Cleaning cast iron...with FIRE!

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • Antique cast iron is the best cookware and bakeware. Watch and learn how to clean and re-season hopelessly grungy flea market and thrift store finds and put them back into every day use. You'll be glad you did.
    Check my chanel for other cast iron videos including "Cleaning Cast Iron With Electrolysis," "Cast Iron Rehabilitation With Electrolyisis" and "Cast Iron Bacon and Eggs Breakfast Skillet" among others.
    Please rate comment and subscribe. Thanks!

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  • @michellemaupinbarrett
    @michellemaupinbarrett 11 років тому +5

    This is exactly the method that my parents and grandparents used to clean cast iron. I have added to their collections over the past twenty years and have never had a bad experience fire cleaning cast iron. As to the question of can it be don in a grill..... yes. I was in a situation due to the drought that we couldn't have a wood fire. I just fired a dutch oven on a gas grill until all the crusty stuff turned to ash and then seasoned it as usual. It worked great.

  • @blackstarr5
    @blackstarr5 8 років тому +4

    Woohoo! Tried this yday with perfect results! Old piece my husband literally found at the DUMP, lol. And thought I'd like to rescue it. It had chipping, pitted, scratched old seasoning on it. I warmed it in the oven and put it in the fire overnight, and it came out beautifully this morning! Rinsed/scrubbed it a bit, dried it, and oiling it now!

  • @brianmchugh7667
    @brianmchugh7667 10 років тому +1

    WOW! It works. I forgot to preheat but, it works like a charm. The pan is a 6 5/8 no.3 with a heat ring, didn't even see that, LOL. Guessing a Lodge, no other markings on it but a small 3 on the handle. Best 50 cents ever! Thank you for this.

    • @onpoint1977
      @onpoint1977 5 років тому

      That's a BSR Century series skillet

  • @mattedwards4533
    @mattedwards4533 8 місяців тому

    I am glad you made this video/ Several other videos say not to put pans in a fire? I have done it and like you have had good success. I always use a fire to clenpans that are crusty with carbon build up. I am fixing to try electrolisis just to see how good it will work.I hope some of the nay sayers see your video.

  • @not2fast4u2c
    @not2fast4u2c 11 років тому

    That turned out Great I never seen anyone season it 3 times I am going to try it your way It was Cool watching the fire burning !!!

  • @TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_
    @TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_ 2 роки тому

    This was crazy!! Heart was racing

  • @yardsausage
    @yardsausage 8 років тому +1

    you remind me of mr rogers , but mr rogers for adults..but i was here to learn and i did..thanks for the vid..would you be my neighbor...

  • @mbmibelle
    @mbmibelle Місяць тому

    Thanks!

  • @badderthanyou
    @badderthanyou 5 років тому +2

    Griswold, Clark W.

  • @rubennavegante3491
    @rubennavegante3491 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the video

  • @Thevinylking69
    @Thevinylking69 8 років тому +1

    Thats a beautiful wood stove! Whats the make and model? Also, I'd examine your flue/stovepipe if you do this even a few times a year because who knows how that mystery crust interacts with the creosote in your chimney

  • @RCGEnterprises
    @RCGEnterprises  11 років тому +2

    Thank you for your comment.
    Using an "SOS" pad...steel wool and soap basically.

  • @aadoggo
    @aadoggo 8 років тому

    very helpful, thank you.

  • @hannanjaimet17
    @hannanjaimet17 8 років тому +1

    Good morning. Hope you are well. I noticed you haven't made a video in a long while. What happened. I love the ones about cast iron. Thank you. God bless.

  • @SeismicSales
    @SeismicSales Рік тому

    i will be using my fireplace. Will the smoke from the grease fill up my living room?

  • @dwtexan5186
    @dwtexan5186 6 місяців тому

    ! what did you scrub it with when you rinsed it off

  • @zenodotusofathens2122
    @zenodotusofathens2122 7 років тому +2

    Don't use paper towel to apply Crisco. Use lint free cloth

  • @hyden1940
    @hyden1940 6 років тому +1

    How bout using a propane blowtorch? Same process using fire or extreme heat

  • @mishagray2835
    @mishagray2835 8 років тому +1

    Every tried bees wax? It is an amazing seasoning!

    • @tallcedars2310
      @tallcedars2310 7 років тому

      Thanks, am trying it right now. Smells wonderful and even made my Erie pan shine more that it did with pork lard!

  • @sellsout
    @sellsout 11 років тому

    Great video. After you hose it off what are you using to scrub/clean it up with in the yard? Looks like soapy residue, is it a brillo pad and soap?

  • @Tazinova
    @Tazinova 9 років тому

    I have a small cast iron skillet that the cooking surface is wonderful, but the outside and the inside walls are really in bad shape. I have a wood stove and I have been thinking about trying to clean it but have been really concerned about losing the inter surface seasoning. Maybe I will give it a try.

  • @PsychedelicFerret
    @PsychedelicFerret 4 роки тому

    I was gifted a cast iron skillet from a work buddy(she's in her late 50's), it was her grandmothers.
    I live in Norway, there are no makers mark on the pan, she said maybe her grandfather made it himself.
    The only thing i know is that it's really old.
    What's the safest way for me to remove the crud?

  • @rock612on
    @rock612on 11 років тому

    what kind of cleaning do you recommend for general cast-iron cleaning after use in cooking?

  • @dr.alimpije511
    @dr.alimpije511 3 роки тому

    beautiful pan...dont use soap ,just coarse salt or baking soda

  • @RCGEnterprises
    @RCGEnterprises  12 років тому

    I take it you mean the grills and not the whole unit! I suppose it would work, but you might also check my channel for guidance on cleaning cast iron with electrolysis too.

  • @dawncollier742
    @dawncollier742 5 років тому +1

    That is a good way to ruin your pans. I would recommend setting up a lye bath. You could leave your pans in it for months without damaging them but it usually only takes a few days.

  • @peterspamaccount6946
    @peterspamaccount6946 3 роки тому

    We don't have a freaking fireplace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MrThemBlues
    @MrThemBlues 9 років тому +2

    I'm going to respectfully agree to disagree with you on this method. There's too much risk involved in using fire, especially if the person doesn't know what they are doing.
    I've used electrolysis to remove rust off of some severely corroded and damaged pieces. It's extremely easy to do, very inexpensive, and runs zero risk of damaging the piece. And it's a completely thorough "refresh" of the piece - you truly start over from scratch with the raw cast iron as it originally came from the factory.
    I would never put a piece in the fire.

    • @thespiritof76.
      @thespiritof76. 7 років тому

      mrthem blues Good advice. Thanks for posting.

  • @JariHujanen
    @JariHujanen 9 років тому +2

    Detergents should not normally be used for cleaning. The best fat for re-seasoning is saltless pork fat.

    • @chuckmiller5763
      @chuckmiller5763 6 років тому +2

      Best we found is bear fat.

    • @rigograjeda3538
      @rigograjeda3538 4 роки тому

      @@chuckmiller5763 coudnt agree more, weve got plenty of it in california.

  • @Chekkem
    @Chekkem 2 роки тому

    Is that a Tiddy tea cup? 👀😂

  • @joandavis9152
    @joandavis9152 3 роки тому

    Fire will damage the pans. Use yellow cap Easy Off Oven cleaner in a trash bag. Or lye bath.

  • @ezraklinect4525
    @ezraklinect4525 2 місяці тому

    Please don’t do this! I accidentally destroyed antique cast iron with this method.

  • @peterspamaccount6946
    @peterspamaccount6946 3 роки тому

    Will you shut up already and just put the pan in the fire!!!!!

  • @dc2vtec98
    @dc2vtec98 5 років тому

    Terrible advice. Etank is cheaper and easier.

    • @rigograjeda3538
      @rigograjeda3538 4 роки тому +1

      nothing can be easier and cheaper than what he did, free fire , no need to set up tank, soap, water power etc, pan looks dark, shiny, flat. id give it an A PLUS. if youd like to talk a bit more about this you can find me on instagram @sandiegoironman, take care.

    • @thespiritof76.
      @thespiritof76. 3 роки тому

      @@rigograjeda3538 It's not about easier or cheaper it's about doing things the right way! Electrolysis.

    • @jackyhallmark3094
      @jackyhallmark3094 Рік тому

      ​@@thespiritof76. wonder what kind of etank they used 100 years ago

    • @thespiritof76.
      @thespiritof76. Рік тому

      @@jackyhallmark3094 😐uuuuuh probably the same type of e-tank we use now? Plastic? Or maybe wooden barrels?