How Cast Iron Pans Are Made - How to Make It

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  • Опубліковано 12 жов 2018
  • On today's episode of HTMI, chef Katie Pickens is at Roloff Manufacturing Company, learning the whole process of making cast iron pans.
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  • @dalebannon8503
    @dalebannon8503 3 роки тому +18

    I worked in a cast iron foundry in west Michigan for twenty years. The biggest item we poured was 60 pounds. What we see in this video is high-labor-intensive technology and low volume production. Most foundries now use machines that can put out a finished mold in seconds. Yes, seconds. But, one does what one must do. There must be a niche for this kind of foundry, too. Thanks for the video.

    • @savedfaves
      @savedfaves 2 роки тому +1

      I think it helps this foundry to do these one-off pieces as it puts out the perception all their frying pans are made like this.

    • @gabrielchavarria651
      @gabrielchavarria651 3 місяці тому

      I’ll never understand why cast iron cookware is so expensive

    • @user-sc5gk4ck4o
      @user-sc5gk4ck4o 2 місяці тому

      can you please help us?

    • @TheNtrLight
      @TheNtrLight 21 день тому

      @@gabrielchavarria651
      bcoz as you've seen it takes so much time for one piece to be ready!

  • @wentaoli7611
    @wentaoli7611 5 років тому +265

    2AM, brain:”Let’s learn how to make a cast iron pan!”

  • @starshiptrooper100
    @starshiptrooper100 4 роки тому +50

    my families cast iron has been in the family for a good 35 plus years and still going

  • @donotneed2250
    @donotneed2250 5 років тому +12

    One of the things I like about being an over-the-road driver was occasionally seeing how things are made, packaged. I've seen things like mobile homes, cars, cigarettes, furniture made. I've also seen various food products made and packaged. I've even had the chance to sample some that were freshly made. Most of the ones I got to taste were good but one or two stick out that weren't. If you got it at some point it was in or on a truck.

  • @willb.3497
    @willb.3497 5 років тому +38

    I love this woman. Very chill, fun, and a chef. More please

  • @higherpower254
    @higherpower254 5 років тому +194

    This is one of the two types of casting I like to watch.

    • @radomiljean-francois4256
      @radomiljean-francois4256 5 років тому +9

      Underrated comment right here

    • @samaboischool
      @samaboischool 5 років тому +1

      i see

    • @jwo7777777
      @jwo7777777 5 років тому +7

      You must be a fisherman ... ;)

    • @Wafflepudding
      @Wafflepudding 5 років тому +6

      I see you're a man of culture as well

    • @michaellinner7772
      @michaellinner7772 5 років тому +2

      Your either a fisherman or a voyeur of Hollywood executives! I'm guessing the latter if it involves a couch.

  • @ChunkyMonkaayyy
    @ChunkyMonkaayyy 5 років тому +43

    This video seems wholesome. Like everyone seems super positive.

  • @lloydglyn6831
    @lloydglyn6831 Рік тому +3

    I love my cast iron frypan and so does every one else who uses it
    Quality never goes out of style. 👍

  • @charlesw9875
    @charlesw9875 5 років тому +2

    That was way more interesting than I expected. Good job!

  • @argumentfromignorance2410
    @argumentfromignorance2410 4 роки тому +13

    I've actually cast Iron at my engineering school. Then we had a barbecue over the coal/coke from the blast furnace (not a real blast furnace but I don't know the English name for it)
    Then I got drunk and crashed mom's car on the way back home. Just regular college life but I did cast iron.

  • @cromagxx
    @cromagxx 4 роки тому +2

    ..a lot of hard work: for each pan, one expendable mold!.. my appreciation for cast iron ware and all our fellow Americans that work on them has increased 100 fold!! Next time I buy one I will remember this..

  • @edwardfraker4043
    @edwardfraker4043 3 роки тому +2

    Great show, I love the family friendly vibe. Keep it up!

  • @don51232
    @don51232 4 роки тому

    Most beautiful iron caster!!

  • @nn_nn_
    @nn_nn_ 3 роки тому +1

    This vid is going right into my fav list. Awesome!

  • @richardsimpson3136
    @richardsimpson3136 5 років тому +1

    That was Great! I Really Enjoyed That! Thanks Guys!

  • @Whodaleewho
    @Whodaleewho 5 років тому +1

    How awesome, I would love one or two of those! And the pans weren't bad either

  • @mknoxjackson
    @mknoxjackson 5 років тому

    There is just something timeless and visceral about cast iron cookware. And it' sturdy enough that it can be passed on for generations.

  • @Sugarkraft
    @Sugarkraft 5 років тому +6

    That was excellent!

  • @flyinhawaiian49
    @flyinhawaiian49 4 роки тому +2

    I live right down the road from Roloff Manufacturing Company. Never knew they cast frying pans!

  • @mr.cliffordjohnson6304
    @mr.cliffordjohnson6304 5 років тому +1

    Very nice video, very good documentary showing how to make casting molds ( cope and drag ) and casting process.

  • @williamhommel4252
    @williamhommel4252 5 років тому

    Alisa is awesome! I wish her great success in all her ventures!

  • @libertywagon3197
    @libertywagon3197 5 років тому

    Awesome! Thanks ladies! Cheers!

  • @kclapiana2051
    @kclapiana2051 5 років тому

    That is a lot of finishing work - should share that info with consumers! Nice Job. Exciting to watch the process.

  • @321WhirlyBird
    @321WhirlyBird Рік тому

    Thank you….that looked like great fun 😊

  • @Swnsasy
    @Swnsasy 5 років тому

    My favorite pans on earth!!

  • @LucianScorpio
    @LucianScorpio 3 роки тому +2

    Wow! Quite interesting! Just bought a cast iron skillet and a grill pan this weekend and was wondering how they were made .....

  • @Pauly365
    @Pauly365 5 років тому

    Wisconsin...my home..I miss you.

  • @marciahowell6693
    @marciahowell6693 5 років тому

    That was awesome!

  • @M_A_R_K_23
    @M_A_R_K_23 5 років тому

    I randomly finda this video at 6am after watching food shows and it features madison wisconsin my town awesome

  • @micolfortuna4723
    @micolfortuna4723 5 років тому +2

    Well done girls!!

  • @windyhillfoundry5940
    @windyhillfoundry5940 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for sharing 👌

  • @c.s.4273
    @c.s.4273 Рік тому +1

    I love cast iron. It has character, it is unique - and it lasts forever: No obsolescence at all. Anachronistic. Timeless. CAST IRON!

  • @GG-yr1oh
    @GG-yr1oh 5 років тому +1

    That whole warehouse was so supportive and nice awwwwww

  • @JavaRatusso
    @JavaRatusso 5 років тому +4

    I know our family is going on it's 5th generation (at least) using cast iron skillets. I have 2 large pots with lids also but oddly have never used them. Seem like a camp fire thing and I just never go. I'm actually curious about cooking a stew in one over a fire. Mom (age 86) has her grandmother's huge cast wash pot... We wonder if it's even older. They were poor share croppers in Arkansas so I doubt they could have bought a new one. It was probably handed down or bought used. Thanks for the educational video!

  • @lancegoodthrust7819
    @lancegoodthrust7819 5 років тому +1

    That was cool. Thumbs up on this video.

  • @gamadmex
    @gamadmex 4 роки тому +1

    Very interesting

  • @theofficialultimakchannel3562
    @theofficialultimakchannel3562 3 роки тому +2

    This is different, so I'm curious-- Why core sand and not green sand, and what is the binder that sets up so quickly without CO2 gassing?

  • @luketow5857
    @luketow5857 5 років тому +396

    No offence: she looks like amy schumer

    • @ThadonutRs
      @ThadonutRs 5 років тому +110

      I don't think you can say that and it not be an insult

    • @ryanmoody1637
      @ryanmoody1637 5 років тому +41

      She's way funnier

    • @Alaiyna-sl5nm
      @Alaiyna-sl5nm 5 років тому +10

      Amy Schumer Is a millionaire, meanwhile you can't even spell offense.😑

    • @jackwoods2891
      @jackwoods2891 5 років тому +1

      That her sister

    • @luketow5857
      @luketow5857 5 років тому +6

      @@Alaiyna-sl5nm get yourself a dictionary, man.

  • @rick9021090210
    @rick9021090210 4 роки тому +4

    The other beauty of Cast Iron pans, is that it transfers Iron to the food cooked in them, so they can actually help to prevent iron deficiency anemia by enriching the food with natural Iron in them...
    cheers!

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 4 роки тому +1

    Love the video. Now I know why cast iron isn't cheap. Well worth it.

  • @MoxieBeast
    @MoxieBeast 5 років тому +305

    kinda dying that it's two women introducing us how to make these awesome, heavy ass pans. Nice work ladies!

    • @lordgarion514
      @lordgarion514 5 років тому +17

      I wouldn't call something weighing less than 10 lb "heavy ass" TBH.
      Too much ASMR making you weak? 😎

    • @hexx_king3340
      @hexx_king3340 5 років тому +8

      Robert Pruitt I’m here to see if there’s an argument and also you’re right it’s not heavy

    • @neongooroo
      @neongooroo 5 років тому +5

      @@hexx_king3340 they're "not heavy" because you image how you hold 10lb block of metal, not a pan. You'rs holding a pan with a handle, which is a lever. If you learnt physics a little bit, you know that it makes a big difference

    • @hexx_king3340
      @hexx_king3340 5 років тому +5

      NeonGooRoo that still doesn’t make ten Lund’s heavy bud

    • @neongooroo
      @neongooroo 5 років тому +5

      @@hexx_king3340 how doesn't? It's times heavier than normal ones, and it's actually hard to move it while cooking. Or it's heavy only if you can't pick it up with both hands?

  • @volbia12
    @volbia12 5 років тому +15

    "It takes me longer to make coffee" what kind of coffee are you making? Even handgrinding my coffee beans and making it in a moka pot only takes me 5 or 6.

  • @chepepancho2958
    @chepepancho2958 4 роки тому

    Katie, I LOVE YOU.

  • @georgekay7921
    @georgekay7921 5 років тому +229

    "I don't know how they're made" there's a hint in the name

    • @jumanjitm5196
      @jumanjitm5196 4 роки тому +5

      George Kay she ask how not what dumbass

    • @JoeMama-iq8hy
      @JoeMama-iq8hy 4 роки тому +8

      Dark Gray cast iron. Cast as to spread something onto a surface. Iron being a type of metal, to make cast iron you spread iron onto a surface(a mold being the surface)

    • @probablynotabigtoe9407
      @probablynotabigtoe9407 4 роки тому +4

      @@jumanjitm5196 stay in school you need it.

  • @adrianmatic9832
    @adrianmatic9832 2 роки тому

    Damn this is a solid channel

  • @onepcwhiz
    @onepcwhiz 5 років тому

    Cleveland Rocks! Cleveland Rocks!

  • @adityabiyani387
    @adityabiyani387 3 роки тому

    wow u r the best !!!

  • @Denverscorpio
    @Denverscorpio 3 роки тому

    I am thinking about making one now 🤔 in my kitchen 🤔

  • @bobmarley965
    @bobmarley965 3 роки тому

    awesome

  • @tymesho
    @tymesho 3 роки тому +1

    Great grandma's huge 'breakfast skillet' was finally passed down to me last year. Heavy as heck, and is loved by ALL! 14 eggs with room for bacon and potatoes/ no problem! LOL, seasoned? do ya think???

  • @HOODSSWEETIE
    @HOODSSWEETIE 5 років тому

    So cool

  • @1Raphael
    @1Raphael 4 роки тому

    Lucky got to make your own cast iron how cool

  • @alphacause
    @alphacause 5 років тому +95

    I don't know what it is about forging and casting, but I can watch videos about the creation of tools, knives, and swords all day. Of all the blue collar professions out there, forging and casting are the most primal, viscerally satisfying, and dare I say, sexy.

    • @uiomancannot7931
      @uiomancannot7931 5 років тому +1

      Not to ruin the moment, but this is casting.

    • @alphacause
      @alphacause 5 років тому

      Uioman Cannot, thank you for correcting my misstatement. I corrected my original comment, based on what you said.

    • @CalebWayneMcCready
      @CalebWayneMcCready 5 років тому

      Casting is neat but forging is where the real skill is.

    • @JakeLovesSteak
      @JakeLovesSteak 5 років тому

      Do you watch Man at Arms? It's the best thing on UA-cam.

    • @williamhommel4252
      @williamhommel4252 5 років тому

      You should see Alisa in person. Striking. She's also quite attached and a new mom.

  • @tosht2515
    @tosht2515 5 років тому +17

    Excellent episode. The making of the sand mold was very interesting but would have been nice to see how the original pan was made/shaped...clay perhaps?

    • @ibgoneagain
      @ibgoneagain 5 років тому +1

      Normally carved out of foam.

    • @tosht2515
      @tosht2515 5 років тому

      +Aubut Family Blog Ah. Very cool. Thanks. 👍

    • @kieranh2005
      @kieranh2005 5 років тому

      Sometimes the pattern is made of wood. With today's 3d printing, that would be the way to go for complex parts

    • @MikeB3542
      @MikeB3542 5 років тому +5

      If this was a investment ("missing wax") casting, they would use wax or styrofoam, which stays in the mold and melts/burns off when the metal is poured in.
      This is a cope-and-drag casting where they make an impression in the two halves of the casting box (the cope and drag). The halves are pulled apart and the core (the object making the impression) is removed. The halves are rejoined and the molten metal poured in.
      The core in a cope-and-drag casting needs to be man-handled, so it is made of a durable material....wood, high-quality plastic, metal.
      Mass-produced cast iron is usually made with a continuous casting machine called a DISAmatic...the cores are used once and are made of a very light ceramic. The DISA process operates on a conveyor, with a vertical mold joint, the back half of one mold used as the front half of the next.

    • @paulatwood9794
      @paulatwood9794 5 років тому +1

      Mike that was a very good explanation. I am a foundry veteran and I like your description.

  • @_MrOcean
    @_MrOcean 5 років тому +277

    You pour Iron into a pan shaped cast.

    • @danielgeneen4676
      @danielgeneen4676 5 років тому +2

      Timothy Ezard lol

    • @_MrOcean
      @_MrOcean 5 років тому +13

      @IamMe Yeah, computer science major.

    • @G33KST4R
      @G33KST4R 5 років тому +18

      lol it's almost as if cast iron refers to the way the pan is made. really makes you think 🤔

    • @_MrOcean
      @_MrOcean 5 років тому +6

      A conundrum wrapped in an enigma, shadowed in a paradox. I don't think we'll ever know the full truth. :)

    • @peter-radiantpipes2800
      @peter-radiantpipes2800 5 років тому +1

      Then sand off the bumpy seasoning they do for a decent cast iron

  • @sandib4234
    @sandib4234 5 років тому

    OHIO YEAH!!!! GOOD JOB.

  • @dikansijus
    @dikansijus 3 роки тому

    im just wondering what kind of cast iron it is in eu system like EN GJM -XXX, how much of carbon percentage is in a final mold?

  • @LostSockDrawer
    @LostSockDrawer 5 років тому

    LEGIT!!!!

  • @vidnik1
    @vidnik1 5 років тому

    You Rock!

  • @davidnflowers
    @davidnflowers 3 роки тому

    is the sand mold remade every time??

  • @dstewar
    @dstewar 5 років тому +1

    Woo Madison!

  • @cgl1mechanics33
    @cgl1mechanics33 5 років тому +2

    When grinding be sure to wear your safety shield !

  • @tyshawnjones5280
    @tyshawnjones5280 5 років тому

    I live in Cleveland let's gooo

  • @Viralree
    @Viralree 9 місяців тому

    Which oil is used for seasoning the pan ?

  • @Ayan_721
    @Ayan_721 5 років тому +2

    Can you melt iron and cast a pan?

  • @sugarbiscuts
    @sugarbiscuts 5 років тому

    wow just wowwwwwww😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @sisirmondal4670
    @sisirmondal4670 Рік тому

    Hi bebi you are too good 👍👍 and nice explain

  • @JeffersonMendes
    @JeffersonMendes 5 років тому

    Really cool, please make more of these. 🤓

  • @zanothandonjoli5859
    @zanothandonjoli5859 Рік тому

    What is your mix please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @michaeltan8743
    @michaeltan8743 3 роки тому

    Shoutout 216

  • @razziez
    @razziez 5 років тому

    Anyone know where to get a crucible that can hold roughly 50 lbs? And a forge big enough for that?

  • @wreckzc
    @wreckzc 5 років тому

    This was a crazy video. Love it

  • @SuperPussyFinger
    @SuperPussyFinger 4 роки тому +1

    Cleveland ❤️

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 4 роки тому

      aka "the mistake by the lake"

    • @SuperPussyFinger
      @SuperPussyFinger 4 роки тому +1

      Al Quinn - How original. I’ve unloaded turds more clever than you, and much better smelling.

  • @marcus102361
    @marcus102361 5 років тому +1

    Way cool.....I'm afraid my Minnesota or Florida states wouldn't work as well.....!??!

  • @alflurin
    @alflurin 5 років тому +1

    Great upload! One question though, cast iron is soft?? Since when? Cast iron has more carbon content than steel and it's known to be brittle and that means it's quite hard. I was hoping for a bit more information about the cast iron used. Cheers!

    • @dalebannon8503
      @dalebannon8503 2 роки тому

      @alflurin Yes, cast iron is hard. But, cast iron is made using different levels of hardness and softness, depending to what purpose or use the finished product will be put. For instance, if the finished product is going to be machined (drilled/tapped/bored) as in automobile parts, then the iron must be soft enough to not destroy machine tools that work on thee product, yet be hard enough to withstand internal combustion pressure such as hydraulic fluid operating brake wheel cylinders and master brake cylinders. When you apply your vehicle’s brakes, it is critical to your well being that these cast iron brake parts don’t explode. This is why a foundry has a highly qualified metallurgist on staff so that you don’t die while driving down the road.

    • @dalebannon8503
      @dalebannon8503 2 роки тому

      @alflurin Please, delete the word, “combustion.” Thanks.

  • @gindatumblin7116
    @gindatumblin7116 4 роки тому

    do they make wv pans?

  • @jackiefitzpatrick2906
    @jackiefitzpatrick2906 4 роки тому +23

    Please wear some kind of hand protection so your hands don't turn black. Grinding metal products and letting it stain your hands and be absorbed by sweat or skin pores is dangerous. Especially if you constantly do that. There's other metals and chemicals that your body doesn't need when you grind those pans. Nice work though.

  • @LittlebigG
    @LittlebigG 5 років тому

    Wow never thought they put all that work in a pan! Nice job ladies, who would wanna get a normal job from 8 to 5

  • @imrankassim7426
    @imrankassim7426 5 років тому

    Yah girl power 👍

  • @zorancerina2740
    @zorancerina2740 3 місяці тому

    Wait, I didn’t see what kind of oil do you put on them after They are finish to protect them. Can someone tell me

  • @coleennovera176
    @coleennovera176 5 років тому

    “You can just wiggle it off with your hand”
    [tears off by only grabbing it]

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 3 роки тому

    do they have to be quenched?

  • @thomastufts3579
    @thomastufts3579 3 роки тому

    Wow, i want to make to make a pan

  • @frankstain9791
    @frankstain9791 5 років тому

    do hawaii!

  • @kennethsmith8968
    @kennethsmith8968 5 років тому +1

    we need cliff clavin to host this,lol

  • @cjrouse9508
    @cjrouse9508 4 роки тому

    Yo it's Wisconsin :D

  • @pedrorendajr9511
    @pedrorendajr9511 5 років тому

    Hey Alisa, you should be a movie star.

  • @mina6817
    @mina6817 5 років тому +27

    In pubg it blocks bullets too..

  • @HylerMusic
    @HylerMusic 5 років тому +2

    I know there’s more details to this, but as far as the main components go? How it’s made? It’s literally in the name: CAST IRON.
    I did think that first women’s comment was interesting though “it’s not just iron, we also use things like railroad stakes in metal” But I’ve seen railroad spikes that are iron? Is it not iron? Is it a steel railroad spike? Then why not say “we use iron and steel” or whatever the metal/alloy is in that stake.

  • @copatort
    @copatort 5 років тому

    Very cool!

  • @canmingir
    @canmingir 5 років тому

    5:16 Is it painting or oiling? I am trying to understand where the black color of cast iron comes from.

    • @pwhsbuild
      @pwhsbuild 5 років тому

      Oiling. The black color comes from many uses of seasoning the pan after cooking.

  • @28millerr
    @28millerr 5 років тому

    Lol @ 3:22 where the dude tried to help pour the mold then had to restrain himself

  • @ThePhyze
    @ThePhyze 5 років тому +1

    Wow...I just got crushed by two ladies...my girl crush sort of. ;) nice job! Keep it up!

  • @christopherzp
    @christopherzp 5 років тому

    She,s just got skilletful in doing it

  • @mattc3152
    @mattc3152 4 роки тому +1

    This is not how cast iron cookware is typically made. Felion makes special novelty items that can cost upwards of $2500. Most skillets are made using the green sand process are a rate of 300 or more molds per hour per molding machine. i.e. Lodge can easily crank out 1200 skillets in an hour. My company subbed out for Lodge for a bit while they were building their new foundry and we also made the Field Skillets for a while. I'm pretty sure I met Alisa at casting congress a few years ago.

  • @thedrunkenpilot
    @thedrunkenpilot 5 років тому +21

    I'm glad to see Amy Schumer quit comedy to host this show

  • @redbeard36
    @redbeard36 5 років тому

    So cool!

  • @valentinpetrovitsch9406
    @valentinpetrovitsch9406 4 роки тому +1

    what exactly is this sand and how do i get it

    • @21291dim
      @21291dim 6 місяців тому

      Did you find the answer to your question? I'd be interested !

  • @gindatumblin7116
    @gindatumblin7116 4 роки тому +5

    that female worker is beautiful omg wow

  • @ilyasster
    @ilyasster 2 роки тому

    now i am ready to cast my own pan if civilization collapses one day.