/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14404275]

Every time I try to season my pan, this ugly circle in the center is formed. Is my pan not level?

[Anonymous No.14404303]

>>14404275
Your problem is that you bought a meme pan instead of carbon steel

[Anonymous No.14404329]

What the hell kind of seasoning process are you using?

[Anonymous No.14404332]

>>14404329
Butter, oil, salt and pepper.

[Anonymous No.14404343]

>He doesn't use a level when cooks.

[Anonymous No.14404344]

>>14404332
what the fuck

[Anonymous No.14404345]

>>14404332
Idiot. Take the dry pan, heat on high until just smoking. Shut it off. Add a LITTLE vegetable oil, and wipe it around. Take a dry cloth and buff out the rest of the oil. Allow it to cool. Butter burns.

[Anonymous No.14404346]

>>14404332
you're using the wrong spices. Try more paprika, garlic powder, and turmeric / cumin depending on preference.

[Anonymous No.14404348]

>>14404344
Literally the perfect seasoning for meat.

[Anonymous No.14404389]

>>14404345
this

[Anonymous No.14404390]

Just cool on it, normally, cook veggies and stuff, steaks, eggs, etc..just cook on it

[Anonymous No.14404394]

Don't use your burner, use your oven. Wash the pan again with soap and water and scrub that circle off. Coat the whole pan, inside out, with bacon fat, lard or clarified butter, but no regular butter, it has water in it. Put it in a cold oven upside down over a pan to catch drips. Turn the heat to 350 and when the oven has fully heated set a timer for 1 hour. After an hour turn off the oven and carefully use a paper towel to wipe out any excess fat and leave it in the oven to cool.

[Anonymous No.14404406]

>>14404394
imagine actually doing this

[Anonymous No.14404411]

>>14404303
>You bought a steel pan that is 1/4 inch thick with a carbon content of 3% instead of a steel pan that is 1/8 inch thick with a carbon content of 1%. What a dumbass.

[Anonymous No.14404414]

r8 my seasoning routine
I was it almost every time i use it with a plastic scrub brush and cold water, and dry with a dish towel
then I turn the burner on medium high and add extra light olive oil and some celtic sea salt and stir that around with a silicone spatula until all the salt dissolves and i start to see smoke
turn off the heat once it smokes and let it rest overnight, or on a low burner for a few hours to really soak in the oils
then in the morning I come and buff the excess oil out with a paper towel
I dont like heating up the oven just for seasoning

[Anonymous No.14404433]

>>14404414
Almost had me with that bait but no one is dumb enough to season their pan after every use and certainly not with salt.

[Anonymous No.14404445]

>>14404406
Imagine following the recommended instructions that will cure a pan and will never require it again if you simply wipe it out with oil and salt before putting it away.

[Anonymous No.14404487]

>>14404433
someone told me that salt helps make the seasoning bond or stick better, is that not true? also is suppose to aid in rust prevention

it isnt really seasoning desu, but replenishing the oils after washing it and drying the excess water on the stove
I wash it about once a day, but I use it multiple times a day usually for different dishes. if there's no crumbs or significant chunks of food left on it I just scrape it clean with a metal spatula

I noticed when I wash it with filtered water the seasoning also stays better than when I use cold tap
hot water results in the dullest pan

[Anonymous No.14404518]

>get a meme pan
>surprised when its shit and doesnt work as advertised

color me shocked, i bet you like anime too

[Anonymous No.14404529]

>>14404518
cast iron is not a meme, its some of the best stuff next to glass for non toxic long lasting cookware
even if you fuck it up and it can be restored, unless you took a jackhammer to it

[Anonymous No.14404542]

>>14404518
>i bet you like anime too
Well this is an anime website after all.

[Anonymous No.14404546]

>>14404529
wow if only there was some sort on pan that was non stick inherently, some sort of non stick pan.....

>>14404542

[Anonymous No.14404553]

>>14404445

I don't fucking get this.

When I cook in my cast iron pan, it's a complete mess. how the fuck am I supposed to get rid of thick meat grease without washing it? Tomato sauce? how about when I fry rice in it and it has sticky rice at the bottom of the pan?

Fucking stupid.

[Anonymous No.14404556]

>>14404275
>preheat oven to high
>apply a light coat of vegetable oil over the whole pan with a paper towel, it shouldn't drip or anything
>put it in the oven for at least half hour
>if the pan remains sticky keep cooking it until it smooths out
>leave it to cool inside the oven
>buff out with a paper towel or dishcloth
enjoy

[Anonymous No.14404562]

>>14404546
>wojak
Reddit is the other direction buddy.

[Anonymous No.14404565]

>>14404275
Induction Heating Weaknesses

[Anonymous No.14404572]

>>14404546
do the words non toxic mean anything to you?
>>14404556
that looks really good, how long have you had yours?
do you ever wash it with a brush and cold water?

[Anonymous No.14404585]

>>14404562
go back to r/anime retard

[Anonymous No.14404593]

>>14404585
Never been there sorry.

[Anonymous No.14404595]

>>14404553
just wash with cold water and a brush and dry out completely with a dishcloth or on a hot burner, once its hot add a little bit on oil on a dishcloth and buff it in, it isnt a thick classic seasoning but if you're cooking acidic things like tomatoes anyway, which eat away at your seasoning, this will keep it looking pretty and make it non stick for the next time
you'll develop a very thin seasoning and keep a clean pan.
>>14404556
this is what a thick seasoning looks like
versus a thin seasoning
>>14404414

[Anonymous No.14404600]

>>14404593
>2015
fuck out of here redditor

[Anonymous No.14404605]

>>14404572
I normally use really hot/boiling water right after I'm done cooking and scrap any stuck solids with either a wooden spatula or the plastic brush
then I rinse again with normal tap water and a regular sponge and leave it to dry with the rest of the dishes and pans
haven't had it for that long, almost a year now so maybe I'm still being overcaring and dedicated to it, but it's been really a non issue and the steaks that come out really make the difference

[Anonymous No.14404613]

>>14404600
This post >>14404562 is from 2020.

[Anonymous No.14404753]

>>14404605
does preheat oven to high mean 400-450?

[Anonymous No.14404985]

>>14404753
yeh, that should do it

[Anonymous No.14405117]

>>14404411
Iron is not steel, brainlet

[Anonymous No.14405137]

>>14404529
>some of the best stuff next to glass for non toxic long lasting cookware
Nigger, have you ever heard of stainless steel?

[Anonymous No.14405241]

>>14405117
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, which cast iron is. The name is irrelevant, it's steel.

[Anonymous No.14405297]

>>14405241
It's also garbage.

[Anonymous No.14405394]

Itt: ostentatious faggots
To season:
>Heat oven to 250 with pan in it
>Take pan out, wipe thin layer of Crisco on it
>Put back in oven for 15 mins
>Take pan out, wipe off excess Crisco
>Put pan back in oven and crank it to 450 for an hour or 2
>Repeat a few more times
After each use:
>Wash with soap and water like a normal fucking pan. Despite what pseuds will claim, seasoning (polymerized fat) will NOT come off with soap
>Dry off all water, rub it with oil and wipe off excess

[Anonymous No.14405395]

how does my pan look? ive been using it for about a year and have never washed it with anything but hot water and salt. is there anything a /ck/er could yell at me over?

[Anonymous No.14405430]

>>14405395
That looks beautiful. I imagine an egg would slide right out of that without issue.

[Anonymous No.14405443]

>>14405430
(,: thanks anon

[Anonymous No.14405449]

>>14405394
>crisco

[Anonymous No.14405473]

>>14405449
Yes, bitch, Crisco shortening. Let me guess, you're one of those flaxseed/avocado oil faggots?

[Anonymous No.14405509]

>>14405473
>getting this uppity
peddle your dumb seasoning methods elsewhere. and no, you shouldnt scrub cast iron with soap. quit trying to set up other anons for failure

[Anonymous No.14405517]

>>14405473
crisco is VEGETABLE shortening faggot
I use animal products

[Anonymous No.14405524]

>>14404332
kek

[Anonymous No.14405531]

>>14405517
You can use your mom's pussy grease for all I care, who gives a shit what it's made of if it works?
>>14405509
>shouldn't scrub cast iron with soap
Oh, you're also one of those. Thanks for letting me know you're actually retarded so I can stop arguing with you.

[Anonymous No.14405944]

>>14405531
im going to reiterate for the sake of lurking anons in the thread, do NOT listen to this dipshit's advice. scrub your cast iron pan with water and salt only. if you must use soap, use very little, but it's entirely unnecessary even with the toughest of hard bits. if youre using soap regularly, you will destroy your seasoning.

[Anonymous No.14406034]

>>14405944
Not the guy you quoted but you're wrong. If dish soap is destroying your "seasoning" then you did something incorrectly. Dish soap forms micelles around fats, allowing them to become soluble in water and wash away. Seasoning involves the polymerization of fats, resulting in a completely different compound that is unaffected by detergents. I know you've been told a million times to never wash cast iron with soap because reasons, but when you stop and think about what is actually happening you should realize how retarded that notion is. I'm not talking about soaking in soapy water for hours, but washing it like normal will not affect seasoning at all. These are the facts, how you deal with them is up to you.

[Anonymous No.14406045]

>>14405944
Kys

[Anonymous No.14406065]

>be sure to scrub your seasoned pan aggressively with salt (used as an abrasive)
>NOOOOOOO don't you dare use a gentle detergent! The seasoning is super fragile!!
This is "wash your meat with dishsoap to disinfect it" levels of stupidity.

[Anonymous No.14406117]

>>14405944
Yikes, how embarrassing for you. Looks like you're already getting btfo but I'd like to contribute as well:
https://www.americastestkitchen.com/guides/cook-it-in-cast-iron/busting-cast-iron-myths
https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron.html
https://www.lifesavvy.com/8707/yes-you-can-use-dish-soap-on-cast-iron/
https://lifehacker.com/go-ahead-and-use-soap-to-clean-your-cast-iron-pan-1658416503

[Anonymous No.14406122]

>>14406117
I use soap, occasionally, but I use castile soap, an oil based soap, so it doesn't mess with the pan, id reccomend it

[Anonymous No.14406138]

>>14406122
>so it doesn't mess with the pan
You are implying that regular dish soap does hurt the pan, which is incorrect, and that makes you an ignoramus. Have you ever even TRIED using regular soap, or are you just talking out of you ass?

[Anonymous No.14406146]

>>14406138
why would ANYONE use regular soap on dishes? stuff that touches your FOOD? that stuff is toxic and castile soap is extremely gentle yet foams and cleans dishes without the sulfates, which literally eat fat
castile soap is soap, but dawn dish soap is DETERGENT
detergent is different from soap
quit trying to get people to fuck up their pans with detergents bro

[Anonymous No.14406166]

>>14406146
Imagine being this person. Jesus Christ. Please use a trip so I can filter your stupid ass.

[Anonymous No.14406205]

>>14406166
soap is not detergent
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-soap-and-vs-detergents/
what do you get from hatefully spreading misinformation?

[Anonymous No.14406222]

>>14404332
Its lard, mayo and paprika + cumin you retard

[Anonymous No.14406514]

>>14406205
Nice backpedal you pedantic faggot. You know very well that when people say "dish soap" they are talking about dish detergent you dumb fuck. Besides, what does it matter? The point is that you think dish detergent is toxic which is retarded, and you think detergent harms cast iron seasoning which is also retarded. What did this goalpost-shift do for your argument, other than make you look like an asshole?

[Anonymous No.14406911]

>>14405944
imagine owning cast iron and not understanding polymerization

[Anonymous No.14406937]

>>14404553
I will bring water to a boil in a pan and gently scrape with a spatula to clean crusty shit. In time, you'll learn about oils, smoke points and heat control, pretty soon anything you put in there will slide around freely and pretty much just wipe it out to clean it. If something gets sticky, just boil water again and gently scrape it out. You shouldn't ever have to chisel shit out of your pan if you do it properly

[Anonymous No.14406944]

>>14405944
>>14406034
>>14406045
>>14406065
>>14406117
>>14406122
>>14406138
>>14406146
>>14406166
>>14406205
>>14406514
>>14406911
One of my favorite things on this site is when somebody gets btfo so hard they disappear. Feels good.

[Anonymous No.14406951]

You mean to tell me that you guys don't use cast iron exclusively?

[Anonymous No.14407774]

>>14406951
Lol I legit have this much cast iron.though I don't use it exclusively

[Anonymous No.14407837]

>>14406944
he didn't disappear he just went on to make a dedicated shitposting thread
>>14406162

[Anonymous No.14409207]

>>14404275
The center there got too hot. When I got my first iron pan I was super concerned with getting it as hot as possible, that is nonsense. If it gets to hoot the oil just completely burns off. It needs the right temperature, not as much as possible.

Also, I tried olive oil and it just left me with a temperamental, soft and not very non-stick coating. Then I tried coco-nut oil because that was the only other oil I had and it worked perfectly. Saturated fats make a harder coating. Olive oil and flax seed are retarded memes. I use lard for seasoning now. It's the best.

[Anonymous No.14409232]

>>14404600
That's a year before you migrated, anon.

[Anonymous No.14409237]

Cast iron and carbon steel are such memes. Stainless steel and teflon are the most practical options.

[Anonymous No.14409251]

>>14406944
whats the fucking point of using a cast iron if you're going to put detergent on it? let alone after every use, unless you bake with a layer of oil and let it drip in the oven for 2 hours like one anon suggested, you do not have a thick enough seasoning
some people build seasoning gradually over time and using detergent is going to put them back every time
what do you get out of lying and denying reality? I dont care if some meme magazine says I can use petroleum by products on my cast iron, theyre probably paid to say that
I know my grandmother is smarter than you and thats why you're salty, little 90 year old grandmas are smarter than you, so you cling to online cuck magazines for approval
cast irons have been around longer than dish detergent and have been cleaned just fine without them, to suggest that chemical solvents is something you need, or should be "proud" of using, is pure retardation

[Anonymous No.14409255]

>>14409232
i have been on this website since before you could walk zoomer

[Anonymous No.14409258]

>>14409237
I use glass, cast iron, and ceramic
I'm not too much into stainless steel, its pretty pricy for the quality you get

[Anonymous No.14409307]

>>14409251
Embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.14409316]

>>14409307
whats embarrassing is that you're stupider than a grandma and get your news from liberal cooking blogs like a true retard
pic related, its you

[Anonymous No.14409334]

>>14409316
Dilate.

[Anonymous No.14409370]

>>14409334
I'll leave the dilating to you, faggot tranny

[Anonymous No.14409385]

>>14409251
>whats the fucking point of using a cast iron
Good question. Searing steaks and looking cool to your hipster friends is just about it.

[Anonymous No.14409392]

>>14409251
>using detergent is going to put them back every time
How?
If you season correctly there is no oil on the pan, you've polymerized it. Dishsoap isn't oven cleaner.

[Anonymous No.14409556]

>>14404553
You can literally use Dawn and a sponge + scraper under hot water to no ill effect.

[Anonymous No.14409637]

>>14409251
It polymerizes further when you're cooking (i.e. when the pan is blazing hot), reinforcing the seasoning. Leftover grease isn't going to do shit at room temperature you stupid fuck. Anything that hasn't polymerized while you were cooking can be washed away like normal. You just outed yourself as a total doofus who has absolutely zero clue how any of this works.

[Anonymous No.14409647]

>>14409385
>looking cool to your hipster friends is just about it.
What does this even mean? It's a pan that heats up food and can get hotter than my other pans

[Anonymous No.14409697]

imagine being a cunt that likes the taste of dish soap in their eggs. Holy shit.

[Anonymous No.14409708]

>>14409697
Imagine being such a brainlet that you can't even wash a dish properly, leaving leftover soap on everything.

[Anonymous No.14409716]

>>14409697
Why are you acting like washing a dish with soap makes everything else taste like soap? Do you not wash the soap away? This is not complicated and the fact that you're making such a fuss about it tells me that you're very stupid or trolling.

[Anonymous No.14409721]

>>14409647
It means cast iron is strictly for hipsters. Carbon steel is just better. Stainless steel is better. The literal case where you need cast iron is searing steaks.

[Anonymous No.14409734]

>>14409721
>Carbon steel is just better. Stainless steel is better.
Just not true. Give up your hatred for hipsters and use a real pan that adds real flavor

[Anonymous No.14409777]

>>14409697
Nice cope. Just because you live in a 3rd world country without soap doesn't mean civilized people can't correctly wash their cookware.

[Anonymous No.14409780]

>>14404332
funny stuff

[Anonymous No.14409789]

>>14409721
Completely wrong. Cast iron is for steak, pizza, and any deep frying. Stainless is for anything where you want a nice fond. Teflon is for eggs. These are facts

[Anonymous No.14409792]

>>14404411
>You bought a steel pan that is 1/4 inch thick with a carbon content of 3% instead of a steel pan that is 1/8 inch thick with a carbon content of 1%. What a dumbass.

[Anonymous No.14409809]

>>14409637
u outed yourself as a total door's for putting detergent on a cast iron with an oil based seasoning
I dont care how it polywhateverthefuck
I dont want soap, or the chemicals in soap, touching my pan or my food at all
you mouth breathing retard
>>14409708
once the soap touches the pan its left its chemical mark
would you put pesticides on all your vegetables just cuz it "washes off" ALLEGEDLY

God anyone who uses soap on their cast iron is a fucking retard dont listen to these fucking idiots who get their information from liberal magazines, like teenage women

[Anonymous No.14410090]

>>14409809
I haven't seen this big of a sperg in a while. Your new name is soapsperg.

[Anonymous No.14410103]

>>14409809
>being this autistic but also being too stupid to understand how these things work

[Anonymous No.14410210]

>>14409809
Kek. Put me in the screen cap!

[Anonymous No.14410230]

>>14409809
>I dont care how it polywhateverthefuck
This is the difference between being ignorant and being stupid. An ignorant person is wrong because they don't know any better. A stupid person is wrong because they ignore facts/refuse to learn.

[Anonymous No.14410255]

>>14409809
>I don't care about this concept, on which the entire debate hinges
Holy shit, what a fuckin goober. I bet you think the earth is flat, too.

[Anonymous No.14410284]

>>14409385
besides the steak searing I also decided to buy one since all my regular pans had some sort of melty part or finish somewhere and wans't unable to do the jump from the stovetop into the oven for lenghty simmers and whatnot
before having cast iron stuff, I had to start cooking in a regular pan and then move eveything to a glass pyrex saucer covered in tinfoil
it was messy and annoying

[Anonymous No.14410296]

>>14409809
go make another slide thread you atistic embarrassment

[Anonymous No.14410446]

>>14409789
You can deep fry in basically anything, including an enameled dutch oven or a carbon steel vessel, both of which are more useful than a cast iron pan. You don’t need a cast iron pan to make pizza, either.

[Anonymous No.14410450]

>>14410284
There are plenty of other pans that can go in the oven, for example carbon steel.

[Anonymous No.14410509]

>>14410450
good for them
I got a cast iron and it works great

[Anonymous No.14410596]

>>14410296
>he actually went and made one:
>>14409951
get a trip soapautist, you're quite the character

[Anonymous No.14410844]

Thread tl;dr If you don't know this you know nothing.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/5820-the-ultimate-way-to-season-cast-iron

[Anonymous No.14410848]

>>14410596
thats not me, you are schizophrenic and should be caged, detergent eater

[Anonymous No.14411893]

I just picked up a carbon steel pan at goodwill, but the seasoning is pretty terrible. I have been trying to season it on the stove but it doesn't seem to be working very well. Am I supposed to do it a lot until its develops or do you think I'm just doing it wrong. Should I scrape it out and try to take the seasoning off somewhat and restart from scratch?