/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>how do I use a frying pan, guys

shit in it
(first post)

>>11464264
Coat it in oil and stick it in the oven at 400 for an hour

Wah lagh

>>11464280
Don't listen to this guy. Stick it in the oven first for an hour then coat in oil. The sudden temperature spike in the oil cause polymerization and u get non stick wala

>>11464264
A.) You shouldn't have paid more than $20
B.) They come pre seasoned from the factory
C.) Doing something as simple as frying a couple of batches of fries is enough to supplement that original seasoning if you're concerned
D.) Continued care is as easy as wiping it out with a paper towel while it's warm. Stuck on carbon can be removed by scraping with a metal spatula. Do not coddle cast iron. Its the bottom bitch of your kitchen operation. She's there to put up with your bullshit when no one else will.

>>11464298
this, also use your bare hand to spread the oil evenly.

>>11464309
>B.) They come pre seasoned from the factory

literally every one that I have seen has specific instructions to scrub wash the pan and to season it afterwards.

>>11464483
You're definitely mentally deficient in some capacity I just can't figure out if its literacy, comprehension, or an inability to use Google.

>>11464524
You actually think that pre-applied seasoning is worth a fuck?

>>11464577
Polymerized oil is polymerase oil. Its actually quite consistent seeing as how its baked in industrial ovens at a foundry. But if its one thing I've learned since coming to /ck/ its virtually impossible to get people to part with mythology and bullshit surrounding simple tools and techniques and this is true of nearly every subject here. So I've done my part and put the accurate info out there but it's up to y'all to believe what you want.

>>11464524
Pre-applied seasoning is there only to keep their product from rusting before it sells.

The kind of seasoning you want on cast iron fulfills both of the needs that a cook requires. Non-stick and non-rust.

If you use a preseasoned cast iron skillet then you're a fuckin pleb.

>>11464600
Okay Alton Brown Jr.

>he fell for the cast iron meme
Ptfffhahahhahahhah oh no no ptfffffftttthhhhahahahaaahahahhs

>>11464623
Actually the pre season is adequate to fry an egg over easy in a dry pan. But go ahead and keep pushing your ritualized mumbo jumbo so you can virtue signal to literal who anonymous posters on a somoan canoe construction forum.

It takes time! Don't start off with cooking scrambled eggs. Slowly season it with easy shit like toast, or meats. Don't cook tomatoes or other acidic things directly on it. Avoiding having to scrape it at all costs when cleaning. Do not use soap. The more time it has to get seasoned, the more non stick it becomes. It won't be nonstick over night, even if you bake oil into it. And if you fuck up and do have to scrub it, don't fret. Just learn from your mistake and keep at it.

>>11464645
Anyone who has ever used a pre-seasoned cast iron pan to fry and egg over easy can tell you that your claims are 100% bullshit.

Like me.

Your claims are 100% bullshit.

>>11464474
You use you soyboy nu male beard to spread the oil you stupid twat.

>>11464678
>implying soibois cook

>>11464657
>goes on and on about the efficacy, nay, the necessity of his magical ritualistic pan prep
>gets super butt flustered when presented with facts
>Reddit spaces
Checks out. Perhaps you should go back. I'm sure you'll get many many upboats for your wise prescriptions to non existent problems.

>>11464717
>gets called out for being full of shit
>has nothing of value to say in defence of his alleged "accurate information"
>overwhelmed with autistic butthurt rage
>g-g-go back to r-r-reddit!!!

Nice try bitch boi. U mad? Kek. Go fry an egg on that pre-seasoned cast iron pan that you call your brain you fuckin turd.

>>11464264
If it is a Lodge pan, and I am guessing it is, the first thing you will want to do is get an orbital sander and some 60 grit sandpaper and sand the shit out of it for about 10-15 mins. That will get rid of that shitty soy seasoning and smooth out the pan a bit. Don't worry about getting it entirely smooth.
Then rinse all of the debris out of it and dry it out completely.
1) Pre-heat the oven to 400 and heat the pan on the stove top and get her good and get her good and hot.

2) Apply approx 1 Tbsp of either flaxseed, olive oil, or good old fashioned lard and coat the interiot of the pan making sure to remove any excess.

3) Place in the oven upside down for 40 mins, then turn off the oven and let the pan cool completely.

Repeat steps 1-3 two more times.
Your pan is now seasoned.

I got a non-lodge brand cast iron skillet a couple months ago. Total cast iron noob too. I did a light coat of avocado oil and put it in the oven at 450 for like an hour or so, none of that orbital sander fuck shit, it's a god damn pan. I've cooked eggs, steak, pork chop, chicken, bacon, and sauteed vegetables in it. Of course I use butter or a little oil each time. When you're done, I either give it a quick wipe with a paper towel and leave it on the stove top or I wash it out quick with some dish soap and water, dry it out on the stove top burner and give it another quick wipe with some avocado oil, or I just leave it on the stove top as is like a used dirty whore. Seems to work fine so far.

>bought a Lodge that says it's preseasoned
>make a few steaks
>burned food residue
>try to wash it off, nearly impossible
>after washing it's covered in rust

Fuck cast iron, never using this hipster meme again

>>11465095
Why didn't you just scrape it off with a metal spatula?

>>11464264
>he fell for the cast iron meme
You realize that it's the mechanical keyboard of cooking, right?

>>11465095
You shouldn't own a cast iron if if you're not a man enough to own an angle grinder.

>>11465109
Wtf does that even mean.

This thread just proves that the internet is full of faggots that will argue about literally everything.

>>11465124
No it doesn't

>>11465117
>everything a meme
>everythings reddit

fuck you, asshole

OP here. I have absolutely no clue what to do lol.

I just smeared some olive oil over it and that'll hopefully do. It had instructions that said I should rinse it in hot water first but I figured that was just to get packaging residue off of it... I don't know.

Anyway, I'm a learning by doing kind of guy. If I ruin this one, I'll buy another (cheaper) one.

It's literally just a slab of metal, stop treating it like some fancy kitchenware.

>>11465148
Olive oil smokes at low temp. You want high temp oil

>>11465148
You need to take flax seed oil and coat it, then wipe the excess, then bake for 4 hours, repeat 4 more times.
If you stop, you'll ruin the polymerization

>>11465163
just use lard, flax seed is a recent meme and people have been using cast iron for hundreds of years.

>>11465157
You want low smoke point oil, thats why people use flax oil, it smokes at like 225 F

>>11465148
Unless you do something totally ignorant (like running cold water over a hot pan) you won't ruin it.

>>11465196
It's easy to screw up the seasoning though. Improper polymerization can ruin entire layers

>>11465200
it is indeed, but more often than not, that is because of too much oil pooling at the bottom of the pan. That is why I remove as much of the oil as possible and season it upside down in the oven.

>>11464483
Nigga just cook in it

>>11465187
Why the fuck would you want low smoke oil? I'm not going to be a rude dick but I'm genuinely curious why you would think this, maybe you know something profound about cooking that I don't, which would be cool.

>>11465148
Yea, I posted a bunch of instructions earlier and honestly I just learned by trial and error. It's a fun process honestly. People say they're hard but they're one of the most forgiving cooking tools out there to me. Worst comes to worst, you just have to scrape it with something metal lol

>>11465570
Because you're not cooking. You're creating a chemical reaction that aligns and binds the lipid molecules of the oil into a polar surface layer.
It's just called "seasoning" because that's what cooks called it and cooking terms is what they're familiar with. The technical term is polymerization. Like how you make plastic from oil.

>>11465593
Anon I'm not going to pretend any of that, but my point is that low smoke points mean you can't heat your pan/oil to the temp you need to sear food and quickly sauté veggies

>>11465593
this is true, but I think for your average joe it just gets seasoned much much slower because they do it casually while cooking over time. Although I agree that your way of doing it is much more ideal and efficient, it will eventually get seasoned over years and years through cooking. I think a lot of people on this board buy a cast iron pan, go for the more causal method but then expect instant results like from your method.

Guys what if I bought a cast iron and just started using it without seasoning it or even washing it? Just a wipe down with a wet paper towel. Because that's what I did and it's been an absolute non stick beast since day 1. Bought it when i was a dumbass in college

>>11465696
You essentially just seasoned it the slow way

>>11465109
Faster, more comfortable, and annoying to others? Sign me up

>>11465696
Bro if you don't follow the enlightened 7 fold path to re seasoning your pan you have definitely fucked it up and it is actively giving you lead poisoning and you have to throw it away right fucking now.

>>11465815
Stop posting.

>>11465832
No u

>>11465815
That would be true if cast iron was made out of lead. But it isn't.

>>11465853
O-okay.

>>11464923
>sand the shit out of it for about 10-15 mins
No need. A steel scrubbing pad is enough.

>>11465875
Steel wool does work, but I prefer the Tim the Toolman method.

>>11465896
No need.

>>11465622
There is no oil left in the pan after it's seasoned, just polymers, you can heat it to what the fuck ever you want and it's fine.

>>11465901
Modern pans look like shit, I was going to smooth it out with a flap disc but the only recently made cast iron I have is used for baking bread so it doesn't matter. My egg pan is completely smooth though, I'm not sure if this actually helps anything but it looks better.

>>11466536
>Modern pans look like shit
It looks like a pan.

>>11466580
Yep literally everything put on the stove is 100% identically why even buy anything it's a pan bro a pan is a pan.

The massive fucking grains and blemishes from the shit casting is a constant reminder that it was made by some illiterate cunt in china and therefore looks like shit.

>>11466602
Autism.

>>11465696
A proper steak will not stick even to a bare steel pan once the fat melts a bit.
The test is an egg.
If you can fry an egg, without any oil whatsoever, you have achieved true polymerization

>>11465770
You mean a giant circle jerk that has barely any advantages and the only real purpose is to feel superior to other people?

>>11464745
This is the most reddit post I’ve ever seen

>>11466694
>t. triggered faggot that knows that he would be banned if he copy pasted that on a reddit forum

>>11464264
don't clean it with soap.
just boil it clean after you scrub it with wool iron.

>>11465095
>makes one mistake that is definitely fixable
>fuck it I give up
>these pans that have been used for hundreds of years are a meme
Oh yeah, im thinkin' you're a retard.

>>11467568
poor bait

>>11468649
He's right tho.

>>11468677