Thread 23251332

Cast iron pans are one of the best tools for learning how to cook. They retain heat, distribute it evenly, and last a lifetime if cared for properly. With a bit of seasoning, they develop a natural nonstick surface that makes cooking everything from meat to vegetables easier. Learning to cook with one teaches basic kitchen skills, saves money compared to eating out, and builds self-sufficiency.

>>23251332 (OP)
This is a cast iron enthusiast board now

>>23251332 (OP)
too heavy, carbon steel is better

>>23251332 (OP)
A bit of seasoning? Everything I cook in them has to be removed with a grinder.

>>23251332 (OP)
I only cook in my cast iron nowadays, all other pans rot in their drawers

i just abuse the shit out of my cast iron, not sure how to reseason it properly
my ma bought me a new one at the thrift store that is clearly missing a bit of seasoning but i cba to season it myself so i just cook in it like normal

How do you get the onions seasoning off?

>>23251332 (OP)
Literally any other pan type but nonstick is better.

>>23251332 (OP)
Or if you don't want to get memed on, just buy a fucking stainless steel pan

Cast iron is for people who want to waste their fucking time taking care of shit that shouldn't need taking care of.

>>23251337
just don't wash it with dish soap and wipe it down with a splash of oil after every use, voila it will last for decades

>>23251332 (OP)
>cast iron cornbread

>>23251340
jeet opinions about cooking are not welcome

>>23251335
Then you're doing it wrong.
Look up a video on how to season a cast iron skillet. And never NEVER use soap to clean it.

>>23251341
see i never clean my skillet ever. got charred food and sauces all over it adds flavor

>>23251332 (OP)
>can't use steel to clean
>can't cook anything acidic
>can't let soak
>can't use metal utensils
>heavy
>can't simmer soups or stews for hours.
>can only use water or stock to deglaze.
Cast iron pans for the most part are a meme in todays world.

>>23251341
What type of oil?

>>23251332 (OP)
stainless steel > troon iron
internet """""""""influencers"""""" are just trying to make you buy literal pig iron slag

>>23251344
I don't use soap. I use rock salt and olive oil but it's a pain the ass. I usually end up having to heat the old food in oil to loosen it and then scrub it with the hot oil.

>>23251332 (OP)
Steel pans are better imo. Just bought this one the other day.

>>23251345
just lightly scour it out with steel wool and water after using, or you can boil some water in it and scrape the gunk out as it boils
then put it on the burner for like 30 secs til all the water boils off, wipe with some oil and you're good bro

>>23251350
30 dollars. On sale. A fucking bargain.

Woks are superior. Wok and rice cooker are the only necessary cooking utensils. Boil water cook meats veg day old rice. Everything can be accomplished in a wok any differentiating opinions are big cooking selling you lies the same way they knocked off msg

I burnt shit on my cast iron pan and i can't get it off. I tried bros.

>>23251347
sneed oil

>>23251346
>can't cook anything acidic
I don’t even know what I cook that’s acidic but this restriction just made me not buy a cast iron pan.

>>23251347
any cooking oil really, I usually use avocado or olive oil because I have it close by
not really an exact science, just make sure the pan doesn't have the opportunity to start oxidizing by keeping the iron sealed with the oil
eventually it'll build a nice seasoning and patina that will protect it naturally

>>23251356
Tomatoes are acidic

>>23251353
I can’t use a wok because I have a normal range.

>>23251345
>charred food and sauces all over it adds flavor
tmdwu

>>23251343
shut the fuck up retard
cast iron is for 2 kinds of people

Insecure internet tough guys >>23251343

and the odd professional chef who knows what the fuck he's doing (this is not you)

Anyone else coming into these threads and being convinced by insecure internet tough guys to buy cast iron is wasting their money. Fuck cast iron and get stainless steel. You won't be able to tell the fucking difference because you don't even know what a fucking heat capacity is, and it'll be less of a pain in the ass to "season" and clean

And you should ALSO have non-stick in addition to whatever the fuck. When you're using non stick properly for the appropriate foods only, it goes from lasting 1-3 years to 5-10 years.

>>23251356
most pan sauces you can think of, beans of any kind and preserved shit like fermented cabbage, all acidic

>>23251358
I don’t fry tomatoes in a pan.

>>23251347
Literally just buy a steel pan and be free of all the trouble. They can also go into the dishwasher. Iron cast is a fucking joke, a meme. Nothing but trouble and burnt crap you can't get off no matter how much you scrub. And you can never wash it with soap, lmao.

>>23251332 (OP)
I already have like 3
and 2 dutch ovens
and several stainless steel pans and pots

>>23251332 (OP)
I like my retard proof induction plates

>>23251361
been using cast iron almost exclusively for years you nigger, a roommate in college had one and I got used to cooking pretty much everything with it
everything cooks nice in them and don't have to worry much about scorching
not sure why you're seething so hard at someone using a certain kind of pan kek
seems the jeet comment really struck a nerve, relax benchode

>>23251332 (OP)
>Be me
>Love cast iron cooking
>Have 3 cast iron pans and a pot
>Buy my first house
>Inductive stove
>Cast iron does not work on inductive stoves

I've been quoted $1200 to install a gas line and I'm going to do it.

>>23251354
that's just more flavor. perpetual flavor, if you will

>>23251364
I want to try one of those HexClad pans. They look cool.

>>23251363
You should. It's nice. Fried tomatoes go really well with eggs and bacon. Just cut them in half, removed the green/white stuff, sprinkle with salt, fry them in olive oil for 2 mins on each side, and then add some basil or oregano when they're done. They become much sweeter and juicier, plus they're healthy.

>>23251356
I made some Mango chutney in a cast iron pan once, it stripped the pan of its seasoning completely. I always thought that tomatoes were the cut off for acid level, but honestly, even something like Worcestershire will strip seasoning.

That alone is annoying as shit to use cast iron. They're good for one thing, cooking at high heat and using a shit ton of fat to cook with, and to bake shit in the odd time. Pizza in a cast iron pan is really good.

>>23251368
It doesn’t work on an electric range? Jesus these things are high maintenance.

>>23251332 (OP)
if you go to the camping section in walmart you can get an ozark trail cast iron pan for $10.

>>23251370
It's best to avoid teflon and all that bs. Plain steel is literally superior.

I would like to a recommend stainless steel skillet
>cooks noticeably better than ceramic/non-stick
>heats up quicker and holds heat longer
>easy as fuck to clean just put in sink with some soap or BKF and everything comes off with a sponge
>lasts forever and doesn't require autistic seasoning
I haven't tried a cast iron since I got into cooking but switching to stainless steel was a massive game changer.

>>23251375
It’s not good for soft scrambled eggs

>>23251376
This. It's just superior. I don't even understand why other types of pans are a thing. They're no match.

>>23251335
>>23251337
Seasoning it basically means oiling it.
Clean and lightly oil the pan. Remove excess oil with a paper towel. Heat the pan in an oven, or failing that just on the stove top. Allow to slowly cool. Repeat several times. Oil gets absorbed into the iron and builds up layers. Just google it for a full description.
If done properly it will develop a natural non stick surface. Clean only with paper towel and oil. Never use detergent or hot water as this will remove the protective oil.

Big drawbacks are these. You cant use the pan for anything acidic like tomatoes, lemon, wine, as the acid will wreck the protective oil.. Which means you need a separate pan if you want to cook that anything with those sort of ingredients. You have to watch people in your house like a fucking hawk to ensure they dont fuck up the pan by washing it with detergent. Women in particular are fucking dumb and will still do that sort of shit even after they have been told. But they can be eventually trained with regular beatings.

>>23251369
I like thew way you think, however the issue i'm having is that it smokes like a mother fucker

They're just pans. I have cast iron pans but imagine making something as mundane as a fucking pan part of your personality, nobody cares about your seasoning you boring retard.
>>23251337
>not sure how to reseason it properly
You don't need to just cook in the fucking thing
>>23251344
I use soap on my pans all the time, doesn't matter at all. Sick of you cast iron retards telling old wives tales

>>23251377
It's fine. A bit sticks, but it easily comes off. Way better than chemical pans, and way better than cast iron where things almost become one with the pan.

>>23251332 (OP)
Dang a nice bone-in ribeye in one of those. Get it nice and hot. I usually do it outside on a propane burner. Season steak with kosher salt and pepper. Cook 3 minutes a side. Like 2 minutes drop in some butter, garlic, rosemary. Last minute baste steak with butter.

>>23251332 (OP)
Another fad diet. People will put all the work into caring for cast iron, and reap no noticeable benefits. You gotta be concerned about foreign pig iron too, you could be leeching lead into your food.

After years of scrubbing and sanding and seasoning cast iron I realized it's better just to use stainless steel. You "season" it by heating it up before putting the food on and that's it. No rigorous rust prevention routine. You should be drinking out of a copper bottle too and that's a whole other mess keeping it de-rusted and making sure it's real copper. In the end it ends up not being worth ir over supplementing copper and iron, then you get into the mess of fake supplements... You can't fucking win in late stage global capitalism.

>>23251383
*Last 2 minutes.

>>23251373
It doesn't work on an inductive range. Not magnetic enough. Electric range is fine, but gas is best.

>>23251373
Not an electric range an inductive one, it uses magnets and shit I think.

>>23251334
>too heavy, carbon steel is better

>>23251332 (OP)
yt pepoo dont season they pans

>>23251381
Everything fucking sticks to your pan doesn't it?
Moron.

>>23251379
Well that's explained. I cook with lots of tomatoes. Thanks for your help anon. I'll keep the beatings idea in mind also. Sounds legit.

>>23251379
> Big drawbacks are these. You cant use the pan for anything acidic like tomatoes, lemon......

i'll stick to my regular pan, thanks. lmfao

>>23251368
do you use gas for other things? also how often do you lose power? buying a gas generator was a great investment

>>23251393
Gas furnace and water tank. Opposite side of the house. I'm also installing a Generac.

>>23251394
nice. I got a generac. I think 11 years now?
only thing I did wrong was not pay attention when I got some electric heaters for my garage and running both is too much for the generator lol

>>23251390
>Everything fucking sticks to your pan doesn't it?
Moron.
No, why would it? The seasoning doesn't actually come off if you use soap on it, you've just been told that's the case. It isn't.

>>23251379
You can't use hot water? I thought you heat up water in the pan to clean it then put oil in afterwards.

>>23251396
add some of this in your dish soap mix and watch the seasoning literally melt off

Cast iron pans, or, the pan that is always in the fucking way.
will rust if it gets wet
heavy as fuck
will break if you drop it
whole pan gets hot
truly an outdated piece of junk.
carbon steel master race checking in
cast iron faggots needn't reply

Muh SEASONINGS Muh SeASON. Shut the fuck up. Ive exclusively cooked with the same cast iron pan for the last 15 years. I have NEVER 'seasoned' it and I never will. I have cooked hundreds if not thousands of tomato sauces in my pan. I soak and scrub my pan in hot water and dishsoap if its all greasy. Its an incredibly durable pan. All my cooking utensils are hard steel and im very rough with the pan. Seasoning is the biggest reddit coded faggot internet meme that exists. Hey retard. Dont cook eggs in a cast iron! Get a small fry pan for eggs.

>>23251341
nothing wrong with dish soap on it bro

you clean it, put it back on the stove to dry it out, wipe out excess iron accumulation, then you get a paper towel with neutral oil and wipe it to prevent rusting. very simple stuff

>>23251347
i use avocado oil

You know the crazy thing? Here we are discussing fucking cooking pans of all things. Iron versus Steel versus whatever. In the end it all comes down to personal preference + living situation + what sort of cooking you do. And that is where knowing the pros and cons is important.
But try to get women or browns to discuss this sort of topic in any actually informative and reasonable way and you are met with a brick wall of narrow minded arrogance and ignorance.

>>23251379
>Never use detergent or hot water
You idiots just repeat shit you've heard without thinking about it for a single second, if you cook any sort of sauce in the pan you're using hot water on it.
>You cant use the pan for anything acidic like tomatoes, lemon, wine
I do this all the time, it doesn't effect the seasoning unless you leave it sitting in the pan overnight or something stupid.
If you really believe the shit you say about "caring" for cast iron why would you even use it? According to you, you can't even cook a fucking pasta sauce in a cast iron pan? According to your rules cast iron is fucking trash, thankfully you're all wrong.

>>23251391
Keep in mind that when these people say "non stick" they do not mean "non stick" like teflon.

What they actually mean is "it's easier to clean off than if you don't season" which is to say that it is still a pain in the ass and definitely worse to clean off than stainless steel or especially teflon.

I don't know why these guys puff up cast iron so much. They make it out like it'll suck your dick but if you ever actually use it, or you look into how to use it, there's a shitload of hassle for no benefit you're ever going to notice.

Be my guest, throw $300 away on a cast iron pan and watch how you never touch the damn thing 3 months later; that's the reality of 99% of people buying cast iron because you're just getting memed into this shit. If you don't know anything about cast iron, you shouldn't bother looking up where to buy it to cook with. It is a niche cooking tool and maybe something fun to cook with like how you might sometimes roast shit over a pit of fire on some sticks instead of using a frying pan and your stove.

If you want a daily driver frying pan ignore everyone telling you to get cast iron and just buy stainless steel or teflon.

>>23251392
> A regular pan
"Non-stick" pans are just pans with a plastic coating. The plastic melts and prevents things from sticking because the plastic melts into your food instead of the food having a solid surface to stick to. I wish I was making this up. It's so fucking degenerate and retarded. You can thank Julia Child for this. She advertised these "no stick em" pans extensively on her show. People used to just use lard to prevent food from sticking to their pans before her.

>>23251399
I prefer stainless steel

>>23251398
>he doesn't have a dishwasher
Unless you're a poor nigger, you should get one. It will lift a massive burden from your shoulders.

>>23251405
>The plastic melts and prevents things from sticking because the plastic melts into your food
That is not at all how teflon works, retard

>>23251397
Of course you can, don't listen to them they read it on reddit
>>23251398
In the UK dish soap is Fairy Liquid and it won't do shit to seasoning.
>>23251400
Rare non retarded cast iron user.

>>23251332 (OP)
I just use tge same Teflon skillet i bought back in 2003. Been using it to fry chicken, bacon, eggs and make pancakes in for over 20 years and it's never failed me yet. Nothing sticks to it, easy to clean with a bit of soap and a wash sponge

>>23251344
>And never NEVER use soap to clean it.
Here we go again. Its literally fine.

>>23251403
Sure, you can even cook food in a steel bucket on your stove, or bake inside a ceramic toilet cistern if you want. Your brown womanly hands will never know the difference.

brown hands belong to a woman typed this post

>>23251410
Post a picture of the cooking surface

>>23251332 (OP)
Yes of course I want Chinese chemicals in my food. Nah just kidding I have a cast iron pan my mum bought in the 90s and it's 100% made in Finland. Just be aware if buying one today.

anyone using cast iron without using butter lard or tallow is missing out. when i was younger i used to try building the seasoning using oil but oil just sucks. i remember being frustrated with how poor the seasoning was and wondered what did people use back in the day, hyper processed cooking oil or the fat of animals. so i started using fats and its never been better. i literally just rinse it clean thats it. seasoning so strong i dont even bother post clean oiling.

>on a political board
>go to thread about cooking pans
>war raging between adherents to cast iron, carbon steel, and stainless steel
>endless back and forth
>this was only escalates
>stainless steel seems best, maybe carbon steel, but still no clear victor
>on a political board
I can't... just... fucking hell

>don't wash with this, don't wash with that
>don't cook this, that
what are the upsides of this meme cast iron.
this isn't a video game, you don't get extra points for frying your slop on hardcore mode.
God damn luddites, the lot of you.

>>23251332 (OP)

Reddit tier faggotry

>>23251412
You don't know any better because you learned about cast iron on Reddit and have strictly obeyed everything they told you to do since the day you bought it. Keep spreading your old wives tales though

>>23251416
Jet stoves can't melt steel pans

>>23251379
I cook acidic food like tomatoes in mine all the time. It’s fine.. jeez people who treat their cast iron like it’s some high maintenance, delicate thing are fucking retarded.

I've daily driven a set of 3 cast iron pans for about 7 years, it's the best pan.

>>23251416
They're all good, the only bad pans are plastic non-stick shit. I'm only in here to make fun of the cast iron cultists.
>>23251418
This.

>>23251408
It literally is. Teflon is just a kind of plastic. It's not magic space age material. And to top it off: it only really works the first few times and the rest of the time you're eating plastic for nothing. But be my guest and continue eating plastic. After all: you much too smart to fall for the cast iron/steel/tinned copper meme.

>>23251416
there is a political angle because cast iron is a forced meme
jews are behind it

>>23251410
I'll give you $5 monero to post a timestamped photo of the cooking surface of your pan

>>23251332 (OP)
This is some poorfag cope, steel is better. Get with the times boomer. If you need a meme cast iron to learn how to cook, then you don't know how to cook at all, i can cook with a flat rock and still make it taste better than some retard that has to seasun dey pan

>>23251332 (OP)
Nah nigger dutch ovens or gtfo

>>23251368
Cast Iron Still Works on Induction....Its fucking Iron

>>23251425
It's just redditors dude, cast iron is cheap af

>>23251332 (OP)
>seasoning
shitskin detected

>>23251424
teflon or some form or rubber is used to seal virtually all pipes
and if youve done some plumbing you know how it disintegrates with time/heat
youve always been eating plastic

I like my cast iron. This is a good recipe.
Add feta cheese towards the last 5 to 10 minutes of cooking.
https://cookthestory.com/greek-lemon-potatoes/

>>23251371
No, I won't try that, because I use a cast-iron pan. Nice try, trickster.

>>23251332 (OP)
stainless steel is good, cast iron rusts, i can cook on both.

>>23251334
Too heavy for you because you're a faggot. Kek, even my wife likes using our cast iron pan better than the slop pans we used to use and she has no problem using them.

>>23251432
Only my drainage pipes are plastic.

>>23251332 (OP)
I use an electric stove, iron pans are to cook with fire.

>>23251416
Its more than just a conflict between pans, its an ideological struggle between superior people ( who use properly cared for cast iron ) and inferior subhumans ( who abuse their cast iron pans ).
Its about values. Superior people care for their products, they value quality and doing things the correct way. Subhumans just dont give a shit and therefore live inferior lives.
As another example consider lawn mowers. Superior people will clean their mowers, change the oil, clean the air filter, sharpen the blades . Subhumans will ignore all that. Subhumans will go "lololol no need for all that!" but then their mower breaks down and their lawns look like shit.
Here is an example of a subhuman.
>>23251419
Doubtless she is brown. Probably doesn't even own a lawn mower and if given one would hopelessly become flustered becasue she wasn't given an ignition key, and would start asking questions like "Where's the safety belt, where's the brake pedal, how do I indicate?"

>>23251364
>you can never wash it with soap
That's from back in the lye in soap days. It doesn't mater at all now. The entire point of cast iron is high heat retention and ability to char stuff. It's more universally good at cooking everything VS other types of pans.
I'm a 3rd gen user of grandma's cast iron from the early 1940s. It a near perfect cooking pan. Exception is a small non-stick for a fast 2-3 eggs being it's a lot lighter

>>23251332 (OP)
Cast iron has a lot of drawbacks. It's healthier than a non-stick pan. (If any non-stick Teflon shills appear ignore them. They just want you poisoned with forever chemicals.) But cast iron actually puts iron in your food and almost nobody needs supplemental iron from a non-food source. Everyone accumulates iron over a lifetime and it promotes aging and obesity.

Also the layer shitty old cooking oil you have to leave on the cast iron pan is just more unhealthy garbage. Stainless steel works fine.

https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/iron-dangers.shtml

>>23251436
My wife likes her cast iron and I prefer copper pans or carbon steel.

>>23251434
Fucking retard. I cook Bolognese in a cast iron pan once a fortnight, the pan doesn't explode because a tomato touched it. You're literally letting Reddit dictate what you can cook in your pan.

cast iron pans are badass

buy a Lodge 12" bc made in america. But when I was broke I bought an ozark trail from walmart, made in china bs. If you have to go that route do so. Iron melts at such a high temp any lead will burn off so nmo worries there. Season it and it'll last forever

>>23251440
this

>>23251443
idk man I did that once and it ate the seasoning off my pan. I'd use carbon steel for that. I have a matfer bourgeat that's nice

>>23251401
>nothing wrong with dish soap on it bro
always assumed it just broke up all the good oil on the pan and left it more vulnerable to corrosion, but good to know I'll try it sometime and see how it goes

>>23251440
I just want something I can throw in the dishwasher. Cast iron is too much trouble with seasoning, maintenance and all that bs. Stainless steel meets all my needs.

>>23251334
>too heavy
Kill yourself you limp wristed faggot

>>23251440
you just wipe it with a paper towel, cast iron and stainless doesn't need soap. you ruin it with soap.

>>23251338
nigger what

What soap is cast iron approved then?

>>23251344
>Just cook 50 different dishes in the some pan and don't clean it
>It'll make your food taste really good

One of my best bakes yet

>>23251332 (OP)
I use a granite pan. It cleans easier. Things stick to it less.

>>23251452
do you clean your grill with soap?

>>23251421
You're lying. Or you don't understand what we are all talking about and abuse your cast iron.

A well maintained cast iron pan should be able to be non stick for eggs and pancakes and such.

>>23251453
I've never gotten sick from cast iron, the heat kills any bacteria.

>>23251458
sometimes the only thing I have to cook is the bacteria..

>>23251459
sorry about your bad luck.

>>23251454
good thread anon you got the jeets and redditors seething

Yes I use cast iron, how could you tell

>>23251332 (OP)
i bought my mom the one in the picture, amazing pan, i also got a set of 3 smaller ones, both the set and the big one i got for my mum costed around 30-40 bucks

>>23251334
Fucking lol
Brilliant bait

>>23251340
stainless stell spreads heat like shit faggot, also food sticks to it unless you use a lot of olive oil/butter (not gonna use massive amounts of seed slop).
i guess you wouldn't know about any of these things, since the only thing you use pans for are for heating cow shit for jeet consumption

>>23251352
These are objectively better than cast iron they just require more skill to cook with

>>23251332 (OP)
I dont trust things I can't clean with soap sorry.

Plus the abbreviation for stainless steel is SS which gives me a sensible chuckle every time I think about it.

>>23251364
>Nothing but trouble and burnt crap you can't get off no matter how much you scrub
found the nigger than can't cook lol

Don't listen to these idiots saying you cant use them for tomatoes or wine, I cook with both of those things in my cast iron combo cooker and the thing is fucking immaculate. If you have it properly seasoned the acid will never touch the bare metal which is what actually reacts negatively with it. If you don't have it seasoned properly that's a fucking skill issue.

>>23251390
it doesn't because british people have cracked the code for cleaning dishes and pans, basically they never wash away the soap, they leave it there to dry, so it can smell good for longher + is more clean.
this explains their mental retardation and their adversity for cast iron

>>23251344
>And never NEVER use soap to clean it.
The Cast Iron hoaxers are always out in force. This isn't the 70s MotherFucker. A little soap is completely fine.

>>23251452
None just use hot water and stainless steel brush.

>>23251356
i cook acidic food all the time and it doesn t affect my pans in any way, tomato sauses, beans, i add a lot of lemon juice to my food, never had an issue.
also that fag said that you cannot use metal utensils for some reason? it's the opposite, you can treat the pan like shit and it will never suffer from scratches releasing toxic PFAS in your food, under the iron there is only more iron.
soaking is not an issue since nothing sticks to it unless you burn your food like retard, so after cooking you don't have to soak and can just clean it right away, sometimes i even use soap water and my casting stays and the pan doesn't rust
>>23251346
>soups
pans are not for soups retard, you use pots.

>>23251332 (OP)
They’re great , but you need a lot of oil to cook meat in them and you still have to be careful with the finish/ seasoning
Stainless are easier to cook and clean and last for ever too.

get them from a thrift store, try to find the oldest one you can, the ones from the early 20th century are SIGNIFICANTLY better than modern examples.
the pot-iron they make modern pans out of are nearly-impossible to get slick, the new ones are much thicker and heavier but also much more brittle.
I have a hundred year old Wapak I use every single day and I consider it a blessing from God.

Other great brands are BSR (although their stuff will always be unmarked), Griswold, and Wagner.

They started adding the 'Made in USA' stamp in the mid 60s, if you find with without a Made in USA stamp it's therefore earlier. The more crude the logo looks the earlier it is.

If you find one, the only thing you should do to 'test' it's quality is confirm the bottom is flat by putting it on a flat surface like a tile floor and seeing if it spins, if it doesn't spin (and sometimes even if they do) buy it.
It doesn't matter if it's covered in rust, 100% of dilapidated cast iron can be easily restored, you literally just wire brush the rust off and slather it with oil and bake it to season them.

They are god-tier cookware. Op is probably a spamming bot but they're incredibly good.

picrel is the same as my beauty

>>23251334
Good too

>>23251368
don't they sell methane/propane tanks over there? in italy you buy a 50kg one for 50 euros, it will last 10 months if you cook alone, i lived with 3 roomates and we had to replace it every 4 months, you call the guy, pay him 50 euros, and he takes back the empty one and gives you a full one.
i understand the convinience of electric stoves but what do you do in a blackout?

>>23251332 (OP)
>They retain heat
Yes
>distribute it evenly
Absolutely not

>>23251336
Bury them like the niggers they are.

>>23251335
>A bit of seasoning? Everything I cook in them has to be removed with a grinder.
the new one are extremely hard to season properly because of how course the pot-iron they use is.
Get an older pan if you can, use a slurry of oil and salt and heat the pan up for tough messes.
Op minimizes the process, sometimes you need to season them pretty significantly (multiple iterations of coating with a of a good seasoning oil--grape seed bacon fat--and then baking them in the oven until the oil/fat starts to leave a surface). You'll know you're doing it right when the excess oil is thick and sticky, just wipe it out with a towel, or bake it longer until it gets slick.
Getting the seasoning right is the hardest part of owning a pan but once you get it right it's so good.

>>23251379
Can't use hot water? Lol you're a fucking retard.

>>23251335
Even after they are properly seasoned you still have to be careful, proper temps and a lot of oil are your friends.

>>23251475
>It doesn't matter if it's covered in rust
its a porous surface, how will a surface scraping get rust out?

>>23251354
slurry of salt and oil, you gotta get the seasoning right.

>>23251347
Anything high smoke point. Lard is optimal I would say, but seasoning is one of the few things using sneed oils are actually pretty alright for.

>>23251483
Niiherbrain doesn't understand rust and never used a wire brush

>>23251379
a couple questions. do you beat her with the pan? does that assist with the seasoning process?

>>23251483
>its a porous surface, how will a surface scraping get rust out?
do you think iron rusts from the inside?
you can also put the pan in a bath and use a car battery to induce electrolysis to remove the rust, that is less effort and removes 100% of rust.
When you wire brush the rust out, you will wipe out a bit of rust during the seasoning process.
The cool part is iron is good for you, if you end up eating some microscopic pieces of rust, it's fine.

>>23251485
>Anything high smoke point. Lard is optimal I would say, but seasoning is one of the few things using sneed oils are actually pretty alright for.
100% factual I use bacon fat and grapeseed oil.

>>23251354
chain mail scrubber

Phhh take the enameled Dutch oven pill.
Can do everything a cast iron can and more.
A pad of butter makes it nonstick.
Can make sauce, soup, and cook anything acidic.

>>23251491
Have that exact one, cooking bread in it at this very minute. Great for pot roast , stews , soups too

>>23251492
Based. Me too. I got it when it was like $70 and then got another one in the gunmetal for my mom. They’re the fucking best. Also, bread. This.

I have cast iron pans and stainless steel.
I fry potatoes in lard in my cast iron and it's great for breakfast sausage links and fried eggs cooked together in there after the links are browned.
I make the best food, bros. My breakfast burritos would knock your dick off. I created a seasoning blend for breakfast potatoes and fry them in lard in a cast iron skillet.

>>23251475
I am not

>>23251332 (OP)
I cook everything in a crock pot.

bump

they aren't cancer causing

>>23251441
this is so retarded.
women are deficient in iron, a lot of them and you only really leech iron if you're using acidic food in it.
and you don't need to put oil on the cast iron, just cook with it regularly. I literally never oil mine, I have 3. I don't even oil my blackstone sitting outside, just use them often.

>>23251498
If for some reason you consume any part of the pan you will in fact be getting the essential vitamin iron.
If for some reason you consume Teflon you will get cancer… oh and it’s in the rainwater.

>>23251499
Cast iron pans are great habit building items. I always clean and oil before I cook. After I cook, I leave the slop in the pan with a cover until I'm ready to cook again. I just hit it with some hot water, a dab of detergent, and hit it with the rough side of the sponge for like 5 seconds. I throw the whole mess out my backdoor into my backyard. I throw the pan on the stove, wait for the water to boil off, then put on a good olive or avocado oil. It's become a habit, I enjoy the process.

>>23251501
>I throw the whole mess out my backdoor into my backyard

you're feeding trash pandas?

>>23251502
Feeding the weeds.

>>23251334
Unironically they take too fucking long to heat up when you just want a couple of eggs

>>23251351
Protip scour with salt and a paper towel it will not damage the seasoning and over time smooth out the bumps on the surface of the seasoning.

>>23251465
learn to cook. stainless is fine.

>>23251395
if I ever get to that point where I’m putting heat in the garage I want one of those little heaters that burns your used motor oil

Mods are such faggots

>>23251488
>The cool part is iron is good for you
Rust is not iron. If you get rust in your blood it can kill you.

Cast iron is reddit. Use stainless steel and a reasonable cooking temperature

>>23251332 (OP)
The ones I use I received when my grandmother died. They're pre-WWII and you can't tell they're aged at all, outside of the black carbon crust/armor from decades of seasonings around the outer edge. They might have been passed down even earlier from my great-grandmother, but I have no way of knowing now. It's hard for me to express how much I hate cooking on modern shitpans compared to these things. It's not that they won't get the job done, but using them feels like trying to deal with a scroungy chihuahua that's tweaking out, while cast iron is meditating Bruce Lee.

>>23251947
Reddit doesn't cook though, they only eat ethically sourced raw avocados.

>cast iron is obnoxious and impossible to find a good place to store it in an apartment
>stainless steel needs muh leidenfrost effect and is still obnoxious to clean on certain meals
>my granitestone nonstick simply just werks for years at any temperature and rinses almost 100% clean