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Should I avoid using soap on my cast iron pan?
About a week before I am writing this post, the official Twitter for Lodge Cast Iron posted a simple question: “Soap or no soap?” About fifty people weighed in on the debate, asserting a broad range of opinions from both Team Soap and Team No Soap. For the uninitiated the argument goes something like this:
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Season
Three months into writing daily missives here on this blog and it occurred to me that there is one particular word woven through my stories to which I have not given much thought. It is a word with multiple, distinct meanings, and that fact should have been obvious for a guy who writes about the
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How do I know when I need to re-season a cast iron pan?
You get a new pan from the store, or an old, new-to-you pan from a family member, and the first thing you’re likely to do is spend some time re-seasoning. Fresh from the factory, or stale from neglect, obviously is a great time to put in the effort. But what about the pans you already
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How long does it take to season a cast iron pan?
Probably one of the most well-known bits of cast iron lore is that the more that you use your pan the better it will get. This rule of thumb is referring to the seasoning, the thin, black layers of polymerized oil that have been converted to this state by heat and have adhered to the