Vintage Cast Iron Casserole Pot Restored Using Fire.
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In Asia, particularly China, India, Korea and Japan, there is a long history of cooking with cast iron vessels. The first mention of a cast-iron kettle in English appeared in 679 or 680, though this wasn't the first use of metal vessels for cooking. The term pot came into use in 1180. Both terms referred to a vessel capable of withstanding the direct heat of a fire. Cast-iron cauldrons and cooking pots were valued as kitchen items for their durability and their ability to retain heat evenly, thus improving the quality of cooked meals.
In Europe and the United States, before the introduction of the kitchen stove in the middle of the 19th century, meals were cooked in the hearth, and cooking pots and pans were either designed for use in the hearth or to be suspended within it. Cast-iron pots were made with handles to allow them to be hung over a fire, or with legs so that they could stand in the coals. In addition to Dutch ovens with three or four feet, which Abraham Darby I secured a patent in 1708 to produce, a commonly used cast-iron cooking pan called a spider had a handle and three legs allowing it to stand upright over campfires as well as in the coals and ashes of a fireplace.
Cooking pots and pans with legless, flat bottoms came into use when cooking stoves became popular; this period of the late 19th century saw the introduction of the flat cast-iron skillet.
Cast-iron cookware was especially popular among homemakers during the first half of the 20th century. It was a cheap, yet durable cookware. Most American households had at least one cast-iron cooking pan. Popular manufacturers included Griswold, which began production in 1865, Wagner Ware in 1881, and Blackrock Foundry in 1896. The 20th century also saw the introduction and popularization of enamel-coated cast-iron cookware.
Cast iron fell out of favor in the 1960s and 1970s, as Teflon-coated aluminum non-stick cookware was introduced and quickly became the item of choice in many kitchens. The decline in daily use of cast-iron cookware contributed to the closure of nearly all the iron cookware manufacturers in the United States. Many went out of business in the 1920s as seen in the List of cast-iron cookware manufacturers. Others were absorbed by other cookware manufacturers.
Today, of the large selection of cookware that can be purchased from kitchen suppliers, cast iron comprises only a small fraction. However, the durability and reliability of cast iron as a cooking tool have ensured its survival. Cast-iron pots and pans from the 19th and 20th centuries continue to see daily use to the present day. They are also highly sought after by antique collectors and dealers. Cast iron has also seen a resurgence of its popularity in specialty markets. Through cooking shows, celebrity chefs have brought renewed attention to traditional cooking methods, especially the use of cast iron. In the 2010s, small startup companies began producing cast-iron cookware designs for specialty cooking markets.
I love when you cook in the pots and pans that you restore, it sounds silly but it makes me think that the pots must be happy to be used again :)
So true!
Are you high?
@@Can_non69 LOL 420 Brownies.
@@Can_non69 Are you serious?
I like how you phrased that. Lovely way to think of it. I'm sure its nice the pots are used again and probably for a lifetime.
As a person who has been cooking in cast iron for 40+ years and has pots that date over 100 years old, the method you're using is actually for cleaning the carbon off of the cast iron rather than oxidation. While you can do it the way you're doing it, sandblasting is actually quicker and much more effective.
Whoever told you to use fire for rust is a little confused. Fire is used to remove the old patina and carbon build up and burned food residue (which your pan didnt appear to have). The easiest way to remove rust is a vinegar bath. Submerge it in cleaning grade vinegar and let it soak for a few days. Then you can just clean the little bit left over with a wire brush.
I tuned in to see what you did with the enamel lid. That's way above my skill set. Looks great!
There is a difference between newly created oxidization and something that has rusted and sat for years. You can probably guess which one this is.
I was about to say that myself. It's for taking the carbon, the seasoning, caked on food residues, etc. For the rust, I don't have a sandblaster (yet) so I use either electrolysis or phosphoric acid for the rust removal. far less effort.
My heart is touched when old kitchen tools are brought back to life. In the name of progress old things are tossed aside when a “newer and better” product is invented, when in reality, the old one is the very best. Thank you for sharing your hobby with us. I love 💗 it
Well said Cheryl!
What a beautiful pot. It would be the pride of any kitchen. I love the green color you chose as well. 💚
Thank you for an excellent video.
I'm South African, but unfortunately have lived in the UK for 17 years.
We came hear for my husband's health, he is British born, but lived in SA for most of his life.
Medical treatment is a culture shock for a South African and my husband has been bedridden for 9 years after a botched hip operation and his hip is dislocated.
When I saw bakgat I was amazed, but then read that you are South African.
I am 70 and miss South Africa every day of the last 17 years.
If I end up alone, I will take the first plain to SA and go and live with my daughter.
My son lives in Taiwan and he also restores cast iron pots and pans, because it is healthy and he doesn't eat Taiwanese food.
Keep up the good work and I will join when I am not so tired.
BEAUTIMOUS!!!!!!😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥
I had a pot like that, someone had left it outside for a couple of weeks. I ran it through the self-cleaning cycle in my oven and it came out like new. Reseasoned it, and it's perfect.
Looks amazing. Thank you 😊
Suggestion: The next time you need to remove the enamel coating from a steel piece (such as this lid), try a thermal shock method. You can either heat it up really hot in the oven, then toss it into cold water, or the opposite, freeze it, then drop it into hot water. Glass hates this and tends to shatter. Plus, the steel will expand or contract at a different rate than the glass coating, which will cause it to pop off.
Note: You should only do this with mild steel pieces (again, like this lid). Cast iron is brittle, so a sudden thermal shock could lead to cracking.
Or leave it (cleaned up of course). There is beauty in provenance and patinas.
If mild steel has been hardened, doing this can also negatively affect the annealing that has been done. Which affects the overall structural integrity of the material.
@@jesar6058
You should start a UA-cam channel where you get old stuff and just leave it.
@@vwr32jeep 🤔🤨🙄 you mean antiques and vintage collectibles such as kitchenware and cast iron?
@@jesar6058
Yeah. But feature it on a channel dedicated to restoring the items.
Jesa: On today’s video, we’ll be restoring this beat up old rusty vise. I’ll leave it to preserve the provenance, and that’s how you restore an old rusty vise. See ya next time!
I agree and I applaud your persistence 😀😀😀 I love cooking in cast iron
GREAT RESULTS...YOU DA MAN!!!
That's enamel on the lid, and not the paint called enamel.
Basically this is a glass coating that's bonded with the cast iron
Its tough as nails!
@@AJRestoration old bathtubs and sinks are enameled the stuff is nearly indestructible.
I thought it was porcelain!?!? And the lid isn’t cast iron. There are pots, pans and bakeware made out of porcelain.
Actually it's called porcelain _enameled iron. Porcelain and enamel are used.
I just looked the process up
Great job
Very nice browser 🥰
work of art.
This is really cool! You gave that dish at least 10 more years if not a lifetime!!! Beautiful work!
Being cast iron, if its looked after will it last another hundred years.
We've restored tons of cast iron (using electrolysis and sanding) and the feeling of saving something someone thought useless is immense! Great job!
I've always had a cast iron pan. My mother had one in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up. I bought one when I moved out on my own in 1986. I still have it.
I gave my 12 inch I recently bought and my mother in laws for 50+ years ago. I use them almost every day.
Came out beautiful. Was surprised the bottom wasn't enamel as well. I haven't seen thar before.
Congratulations you the best
That turned out great.
Absolutely cool bru. I am also South African 🔥🔥
Good!
Beautiful.
What folks don’t realize is cooking in a cast iron pot also helps add iron to your food which in turn helps build up the iron in one’s blood - fighting anemia.
🤣😂🤣😂
Gorgeous!
Congratulations bub
I know I'm late to the party but five hours of media blasting deserves a like and a comment - and I haven't even made it to the end of the video yet!
Interesting,👍👍😎😎
I had a double take moment when I saw "Bakgat Braai"🤣😂. In my head I was like "that can't be...no, but it IS!!" Well done on the restoration job. Always such fascinating viewing
Hahaha thank you buddy!
That turned out beautifully. I’d love that pot. The things I could cook in it. Yum.
Can't beat an old cast iron pot! Nice job👍👍
WOW!! What a transformation ! Beautiful work !!
Thank you so much!
I was wondering why you was trying to take enamel off with paint striper LOL
It looks great!!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up as a support
I wish they made every lid like that.
@@AJRestoration They use to
this is really awesome
This is amazing! I love to cook and bake and a pot like this would be my pride & joy. Not to mention all the delicious stuff you can make in it!
Great job 👍👍
The way carbon absorbs into the steels surface is super fascinating.
It is!
@@AJRestoration C'est normal que pour le couvercle ,c'était dur à enlever, c'est de l'émail !
Aw the many ways to remove rust trying them all to find the .one you like the Best 😎
There are a few ways I'd like to rty still.
@@AJRestoration every one who likes cooking with cast iron is liking how you restore the old school cast iron cookware your the man on this matter young man 😎
First time viewer. Wow! Wish you where my neighbor. It would be fun to supply you with challenges to your excellent skills. Sadly they don't make things of this quality anymore. That original enamel is a good example. You're gonna have to find away to replicate that technique at home and share the process with us.
If only hahaha. That enamel is to quality, I was really supprised when I saw how durable it was. I will replicate it somehow, and when I do, everything gets enameled haha
I will see what I can discover and report back 😁
Lovely restoration. Watching your video reminded me of a time my friends from SA introduced me to a Potjiekos like yours (wow was it amazing food) keep up the great work my friend much love 👍🏻❤️
Wow you actually had Potjiekos? AND you have friends from SA?
@@AJRestoration yeah! I know them from Airsoft! They are Legends! Ye all are from SA so funny and trustworthy!
Nice work 👍 that lid looked like hell indeed, glad you didn't let it beat you. Would have taken hours though. I like the green.
You did a wonderful job on restoring that beautiful cast iron dutch oven. You will enjoy it for decades to come. Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Nice pot bro
Kudos on hanging in there stripping the enamel off that lid..Wow.
I enjoyed seeing you use the pot after restoring it.
It came out really nice.
Wuauu. Amazing job 😊👍
How addictively satisfying that whole process must be.
I truly thought the lid was unsalvageable. what i want to know is how many days did it take to clean that lid. You did a marvelous job. And you have a fabulous piece of cookware that could even stand up to my cooking.
I'm in doubt that lid can be used at high temperatures now, he simply just painted it but that is not enamel for a cooking pot
@@MrQ454 when painting it literly said on screen hammerite food safe ENAMEL paint.. which makes it heat resistant cus its made especially for that purpose.
Salt + An onion. Don't ask my why the reaction of the combined chemicals works so well removing burnt rust. . . .it just does,
Fire treat your next rusty crusty cast Iron, How you did it is fine, I just use a wood fire, either way.
After it cools, give it a quick wire brushing (Like 1 minute to get any big flakes off)
Cut a big onion in half, coat the cut end with salt, then just use the salt coated onion as a scrubber.
Really is faster then that drill.
That is an interesting method, Ill have to try it out!
@@AJRestoration In India, we use lemon and salt to remove rust on iron, just as suggested here, in stead of onion, cut lemon n rub salt as he said. It works too.
Незаслужено забытые чугунные утятницы. Посуда на века. Вдохнули новую жизнь в кастрюлю 👍
Hello there.
I know that I am a little bit late to the game. But all you did was seasoned the rust into the pan.
To get it clean without all the wire brushing you place it on an outside burner and heat it hot enough till the rust burns off. allow it to cool a bit and then do the seasoning.
Hope this helps for your next one.
I love it. 👍👏👏👏
Super👍
Great job as usual! I wanted to suggest an abrasive that has worked very well for me. It is marketed under the brand Scotch-Brite. They have it as a wheel that can be mounted in a drill, and in other forms as well. it eats paint and rust with ease from metal surfaces.
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
I had to laugh when I saw bakgat, very few outside ZA would know what it means. Lekker my broer!
Nou gan ons braai!
I know you had fun.💣
Oh my goodness I'm also South African!!!
Lekker man lekker! I hope you are doing well!
Now that's some funny casserole at the beginning of the video my guy.
ASMR 😌😌
Yup!
Ek het gedink jys van Suid Afrika, baie dankie vir al jou videos, ek is mal oor giet yster potte en panne :)
Bakgat Braai! 😃 I know that brand.
Its one of the best! haha
i don't know what was your way :) thanks congrats comrade .
Nice smiley face 😊
Fantástico trabajo. La pintura utilizada para la tapadera es apta para cocinar alimentos.
she stole my broccoli
casserole recipe 🎵
This is badass! I have a few pots that need restoration, might get someone to help my try this. Ek het 'n No. 5 drie been pot en so 3 kleintjies.
Wow jy het so paar daar! Dis baie maklik om hulle mooi reg te maak.
@@AJRestoration gaan dit defnetief probeer!
Lye bath and electrolysis are the 2 predominant methods that should be used to clean and restore cast iron. The methods that were demonstrated while they work will render a piece potentially worth hundreds of dollars to a tenth of that. While I believe if you own it then your free to do what you want, but there are better methods.
I am not a fan of electrolysis, it does not give me compelling results.
@@AJRestoration, a properly set up electrolysis tank will remove everything from a piece of cast iron leaving bare iron. I have restored hundreds of pieces of cast iron, never had a issue with my electrolysis tank not performing.
Most importantly, most people don't have an electrolysis set up. I keep my grandmothers cast iron the same way she did, by re-coating it in oil and baking it in the oven. Biggest difference, her's ran on wood and my oven is electric.
@@thomasfriedman9535 what qualities determines the worth of a cast iron pot. I understand over all condition, quality and all that good stuff. I guess what I’m asking is what does wire brushing the rust off do to lower the value that other methods don’t.
I generally use an oven for this process. Gently heating up to about 250-260 degrees C for several hours will bake the rust off. For VERY badly rusted things, you can use a self-cleaning cycle on the oven, if it has one. It does stink up the house, though. Then just clean with soap, water and a scrubber sponge. Dry thoroughly over a heat source (I use my cooker for this). There will be surface rust, don't worry about it. It will go away when you season the iron. Season as usual. I usually use vegetable shortening for this.
PS I hate removing enamel. It is the bane of my existence when dealing with these old pots. But for soft steel, you can try to thermal shock it. With cast iron, only mechanical means work.
Maak 'n Hadeda potjie. Blêrrie goed.
Haha ons kan hom deel! Haded pot moet seker lekker wees!
I can't recall seeing the underside of the lid.
Wow
Hello AJ beautiful restoration good job well done
Thank you Vince!
Magnifique 😍 une bonne marmite solide 💎 jolie 👍🌹 ça me plaît beaucoup 😍les ensien hommes il travaille est bien si non la marmite c'est cassé 🤔 j'apprécie beaucoup leurs travaille et votre restitution💎💐💥☕🍰🥝
I would have kept the old dope glass coated lid and the five hours just refurbished the bottom but I got none those dope skills so who I’m talkin keep rocking those dope vids
Nice work, fella and well done for sticking with the blasting! Nice video! Take it easy, dude! 🤘
Thank you buddy!🤘
Vitreous enamel is, to put not too fine a point on it, melted glass with colorant. Removing it is a bugger.
Me gusta esa holla ovalada te quedo como nueva yo la quiero te veo desde mi bello pais Nicaragua
Really 👍👌
Nice cleaning and painting job. Why didnt you finish cooking before I like to see the end of the chicken.
I ran out of time for the deadline of the video. haha
You can season cast iron at a lower temp if you have a vegetable oil that has a lower smoke point. I was taught 300 degrees F for 3 hours using canola or olive oil. Let cool to room temp. It works and there's no smoke. You do want to put a sheet of aluminum foil beneath the pot in case some of the oil drips off. Repeat 2-3 times as needed to completely season a pot or skillet.
Boiling the lid in vinegar will strip that tough paint. For cast iron cooking, cast irons are made so you can place them on hot coals to cook outside.
I use an SOS pad. It works great.
I inherited some questionably cared for cast iron several years ago. I put it through a cleaning cycle of my electric oven and it loosened all the oxidized material so that I could remove it with dish soap, water, and a plastic scrub sponge.
You have to use steel wool. Not copper or brass. Just use the sand blaster machine.
Stew looks tasty, I'd finish it in a low slow oven.
You did an amazing job it looks fantastic
Thank you Katie!
Man, do sandblastin, it's so satisfying!!
I love enameled cast iron cookware. Especially Dutch ovens. Darn near indestructible.
I didn't see the final reviell of the in side of the lid???
The lid has a enamel coating. That is why it is so tough.
This is real enamel and not paint. The metal is heated and then coated with glass "enamel" that bonds with the metal. A very hard and durable surface
Also known as ceramic coating.
I loved this! I actually really enjoy when you sandblast, but this was fun to watch too. lol
👍🏼❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thank you for saving it great job🙂🤤
Great job ! You did a lot hard work though .
Sear the meat and remove it before you cook the vegetables! You will get the meat taste through the entire stew.
ficou maravilhoso muito belo
1. Lye tank to remove the rust next time.
2. Flax seed oil is called flake seed oil in cast iron comunity, it's not recomenden anymore for seasoning CI pieces, in it's place use crisco or lard next time.
3. Enamel is not paint, it's a glass like cover, thats why its so hard to remove, you should just seasoning the lid in the oven just like the pan.
4. Paint on a dutch oven lid is full of chemicals, its not healty.
Lye tank removes crud. Electrolysis tank or 30-minute vinegar soaks remove rust.
Great restore. Food looked awesome too😋👍🏼
Thank you 😋
I actually miss the sand blasting. But I love watching your process, so whatever you find best is okay with me lol
Thumbs up for 5 hours sand blasting
I appreciate it, it was brutal.