/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14579895
>Feel like there's a cast iron cult

It's called being a hipster. When I was in college using typewriters where the hipster thing to do. I grew up as a poorfag with a typewriter instead of a computer so I just laughed at those idiots.

>>14579907

Also this was a few years before macbooks became the popular thing among hipster idiots. These people never really care about practicality, but rather uniqueness. Not too unique, tho. They gotta latch onto something that is popular enough for other people to know about but not popular/practical enough for the majority of people to use.

What exactly is the hassle? Wiping out a pan?

>>14579895
I just love the crisp you get in fried Potatoes and meat that has been fried in a cast iron pan. But I use a non stick pan for basically everything else.

>>14579922
>>14579907

>>14579895
op is a lazy fag and probably cooks with a microwave

>>14579895
I use cast iron to make superior thick pizzas that are overloaded with cheese, sausage, pepperoni and other stuff. Butter crust. If you're ballsy you can stuff cheese into the crush yourself too. Makes a great pie (pizza). I make pizza better than Italians even.

>>14579948
Having to be extra careful when cleaning and drying. Seasoning and reseasoning.

>>14579949
>non stick pan
Cast iron might be overrated but this is the most pointless meme, the only reason it gets pushed is because you can be sold a new pan over and over. If you know how to cook and control heat nothing will stick to your pan unless you want it to. If you don't, you'll ruin your nonstick pan anyway.

>>14579963
Or a stainless steel skillet which is superior in every way

mad your grandparents never taught you and your parents threw them away?

What hassel? Do I not do mine right? Most everything rinses off, no upkeep really.

>>14579987
I never do that dumb shit lol

>>14579895
if your cast iron is a hassle, you're doing it wrong

>>14579895
They are no hassle. They don't have to be changed every few years like many of the modern pans that only last 1-2 years.
>>14579987
You obviously have it all wrong. You can often just wipe them off instead of cleaning, and cleaning them is less complicated because you don't need soap.

You also don't understand the "seasoning" thing. You don't need to season them maybe unless all the seasoning is off. The seasoning takes place every time you use the pan.

>>14580011
how?

I swallow cum for a living

It’s all I live for, being a good girl and all, you’re expected to. It was hard for me to do at first but now I like the taste so much that’s it’s almost become a fetish for me :3

>>14580011

Not in terms of heat capacity or non stick property. I actually never use my stainless these days. I use Teflon for sauteing and cast iron for frying and searing.

>>14579948
a shitton of extra effort to clean and maintain on top of being an awkward heavy brick.

>>14580076
I swallow cum for a living

It’s all I live for, being a good girl and all, you’re expected to. It was hard for me to do at first but now I like the taste so much that’s it’s almost become a fetish for me :3

>>14579895
The pro-cast iron voices are always loud and obnoxious. But remember, they are extremely over-represented. Impossible to find data, but how many people are actually using them? Less than 1%? Surely the fraction is very very small.
But, like vegans, they are loud mouthed, self-righteous faggots, who will make sure that we ALL hear about it. Fucking preachy cheerleaders, they are.

>>14580049
What are you talking about? I've had the same stainless steel pots and pans for over 10 years, and before that they were my parents, and some of them were my grandparents before that. You are literally retarded.

>>14580081
Nice

What the hell are you guys searing meat on or frying anything if not cast iron?

>>14579895
>>14579987
>literally the most basic piece of cookware
thank reddit and youtube for why you're an idiot

>>14580106
What are you talking about? I said many of the modern pans only last 1-2 years. I did not say that all non-skillet pans only last 1-2 years. Get yourself some reading comprehension.

>>14579895
I got one used it one time now can't get it cleaned correctly I hate the thing and I'm going to throw it away

Stainlessfags are slowly becoming more obnoxious on this board. Idort master race tho.

>Hitting the cast iron with hot water until it’s clean then wiping it
This is really too difficult for some people? You guys must be taking the piss.

>>14579895
Cast iron has its uses. I have a 16" cast skillet that I use for making homemade pizzas. Need a really high heat to do them right. Cast iron is perfect for it. Other than that, I agree. I use stainless pots and pans and my grill for pretty much everything else.

>>14580229
Okay, I decided not to throw it away, because as it turns out the handle actually fits really comfortably into my rectum.

>>14580049
Not true. You have to regularly season cast iron. It's like every few months if you use them all the time. And it is a hassle for not much benefit for most home cooking for a single person.

>>14581412
I am willing to reseason my cast iron skillet a few times a year because I don't wish to support the chemical companies dumping non-stick coating chemicals into the water supplies. That and not having to be a perpetual consumer makes it worth it to me. Eggs slide right out, too.

>>14581412
Yeah if all you’re cooking is dry asparagus, maybe. Meat leaves this residue behind called fat, you should try it sometime.

>>14581412
Never reseasoned my pans besides just cooking regularly also use a little bit of water to clean it up stay mad nigger

>>14580011
Stainless steel develops hot spots over time, plus the micro cracks on the cooking surface they develop doesnt happen with cast iron. I have 50 year old Wagner cast iron pans that perform like brand new while restaurants I work at return stainless steel pans every 9 months.

>>14579987
>extra carefull
So scrubbing them off, then oiling them up when you're done is being extra careful?

>>14581440
That's cool. If you like it, go for it. I did it for years and just got bored with reasoning every couple months. Switched to stainless for cooking most things now as I'm lazy and dont want any hassle. Cast iron is cool.

>>14581479
Remind me to never eat anything you cook, you dirty pan faggot.

>>14581495
So does cast iron, noob.

>>14581450
Still requires reseasoning a couple times a year, bro.

Is cast iron even worth it if I have an electric stove?

>>14581517
>germs burn off every time I cook
>dirty
nice logic there, dummy

>>14581532
Okay, buddy.

>>14581515
My sauce pans are stainless. My skillet is cast iron.

>>14581531
What do you cook regularly? That will determine if cast iron is the way to go. If you just make basic stuff during the week like hamburger helper and shit, don't bother. If you cook steaks and stuff like that during the week, it's worth it.

I hate cast iron because I am a gay homosexual and I would rather drink the cum of many men mixed with Orange Fanta.

>>14581539
I hear you. I have a 16" skillet that I use for homemade pizzas and occasionally breakfast if I have some people over. It has it's uses for sure. I'm just lazy these days and like shit simple. I grill all my meet so I don't really need one for anything else.

>>14581562
Uh, BASED DEPARTMENT?

>>14579895
What hassle? I barely even have to wash it off.

>>14581575
Gross. You're gross. Even cast iron needs to be cleaned.

>>14581412
You're wrong. Using it properly gives all seasoning needed. If it's a little dry after use, just oil it a little. When you heat it up next time, it will be all fine. Also remember to use lots of fat when cooking.

>>14581592
I can tell you're new to cast iron and your pans are probably atrocious.

>>14580060
good boy, that's all you're good for and you do it well :P

>>14581575
enjoy your burnt carcinogens

If you want a good sear, which comes from good thermal mass, cast iron is the way to go. Stainless steel may be slightly better, but not really enough to validate the price increase in my opinion. A cast iron will become nonstick if you season it properly, which just involves cooking in it, wiping it out, and adding another layer of oil after. Plus, you can abuse it (acid, scratching with metal, etc) without leaching shit into your food and it’s pretty easy to being the pan back up to speed after the fact. Also, it’s good for stovetop and oven as well as coals if you don’t mind the extra weight while backpacking

>>14579895
agreed. pretty pointless in the 21st century to be honest.

>>14581619
If you want a good sear, use a grill. That's just my opinion though. I used to do restaurant style rib eyes at home with a skillet. But to be honest, the best steaks in my opinion (pork chops and chicken breasts too) come from a good ol fashioned charcoal grill. Something about cooking outside with fresh air just makes food taste better.

>>14579895
What hassle?

>>14581619
Also, that is not how you season cast iron. You have to coat it in oil and bake it for 45 minutes. Recoate and bake for another 30. That is proper seasoning.

Cast iron seems easy to clean if you cook with a little oil and don't wash it with soap. The only problem I have with mine is eggs sticking so they get cooked in a teflon pan.
I haven't used stainless so I don't know what the fuss is about; enlighten me.

>>14581689
Only for the initial seasoning. You need to do that once, and than you just maintain/build on that by cooking in it.

>>14581708
You can and should clean cast iron with soap from time to time. That is a myth that you can't use soap. Best way to clean a properly seasoned cast iron skillet is to heat it up after you're done cooking and spread some sea salt on it and scrub lightly with a regular sponge and wipe out with warm water and a clean rag.

>>14579895
They're a tool, like any other. They have their strengths and their weaknesses. I like that I can shove mine onto the barbecue, or directly onto some coals, and really not have to worry about it. It doesn't see much day-to-day use.

>>14581711
That's not true. Needs to be done frequently if you use them everyday. My rule is reseason every 3 months. It's just like changing the oil in your vehicle. Take care of it and it will take care of you.

>>14581737
You are so completely wrong and have no idea what you're talking about.

>>14581708
>only problem I have with mine is eggs sticking
Heat the pan (not too much; just enough for a drop of water to glide around) then add a small pad of butter. Swish it around to coat and then immediately pour the eggs.
At this point the eggs won't stick at all unless you try to force them off while they're completely raw, so if making scramble just leave them be for the first 5-10 seconds then do whatever. This works for me even with stainless steel and absolutely no sticking

>>14581752
Okay, buddy.

>>14581753
This guy knows what he's doing.

>>14580076
>a shitton of extra effort
quit being a drama queen

>>14581781
Not everyone has the time or energy to waste on cast iron. Teflon pans were created for a reason.

>>14581788
Yeah, to fleece money out of idiots who think cast iron pans require any effort.

>>14581798
Cast iron does require effort.

>>14581802
It doesn't require any more effort than any other kitchen equipment.

>>14581806
Not true. If that were the case, everyone would use cast iron.

>>14581810
No, because of idiots like you who fall for the marketing misinformation of the companies who produce non-stick pans.

Think about it. They don't want you to buy a pan that's basically indestructible and will last you not only your own lifetime, but that your children and grandchildren will inherit. They'd much rather you buy a new set of non-stick pans ever 2-3 years.

That's why they keep spreading all that bullshit about how hard it is to maintain a cast-iron pan, even though it's the easiest and most effortless thing in the world.

>>14581810
trusting anyone to do the right thing over what they're told is... it's wishful thinking.

>>14581828
Unless you seriously botch it, non-stick is much quicker to clean, which is still a matter of 1 minute vs. maybe 5 if you've got some pretty awful mess happening.

>>14581828
I own a cast iron pan, I never fucking use the damn thing. it is an absolute hassle to use. it weighs a ton more than any other pan I own (which fucking matters when the pan is searing hot) and I can't just rinse it off in the sink when I'm done with it.

>>14581810
What effort is there? You season them once. From there you just rinse, wipe with a paper towel, and dry it off by heating it for a few minutes with maybe a dollop of oil, but you don't really need that. They're kinda hard to fuck up unless you scrub the shit out of them.

>>14581838
>Unless you seriously botch it, non-stick is much quicker to clean
It really isn't. You rinse it out with water, a sponge and maybe a bit of soap.

>>14581847
>it weighs a ton more than any other pan I own
Ok, so you're just a mnalet. Got it. Not really an argument against cast iron tho. Most people aren't weak fucking faggots like you.

>I can't just rinse it off in the sink when I'm done with it.
Yes you can.

>>14581596
I only use cast iron skillets for high temperature frying, and used them all my life. You have to use them right, but if you do, they basically season themselves. If you think otherwise, you're using them wrong.
>>14581810
Not everyone can use them right, in case they become a nightmare. It's not an effort to use them right if you know how.

Whoever talks about them being high maintenance just don't know how to use them right.

>>14581828
I dont own non stick pans. I have stainless. Stainless requires less upkeep and produces pretty much the same result without having to reseason. Plus you can blast stainless with soap and hot water and scrub the hell out of it. You can't do that with cast iron. If cast iron is king, why do restaurants all use stainless and not cast iron?

>>14581854
No. They have to be reseasoned a couple times a year with heavy use.

>>14581562
I LOVE orange Fanta

>>14581868
They are higher maintenance than teflon. You cant put cast iron in a dish washer and call it a day.

>>14581883
>Stainless requires less upkeep
How?
>without having to reseason
Just like cast iron.
>Plus you can blast stainless with soap and hot water and scrub the hell out of it. You can't do that with cast iron.
Yes you can.
> If cast iron is king, why do restaurants all use stainless and not cast iron?
Because you can't put them in a dishwasher, which is the only downside to cast-iron (but non-stick as well), and the only advantage of stainless steel.
That's irrelevant for me tho, because I don't have a dishwasher.

>>14581886
>No. They have to be reseasoned a couple times a year with heavy use.
No.

I thought cast iron was a meme till I finally got the season and cleaning down right. It’s great now.

>>14581895
Keep eating off dirty pans, weirdo. OP is right. You cast iron flags are a cult.

>>14581857
I work manual labour you faggot, but I'm also not a retard like you apparently are. having a heavy hunka shit on a handle is godawful leverage and the chances of something fucking up, go way up, and it's not fucking worth it.

>>14581907
Dirty pans, wat?

>>14581910
I don't think sucking cocks and taking it up the ass counts as manual labor, anon.

>>14581895
>Because you can't put them in a dishwasher
bullshit, if this was true no kitchens would use carbon steel.

>>14581883
>>14581883
There are some uses where cast iron is superior like searing meats, others where stainless is like cooking with acids for longer periods.

Stainless steel works better all round in a restaurant environment.

>>14581886
No, they don't.

>>14581916
Apparently eating your shitty food from your dirty pans is affecting your brain. Post pics of your cast iron with time stamp, faggot. Let's see how clean and awesome your shit is.

>>14581916
>I don't think sucking cocks and taking it up the ass counts as manual labor, anon.
so you just do them for fun.

>>14581925
Yes. They do. That is precisely why restaurants dont use them. I'm not saying cast iron isn't good. But it's more work than is necessary today.

>>14581930
>no u!
Wow anon, you're so witty!

>>14581943
thanks

>>14579895
>>14581854
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLGSLCaksdY

>>14581937
I haven't had to reseason mine in 2 years. I use it to fry things though. I haven't used one in an industrial setting. They're perfectly fine and handy for home use. I use it even more now that I live in a place where I don't have a washing machine.

>>14581979
Post pic with time stamp of your cast iron. I'm willing to bet you have carbon build up in certain spots that cause it to transfer less or more heat in certain spots. I have never seen anyone's cast iron without these spots. That because people don't take the time to burn it all off and reseason.

>>14581998
I'm at work until 6AM. Just browsing on my break. I get the carbon spots you're talking about. I'll get them fairly often, but they come out by scrubbing with a paper towel and hot water. If not you heat it up scorching hot again and then wipe it down again. Final dry and a dab of oil. Am I doing something wrong?

>>14582030
Yes. After you're done cooking, wipe it out and heat the pan up to medium low heat and spread some sea salt around and scrub with a regular sponge. That will clean up a lot of the carbon buildup as the salt is an abrasive. Try to break up as much of the dark burnt spots as you can and then rinse with hot water and wipe out with a kitchen towel.

>>14581883
Cast iron can crack if you drop a hot pan into water.
Restaurant tempo sometimes has them dropping hot pans into water.
Carbon steel (which is a lot like cast iron) is used instead; it doesn't have that tendency to crack.

>>14580081
why larp as a girl when you can just tell everyone you're a fag and the story will remain unchanged

I prefer a carbon steel pan over a cast iron for just about everything. As a matter of fact the only time I use anything but carbon steel is for eggs, use a nonstick for them.

>>14581412
Don't really get this. I've literally never re-seasoned my cast iron and I rinse with soap after cooking

>>14582446
I use a cast iron for eggs and they don't stick. I have a carbon steel wok and it's alright but is a little more finnicky than my cast iron. I think I need to season it longer or again i suppose.

>>14582540
Drunk on memes plus who WANTS to scrub the fuck out of a pan? Cast iron is nice because it slices off pretty easy most of the time and you can just wipe it out. No washing necessary. In any case I prefer to simply boil water in my pans for a few minutes to clean them if they get fucked up some how. Beats the hell out of scrubbing. Let the extreme heat and bubbles do the work i say.

>>14582540
*rinse with soap and scrub with a rough sponge/scouring pad? fet what it's called

>>14582552
yeah it's not like anything even sticks to it really. I only use soap because fats are hard to dissolve and I don't like leaving any in the pan

>>14579895
What hastle? You don't even wash them.

>>14581893
They are lower maintenance than teflon. You can use any type of material with them and they don't get fucked up. Teflon has to be babied.

>>14581724
This. Salt whips the shit out of anything stuck on (works great for stainless as well). Drying it on an eye is great as well. Definitely don't do that with stainless, though.

>>14582446
Carbon steel loses seasoning deglazing way easier than cast iron. They are still good pans.

>>14579895
What the fuck makes it a hassle? Cast iron is easier to take care of than any other kind of pan aside for thick carbon steel, and then it's pretty much identical.

>tfw my cast iron used to work like an absolute champ with nothing sticking even slightly but one day shit just started sticking and it never went back to the good old days no matter how many times I've tried to reseason it

what the fuck lads

any time i cook in mine the food strips the seasoning away from where it sat
i feel like a retard

>>14580049
I don’t understand the “don’t need soap” part.

>>14580116
Stainless steel.

>>14582708
Why would you need soap?

>>14579895
I clean my cast iron with soap and a brush. I've never had to reseason it. I fry eggs in it, I use it to cook pizza, it makes awesome steaks. The only time I use other pans is for liquids or acidic stuff. It's as convenient as a teflon pan but has more uses. I don't give a fuck if someone decided having one is a hipster thing.

>>14579895
I just don't get the reasoning behind cooking things you actually plan to eat in a pan you never wash properly.

It gets a good sear.

>my pan is so well seasoned you could cook an egg in it!

damn bro thats crazy anyway you could cook it in a nonstick pan just as easy

Cast iron is for steaks, everything else use a nonstick

>>14582856
I won't cook fish in mine anymore, it holds the smell for a few days, even though the sear is good.

The only inconvenience I have with mine is that im a lazy POS and having to wash it immediately after I cook in it is the hard part.

I'm sticking with teflon, which is perfectly healthy and safe SAYS SCIENCE. You do you.

>>14582856
I guess my grandparents on both sides of my family, who left me theirs and taught me how to use them, were "hipsters." The sheer stupidity of this bullshit never ceases to amaze me.

>>14579895
They are great for searing meat. And you can use them as daily driver pans if need be, but IMO they are a bit of a hassle. I guess if you want to have only 1 pan, and not spend a bunch of money, a 12" Lodge is a solid choice. I prefer a 12" carbon steel, but they are 2-3x the cost of a Lodge, but are more versatile. You could go with a Chinese knockoff multi clad stainless, but those usually suck dick, and getting All Clad is the most expensive of all the options, so the fuck are most people going to really pick? If you fuck up hard and leave it to rust, at least cast iron is easily salvageable. Even though it's harder to do, you let an All Clad rust and it's pretty much fucked.

>>14581978
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLGSLCaksdY
Do you really have to do all this shit and waste all that oil every time you want to use a cast iron pan? Hilarious

>>14583072
Not even 15 seconds in and they rip seared scallops in the totally not one take segment.
>It physically hurts me that this is a successful brand

>>14581847
Limp wristed bitch cant hold a cast iron lol

>>14581847
>I can't just rinse it off in the sink when I'm done with it.
that's exactly what you do with it you absolute mongoloid

>>14581922
reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

>>14583126
What's the truth though? Others say scrub with salt, then oil again and heat to smoke point before storing... Are you just not caring for your pan properly? You cast iron autists can't agree on the simplest parts of caring for your epic /r/BuyItForLife pans.

9 in 10 of these threads wouldn't exist if the retards making them would actually cook or even own such a pan
it's the same fucking thread every time some kid discovers it on youtube and then realizes they can also join in on shitposting about this cool meme on /ck/ yay now you're in the club congrats

>>14579969
What ever you do with that is not pizza.
I like cast iron pan, but you use a wood oven to make pizza.

>>14579990

This 100%. I literally do not care if a pan is non stick or not. Don't want to shit to stick? Use fucking oil.

>>14579895
I agree they're not worth the hassle for daily cooking, however I like to use them for steak and foods that require you transfer from stove top to oven.

>scrub it clean with a nylon brush under hot water
>return it to the oven or burner to cook off all the moisture
>coat it in a thin layer of vegetable oil
>ready for next time

it's not hard guys

>>14580106
Cast iron pans gave birth to you?

>Muh cast iron is the best at everything!
They're really not. They're really nice for being able to do some frying, searing, and baking with, but for a lot of things they suck. No matter how much you talk about them being super duper amazing no stick, they'll never beat a teflon pan. They're also heavy as fuck so you cannot manipulate them or the food within as easily.
>Muh seasoning
So fucking overblown. I rinse mine out with hot soapy water and my hand all the time. Then I just dry it off with a paper towel and put it on the stove. Once every blue moon do I actually bother to put some vegetable oil on the damn thing. I'm so tired of hearing from the cult of cast iron what you can and cannot do as far as cleaning.

tl;dr cast iron pans are good for a few things, but suck at a lot of others.

>>14583472
>>Muh cast iron is the best at everything!
who are you quoting?

>>14583557
The voices. They talk to me. Tell me things. Tell me to do... bad things.

I like cast iron I still used mine everyday for indoor stove, outdoor I usually just use my wok
but I wish I got the one with bigger handle
consider how heavy it is the handle is smaller than my penis it fucking hard to flip anything in it
and I'm asian so yeah its really small

This nigga 6 years old. I love him. Lil faggot.

>>14583472
yeah, it's definitely not multipurpose or a cure-all by any stretch. i use my cast iron exclusively for:

>fried eggs
>seared/pan-fried meat e.g. hamburger patties, chicken breast, steak, breakfast sausage, link sausages, shaved beef for cheesesteaks, bologna, etc.
>skillet cornbread
>fried potatoes with onion
>quesadillas and grilled cheese and anything that qualifies as a "melt"
>shallow-frying things like fried pork chops and fried chicken
>browning ground beef before transferring it to another pot (i rarely run into this scenario desu)
>pot stickers, gyoza, etc. (works surprisingly well)

sucks for pretty much everything else

>>14583144
The truth is you only need to scrub with salt or reseason when you do something retarded in it. Idk why, i guess people want to feel like they have some secret epic lifehack shit and do that all the time. Also the people who just wipe or rinse them are disgusting, and I'm pretty disgusting myself. Literally just wash it with soap and your normal dish sponge/scrubber/brush like any other pan, if things are sticking season it (properly in the oven), if you're a retard and burn black shit on the bottom of it clean it out.

>>14583789
>desu
>still a thing
fuck
i should have just written it out like i normally do

>>14579895
They’re useful for specific applications but absolutely useless for a lot of things.

>>14582708
You dont clean a cast iron pans because that would ruin the seasoning on them. You just rinse it off with some water and hope you dont get some weird disease next time you use it. I know it sounds ridiculous but it's actually true.

>fall for the cast iron meme
>turns out you cant even use soap on it or it will ruin the pan
>people literally just wipe off the food and store it and then cook on it days later

absolutely disgusting, i wont eat food thats been cooked on a cast iron. thats some third world shit

>>14583968
I use soap on mine every time I wash it. You're just not supposed to soak them in it. It's a fucking pan in either case. You can't "break it" with soapy water.

I'd be really surprised if there's more than like 5-10 people in this thread who've actually used one more than a couple of times, out of all the 75 posters

>>14580049
>>14582708
>>14583968
>You dont clean a cast iron pans because that would ruin the seasoning on them [...]I know it sounds ridiculous but it's actually true.
It is ridiculous and shows that you're not actually aware of how to use your pan properly. You can clean a seasoned cast iron pan with dishsoap as often as you want with no problems, as long as you oil it when it's dry (and don't fuck up the surface with steel wool). Modern soaps buffer out any remaining hydroxide ions from saponification, if they even use that process, which the majority of them don't since the chemical supply chain makes it easier to buy surfactants as-is.
The seasoning on a pan isn't oil, it's a cross-linked polymer made by reacting oil with air. There is absolutely nothing that soap can do to break that down. Any method you can use to clean a tupperware container is also safe to use on cast iron as long as you prevent any exposed iron from rusting, which is why you dry and oil the pan after cleaning.

tl;dr - nobody makes soap out of lye anymore, you idiot.

>>14582908
Yeah but the manufacturing of them is not safe at all. One of the worst EPA superfund sites is from DuPont making Teflon.

>>14583467
lol

>>14579963
ceramic grills have had a following since the 80s

>>14581897
whats your method?

>>14583467
No just my mother and grandmother. Do you have something against human-object relationships bigot?

Stainless steel is just superior in every way except longevity, but honestly I don't mind buying a pan every few/many years.

>>14579895
They filter pleb chefs. They add some iron to your daily intake. They can be used as a weapon. They work on induction. Literally perfect.
Its only rival is stainless steel.

>>14586016
Also not toxic like nonstick memes.

>>14579895
Not all cast irons are cheap Lodge shit

>>14579960
based and rat pilled

>>14580011
i do everything with two pans, one stainless and one cast iron. they are the only two pans worth having, everything else is a meme.

>>14586044
Rats are disgusting filth creatures, but I guess it makes sense because so are rat owners.

>>14584755
i know. its just a meme. i love my green egg

>>14582869
Delicious burnt fond amigo. Also it doesn't give you cancer and bitch tits like teflon and it actually has a good infrared even heating unlike stainless.

>>14586801
ladyboy detected

>>14579895
I used to be a chef. At home I use stainless steel and cast iron. For eggs and pancakes I keep a separate non stick pan, bc I hate cooking eggs

>>14586784
Toxoslave spotted

>>14579922
>They gotta latch onto something that is popular enough for other people to know about but not popular/practical enough for the majority of people to use.
I too use GNU/Linux

>>14587346
It's fine for a netbook.

The mass evens out temperature. Which is good for searing, baking, and cooking over fire. Also keeps food in it warm. So you can serve straight from it. The can go from stove to oven. They won't warp. They're inexpensive compared to heavy steel.

>>14583172
you're not getting any (You)s because you're right

>>14587358
>netbook
Came out of a time machine from 2009?

>>14587393
I don't see the use of running linux on anything newer but yes, I do use a thinkpad from 2012.

>>14579990
>you'll ruin your nonstick pan anyway
Imagine scraping your pan ever

>>14587471
Imagine using cuckicon utensils ever.

>>14579895
what hassle?
cast iron is fantastic, and last fucking forever.

Use is, scrub it clean with an abrasive, rinse it, and put it on a burner set on low for 5 minutes to get any residual water to evaporate.
Don't use soap.
When it needs it, reseason it.

That's it.

Not hard.

It's just a fucking pan you nigger use it to cook and just clean it after it's not fucking hard if jon doe with no education living in the 1800s can use one you sure as hell can

>>14587925
But my wrists are too week from SOY, AHH SCARY HE SAID THE SOY WORD!!!!!! Fuck you ducks and your retarded hypocrisy.

>>14587925
>>14587966
Sad samefag looking for attention. Sorry buddy but this is your last (you)

>>14587971
I'm not the same fag you retard!!!!

>>14587980
Yea ok bud whatever (you) say. Dilate.

I wonder how many of you are using your 30 pound, civil war cannon-salvaged pans on a shitty electric coil range?

>>14587988
>>14587980
>>14587971
>>14587966
>>14587925
Jesus Christ the mental illness in your ramblings is actually concerning.

Retards don't know how to cook with cast iron. Teflon is fine for eggs and lower heat things but for high heat, cast iron is king.

>>14588336
do you have both?

>>14579895
How the fuck do you fuck up using a cast iron pan? You are literally the dumbest person on this fucking site, and I've seen a dude throw a grenade into his toilet. You might just want to find someone to manage your day to day- No you're minute to minute tasks. I can't even imagine the amount of danger you pose to your surroundings when you open the front fucking door. I'm sure sirens wail, walls pop up, medical staff stands by like its a fucking chinese cartoon.

>"HE'S AWAKE."
They probably cower knowing you live within a 30 miles radius. To fuck up using a pan this bad I know you probably have a literal rain cloud over your head 24/7 trying to shoot lightning at random happy people who CAN cut season cast iron.

I'm fucking upset. And you're the reason. NEVER get online again. You're only making people commit suicide by you posting.

>>14588336
won't your oil just smoke if you use high heat?

>>14589239
It depends on the oil and the heat.

I tried to season my cast iron in the oven for the first time and it came out all blotchy and sticky and now I want to kill myself

>>14589389
If your grandma cooked almost every day of her life using cast iron, and then when non-stick pans came out switched to them immediately to almost completely eliminate cast iron usage, do you think it's because she was stupid? Or do you think people stopped used cast iron for a reason? Because it fucking sucked? Trust your instincts. Yeah, they last longer, but guess what? Your grandkids don't want your fucking $15 cooking pans.

>>14589389
You probably used too much oil, didn't have the oven hot enough or both.

>>14589418
Damn how did you know it was $15

>>14589422
Any ideas on how to fix or should I throw the pan out the window?

>>14589434
Because I own one of those shitty cheap ones. I pretty much only use it to make cornbread etc at which it excels.

Because i warp every other type of pan. I can cook, but preserving the means of cooking is not something i understand well.

>>14589438
Heat it up and pour some wine onto it. Then wipe it out and put oil into it. If you want to season it just put a thin coat of lard on it once it's warm and stick it in the oven upside down at 400 for an hour. Or just do the lazy method and go buy some nuggers or popcorn shrimp from the freezer section and fry them in lard in the pan. Just frying is enough to season the bottom and edges of the part you use.

>>14589231
reddit cringe

>>14579895
You must be new to 4chan.

>>14579895
>>14579907
you guys are both retarded.

It costs a bit more, but after using two Lodges for years and finally getting a few raises and promotions I went out and got a Le Creuset enameled CI and a de Buyers carbon steel pan. Both of them perform FAR better than the Lodges ever did and besides the DB not being able to go into the oven due to the handle, are better in every way. I would highly recommend using those over bare CI if you can afford it. (which you should be able to, if you save as little as $50 a week from your paycheck it would take a month and a half to buy).

But I agree with most of the thread that CI isn't a hassle at all. If you're too lazy to spend an hour twice a year doing an oven seasoning then thats on you. Yes, you can use soap, yes you can soak it while you eat. They even make these chain main scrubbers that work like a fucking charm to clean them, and they're durable. My 12 inch Lodge was my dad's when he moved into his first apartment back in the 1960's. So anyone complaining about CI is an idiot.

If you're gunna get a stainless, get a high quality one like All-Clad d5 or d8, not some $40 Calphalon.

>>14590224
I actually disagree with this. Enameled CI is easier cleanup and maintenance but you have to be more careful to not damage the enamel with tools or temperature, and honestly everything sticks like fuck to my enameled CI pan. I had less sticking in a brand new Lodge, and they're not particularly nonstick when new. Plus raw CI will get less and less sticky over time where enameled doesn't. I only use my enameled pan when I'm making something acidic but still want good browning and stove-to-oven capability.

>>14591168
Lodge comes allegedly "preseasoned" but it's crap and you're better off stripping it and seasoning it for real before anything else.

Otherwise it's okay whatever hipsters say. Almost any CI is fine unless you go out of your way to buy some absolute trash chinkware.

>>14591725
I know the preseasoning is crap but I simply cba to sand it down and start from scratch, especially now that I've been cooking in it for a year and it's kind of okay now. Hoping to just keep cooking in it and let it even itself out over time.

I cook 80 percent of my food on cast iron. Its easy. All you do is clean it out and put some oil on it and then cook out the water for about a minute on the stove. Then you put it away. It is easy to burn things or make it rusty if you're retarded.

>>14579895
You just have to occasionally put oil in the pan and apply heat. Which happens incidentally whenever I cook with it. You can put it in the dish washer or leave it soaking or use steel wool or whatever, as long as you continue to use your frying pan for frying.

You dumb cucks stop arguing about soap.
You have never had soap in your kitchen.
Soap is made with lye.
You are using dish detergent, which is fine to use with cast iron as long as you don't let it soak too much.

All you need to properly clean cast iron or carbon steel is pic related and hot water. Unless you’ve fucked up with your seasoning or using fat, and then yes it is fine to use dish soap or salt and let it soak. Weve been using cast iron for hundreds of years. Do you think peasants 750 years ago gave a shit if their family soup cauldron was seasoned the right way? Besides rigging it with C4 or launching it into the sun its almost impossible to fuck up.

>>14581926
poop

whats so reverse about reverse sear?
i thought oven -> pan was the normal way to cook a steak just like the ol man taught me. ol man ain't heard of no "reverse sear"" on the indernet.

>>14594191
The normal way to cook a steak is pan -> plate

>>14594440
>The normal way to cook a steak is pan -> plate
>"pan"

You mispelled "grill", homosexual.

>>14579895
what hassle? you don't even need to wash it, just wipe off excess oil with a paper towel now and then.

>>14581412

>You have to regularly season cast iron

You can pretty much season (basically burn the oil) every time you cook, if you want to. Just oil it VERY LIGHTLY and heat it until it stops smoking, then let it cool a bit and do your cooking stuff.

Takes maybe 10 minutes total and it lasts for a long time - and if you do it often, it really builds up over time and there's rarely a need for a "proper" seasoning.

I bought a cheap Chinese made cast iron skillet after reading this thread. I seasoned according to a guide even though it claimed preseasoned. It's been an absolute joy to cook with so far, being able to finish in the oven after getting an easy sear is fantastic. I feel really stupid for not buying this sooner, my shitty Teflon pans are hardly ever going to be used now.

>>14581847
They make cast iron handle mitts

>>14581979
Washing machine? Lol

>>14579895
Enjoy getting teflon poisoning you fucking cia nigger

>>14581752
Why

>>14582552
>The bubbles do the work so you dont have to

>>14584619
3m made it, then sold to Dupont
Dupont just lied about how they contaminated for years