/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>paying more than 50 tops for cast iron
holy shit you're retarded

>>14194809
Are you gay? Your post makes it seem like you love dick in your angus

>>14194809
I could go to good will spend 10 dollars and get one already "seasoned" by ck's standards.

>>14194826
poorfag eject from my thread please
>>14194839
>homophobic asshole
gonna need you to be quiet over there please

Where can you buy a reasonablt priced, pre-buffed cast iron?

I really want a cast iron that's been buffed well, but I dont have the tools for it.

>>14194855
>muh buffing
It literally makes no difference other than appearance.

>>14194847
yeah i can drive to work in a kia or in a mercedes, too bad youre a poorfag too
>>14194855
>buffed
what the shit dude. you dont deserve a pan like this finex

>>14194855
Post your dick and I'll tell you

>>14194864
>yeah i can drive to work in a kia or in a mercedes, too bad youre a poorfag too
Cool and the same end result happens, you get there. I'm just not wasting money on more insurance.

You know how long it takes to properly season a cast iron pan, right? I assume you know what you're in for and not following one of those "season a cast iron quick" things on youtube, because that's doing essentially nothing over just getting proper rub or seasoning to cook with. E

>Unnecessary exclamation marks
>'heckin'
>Artisan styling
Low quality bait, surprised you could restrain yourself from making a reference to hot sauce of your wife's son though
Now fuck off and try harder next time

>>14194809
>>14194864
I actually like the look of the pan minus the hideous handle. How many of these threads are you going to make though?

>>14194880
comes preseasoned dude
non stick out the gate
>>14194883
sorry you have no style
>>14194918
have you seen the heat signature from this?? that hideous handle is cool to the touch. why do you think its designed like that?

>>14194930
>comes preseasoned dude
If you think that factory "seasoning" is worth a damn, you're beyond retarded.

>>14194809
>quick even heating
Then it's not iron, iron takes a while to heat, it has something else in it or this is false. Also it can't be even because the udnerside has dumb indents on it mean that it will naturally be uneven unless they plan to break the laws of thermodynamics.
>never needs cleaning
uhhh okay, why would you clean something you are meant to season?
>Artisan styling
does literally nothing
>EIGHT! POUR! SPOUTS!
You probably don't even know what this means
>patented pour technology
You mean an angle that will direct water, you know like things that have been around for hundreds of years
>virtually non stick for life
This contradicts the never needs cleaning bit
>seasoned in organic flaxseed
Cool so it will just not stick for the first 4-5 times and will actively prevent seasoning of the pan
>handcrafted
This means nothing it was made in a mold
>handle wound from 300 series stainless steel rod stock
You don't even know or care what this means, you haven't even cooked on it if >>14194864 is the same pan in the OP unless you washed it, which takes away part of the reason to getting one of these

>>14194930
>comes preseasoned dude
It comes with flaxseed blasted on it, it's essentially the same as spraying it down with some non-stick shit you get at the grocery story. Flaxseed won't affect any flavor whatsoever, it's going to all burn off after the 3rd or 4th time using it.

>>14194809

>>14194930
Lemme guess this pan came with a "cook book" with it, that has you constantly seasoning the ever loving fuck out of food. Protip: you don't need cast iron pan to season the fuck out of things. The only thing different about your pan vs some others is it has a coiled handle to reduce heat transferring to it.

Flaxseed isn't seasoning, flaxseed oil is essentially like pouring olive oil on the pan before laying shit down. Does fuck all for anything but making it non stick, and that as stated burns off quick.

>>14194930
It's a better pan, but it costs 10x the price of a lodge. There's no reason a home cook needs to spend $200+ on a cast iron

>>14194809
Non-stick and cast iron?
How is it supposed to suck up tastes from different foods that are being prepared on it, there is nothing better that a cast iron pan that have been used extensively for years, at that time everything tastes great in it I mean it's one of the great things with those pans.

>>14194839
Animals can't consent to sex with humans you fucking furry faggot.

>>14194957
jelly anon?

>need to upgrade my cookware
>poorfag
>good pots and pans can be upwards of $100
Help

>>14195048
Goodwill etc.
Also garage sales and flea markets.
Top tier is estate sales.
eBay is pretty good for old Boomer shit if you know what to look for. Old Farberware and Regal can be quite good.

>>14195048
you can get a brand new cast iron pan for half that, OP was jewed

>>14194826
poor fag alert

>>14195074
dumbass alert

>>14195038
Im starting to think that OP is unironically a fag

i hate women so much bros

>>14194957
this is the gayest post in this thread (gayest and redditest)
>>14195002
>>14195070
>>14194982
picrel
the best eggs youll ever taste, made em this morning, slid right off like a police baton on a blm protesters face
>>14195074
based anon

>>14194809
>made in portland
Yeah, just what I want is a fucking commiepan.
>flaxseed
Yeah, just what I want is a brittle patina that will flake off because it's fucking brittle.
The whole "flaxseed oil is scientifically best because it dries so hard" bullshit was always wrong, wrong, wrong. It dries too hard and brittle. Seasoning needs to have some flexibility to it so it doesn't flake the fuck off like flaxseed will. The time-tested, old-ass solutions of lard and crisco are still best. Grandmas used that shit for a reason.

>>14195222
imagine being this fucking stupid, even if it's a troll it's beyond stupid

>>14195222
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>iron
>even heating
lol

fuck people with a double x chromosome and people of mahogany complexion in general

I need a smaller cast iron. Currently i have a 15" and it's much too large and i dont use it much because of that, not sure what size to get though. There is a 9" one for like $18 right now on amazon.

>>14194883
This. Lotta retards ITT

>>14195271
ok egglet, you dont know shit
>>14196601
finex has a 8" for about $200, its kino
>pic
>>14196762
you know that includes you right?

why would i want some retarded octagon pan lmao
>>14195222
>bootlicking
cringe

>>14199031
>bootlicking

>>14194957
>he doesn't use hot water and dish soap to clean his cast iron after use
>thinks dish soap will hurt his seasoning
retards.

>>14195235
grapeseed and flaxseed are only meant for the first few layers, then you season it with a couple layers of cooking oil.

>>14194809
>Forged in portland
That's not a plus. Imagine paying the salary of some antifa soifaggot because you wanted a fancy cast iron pan.

>>14194809
I picked up a no-name cast iron skillet for $10 from my local grocery store, works great and apparently I saved $220 by not buying meme shit.

>>14195222
>exceptionally nice pan for ceekay
>electric stove
why have you not switched to gas yet brother

>>14194809
Not gonna lie OP, I’m pretty jelly. Is there anything like that one can buy in europoor region? I don’t mind the price.

I'm not buying anything made in Portland

>>14194847
>I could go to good will spend 10 dollars and get one already "seasoned" by ck's standards.
only cast iron ive seen at thrift stores usually goes for ~$20+

>>14199052
>apply brittle layer first
>then apply proper layer
>the whole patina comes off at once because the bottom layer is fucking brittle

>>14195222
Jealous. My pan only makes angry eggs

>>14197465
>for about $200
shut the fuck up. Only a fool would spend that much. People have cast iron pans that last multiple lifetimes that were $50 or less
>inb4 poorfag
I'm not one, I've got plenty of money but i also know what is and what isnt a waste

>>14199713
$50 multiple lifetimes ago was extremely expensive.

>>14199757
i meant the same quality of a $50 equivalent pan today, or less. There is no reason to spend $200 on a single cast iron pan.

>>14194850
Not wasting money != being a poorfag

>>14194809
Get your advertisement out of this board

>>14194809

My nigga.

>>14199054
This.

>>14199506
I could have had a Griswold Dutch oven for $6 with the lid but some boomer broke through a pack of his peers and was shoving old ladies out of the way as a Goodwill employee brought out the oven and a chicken fryer. I had my hands on it first but the old faggot looked like he was about to cry so I let him have it. I probably should have kept it and told him to go kill himself but for whatever reason I felt sorry for him. Like it was the highlight of his waning life. I still regret it. Should have gave him an elbow and moshed out of there like mad cunt. I have picked up several nice cast irons from various local thrifts for a couple of bucks.

>>14199035
i don't support blm, but apparently having contempt for the police inadvertently makes me a supporter. guess everything is binary in the real world and nothing can ever be on a spectrum, like you.

kek at all the broscience "seasoning your pan" BS

>>14194809
I own a pair of pans that cost me 20 dollars. They are excellent and I've never had a problem with them. Anyone who spends more than 20 bucks on a HUNK OF METAL is a genuine retard.
>muh even heating
You don't need "even heating", the temperature differences in pans are miniscule and won't affect your dishes.

>>14201274
hey how do you like the quart sauce pan? i might get one next pay check after i try out the 8 inch skillet i bought

>$230 for cast fukken iron
hey anon are you interested in bridges

>ORE

How rude, is there a desu version?

>>14195222
boo get some new material

>>14195037
>Animals can't consent to sex with humans you fucking furry faggot.
Neither can they object or call the police later if your drug them or tie them down first.

>>14199119
>Is there anything like that one can buy in europoor region?
Get a cheap IKEA or Lodge cast iron pan and a flapper sander disc for your angle grinder, 20 minutes of work and you have a pan just as good or better than that Finex thing.

>>14202397
Sanding doesn't make it "nonstick." Seasoning.

>>14194809
>paying all that money for a “fancy” cast iron pan that’s “pre-seasoned“
>not inheriting a Perfectly seasoned cast iron pan from 1910 from your great grandmother

Okay guy

>>14194809
>Paying for a new cast iron skillet when you could find one at a garage sale for like $20.
Hell you probably have one in your parent's attic already.

>>14202096
It's ok, but not great. The newer version comes with a lid, mine did not. It's a tight fit for stirring, so it's better for things like soup or heating up cans of corn nibblets. Not really for making gravy or sauces. I make Beenie Weenies in it a lot when I'm bored.

>>14202397
>flapper sander disc for your angle grinder
That's retarded. Enjoy your uneven gouged surface.
What you need is a DA sander with about 60 grit pads. I prefer ceramic pads, 3M purple pads are the shit.
t.Metal Finisher/TIG welder

>>14194809
> everything tastes better
Nope.
>, i love cooking even more now, its so versatile
Nope.
>i can use it for anything, then just wipe clean it never need to scrub it out. why is it so good bros?
This very expensive version of cast iron was needed.
Good for them for fixing what an issue it was to get a very very smooth surface in a cast iron. There was clearly a decline in quality in newly mass manufactured cast iron, making a huge demand for preseasoned and better made antique pots and pans to get the better quality.
But, I am not sure why so expensive, unless the forgers are paying themselves 6 figure salaries or something. Maybe they are "artist" professionals. If it's better, I wouldn't know. I don't attempt to use my cast iron for 100% of everything like people claim you can. I use it when I want to run some high heat browning, the grill, but mostly pan frying. There's no sticking when you are cooking with oil. I also clean my pan properly with soapy water and it's never rusted once. I doubt you need to wipe it only, or avoid soap and hot water, or it's crap quality seasoning that isn't actually carbon.

>>14203114
Why would you buy a sauce pan that isn't round? Looks like a PITA to stir

>>14203158
Do you feel good about that? It does nothing.

>>14203203
>Do you feel good about that? It does nothing.
Considering I'm the professional, your opinion is invalid. Now go back to telling everyone how Gordon is a talent devoid hack, cubicle fag.

>>14203203
>>14203239
Here is how a top tier Griswold came finished from the factory. It is in fact polished. This is part of the reason why Griswold's are the most coveted vintage cast irons. They tended to be cast from iron with less contamination as well, whereas cheaper pans were made from material that was rejected for impurities when making structural cast goods and was redirected to make pots and pans.

>>14201948
Have you ever tried comparing a raw carbon steel pan versus a well seasoned one? Sure cast iron is not as finnicky but it still matters.

>>14203239
You're a professional retard. The seasoning is what impacts sticking, not the smoothness.

>>14203790
I think he said "gouged surface", as in its a fucking concave

>>14203821
And there go the goal posts.

>>14194809
>cast iron
>from stainless steel stock
hmmmmmm

>>14203824
I'm afraid i dont understand

>>14203839
When was the last time you bought a concave cast iron pan? Unless you're talking about a fucking wok, which would be rare, and there's no way sanding it would be able to flatten that. Obviously the moron was talking about the smoothness.

>>14203858
What?
An anon suggested grinding a pan with a "flapper sander disc" and another metal-anon said that would leave you with a "gouged surface" and suggested another method instead.

>>14203158
do you use the wire brush on it at all? random orbital work fine?

>>14203919
Okay I see what you mean. But frankly I don't care about the method of sanding, any sanding is completely unnecessary. A perfectly smooth surface doesn't improve its "nonstick" quality whatsoever.

>>14194809
>heckin amazing
>no lie

Ugh.

>>14203937
I used the wire brush to remove the old seasoning and a but of rust and clean up some pitting. Then I flattened/resurfaced the cooking surface.
>>14204108
>any sanding is completely unnecessary. A perfectly smooth surface doesn't improve its "nonstick" quality whatsoever.
You're a literal idiot. Do you see in my picture where the center of the pan is polished and the edges/corner of the pan is not? >>14203158 That's because the cooking surface is actually convex and causes the oil to run from the surface and collect around the perimeter of the pan. See >>14203256 that is a polished Griswold straight from the factory that has been ground flat by hand. I'm a professional metal worker with 20+ years of experience working with iron and steel. You're some fucking tryhard internet goon who doesn't know his way around a shop or a kitchen. Go be a blowhard moron somewhere else, you fucking buttplug. There's a reason a Lodge costs $20 and a Stargazer, Field Co., or Butter Pat brand skillet costs 5 times as much. Because they are all finished by hand.

>>14204220
Why are you buying convex pans in the first place you moron? How the fuck are you even finding pans that aren't flat? Even a basic fucking $20 pan from walmart is flat. Anyway like I said, I don't give a shit about any of that, I'm talking about the smoothness. Don't even try to pretend you didn't think smoother pans stick less.

>>14204239
>Even a basic fucking $20 pan from walmart is flat.
No, it isn't. Do you own a straight edge? Do you even know what a straight edge is?
>>14204239
>Anyway like I said, I don't give a shit about any of that, I'm talking about the smoothness.
Polished pans work better for more than one reason. They are flatter with a more even wall thickness, and have less friction right out of the gate because it doesn't take months or even years to fill in the gravely texture into a nice smoothe surface.

https://youtu.be/ljSQrSoSYAE
Kent Rollins polishes his cheap cast iron, and he has been a professional cookie for 40+ years. Stop pretending you are some authority, you've been proven to be incorrect. There is no such thing as a flat surface straight out of a casting, the world is an imperfect place. Nothing is flat, square, or a perfect 90° unless a man makes it that way.

>>14194809
hi anon. im glad that you fun hobby that you like to share with your friends and people online. however, i'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say i dont think a 230 dollar pan is necesary for cookin cheap bacon

>>14203193
It is (which is what I said). It's fine for heating stuff (see my post), but not a sauce pan, that's for sure.

I was gifted a lodge cast iron pan for my birthday, but I made a mistake, I was boiling water in to test it out, the water boiled out while I was away....heated it on medium for 11 minutes and some brown wavy layers came up on it. Do I need to reseason it now? Also, are there any rundown videos you can recommend for a complete cast iron newb?

>>14194809
Does it come with an octagonal lid? Lots of thing require simmering in a deep frying pan. Also, how much does that sucker weigh? The sides look like they are needlessly thick.

>>14205191
>needlessly thick
No, their unrefined, primitive iron casting methods make those thick sides very necessary.

>8 pour spouts
How when two are impossible to use?
Besides with proper edge geometry infinity pour spouts > eight.

>>14204307
The vast majority of pans are already flat if they aren't complete shit. I'm not sure where you're even finding pans that aren't fucking flat. Smoothness does nothing in terms of sticking.

>>14204307
>Kent Rollins polishes his cheap cast iron, and he has been a professional cookie for 40+ years

Doesn't this just re-enforce that $20 lodge skillets are just fine? This guy doesn't spend $200 on a piece of cookware

>>14194809
>$230
wtf

>>14194809
how many of these threads will you make before you are paid enough

>>14205275
>unrefined, primitive iron casting methods make those thick sides very necessary

Are they using an old cupula? Green sand casting should be able to produce fine features. Look at cast iron ornamental work and radiators.

>>14205510
I'm not saying thin, fine features aren't possible, just that it's not within their skillset.

>>14205469
70 more to go and then I make big dollars

the only complaint I have with cast iron is they always make the handles so short. that goes for pots too.

sure it needs to fit in an oven but theres space for another inch or two easy.

>>14205308
>The vast majority of pans are already flat
No they aren't.
>Smoothness does nothing in terms of sticking.
There are several reasons to have a mirror smoothe and flat surface, doublenigger.

>>14206514
Nope, it does nothing.

>>14194809
Lol, it's got eight pour spouts because it's so fucking heavy when filled that all you can do is try and tip it in the general direction of where you want it to pour. FFFUUUUUUU-

what a stupid fucking thread all the way around

>>14206670
>It's gonna be spilling all over anyways, might as well call it a feature.

>>14206670
ok woman strength

>>14194809
please post more sad food made in your sad skillet