Best Cast Iron Tips! Refinishing your Modern Cast Iron to Make it Work Like Vintage!
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2023
- Take the textured surface of your modern cast iron and turn it into a smooth as glass cook surface like grandma’s vintage cast iron.
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Wow…never in my 70 years have I seen this! Showing my husband soon so he can do this to my cast iron. You and Elvin are such a wealth of information for us poor raised in the suburbs homestead wannabes! Blessings, Marie
Don’t do it. My husband is a machinist and he said cooking on raw cast will give health iuess !
LOL,,,ME TOO🤣
@@carmendoyle9786she reseasoned it! 😊
@@carmendoyle9786I am also a machinist. 38 years and still going. Cooking on cast iron is completely safe. Ask him to provide a single source of information otherwise.
@@carmendoyle9786cooking with cast iron can add up to 30%more iron to your diet which is something your body needs to create red blood cells which helps transport oxygen throughout your body. I tend to run on the anemic side, or, I did before I started cooking with cast iron. When my body is low in iron, I have little energy, cold all the time, can't think straight (brain fog), ADHD is worse and can't remember didley.
This is the first time I have seen anything like this. I have used cast iron all my life and I'm 72 years old and I feel like I have learned so much watching this. I am going to get my husband to do this to my cast iron. Thank you so much for this video. It is awesome.
Hands down, the BEST cast iron redo tutorial!!
I received a new cast iron pan for a wedding gift in 1971, and it took years for it to become smooth. The vintage flat bottomed skillets like your mother's are always thinner than the ones with rounded edges on bottom. I have several bought at antique stores, but my favorite pan is one that my mother used for many years. I asked her where she got it, and here's the story she told me. In the early 1930s, when people were still recovering from the depression, many country people were still hungry. A lady knocked on my parent's farmhouse door (in SE Texas) one day. She asked Mother if she would trade a "mess" of turnip greens (that were growing in Mom's garden) for the cast iron pan she had brought. Mother let her pick all the greens she could, and the woman left the pan. I love the story--and the pan. A precious heirloom.
I can’t imagine not giving a whole lot more but maybe the garden lady was short on food too 🤷🏼♀️
@@YeshuaKingMessiah It was the depression. They had nothing, either.
I asked my son to resurface my two cast irons for a Christmas present. he watched the video two times, bought the grinding discs and they look beautiful. Thank you so much.
Many years ago, probably 20, I bought my wife a 14” Lodge two-handed cast iron skillet. I saw right away the cooking surface was “as cast”, not machined smooth like my mother’s (or my wife’s mother’s) cast iron. I didn’t go the shiny smooth route with an angle grinder. I did use a random orbital sander and some Emory cloth to take about 90-95% of the casting roughness off, leaving a flat, nearly smooth surface. That skillet will easily outlive us as we just had our 55th wedding anniversary the other day. Works like a charm!
This answers what I was just wondering as to whether I need to go out and buy an angle grinder, or if I can get away with using the orbital sander I already have. :)
Now I know why my cast iron doesn't work like I think it should. Thank you so much
Thank you for showing the apron I made for you. I get so excited when I see a new episode of your show on. One of my favorite. One thing I want to pass along. I'm not being critical, just concerned. I am a retired nurse, and your husband has staining on his lower legs down to his ankles and that is a sign that the blood flow is becoming stagnant. It is pooling because of him being overweight. It is not circulating back up. He is an important member of your family and I want him to be as healthy as possible. Honestly, not critical, just concerned for him. Please address this with him and make sure he sees a doctor concerning this issue. I am very concerned. Thank you for being who you are!
I am also a nurse and this is truly very concerning and if not taken care of will just really cause him problems on down the line--and the issue is not reversible unless he gets treatment from a vascular specialist. I don't know if he is seeing a doctor on a regular basis but my guess is that he also has high blood pressure and that causes him to be at risk for a stroke. If he has a cardiologist he might be able to treat his legs or better yet see a specialist called a vasclar specialist( who also has training in cardoilogy). I have some of the same issues so I am seeking treatment from a vascular docotor too. The Lord will guide you as far as who to see.( The Bible says, "The steps of the righteous man will be guided by the Lord"). Thank you for your skillet information. I knew about the concept of seasoning but did not know all that was involved.
I also noticed this and a retired nurse I struggled in telling her, but you are right it is a marker for not so pleasant things to come if some action isn't taken soon....can't believe this year 2024 when watching this video I graduated 44 years ago from nursing school....
Cast iron has a dual purpose. It can be used for self defense. Lol😊
That 'cracked' me up!
Former prison nurse AND farm gal: don't encourage me sis🤣❤
You made me laugh this morning but so true!
LOL I was thinking the same thing when I purchased mine!
Frying pans, who knew!
Lol
There is no way to THANK YOU enough!!! My husband and I have been so frustrated with our new 18inch lodge cast iron pan. He is going to fix that today!!! THANK YOU❤.
I have heard all those “donts “ 😂😂😂 I love my cast iron and it’s good for the family too. All that iron.
Miss Ruth - this was such an excellent video! I have actually given up on using my large collection of cast-iron (LODGE and a few others) because everything sticks, especially the eggs as in your video. I shared this video with my husband who is out of town; I asked him to please watch this video, because when he gets back, we’re getting all of my cast-iron out, and together we are going to make it smooth as glass!
I wish I was gifted a seasoned cast iron ready on day one of my marriage! I love cast iron cooking. It makes food taste so much better. Stovetop seasoning each time adds layers to the pan. I highly recommend getting one skillet and try it out. Thank you, Ruth Ann and Elvin for taking time out to teach us!!!
Thank you and Elvin so much for this video. My mom used cast iron when I was growing up, and it was smooth as silk. I never understood why the pans I purchased didn't work well. Now I can pull them out of the garage and fix them. I so appreciate you and Elvin and all of the knowledge you share. Please tell him he needs to be in more of your videos. We love seeing you two together. I wish you and your family a very blessed week and holiday season 🙏❤️.
I love this. I am 64 years old. I have my moms and grandmas cast iron. I have also picked up pieces at yard sales and so forth. I love getting old rusty ones and get them cooking great. I cried when my grandma favorite skillet needed a little TLC and I found a crack where the handle attached. I was afraid to use it. Oh if that d skillet could talk the tales of my Irish grandpa and Scottish Grandma....😂. I hang it proudly in my kitchen. Hope you had a blessed Christmas. Oh change of subject the Ball company has a way online to date their jars by the writting style. I have my G-G- grandmothers blue ball jars dating as early as 1830 ( or there abouts). Happy homesteading from Tennessee
Ruth Ann! Wow!! I use only my cast iron pans and stainless steel pots. Now I'm going to ask my husband to clean up my modern cast iron. I love using cast iron because iron is so important to blood health. I tossed all of my unnatural nonstick cookware years ago after learning about how it poisons us.
Thank you for another mind blowing video.
Thank you so much for doing this video. I have 3 lodge pans and I have tried to follow other videos to make them smooth and shiny and it hasn’t worked. I’m so excited to get my pans working. I also have to say that the love you have for Christ and how you are teaching and discipling your children has been an amazing gift to be a part of. God is doing a great work through your family.
Oh my gosh, we watched this several times and my husband did this to our large existing cast iron, which we had not been using due to the surface being so rough. And guess what? It worked! Now the surface is a smooth as glass. I followed your seasoning process and it's as though we have a brand new pan! My hubs is going to do this to our smaller one next. Yay!
Thank you! My husband “fixed” 3 of my cast iron skillets and they are working perfectly!
I’ve watched every video you’ve made (a first for me). Not only have you taught the many things my childhood missed, but you’re inspiring me to find what gifts I have to offer others. Thank you for giving me the confidence to can things and learn so much. I’m so grateful for your generosity, clarity and compassionate teaching skills. You’re such a gift to us all.
I have a small cast iron pan from my grandma ( born in 1917) and she told me it was her mother’s. It’s smooth as silk ! It must be over 125 years old by now.
Love those!!!!
You are very blessed to have that pan!
My granny was born in 1903 and have her cast iron pans. Use them every time I cook. They are wonderful. 100 years old pans.
You an Elvin are such treasurers
I bought three rusty cast iron skillets at a garage sale over 30 years ago. I seasoned all three and found that I used the biggest one most. When my one of my sons moved out and set up his own place, he asked how to find a cast iron skillet and of course, I gave hum one and gave one to a friend. After I removed all the rust and hubby used the power tools on it, it has been a great pan.
Oh my goodness. This video came just at the right time. I grew up with cast iron. My mom & grandmother had several and they worked just as you showed. I, however, have the Lodge brand and quit using it because it didn’t work. Horrible cooking surface. And you expertly explained WHY. Now I can’t wait to get mine sanded smooth. Can’t thank you enough ♥️👍🏼.
I have my mother's and grandmother's cast iron pans. They are different sizes, my grandmother's pan, she called it her chicken fryer pan. It's larger and has deep sides. My mother's is just about an 8 inch. I use for frying eggs and bacon, grilled cheese sandwhiches in. I bought a Lodge Griddle for making biscuits on and pancakes. I wish I had an Elvin to season it and make it smooth like glass. Elvin your a good man for taking care of your Family like you do!
I just watched this video and told my husband we need to move back to NJ (from CA).... so I can borrow my brother's angle grinder and garage for a minute 😂😂😂
I cannot thank you enough!! I have felt defeated over and over with my cast iron and was so confused because I was doing all the right things but not getting the results. I'm sending this video to my husband so he can get this done. I'm truly thankful for all the videos you create and share. It was your videos that gave me the confidence to can for the first time. One day, when my toddler is with grandma, I need to binge your videos! lol
Same!!! I was losing hope and thinking about throwing it out or giving it away. Man this video saved me.
I just used my cast iron skillet to fry eggs in after my husband resurfaced it. They came out beautifully! No sticking at all as before! We love it now and are looking forward to making it our most used skillet. Thanks again!
I grew up cooking with cast iron , but got a new Lodge a few years ago. I was upset that it didn't work as well as my old ones do. Now I know why! Thank you I learned alot from this video! ❤
Elvin is precious! I know he's a busy fella, but would love to see him included more in your videos!! Thanks!!
Thank you Ruthann and Alvin for the great education on cast iron pans! I hope to resurface mine!
Get ready to get covered in cast iron back dust 🤣. I have done it to 8 different pans but had the luxury of doing it in a powerful dust collection room and it still gave me black boogers. That being said just do it outside and wear a paper mask. Start with rough grits, I prefer starting with 36 grit to get the bulk of the rough knocked down quick. Also you will find that the flapper disc’s will dull so don’t be afraid to use more than one. It really is a lot nicer cooking in pans with a smooth finish.
How do I go about getting the stickiness off my cast iron pans… it is from old seasoning… I used avocado oil not knowing I should have been seasoning them with animal fat!!!
PS… I adore this channel amd have learned so much from watching❤❤❤
@@loiswilliamson2635 I agree!
This was the most useful Cast Iron video I have EVER seen!!!
Thank you Elvin! I am going to show my husband this resurfacing video so that he can resurface our new pans. We use cast iron pans daily on both of our glass top stoves. Many older folks, women in particular, are found to be iron deficient-anemic. Not in our family. The iron from the pans leaches into our food and, because the iron is natural, absorbed into the bloodstream--meaning plenty of oxygenation to the cells. RuthAnn, like you, we cook all of our pasta sauce in our #12 cast iron skillet. We do not and will not own chemically modified metal pans. Cast iron is the original non-stick version of cook ware. Thank you for all of your educational and entertaining videos. Your hard work is much appreciated in our home.
Wonderful video. I use almost exclusively cast iron skillets and Dutch ovens. Mine are pretty smooth but I foresee a ‘honey-do’ job for my sweet husband. By the way - I just loved seeing more of Elvin! I have known he must be a Dear but please thank him for doing this and letting us get to know him better. I hope he’ll agree to be more of a part of your videos in the future. My heart smiles with the way you look at him Ruthann! Love your family!
I love when Elvin comes on to teach!! He is so good at explaining what he's doing and what he's using, just like you. You make a great team! I love this video!! I know what my husband will be doing with my next pans! 💛🍳
My son-in-law did this for my daughter's cast iron and it worked wonderfully!
You've inspired me to have my modern sand cast cast iron pan collection ground smooth so I can refinish them. I've been on the the hunt for heirloom/vintage cast iron pieces for years and they are very few and far between. It's so encouraging to know I can turn my current collection into that glass-smooth pan set I've hunted for with a little elbow grease and a couple power tools.
Thank You Guys!! Great video as always!! I once found an amazing old 7 quart Dutch oven pot with the lid buried in years of over grown weeds under a trailer - it was a rusty mess (my friends thought I was crazy to keep it) - I did the same grinding process as you showed - also I put it in a 500 degree oven to sterilize any unknown bacterias - then did the season process 3 times - Now Such a Prize to have!! Friends were shocked😁
That is awesome!
Also my aunt who lived on the Southfork of the Salmon River in Idaho had the most amazing cast irons - she only seasoned about once a year - her secret - Bear Fat and putting in the hot ash coals in the wood stove 😃@@Ruthannzimm
When I was first married, I thought my husband was crazy for tossing our cast iron into the hot coals at the family reunion bonfire every year, but it seasoned those pans perfectly for years and years!
My great grandmother seasoned hers in the ash of a buck stove that she heated her house with and cooked on some.
Please help! I have a cornbread cast iron mold that is actually the shape of corns. I can't get the thing cleaned and seasoned - and it seems a flat grinder would grind out the shapes. Can you tell me what I could do??
OMGG*!!! After over 50 years of cooking, I have finally discovered the truth about cooking with cast iron and I cannot thank you enough!! You never fail to educate and enlighten me about such a wide variety of everyday challenges, the solutions for which you deliver with knowledge, grace, insight and common sense. I am so very grateful to Abba for encouraging you to use this platform as a way to educate others. Blessings to all the Zimmermans!! [*Oh My Goodness Gracious]
AMEN to that!!!
Great timing! I’ve got two Dutch ovens that were left here, at the farm, when we moved in. They belonged to my husband’s mom, she passed in 1990, probably not used since then. I’ve been trying to bring them back to life with no luck. Hubs is going to take them to his shop and fix them up!
Thank you so much Elvin and Ruth Ann.
PS: My 12” and 10” skillets are as smooth as glass and I love making fried eggs in them.
Oh my gosh- this is the best video I’ve ever seen about cast iron skillets. Thank you so much RuthAnn and Elvin for sharing your tips on how to make cooking with cast iron cookware actually work! Brilliant! ❤️
Love learning your techniques wish I had them when we wer raising our 8 children at 8o still can and dehydration God Bless
I volunteered to cure my sister's brand new Lodge "Chicken Fryer" and after 3 months of using it in my kitchen the eggs are still sticking 😢.
Your video is right on time so I can present her with a properly Cured cooking vessel that will blow her mind!
Thank you Ruth Ann and Elvin!!
(And let's hear more from Elvin, too! He has skills!!!) ❤❤
If I remember correctly, the difference between modern and vintage pans is that they used a finer grit sand to make vintage pans. OSHA investigated lung injuries in those factories and found that they were caused by inhaling the fine sand during manufacturing. They then had to use a larger grit sand to make the pans. The modern, expensive pans, probably go through additional steps to make them so smooth, thus the extra expense.
You made me hungry for scrambled eggs I’m gonna go up and use my cast-iron skillet and feel the surface soffit and then convince my husband to do this trick. I love it.
I sent this video to my husband because I have stopped using my cast-iron because everything sticks despite all the seasoning I try to do. You letting me know it’s the pan roughness that’s the problem! He bought the grinder accessories and did the pan yesterday, my pan bottom is like glass now! Thank you so much! I love your channel and all the wisdom you give us.
Thank You Thank You Thank You
I love your well done informative information…. we need more people like you.
I cook with cast-iron a lot and I never knew this. I do have my grandmothers old pan and it is starting to wear and now I know how to fix it so thank you and thank you Mr. Evan you guys are awesome.
I'm so fortunate to have a lot of my mother's cast iron. I have some Griswolds, Wagner's and a handful of Lodge. We completely resurfaced a #3 Griswold for my granddaughter when she was old enough to start cooking her own eggs. I wanted a pan that was non-stick and not too heavy for her to manage on her own. It worked beautifully! Our method was very similar to what Alvin did. I've never purchased anything promoted by a UA-cam page until I saw your Carolina pan on a prior video. My son purchased it for me about 6 months ago and I have got to say it is the best bacon pan ever! I love the fact that I can cook a large quantity of homegrown bacon in the oven and that the high sides reserve all of the drippings. The only issues I have with it is it's definitely very heavy and takes up a lot of storage space. I made room in a small hall closet right off my kitchen so I could keep it handy. :)
I've always hated cast iron because the first cast iron fry pan I had, I greased the pan and then tried to make eggs over easy. What a disaster!! I was told that the pan had to be seasoned, but no one told me how to do it. Thank you for posting this video. I now have a different outlook on cast iron.
I am 74 and never saw this and I am amazed. Thank you so much.
I can't THANK YOU enough! I would like to use my cast iron more but I had the sticking problems. This video has been a game changer. I also have an old light cast iron pan from my mom that has a lot of rust on the outside. I can't wait to use Elvin's methods to season and resurface my pans. I am 56 and love your channel and know a lot of the old ways from my mother and grandmother and use them, but some things were not shared, so thank you for sharing your old family ways. It is truly a BLESSING as are you! God Bless!
I love my cast iron and that is usually what I use, but I do have some larger stockpots that I use. I learned so much about cast iron today, thanks for the information. My mother and grandmother used cast iron and it brings back memories of some delicious fried chicken from them. Your gift for your daughters is a labor of love from both of you and I am sure they will appreciate it!
This is a wonderful video. I have two Wagner pans and 1 Griswald and 1 Erie (pre-Griswald), all over 100 yrs old (two from my grandmother). I always wondered why my Lodge cast iron didn't cook as well and this answered perfectly. Now I'll be redoing all the Lodge ones I have. Thank you!
I got my hands on an old cast iron pan found in a barn. It had been hard used and then left to rust for years. I just put it in my oven and did an oven clean. The next morning all the rust and old bumpy and burned seasoning was gone. I gave it a good wash and dried it on top of the stove. Rubbed it all down with a little olive oil and put in a 250 degree oven for an hour. Let it cool, and did it all again. I did this 3 times and it came out beautiful. I love using it even though I somedays find it heavy to use as I get older, but i’ll never go back!
Oh thank you. I switched to cast iron a number of years ago. I had gotten a set when I was in my twenties, some decades ago, and gave up. This last switch, I steel pad scrubbed everything down and seasoned according to lodge directions, a little hotter than you suggest, and years later, still struggling. Thank you both, now I can get my pans to work how I wanted. I can't wait. And I am definitely checking out that Carolina cooker. Thank you.
I love my cast iron but now I want to resurface mine! Thank you for clearing up the whole issue of using dish soap on cast iron. I know a lot of people who think it’s gross to not use soap to clean your pots. I usually use hot water and a scraper then dry it out with a paper towel. I’ve not gotten sick yet from eating things cooked in my cast iron. Probably because the food that’s cooked in it gets plenty hot. Hot enough to kill bacteria but I’m only guessing about that. 🤷♀️
Same with cooking stones you never use dish soap on them. I have several different types of cooking stones and baking ware and I haven't gotten sick yet in the 15 years I've owned them.
Agree. I almost never use soap in my cast iron. Hot water & steel scrubby is all it takes.
Good to see Elvin in your video. I was lucky to inherit my grandmother's cast iron (I am 69) and the difference is very evident. My younger son once cooked a hamburger in my CORNBREAD skillet and left it on the stove. What a burned on mess. I had to scour it down to the metal to clean it. Once reseasoned it worked as well as ever. I still haven't forgiven him completely. 🤣
Thank you, got my brother-in-law to do my pans and I can’t believe how well it works. I liked my old ones ok but now it is like I have a new set I like even better.
Hello! I plan to follow your instructions and work on my pans. I have bought several pan sets in my 25 yrs. Of marriage. Now I know I'll be able to buy more cast iron to add to the ones that I have already collected. Thank you and your wonderful husband for the tutorial. Happy Holidays!! Take care!!
I love this❣️ My husband has used this method for old rusty cast iron but, I didn't even think about doing it for new. Thanks again, for all the great tips💕
I literally got out of bed to go look at all my cast irons while watching this, I was switching to stainless steel but I'm going to try resurfacing first! Thanks guys❤
All your videos have real life applications, but this one was FANTASTIC! I have struggled for years with all 3 of my Lodge pans. After watching your video, I shared it with my husband and he set to working on my most used 10" pan. WOW, he got it smooth as glass and I treated it with lard from my local grass fed farm store. WHAT A DIFFERENT cooking experience! I had tried all the advice out there for seasoning cast iron and nothing really worked. But your method was so great! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Thank you so very much Elvin and Ruthann. I just ordered a Lodge skillet for my daughter for Christmas and will be returning the other non stick pan I purchased already. I bought her a non stick pan last year and it's toast already. She will be so excited that she will have a quality pan for the rest of her life! 💕
I love my griswold collection. I started with lodge also, put it away then came back to purchasing the griswold. I bet that large pan works great for French toast and pancakes!
I have my granny Griwold Dutch oven. She was married 100 years ago. So her cast iron is probably that old. My favorite cast iron I own. All my cast iron is at least 40 years old. Most is 60 years old. All I use
My husband just did this to our lodge fry pans! What a difference. Love the change. Thank you so much for sharinf
I had my hubby do this to our 2 year old unused Lodge pan, just this past weekend. What a difference!! I am now going to be using my pan all the time!!
Thankyou to the both of you!!❤❤❤❤❤
Great video! Thank you Elvin for showing us how to prepare the pan for seasoning. This was all news for me and I’ve been using cast iron for 40 years (I have the old pans, lucky me, but would like to gift new ones to my daughters). May your daughters prepare many healthy, happy meals (and family dinner!) in the future with their gifted with love skillets.
I had my husband do this to an old Wagner pan I have right after watching this! I tried using it for cornbread,but it always stuck and gave the cornbread a funny taste. I can’t wait to try it out!
Your channel is such a wealth of information. I thoroughly enjoy each episode. I started making those delicious hamburger buns each week after watching you do it. They are the best I’ve ever made. I’m so grateful for that recipe!
I’m excited to see some of your Christmas recipes. Have a wonderful week!
Awesome video, Ruthanne!! I bought my first (huge!) cast iron skillet decades ago - I believe it had been an outdoor dogfood dish and was it ever gross! Yuk!! But, I dragged it home, filled it with water and set it to boil on my back burner - I cooled, dumped and scoured that thing then rinsed and repeated multiple times before finally revealing the bare iron underneath - smooth as a babies bum and needing the same protection! I didn't have lard, I had name-brand shortening was.all I could access. Heat that pan, blob of melted shortening rubbed over the entire(!) surface, wipe excess then inverted into a hot oven to cool OR I just inverted it over the burner and allowed it to cool the same. Oh my, what a beautiful skillet it has become with that beautiful warm sheen - it's priceless to me though I've done many others since. Keep at it and you will be amazed at the outcome!!! Thanks for sharing, Ruthanne! Your girls will love them.
Thank you! We visited a Mennonite store and they had cheap cast iron skillets...the big ones, very heavy and very rough, for 10 dollars each. We bought two and my husband did your sanding to them and they are beautiful!
Ruth Ann….I use my cast iron but struggle with sticking. I hope to get out in my husbands shop and work on my pans. I love using them. Also…I too, never cook tomato products or soups and stews in my cast iron, so thank you for informing us that we can cook those things in our cast iron! God bless you and you family!
Loved the pie crust and so did my family. Such a blessing to have it in the freezer when I need it. I love my cast iron.
, and I love the vintage pans the best. My brother still has our grandmothers cornbread skillet, She never cooked anything in that one but bread. Yes, it never ever stuck! Thank you for all the tricks and trips. I love your channel, and your knowledge and wisdom. I still sub teach at public schools and they love your videos as well. You are certainly teaching the next generations.
Ruthann, I can’t thank you enough for this information. I resurfaced 3 cast iron skillets following your recommendation. Wow. It works like a charm. Thank you, thank you
I did this to my cast iron skillets following your directions. It was quite a job, but I am so happy with them! It worked beautifully, thank you!
If you can't afford new cast iron pans, you should be able to find them at flea markets. Some maybe rusty, so just sand rusts off, season it and voila, looks like brand new pans.
Love this video! I use my cast iron and blue flower Corning Ware daily! SO MUCH better than any “modern” cookware. Thank you both Elvin and Ruth Ann. God bless you. …..can’t wait for the Christmas baking!
I guess I’m lucky. My Mum gave me her cast iron pan probably 50 years ago. It’s not as heavy as the new ones but the surface is as “smooth as glass.” It’s my favourite for crepes. I’m 72 now and that pan is as black as coal and very rough on the outside. It has outlasted the Le Creuset cookware we got for a wedding gift 55 years ago. The enamel finish just couldn’t cut the mustard. I’d probably still have it, had it been unfinished.
My husband did this for me on my cast iron about a month ago! It’s made all the difference! Love cooking on it now. We didn’t know if this was the “proper” way of doing this but I’m glad to see we are not alone
Thank you Ruth Ann and Elvin. 🙏 I have sooo missed all of my old cast iron pots and pans, which some were brought over by my ancestors doing the trek in their covered wagons cross the US. Still in beautiful shape and if you didn't know how old they are, you'd never guess unless you were someone that really knows their cast iron and could also see from the stamp on the bottom what they were.
When I moved over to Sweden I wasn't able to bring them along, due to them being so heavy. I though that not having to pay for the WEIGHT of them, I could just buy new ones over here. HA!! Yep, I found new ones but, like the new ones you showed, they are all very rough inside and not at all like the ones that I was used to and loved. Did find a few old pans at a old farm auction, which I was the only one bidding on... LOL They were rusty and crusty but, that I knew how to deal with. So, I now have 2 pans that I use but, I would like to use my other new ones as well, especially my large Dutch oven for the stove and my Dutch oven that has legs that I use on a fire outside, both cooking in and baking. Going to go out on Amazon here in Sweden and see if I can find the grinder thingy pads and transform my new cast iron to working cast iron!! 😁
My older pans from mom are so much easier than the new lodge pans. Great tutorial ❤
We do the same thing with our cast iron vintage or not. We have found many vintage ones that were terribly rusted with heavy old flakey seasoning on them. They clean up so nice doing them this way. Most people freak out when you tell them to use a grinder with a wire brush. It does not ruin them. I do 400⁰ for 2 hours. I do not turn the oven off, til 2 hours is up. Let cool in oven. Repeat if needed.
Thank you both for such a detailed instructional video on cast iron pans! I have learned so much and will give my pan a try again after prepping and seasoning it like you have shown❤
This was such an informative and educational for someone like me who was city raised and has limited knowledge or misinformation about seasoning cast iron pans. We have been blessed with 3; a a 12 inch skillet, a Dutch oven and an 8 inch skillet. Having now seen the best way to make these pans work the best, my son was already has the equipment in his tool shed, is going to again watch the video and take the time to properly season our pans. Thank you ever so much Ruthann and Alvin for your willingness to dedicate the time and dedication effort to demonstrate the whole process. May God continue to bless y’all abundantly with His Grace. 👍🕊️😇🥓🎁😊😉🙏🙏❤️❤️👍👍
I have a heavy rusty pan. I was going to pitch it.
I will try this, and thank you for showing this technique. Tell Elvin, he was a very good teacher!
I have many cast iron skillets and my favorite is the vintage because of how smooth and lighter they are
OMG I literally was talking about our cast iron about 10 min before you released this video! Thank you thank you thank you! This was so helpful. We will be re-surfacing and re-finishing ours this weekend.
I'm also pumped that I can cook acidic foods in it and clean with soap!!!
This was an incredible video! Thank you both SO much! Growing up my Dad always cooked on cast iron. I learned a lot more about them from you and I may refurbish his set for Christmas and regift them to him. His are over 30 years with caked on items and don’t look smooth as glass like this. I also now want to fill my home with Cast Iron 😍
I love cast iron, my grandmother showed me how to re season my pans. Love your tacit.
Yay Alvin! Nice to see you in one of the videos. Thank you for the info! You guys are awesome!
Love love love this video! Thank you Ruthann and Elvin! I've been using cast iron for years (at least 40). I have several cast-iron pans, some old and some new. I may have to try this resurfacing on my newer pans. One tip I could add is that those old old pans you find thrifting can be thouroughly cleansed, I mean like new in appearance clean, by running these through the self-cleaning cycle in the oven. This burns off the crusty build up on the outside and everywhere. Then of course it must be well seasoned to make it ready to use again.
It could warp or crack it though.
Thank you so much for this! I commented last week that i felt like i needed to take an angle grinder to my skillets, and thats exactly what Elvin did!! 😂 Now i know how to do it. So excited to make my newer pans behave like the ones my mom thrifted for me! Wonderful video and thank you Elvin for giving your day off to show us!❤
Your treatment of cast iron defies what all the "experts" say. I have a cast iron skillet that is about 100 years old-- no name on it, but it is shinny as can be and light weight.
I thought I was doing something wrong with mine, too. Everything sticking. Now I know God bless you, and thank you so much for doing these videos.
Thank you Elvin and Ruthann! This is a game changer! I have some old cast iron that is well seasoned but this year I purchased a new Lodge skillet and have yet to get it seasoned as I want it. I'm going to show this video to my husband and see if he will be able to do this for me! I love your videos, your little family, and your no nonsense approach to life, farming, and kids. Thank you! I found your channel from Jess at Roots and Refuge and am so glad she gave a shout out to you. Merry Christmas and many blessings on you and yours. Judi
So happy I found you today❤️, I seriously cannot believe how much I’ve learned. Thank you for sharing yourselves and all these wonderful tips. Blessings ❤️❤️❤️
I love my
cast-iron-inherited pans‼️
Oh, SO SMOOTH and
“NATURALLY”,
non-stick‼️‼️
Oh how I loved this video. Got my husband to watch and now he will be resurfacing my 3 pans! Thank you
Nice to meet you Elvin and thank you!
I got 2 new Lodge cast iron skillets for Christmas and my husband and I just refinished them like you showed. Now, I'm going to season them! Thank you so much!!!
When I got married 25 years ago, my new cast iron was polished smooth. Shortly after, it was impossible to find one. I have talked about this problem with several people. Usually, I get an incredulous look. Last year, though, I looked through a Wish Book from the 70's, and it's cast iron was noted for its smoothly polished interior.
THANK YOU! I have been a collector of old vintage cast iron for its smooth surface. I never knew I could make the lodge smooth. Definitely a game chsnger!!
Thank you Ruthie for this informative video.
It was also very nice to see and hear from Elven.
He should appear more often.
Instead of just a glimpse of him occasionally.
I have always cooked in cast iron. And like you, I was told that I wasn’t supposed to use it on glass tops… but I always did.
However, I now have a gas stove for the first time and I simply love it.
Anyway my grandsons both have coveted my skillets so I’m going to try to make them one using your method.
I’m a 70 year old grandmother and I don’t have a side grinder but I do have a circular sander and I’m going to try using it.
Hey…
Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Right?
I hope I can make it work.
I would be so proud to give them a seasoned skillet.
Thanks again.
God bless.
I love you and your family. ☺️