works of wanderlust

Tag: reseasoning

  • 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

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  • Can I use a self-cleaning oven to strip a cast iron pan?

    Can I use a self-cleaning oven to strip a cast iron pan?

    The short answer is yes. The more complex answer is … maybe. A self-cleaning oven is the closest most of us have to a blast furnace inside of our homes. And as many people will tell you while there are multiple ways to strip old seasoning from cast iron, the high heat of an oven’s

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  • Cast Iron Care Checklist

    Kinda surprising actually that I haven’t written on this topic yet, but here goes… If you’ve been thinking about investing in a cast iron cookware collection, your new pans and griddles need a small collection of tools to live their best life with you. As with many hobbies, there are expensive and cheap versions of

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  • Griswold Egg Pan (Part One)

    Some more backstory… Just before the pandemic rolled in and I was nursing ideas about how to make effective use of my domain name I struck upon the plan of buying and “restoring” old cast iron pans. My plan was to scour through eBay, adventure through yard sales, and bumble among the aisles of second

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