). I have a few of their pans and they are excellent, if you get a chance to get one I would recommend the 4mm thick pans.
It got me also, I hate scammers
My parents married in 1952 and received a cast iron skillet as a wedding gift. That beautifully seasoned 12” skillet is still in daily use today. Not by me, although I learned to cook with it and had to get my own when I married, but by my precious mom and dad, both in their 90s and married 71 years come this July!!
That's amazing! God bless em!
@michellebaker455 email us at info@kentrollins.com it is our official email account
I've had a 12" lodge I've used for two decades. I originally bought it because that's what my mom always used. She was never very precious with it, she was not at all afraid to scrub it with soap, but I always loved watching her cook sausages with gravy in it for Sunday dinner!
Having no knowledge about cast iron cooking, I stumbled upon and restored a circa 1930’s cast iron skillet in 2016. Since then, cast iron cooking has been my primary method and what an educational adventure it has been. My primary reasons for using it are for the flavoring profile, life span, environmental responsible, nostalgia and finally I get a good workout 💪🏽!
Thank you Cowboy KR and family for all your great vids!
We thank you for watching
Thirty years ago my wife and I purchased a 1929 cast iron skillet at an antique store. We still have it to this day. It still has the same finish on it. Being a firefighter and having four daughters who like to cook, our pans never get a break. They’re like a good marriage; if you take care of it, it’ll last forever.
I grab every cast iron I see, pitted, damaged etc, I still buy it especially if there's a story behind it. Not everyone knows how to care for good cast iron. Most are thick enough to bring back to life.
From 1 FF to another, those are the pans that these newbies can't mess up. Well, they can, but it's an easy fix, unlike the non-stick pans they are always messing up.
Finally it has happened !! Love my Marquette
You can oass it to them and they can give it to their kids as well!!! I have ny great grandmothers full set of cast iron dishes and ny girls want it after me and tge wife are gone.
Yep. I have several cast-iron pans of various sizes that I got at Goodwill. The people putting prices on things there have (or had) no idea of the value of these pans. I too have had some of them 30 years or longer.
As I approach 70 years old I’m proud to say that some of my cast iron are the very pans my mom cooked on when I was a kid. There’s just nothing better to cook with than cast iron and it does indeed last a lifetime! Check that, lifetimes!
It’s a scam don’t do it
I had the same "Text me" message pop up, too. Spam bots.
Oh man.. I just saw it and thought it was real.
I love cast iron not only to cook with, but because of the community it creates. I love sharing what I've learned from this channel with my friends and family. Also, at this rate, my cast iron is probably the only thing I'll will have to pass on to my kids! 😄
I started cooking in cast iron when I was in the Boy Scouts when camping. Now I enjoy it for its superior cook quality. there is just something special about seeing an old black skillet hanging in your kitchen, or cooking on the stove top or over a open fire. Plus, the fact that many people cook on cast iron that was used by their parents or grandparents just really feels like you're cooking with family.
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We love using American cast iron because the process of maintaining and caring for the cookware brings pride and joy into every dish we cook. My family is young, newlyweds with a newborn, and we’re starting off with Lodge. We love the idea of our great-grandchildren eating food that was cooked on the same skillet that fed generations of family before them. Thank you for teaching this household how to care for our cast iron cookware, so that in turn it can care for us.
Another nice thing about cast iron and is something I did for my sister and brother in law is there are quite a few new foundries in different state’s making pans, so I found one in the state they met and got them one. It has that state name on the bottom to always remind them of their start!
Lodge makes pretty good stuff. I honestly don’t think there is much difference from a $50-75 pan and a $150 pan besides the brand name.
@@Gundumb_guy I wouldn’t say that there isn’t much of a difference. For instance I have one from WI that is 11’ with curved sides and a 6.5’ handle that is over an inch thick. Plus it’s good to spend the money at the smaller businesses if they make quality products. The pan I mentioned is made by Austin Foundry Cookware, I’m case one wants to see what I was describing.
Like using cast iron camping with the Boy Scout troop and have switched to using cast iron skillet at home
@@Splagnate I own a couple lodges and my wife got me a $200 dollar pan for Christmas and besides it being a cool octagon and a little bigger than my normal lodge pans, it performs exactly the same after 2 months of use at least 🤷♂️
Cast iron is the workhorse of my kitchen. The fact that it can go from stovetop to oven in nothing flat is a winner. I adore using my granny’s skillet for her cornbread recipe. The memories will last a lifetime with the gift of blessing the next generation with a heirloom piece of cast iron.
I agree Dove Hill Farm 👍 nothing better than cornbread out of cast iron. Ya care to share your grandmother's recipe for her cornbread 😋
Knowing that my grandparents and great grandparents used cast iron is a HUGE plus for me!! I have 4 pieces that were either my husband's grandparents or my grandparents pieces!! They are phenomenal and so easy to not only cook in, but clean!!
I started cooking with a cast iron recently in college and its the only pan I own. I got this Wagner Ware piece from my dad who got it from his mom. After some time of not being used I asked my dad if I could use it and have been absolutely in love with it. Cooking with a piece of family history has made cooking a special time for me every time I heat up the cast iron. I hope to continue this history for more time to come while also starting something new in my cooking endeavor.
My Mother gave me my first new cast iron skillet when I left home at 17yrs old and told me, "You take care of this skillet, and it will take care of you." I am now 63 and still have it, and use it. I have added a few to it, but always get to remember where it (and myself) came from when I do use it. I LOVE using cast iron because I know it will be here helping others after I'm long gone.
Grew up with grandparents cooking with cast iron, been part of my family for many decades. If you take care of it, it will last many generations. Great job, Kent. Thank you for supporting us veterans. God bless you.
Hi Kent, I'm 49 years old and I've been using cast iron for 1 year now and I am beginning to love them. At first I wanted to give up because the seasoning part was a lot of trial and error but your videos have helped me tremendously. My dream is that one day I will be able to pass them down to my kids and my grandkids so that they will always remember me. Thank you for all that you and your wife do, and keep putting out those great videos. Good luck to everyone!
I grew up cooking on cast iron. I have a 12" cast iron skillet from my daughter-in-law's grandma. She passed it down to me before she died. She had a degree in botany, and was a ranchers wife. I learned a lot about the Idaho mountains and plants on several camping trips we took near the end of her life and she always had that skillet with her. I often wish I had another one like it. It's my go to skillet. Love your show!
My 70 year old dad got me into cast iron. It’s all he uses and now it’s all I use to cook. I love how it’s not coated in toxic non-stick chemicals and healthier to cook with. I also love being able to move it from the stop stop to the smoker or oven in the same time. I love how you just buy it once and it lasts you a lifetime. I don’t know of hardly any products that last a lifetime anymore!
I have been using cast iron for 45 years. I learned the "secret" when I was young from my grandma. I find that my cast iron is easier to use and clean than some fancy new pans I have tried. I also do not have to be afraid of any chemicals leaching out into my food or eating teflon. Cast iron forever for me. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing us these videos and may God bless you and Shannon.
Thanks and God bless you
I like cast iron not only because it is durable and forgiving at the same time, but also because it’s like a journey. Getting that skillet seasoned is like a badge of honor earned by putting in that time and work. Somehow makes those meals just taste even better and you know it will always be there to do it over and over again. Thanks for the recipes Kent from my family to yours.
Nostalgia, tradition and longevity is the reason I love cast iron. It's something when you put your love and time into, it will give it back and then some! Thank you for this channel and all the hard work you and your wife do!
My favorite part of using cast iron is the historical and familial connections you get when pulling that pan out to make a meal. I'm lucky enough to have a few old pieces from my grandma and great grandma, and every time I use one, I think of the years they spent making meals for their families and mine. There's a tradition there, a connection to them, and a respect for how life was and the times they went through because without them, we wouldn't be here.
I’ve used cast iron all my life because of my grandmother. She was a traditional woman that raised 10 children so that’s meant she knew her way around a kitchen. She was an amazing cook and a beautiful soul.
I am nearly 50. I inherited several generational pieces of Griswald and Wagner cast iron about 20 years ago and have been collecting and using cast iron ever since. You and your channel are a true inspiration.
I love cooking on my cast iron skillets & dutch ovens. I found a couple that my grandparents and possibly great-grandmother used when clearing out the family ranch in 2020. They still work wonderfully. Always love your cooking and care tips.
I’ve been using cast iron for over 50 years. Other types of cookware have come and gone but my cast iron is still here as my go-to cookware. I expect that my grandkids will be using my cast iron 50 years from now and I hope a thought of me using it crosses their minds, a reminder of the old man!
My husband and I started collecting and restoring cast iron pans a few years ago and now that is all we cook in. We got rid of all of our other pans that just didn’t hold up. Cast iron is so forgiving and they cook everything so well. We cook on our gas range, in the oven, on the grill and over the fire outside. Learning the history of cast iron has been very fun. My husband can tell you all about a pan just by looking at it.
I’m from a small country town in Northern Utah and I would always spend time out on the farm with Grandpa. He showed me how to use my cast iron Dutch oven to make cobbler and now my cast irons have become a crucial part of my cooking. I love it’s use over a nonstick frying pan or what have you. It just feels like home and reminds me of grandpa!
Love when you do a cast iron videos. I am ashamed to admit that in my late 60s, I just recently purchased my first piece (a Lodge 10") and seasoned according to your instructions (used a ton of sanding pads). I WILL NEVER use anything else. I cannot believe the difference. Thanks Ken, keep up the great work!!!!!!!
I have been using cast iron for over 35 years. I enjoy the heat retention. I have given up on "Non-stick" skillets. Had too many loose their coatings. Dutch ovens are amazing in several occasions. Planning on passing some to my Granddaughter. Have already passed some down to my daughters. There are several other great benefits to using cast iron. I could be here all day. Thank you for the opportunity to add to my collection, and possible distribution to my heirs.
Watching Kent talk about cast iron is what got me into it and I am grateful for it. Threw away all my non-stick cookware and bought a nice few lodge pans and never looked back. The quality of the cooked food is just way up there. It takes very little to care for it. Personally I am a big fan of avocado oil for seasoning and would swear by it. The amount of friends and family I have gotten into cast iron just by cooking them food and sending them videos like this is crazy. Companies keep trying to reinvent the wheel but in the end they just cant make a product that beats the quality, reliability and ease of use that is cast iron. Made in USA is the only way to go. I know people that accidently bought garbage overseas cast iron and it cracked within a month. Made in USA is the only way to go!
I was raised on food cooked in cast iron. I don't use CI when I am just boiling something or cooking acidic foods, otherwise it is CI all the way.
We love it because cast iron doesn’t have any toxic coatings, and of course the even heat distribution is great!
Fyi cast iron does not heat evenly
@@ThorntonWillie FYI it sure does
You're sort of both wrong: It heats very unevenly at first but slowly does get to even heat. Very slowly. I've learned to preheat on very low for at least 7 minutes, then up to my target temperature.
Shortly after discovering cast iron videos on UA-cam and watching endless Kent Rollins cowboy cooking videos I decided to restore an old 20 gal cauldron that had sat under our seed house for decades. When finished with the restoration, I surprised my dad by returning the recently restored cauldron to him. To my surprise, he immediately recognized the cauldron and the look in his teary eyes I will never forget. He has since shared photos showing him with my grandmother using the cauldron when he was little. Cast Iron cookware not only provides nourishment to the body. It provides life long memories that will forever nourish your soul. I hope more folks get to experience the pleasure cast iron cookware has provided me.
I got started using cast iron when I was a boy scout. I was gifted a beautiful Griswold skillet for my birthday nearly 20 years ago. Over the years I have used it over so many occasions, from cooking for my wife on a Sunday, to hosting a gathering of 100+ people. Cast iron is my preference for cooking. I don't even bother to put the pan away. It lives on top of my stove. Thank you for what you do!
I love using my cast irons because I inherited a lot of them from my family. Every time I make a gumbo, I feel like I’m cooking with my grandparents who had that pot for over 50 years. We don’t have a very large family, but the amount of love that went into the dishes these pots made will have you fooled into thinking we do! I look forward to passing my collection onto my kids in the future so they can have the same experience as I did learning to use, care for, and maintain these pots.
I've always enjoyed cooking with cast iron! The versatility and the longevity of the pans life, as shown in Kent's videos, make me excited to finally get my hands on a set of my own. Thanks for reviewing this product and many, many others!
We’ve had ours for over 50 years and it cooks as good as the first, I’ve always wondered how big the pile would be of all the food it has cooked. We use it everyday. I’m 72 been married 53 years and 4 months.
I grew up on cast iron and I was so humbled when my mom passed our family skillet on down to me. Multi-generational cookware and I love the memories it holds for me. I also have our small, square Griswold but I never quite go the hang of that little guy. Thank you both for the video and for the review!!
I love cooking in cast iron because of the nostalgia, the taste, the novelty (many are afraid to use it because the don’t know how), and I have learned so much watching your videos! Thanks and God bless y’all!
I've been cooking on cast iron all my life. I watched and learned from my mom and grandmothers, from country cooking to mexican food in Laredo TX. the most versitile piece of equipment I own besides my welding machine. Goin from the stove or campfire to the oven, canT beat it. I once found a 2 burner cast iron gridle burried in the dirt. I washed it, sanded it and seasoned it, and it
s still in my kitchen to this day. Love y'alls show and will continue to be a follower. Thanks for what do us Vets. God Bless you and AMERICA.
I love using cast iron. I watched your videos and that gave me the confidence to buy my first skillet. I have only used your methods of cooking, cleaning, and re-seasoning my pans, and they all perform better and better as the seasoning built up. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience.
Me and my family love using cast iron because it just flat out makes the food so much better and having cast iron pieces passed down from generations to generations and the knowledge to cook and clean them makes it that much better! God bless you and your family Kent!
We are fairly recent cast iron converts, that is due to your wonderful videos! We have a cheap skillet that we love using on our 1948 hotpoint range, the nostalgia and feeling we get using stuff like cast iron and old stoves that were all built to outlast anything else today is truly a wonderful experience.
I use my Mom’s cast iron skillet, I bought a griddle at a antique shop and love both of them. I loved your review of the Marquee skillet.
We watch your videos all the time. I have learned so much.
Thank you
Ann
I have some old cast iron that I got from my dad when he was my scout leader. We only usd cast iron and graniteware depending on what we were cooking. Cast iron heats so evenly and is so easy to care for. I love that it will take care of you for as long as you take care of it. I have numerous fave recipes I use in my skillets and Dutch ovens, and thanks to you, I am always adding more! Thank you for all your time and energy you put into all of your videos. God's gracious blessings to you, Shan, and the taste testers!
My grandmother gave me a cast iron skillet when I got married in 1973. This year it will be 50 years old, and still cooks like it did when it was new. It is one of the very few things today that lasts forever. So, kudos to love and cast iron!
Last forever they do and pay us back every time we use it
I'm 61 and have used cast Iron for most of my adult life, there is nothing like it whether on the campsite or home. But to me its the memories of grandma and mom cooking in it that add a certain flavor to the dish. You and Shannon keep doing what you are doing, its great!
62 years old and cooking on Grandma’s old iron. I’m thinking this skillet would be great for my youngest daughter to begin her love of iron with. Make it happen Kent! Thanks for the all the great videos!! Most of all thank you for your great love of this country!!!
Being from MI, it is nice to see what appears to be a quality product being made here. We switch all of our pans over to cast iron after watching Kent a few years ago. Now there is nothing else we use. It is nice to have products that you know will last generations if you take care of them properly. Thanks for another great video Kent. Have a great day, and God Bless.
Unlike a majority of comments left here, I never had anyone in my family pass down any cast iron to me. I started watching Kent and Shan two years ago and subscribed and been watching ever since. I've cooked many of their recipes and I'll keep them with me for the rest of my life.
My reason for cooking with cast iron is I continually saw Kent cooking with it and started wondering how this might work for me, so I watched several of his videos on cast iron and became sold on it and started buying it. It's easy to clean and season and I read that when you cook food in cast iron it also has a health benefit because the food picks up a bit of the iron while cooking and our bodies need iron and for me that was a another reason to cook with it. Had I not found Cowboy Kent and Shan I might never have tried to cook with cast iron and that's why I like cooking with it.
I’ve pretty much switched completely to cast iron these days! I think it performs better than non stick pans and I really don’t have a use for them anymore! The performance and the flavor is just better imo.
I was brought up using cast iron and as life got busy stopped using it. When I found this channel, it reminded me about all the benefits. I dug out my old pans from the shed and they are as good as they ever were. Thanks Kent! I like most that they keep a constant temp once heated.
I enjoy the process and nostalgia of cooking with cast iron. My first was a 1930’s 10.5” Lodge skillet passed down from my wife’s grandmother. Stripped it down and reseasoned it, thanks to your videos. Been cooking with it ever since, I’m hooked! Own about 5 more pieces now including a large dutch oven that we use as a family all the time.
My mother-in-law had a sister that lived in Alabama and we went to visit her because she was having health problems. I noticed she had several pieces of cast iron skillets hanging on her kitchen wall. I asked her if she still cooked with her cast iron but she said that her grandmother left her the skillets but had not used them in years. This beautiful lady passed away a couple of years ago and she remembered how much I admired her cast iron skillets that she left me two of her 10.5 skillets. I cleaned them up and reseasoned both skillets using your methods and have been using them everyday to cook for my four children and teaching them how to clean and care for them. I love the look of the Marquette skillet and I would love to pass this down to one of my girls. I am 69 years old and have three girls ages 13, 9 and 8 and they love to cook with me. Keep making your videos as I find great things to fix my family without being boring.
My girlfriend and I have gone exclusively to cast iron, as far as stovetop cooking. We just bought our first house and decided on no microwave and cast iron only. Those are some core rules of our kitchen. We have a big 12” Lodge that we use for everything and love the control and flavor it gives us. This channel has been my post-collegiate crash course in cowboy cooking and we can’t thank you enough! It’s my day off and I’m doing your pancake recipe as I type this. (I’ve added about a 1/2-1 teaspoon of almond extract and love it). Greetings from Southwest Missouri!
We have been using cast iron for over 40 years. From frying pans to dutch ovens that have served our family very well. Our 11" lodge pan is probably a little too large now that we are empty nesters. We have enjoyed all your cooking videos for years as well as red river ranch seasoning. My go to seasoning when grilling meats, fish and vegetables. Keep them coming..and love them dogs.
Thank you for the opportunity. Absolutely love your videos.
I grew up with a mom and dad that cooked everyday. I was very blessed in that regard. They always used cast iron and taught me the value of using cast iron along with maintenance tips. Cast iron just reminds me of simpler and better times. God bless you all! Thank you again
My mother gave me the 2 iron skillets she got when her and my father got married. I've used them everyday weather im cooking fried potatoes, eggs or my favorite fried chicken. Brings back fond memories of both my parents. Thank y'all for all you do an thank a veteran for the freedoms we all love ✌️
As a Veteran, I appreciate how you end all your videos. I've been a fan for awhile and nothing tastes as good as food cooked in an iron skillet. I've tried many of your recipes and have never been disappointed. Thank You and keep up the excellent work! BW
The reply @txt..... is a scam.
I have two cast iron skillets one from 1890s and one from 1950s, every time I use one of them I can’t help to think how many meals have been cooked in them over the years! Also you just can’t beat the versatility of a cast iron! That’s why I like cooking in my cast iron skillets!
Both my wife and I have spent our entire life cooking with cast iron. We inherited my grandmothers irons and have continued the tradition.
We appreciate the nonstick and cooking qualities of cast iron. Love your videos!
I LOVE cooking with cast iron. I have a few new pieces and some old pieces that have been handed down or that I've purchased in garage sales. It amazes me how many people just throw them out when they have rust on them. Cast iron cookware is the only cookware I can say I still have from 20 to 30 years ago, everything else breaks or falls apart and I've had to buy again. Cast iron once seasoned will clean up nice after every meal prep. I love the connection my cast iron gives me with our past
I grew up learning to cook from my mom and grandmother on cast iron. Thinking about it some of it is probably over 100 years old by now. Hopefully one day my mom will pass it down to me! I have my own now but its hard to beat the old-school original stuff. Thanks for keeping the old ways alive.
I never used cast iron until I found your channel maybe like 5 years ago, but I absolutely love how fast it heats and how it cooks. I only use cast now thanks to you, not to mention the health benefits
We love cast iron, and it is so much healthier for you. I wish I had what my mother used when we were growing up. We are both in our 70"s, husband is a vet and all still going strong. Love all that you all do on your channel.
I started using cast iron because I wanted more options for cooking outside after I had a 3 week long power outage. I found your Dutch oven videos and feel in love with Dutch oven cooking. Now I cook everything I can in my lodge cast iron. My husband noticed too that every thing that comes out of it taste amazing. Thanks for having so many fun and informative videos. I’ve learned a lot on this channel and now I’m ready to cook off grid if I have to.
Love the process of using cast iron. The seasoning, cooking, cleaning, drying, and reseasoning; cooking becomes like a dance. It's a process that brings joy in more ways than just eating!
As high school culinary arts teacher, I like your honest reviews on cast iron. I introduced my students to the joy and history of cast iron cooking when we started the program 5 years ago. It has caught on like wildfire with the kids and they now use cast iron for about 95% of what we cook or bake in class. We have also started restoring old cast iron from the staff, student’s families and community. I am happy to keep an American tradition humming along! Keep up the good work.
You have my vote to win the giveaway. I'm sure you would pass it along to one of your students. Awesome story of how you are bringing this awesome material into the lives of the kids in your area. I've cooked on cast iron all my life and won't use anything else.
Way to go Kurt. Appreciate that you pass on your knowledge of cast iron to your students.
@@TheDroopYJ I am 71 and I second the motion. All 8 of mine are Lodge I even have a wok, 7.5" hot plate for my air fryer and a 5" pot with poor spouts on both sides of the handle and I use it to melt butter in.
After coming across your videos and channel, I have started to cook more in cast iron that has been passed down to me from my family. My parents have shared stories with me about them watching their moms cook over open fires in these same skillets that I am now using. It is very special to me and pretty amazing at the same time. I love it and nothing beats it! Thanks again for sharing your recipes Kent Rollins! I really enjoy trying them out at home on the stove or on the smoker!
Wow, how long have I been using cast iron. It's been 50+ years. Just when I thought I knew everything about it I discovered your channel a few years back. I have to say that you have showed me new ways to appreciate it even more
As a retired Army Vet, "Made in the USA" has a special meaning to me. I recently discovered cast iron when learning to cook sourdough. I got my hands on a 1930's Griswold Dutch oven and it's kinda amazing... Suddenly, cast iron is becoming a bit of an addiction! Thanks for another great video!
I just learned that sourdough starter can be dried out and kept for years. I had a starter years ago, but I ignored it for too long. Now, I plan on enjoying baking with soughdough starters again, but now I know there is a way to employ long term storage. 👍😄
@@Kenjiro5775 Interesting, I'll have to read up on that. Thanks!
Thank you for your service.
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@@Kenjiro5775 care to share your recipe for your sourdough 😊
We love using cast iron! It sears, bakes, and just a multitude of uses, and it really brings out the true flavor of the foods you cook in it. Also, big bonus that it’s made here in the USA! Great review, Cowboy!!😊
Thank you, Kent and Shannon, for all the time and work you put into your videos. You are both wonderful people. Since watching your videos, I have been using cast iron to cook your recipes and love it. I Look forward to your future videos. God Bless you and all the animals.
My daughter gave me my first cast iron skillet about 5 years ago. I have learned valuable info and care for it from Cowboy Kent! I love how food tastes even better and the ease of care and cooking in it!
I love things that get better as they age. There is something really satisfying about watching the journey from something fresh to whatever final form it takes. Be it cast iron, a good pair of jeans, or a new leather wallet/belt. The journey to me, is just as important as the destination.
I love using cast iron because of the heat distribution and the seasoning it holds as it ages. I can't wait to pass on my passion for cast iron to my children and grandchildren so that they can enjoy the pans they inherit in the future. Might be the only thing they inherit so might as well teach them the value it holds! ☺️
Last forever it will
Now that's a great looking piece of cast iron right there! 👍 Thanks for the top-notch review Kent!
Very generous of y'all to give one of these away my friend! I already own my share of cast iron, so I'll pass on entering the giveaway and hope that someone that really needs it wins it 👍
When I first started watching your videos a few years back, it was because I had an old cast iron skillet and didn’t know how to properly use it or care for it. I have learned so much from your videos, and have started collecting cast iron as a result. I now own some new Lodge skillets, and they are okay after I followed your instructions on breaking them in, but my favorites are a couple Griswold and Wagner Ware antique models that I found. After using them, I now know what great cast iron is like. Those old skillets are amazing. Food tastes great when cooked in cast iron, just like I remember from when I was a kid. I will have to buy me a new made piece of cast iron and try it out as well. Thanks very much for all you do. You and Shannon have given me a lot of pleasure with your videos and cookbooks.
I love cooking with cast iron for the memories growing up eating out my grandparents' cast iron, for the unique flavor, and seeing the progress of the seasoning each time I cook out of it. I didn't understand why cast iron was such a big deal when I was younger, but the older I get the more I appreciate having it in my home.
Investment castings involve making a a clay mold in a kiln, pouring the metal and breaking the mold. An expensive process but worth it!
I like cooking with cast iron because when using the pieces that I have, I feel a connection to my family who used them before me. I have a greater sense of pride in the meals I create with them.
Love the content Kent, keep it coming
After following your cast iron care instructions my Lodge skillet works better since I smoothed the bottom and got a good seasoning on it.
Thank you for all you do!
My mother and father both taught me to appreciate cast iron cooking and I have been using my iron for close to 55 years now. My folks have both passed away as have my grandparents on both sides. I still have their cast iron along with a some pieces I've added to my collection, minus the pieces my daughters have both absconded with as they both use and really appreciate cast iron cooking. The oldest piece I am currently using is an 8-inch skillet that belonged to my great-grandmother. Investment? Don't forget the family history too. It's a little like cooking with family when I use them.
American made and lasts for generations. What's not to like? Thanks to both of you and the pups for all the great episodes.
So is Lodge and it's only $20.
@@BornIn1500 Depends on if you want a smooth finish or not. Rough finish doesn't effect cooking performance or seasoning quality, but it does grind my metal spatulas down, eventually causing the spatula to grind off metal residue visible on the high peaks of the rough surface. Whereas my vintage smooth Griswolds don't do that at all. You can use wooden tools to get around that, but I prefer metal for certain things.
@@yearginclarke I don't know what Lodge you have, but all mine are smooth enough. They're definitely not "rough". It's the China cast iron (like Walmart's Ozark Trail) that is rough like sandpaper and shreds paper towels.
@@BornIn1500 Drag your fingernails across the surface of pretty much any modern Lodge. You can feel and hear the roughness. Then do the same thing to a smooth pan. There is a definite difference. I wasn't trying to be a smartass at all, just stating why I don't like the Lodge pans. It's pretty easy to see what I mean about Lodge IMO.
@@yearginclarke I understand it's not glass smooth. It's just not what I would consider rough. I've never experienced it grinding down a spatula and it doesn't shred paper towels when I wipe it down with oil. Maybe some are more rough than others and I just got lucky...
I bought an unseasoned 12" Stargazer based on your review about 2+ years ago. It's now my EXCLUSIVE cooking pan, along with a Wagner dutch oven my wife found at a garage sale. Love it, love it, love it. I think it cooks the best, there's no chemical or other residues (fake copper, Teflon), and now that's it's seasoned well I use your mesquite spatula on a hot iron with hot water and it cleans up almost effortlessly.
Thank you for teaching me about the joys of cast iron cooking!
I love using cast iron because I first learned how to cook from my Mom (God Bless Her) and she always used cast iron and knew how to take care of it. To me it is the best “non-stick” skillet there is!!! Love watching your videos!!!
I've got my great grandma's cast iron skillet. She's cooked a lot of great meals with it and knocked my grandpa upside the head with it a few times so it's been through a lot but it's a mighty fine piece of cookware. You can't go wrong with cast iron. Awesome content as always and God bless you and Shan and the taste testers.
I have been cooking with cast iron for most of my life. I remember as a small child watching my grandmother cooking with her cast iron over a gas stove in her little kitchen. They were poor, very simple people. And being able to have something so versatile and long lasting was essential to people raised during the great depression.
I'm disabled and can't do much these days but one thing I can and love to do is to collect Coleman lanterns and cast iron. Me and several friends meet up several times a year for a long weekend of camping, Coleman lanterns and cooking in cast iron. My friend makes an amazing berry cobbler in a Dutch oven. My specialty is breakfast burritos in a Lodge 10". Another friend makes a beef stew that will make you do the beef stew dance with every bite! I got into cast after watching your videos Kent and it really made a big difference in our household meals. Thanks for everything!
We got a thin walled griswold 8” skillet. We was proud to find it and used it often. Loved it. My wife set it on the garbage can to drain. As you probably guessed l carried it out with the trash. We were both sick about losing our number one skillet.
I’ve grown up with cast iron cooking handed down from my mom, grandmother and great grandmother. Enough said!
Cast iron is like a rediscovered lost art. Just getting started in the reenactment scene really is an eye opener as to what was/is out there.
I love cooking on cast iron because first of all.. the food tastes better. 2nd, it makes me feel connected to the outdoors and a way of life that is almost lost. Thanks to your contribution many are learning lessons that most of us have never seen in person before now. I watch your show all the time and my wife is enjoying me taking over dinner plans trying out many of your recipes… the steak fajitas lastnight were a great hit!
Thank you Kent and Marquette for the opportunity! I love cast iron for the total versatility. I can use it on the fire while camping with my kids and scouts, on my stove top, and in my oven!
I received one of them for Christmas! Seasoned it with olive oil cuz that's what I had, and tried cooking eggs. Ruined the eggs. Tried cookin potatoes. About 1/3 of it stayed in the skillet. Thanks for the tip on grapeseed oil! Gonna re-season it and try again! I obviously messed up somehow.
My mother handed down some of her cast iron to me recently, 50 years old at least. Everything I have made in it from eggs to chicken, meatloaf or burgers all tastes better. The texture of scrambled eggs in cast iron is amazing. Also, I love the fact that with the right techniques, it is non stick. It's also nice thinking about the meals made in these pans over the past 50 years. No Teflon pan has that kind of heirloom status.
This channel is what got me using cast iron. We had a lodge skillet that I finished a little bit nicer with some sanding. I’ve been using it for years now and I love how well the seasoning has developed and changed as I’ve used it. My favorite part of cooking with it is how much character it’s taken from the first time I’ve cooked until now. My only complaint is that it is a very large skillet, so a smaller one like this sounds amazing.
Once again, you're spot on...love all my cast iron cookware. Thank you and Shannon for all you do!!
Being a veteran myself I appreciate the thanks you give to our nation each video. It’s not going unnoticed. Being made in the USA, this cast iron would be bought well before a quarter priced made in china version. I love how biscuits stay warm all breakfast long in a cast iron skillet.
The price IS insane. MUCH lower cost cast iron is a solid alternative. A Lodge skillet is a little harder to get initially seasoned, but once it's there it is very good... and it's $25 dollars!
Or what I do is tombstone AZ has little store outside of town where the woman gets old cast iron cleans it up if it needs it, seasons it and resells it
She also sells it for a fair price, buy a handful of skillets for the price they want for that
I've sanded and polished a Lodge skillet. It's both easier to season and remains much more non-stick. I use avocado oil which doesn't ever crack or peel like rapeseed/flax always does. I don't even put it in the oven, I just rub oil on it right on the stove on high heat until it starts to smoke, then put a lid on it and let it cool.
@@milesparris4045 polished cast iron isn't easier to season. It's harder. Having texture makes it easier and the seasoning holds on better.
@@BornIn1500 Have you tried it? Because I have.
My new lodge is totally non-stick and not sanded.
I've recently been buying cast iron to try some outdoor cooking. You make it look so easy. I have an old cast iron frying pan my mother gave me and I'm 66 years old, so I'm sure it's some good stuff. Thank you for all the cooking demonstrations and recipes. God bless and be well.
I truly love cooking on cast iron for many types of dishes. It simply can't be beat for searing a steak after sous vide!! I live near the Lodge Cast Iron factory here in Tennessee. I love to go to their outlet store and see what new cast iron ideas they have built.
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