Antique Cast Iron Potbelly Cauldron Restoration.
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/ @ajrestoration Welcome back, Ladies and Gentlemen. I found this potbelly cauldron at a local plant nursery, they had plants grow in it as a display for many years as you can see by the amount of rust.
I convinced them to let it come back home with me. As you can see, I restored it to near perfect condition.
With that said, I hope you enjoy the video.
If you have any suggestions for improvement, or compliments share them below!
Here is the seasoning process I followed.
Begin the seasoning process by heating the cast iron piece in a 200°F/100°C oven. When it’s reached the temperature (15-30 minutes), remove it from the oven and place it on a paper towel. Pour a little flaxseed oil onto the piece, and rub the oil all over the cast iron with your hands or a clean brush, making sure to cover every surface and crevice. Then, with a paper towel or rag, rub all the oil off. Continue until it looks as though there is no oil left on the iron’s surface. The iron should look dry instead of shiny with oil. Fear not: there is still a fine coating of oil on the piece, and that is just the amount you are looking for.
At this point, put the cast iron in a cold oven. Ideally, the cast iron should be placed upside down just in case you were not thorough enough in wiping off the bulk of the oil, and-for further safeguarding-you should line the next rack down with aluminum foil on the off chance you’d need to catch an oil drip. (If you wiped properly, all this will be overkill.) Finally, turn the oven to a baking temperature of 450°F-500°F or 200°C - 260°C, or essentially as high as your oven goes, and let the cast iron heat along with the oven.
When the oven reaches temperature, let the cast iron bake for 1 hour, then turn the oven off and let the cast iron cool inside the hot oven for another two hours. It should be cool enough to handle by that point.
The cast iron should now be starting to look a little black, but it will still be matte. In order to get that shiny proper seasoning, the process will have to be repeated until you are happy with the finish.
The end result, however, is definitely worth the seasoning time.
Here is the recipe I followed.
1. Heat approximately 50ml of Oil in the pot for 5 mins.
2. Add 4 Large Chopped Onions and stir until browned.
3. Add 250g rindless bacon, cubed.
4. Add 225g smooth apricot jam.
5. Cook the bacon and jam for about 10 mins.
6. Add 15ml Worcester sauce.
7. Add 6 chicken drumsticks with 100ml water.
8. Cover with the lid and allow to simmer for 15 mins.
9. Add 15 baby potatoes.
10. Cover with the lid and allow to simmer for 10 mins.
11. Add 250g carrots, chopped.
12. Add 250g mushrooms, sliced, diced or whole.
13. Cover with the lid and allow to simmer for 30 mins.
14. Mix 1 packet oxtail soup and 1 packet onion soup with 250ml cream and 250ml mix. Add it to the pot.
15. Cover with the lid and allow to simmer for final 30 mins.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Cleaning
2:59 Casting Defect Grinding
3:34 Sandblasting
5:40 Seasoning # 01
8:34 Seasoning # 02
9:32 Seasoning # 03
11:09 Before & After
12:20 Test & Recipe #ASMR
#RestorationASMR
#ASMRRestoration
I want that pot! I love cast iron. The only things you forgot was eye of newt and toe of frog!
It was refreshing to see the seasoning process done correctly. Many people only season their pots/pans one time. 3 is the minimum I would use and I've seen people season their pans up to 5 or 6 times for that perfect coat. Well done!!
Thank you Jacob. We have received so many comments saying we did it wrong. But we know this is the correct way of doing it.
@@AJRestoration well done 💯👍
@@fabiankawau3362 .
Hi all. You' re quite right in the number of seasonings. I did my 1/2 size cauldron over an open flame 8 times and its withstanding better than my 3timed seasoned pan. 😍
Thank you for not ruining it. I’ve seen too many people “restore” cast iron by polishing it until you can see your face. Not only did you season it properly, you also cooked with it. Well done 👍
My pleasure!
Fun fact for cast iron collectors. As a general rule, the thinner the pot wall, the older the pot. Another sign of age is that legged pots like this tend to have one leg worn down much shorter from years of scraping and dragging on the hearth stones. I have seen some that were literally "pot bellied" where the legs were so worn down, the pot rested on its belly. The reason for the thinner walls is that when labour was cheap in the 16th-18th centuries, casters would make 100 pots and expect up to half to fail, but it didn't matter when the sale of a handful of pots was enough to make a living on. However, when wages went up during the industrial revolution, they needed a higher success rate, so the pots got thicker.
Also, the triangular handles or ears on the cauldrons like this were not designed originally for wire hoop handles. People would have used pot grabbers. It looks like a large set of iron calipers with bent ends. As they are adjustable, one pot grabber could fit all the pots you might have in your house. Much cheaper than wire handles and they didn't burn your hands.
I have a Falkirk pot like that from the 50s. I inherited from my grandpa in cape town who had copper plated it and was using it as a coal skuttle.
The copper is long gone. I brought it to the UK and still use it. What I noticed is that it's much thinner than the modern ones.
Made in Scotland I'd assume when they were in the heydey of good manufacturering.
A restoration video, a demonstration of cast-iron seasoning, and a cooking/recipe video all in one? I wish I could triple-like this episode!
Thank you for this great comment.
I don't know any south african that has or had Potjei look like that.... Great work recovering it to such standard its one of the best things you could cook in.
It looked so good, I didn't want to cook in it.
I know right! My dad treats his like a baby! I've never seen one so bad!
It's always sad to see a piece of cast iron cookware rusting away or used as a water/feed bowl. Glad it wasn't too far gone and you brought it back to life to live again. Thank you.
You and me both! Thank you for the support.
Love the smilie face!
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.And you did this before Halloween, great magic you performed.
One of these is the original “slow cooker”
This is why I love cast iron. No matter how rusty or encrusted with crud there's almost always a beautiful cast iron object underneath just waiting to be revealed. You did a wonderful job. I've picked up a few old pans and baking pans from a local "antique" (junk) shop for a few dollars and have been meaning to restore them. It's been awfully hot here so no work has been done. Maybe I'll have them ready by Thanksgiving in November. Your video has motivated me now. Thank you for the step by step directions and the recipe. It looks delicious. I love recipes like that. I love tossing things together in a pot and calling it dinner.
Oh and it almost never fails, it always tastes so damn good!!
Awesome, now I can attempt to do the one I found in my garage 25 years ago when I bought my house. Surprisingly I did not scrap it. :)
There's just something about cast-iron that when it's restored and preserved properly makes my mouth water almost as much as the recipes that are created in it. VERY WELL DONE! I had to subscribe with all bells after seeing your wonderful work ✌😃👍
Thank you Tim for enjoying our content.
A true potjie chef never stirs, great job!
Restauration und kochen im einem Video? Klasse! Danke!
Ngl your videos helps with my anxiety and everytime you draw that smile it makes me smile 💗🥺
For you I will draw a smiley every time!
How can such a small pot make so much food? That was enough for a whole family!
or just me :)))
Cool pot ,amazing how the flax seed oil brought it back to life after the rust got blasted off ! 👍👍
...idky watching you do this relaxes me...but it does... Thanks...👍
You’re welcome 😊
Great job , and you made me hungry. Glad to see all these things being used after having been restored. Thanks guy. Have a great day today and a better tomorrow.
Thanks, you too!
PO-TA-TOES. Boil'm, mash'm, stick'm in a stew
Thank you so much for the recipe! It’s so lovely to see you using this restored piece!!
My pleasure 😊
PERFECT RESTORATION BRO! MAKES US ALL HUNGRY. LOL!
Thanks for the view Hector.
¿Con su arroz al dente aromatizado a la albahaca?.
Kitchen equipments is the best to watch it's restoration, happy meal😁
It really is!
Made that same poitjie 2 weeks ago! What a winner.... not too shabby on the restoration
Thanks bruh... 😀😀😀
Very Nice restoration ! And the recipe looks very good !😊🇨🇦
Thank you very much!
Brilliant restoration again , feeling hungry now after watching 👍😋
Thank you 😋
That's a beautiful piece of cast iron. I'd love to see it hanging over a fire filled with slow-cooked ham and beans. My grandmother was born in the late 1800s, when she died at the age of 93 she owned 3 cast iron pans she had accumulated over her life. The 1st she received as a wedding gift when she was 16... almost 16 anyway. Probably as much baking went on in those pans as frying. I use her recipe for biscuits that she had been making since she was 12, probably her mom's recipe, the same recipe my mom used her whole life, and mine *Never Tasted The Same*. Sorry for venting. I added those pans to my own collection when she passed. Added them to a number of others that she would have probably found a little silly... but hey, I might need a cast iron crepe pan every few months. With all these pans now I find myself using her three except when I want my crepes. Her yearly or seasonal cast iron maintanence plan was to build a big hard-wood fire outside and set two of the three pans in it and let it burn down. When they were cold she would just knock off the ash, scrub'em dry, and start to reseason them. She said that's where the term came from, each pan had a season. Everyone stay safe.
That's not venting buddy, its a nice story and thank you for sharing! My mother also collects them, she now has about 6 of them if I remember correctly. When I gave her this one she was so happy, she told me this one looks so good she's going to put it in a display case and never use it.
Maybe a cleaning with degreaser first, then use a 2 amp battery charger, a sacrificial anode (large coffee can metal) and some wire and a plastic container to use electrolysis to remove most of the rust and speed up the sand blasting.
I just finished seasoning an old cast iron skillet and UA-cam decides to suggest this video for me to watch. Excellent job and of course I subscribed.
Awesome! Thank you!
I can smell it here, lol. Great job restoring that beauty. I love cast iron and now I'm hungry. Stay safe. 👍
You and me both! Stay safe Marie, and thank you for the kind comment!
Just finished the video. Yeah, you're definitely South African! Those checkers packets were a straight giveaway. :)
Ficou perfeito! Belo caldeirão.💯👏
I loved it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰🥰🥰💓💓💕💞💛💛💗💗😍😍💖💖❤️
Thank you!
This is my first time seeing the whole seasoning process for restoration of a beautiful cast iron pot. It looks absolutely beautiful!!!
Мне очень понравилась ваша работа. Чугун восстановлен. Одно только не опасно в нем готовить. Честно у меня сомнения. Спасибо за ролик.👍👍👍
It's beautiful!
That's one very happy cast iron cauldron!
Lovely looking pot, lovely looking meal, very nice.
Thanks so much
Bravo! The sound of the lid moving is so evocative.
Thank you very much
Nice video dude! It puts the pasta bake I'm cooking to shame! 🤣
Thank you for all the support Andy.
Thank you for all the commentary ! Your work is amazing!
Glad you enjoy it!
Keeping you in my prayers for the trouble in SA.❤🙏
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Looks just like my dutch oven. I bake in it when I go camping
What's cookin friend you have done another great restoration, have a nice day !!!.
Thank you so much 👍
Beautiful restoration......yummy looking dinner...😋
Thank you 😋
Seriously beautiful!!!
Thanks a million
Outstanding!
Great job! Better thsn new! 💙💙💙
Agree with the comments, you get a double treat, a restoration and a beautiful dinner! Awesome!!
Letting a potjie get to that state should be a war crime
looking good. glad you do use it.
Thank you very much
Power tools aren't always faster. A small round file would have dealt with that casting bump far quicker. I know the full time spent grinding isn't shown but I've done nearly the exact same thing with my dremel and and I eventually learned that a new, sharp file took less than half the time and now I reserve the tiny rotary grinder only for nooks and crannies where a file won't fit.
Thanks for the tips! I have noted in some cases the files do work faster.
Looks great!!
Absolutely awesome. Art work at it's finest 👍👍👍 My mouth was watering as you were cooking. Yum!!!
I've always wanted to see a restoration on this type of pot. Thank you.
You’re welcome 😊
Definitely going to try this recipe in my potjie pot this weekend.
Oh yes you should, feel free to add in your own little touch!
I so cherish items like this. I wish I had one too
You should!
I love the way you actually use the item in the end!
Cool restoration, like as always 👍
Thank you so much 👍
Beautiful! Love your work 💯👏👏👏👏👏
Much appreciated
Nice job on the restauration. Plus that looks good 😋
Great job
Nice, very nice.
Beautiful ! ! !
Excellent work
This is pretty cool
Great job and the recipe looks delicious too
Thank you so much
Just a FYI…. The difference between brands like Lodge and the more expensive brands is surface prep. The more $ brands sand and smooth the surface so they start off like very old well used cast iron. I buy Lodge then sand the pits out till it looks like glass. Beautiful work. I need to get me a media blaster.👍
Just found your channel and have only watched a few videos so far, but I'm hooked. Not only am I convinced you're a wizard of the finest magnitude. You're also a wizard with mad cooking skills. That chicken & veg looked pretty awesome, bet it was good. It made my mouth water anyway. That potbelly turned out beautiful. I've never seen one quite like that before.
Wow unbelievable it's more than of is original one
Interesting resepe. And gosh that potjie looks good.
That's a nice looking pot. I restored an old cast iron pot I found in Colorado. I used garnet and walnut shells to blast mine. I also did a salt scrub on it before seasoning. From the marks I found on it it's from 1856. I spent a lot of time on the restoration. Now I use it to make stews and even fry fish it. Just wish I had the original lid. It was not to be found though.
Moerse! Great video. Dankie, man!
Way to go on the restoration, and then unlike so many other videos you actually cooked in it. The only quibble I have is the packaged soup mixes (they don't have those where I live so I can't do this recipe), but the end result did look mighty tasty. Also, I'd have liked to see how to clean-up of the pot after the meal was done.
Beautiful.
Like that you cooked in it as well
Świetna jest ta zrobiona robota pozdrawiam twórcę tego filmiku mile i serdecznie 👍👍👍👍
First experience with your channel. I am very excited to watch more. I’m 100% making that recipe in my Dutch oven. It looked so delicious. Great video.
Welcome aboard! Thank you very much and hope you let us know how your recipe turns out.
Ficou 10,amo panelas de ferro . Parabéns 👏👏👏👍🏽💖🇧🇷
Obrigada
Круто получилось!
Даже есть захотелось)
Спасибо за комментарий, однажды попробуйте сделать один из этих рецептов.
@@AJRestoration я этот аромат блюда с монитора почуял.
AWESOME! Baie netjies oorgedoen. Wil have to fix up our rusty potjie now.
Baie dankie Engela, haha jy sal moet, veral as jy sien hoe groot verskil dit maak. Dis amper so mooi jy gan hom nie wil gebruik nie.
I have a Falkirk pot like that from the 50s. I inherited from my grandpa who had copper plated it and was using it as a coal skuttle.
The copper is long gone. I brought it to the UK and still use it. What I noticed is that it's much thinner than the modern ones.
Made in Scotland I'd assume when they were in the heydey of good manufacturering.
Now that is a thing of beauty! Good job!
Thank you!
Pretty cool!
Like you! haha
Very nice work on the pot
Amazing
Nice find!
Thanks!
The cauldron looks great to cook in!
Very cool well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
darn good job.
Good job my friend
Thank you for the support Vince. It is nice seeing our community supporting us with each video.
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you! 😊
I love that this is asmr as well as visually appealing..so glad I stumbled upon this channel. Also I'm now going to study up on how the sandblaster works..I want to use one so badly now 😆
Haha thank you, welcome to the family! I am glad you liked it!
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work.
Thank you so much 😀
Great job. Beautiful dinner.
Yes, thank you very much.
Well done AJ, awesome restoration and your chicken pot looks delicious
Thank you so much 😀
A work of love. It is beautiful. Well done!🥳😍
Thank you so much!
Excellent work! Having de-rusted similar sized items, I can wholeheartedly recommend trying electrolytic cleaning. Water, washing soda, and a 12v battery charger would have saved you quite a bit of effort, and a lot of sandblast media. Sandblasting also may not remove heavy metal contamination, whereas electrolysis will do a better job. I also might have attacked the inside bottom with a flap wheel to get rid of some of the pitting, but, that's a nit pick.
I have no problems at all with that recipe! I find the apricot jam and cream soups combo a bit odd, but, it looks tasty!
I have one coming up that I want to try electrolysis on. The recipe came out absolutely amazing!
@@AJRestoration I think you'll like electrolysis! It makes a nasty looking sludge, but, it's all stuff that came off your part!
@@paulfeist Heavy metal contamination? Really? Is this a common or possible thing with old rusty cast iron? I never thought that would or may be an issue. Honest questions.
Excellent job
Thank you very much!
Wow took long time to sand blast and clean of rust. I'd be real proud to cook in that pot now.😁
Thank you very much