Cast Iron Maintenance Care
Basics of cleaning and maintenance of cast iron cookware. I will post several videos on seasoning, removing rust, ect… This is just the basics on how to keep your cast iron looking good and well seasoned. At the end of the video, it cut-off at “What is seasoning” – This is a message I sent to fellow YouTuber, MinhSaChau, explaining the term:
When a cast iron pan is completely bare – with no oil or anything on it – It will be gray in color, like gun metal.
When it is in this unprotected state, any small amout of moisture, humidity or water will cause it to rust… and rust rather quickly.
“Seasoning” means that layers of oil have been allowed to bond to the metal. The more layers of oil, the better the bond is… This is what seasoning is… The more you cook with your pans, the more of these layers of oil/coating will build-up and protect that gray metal.
A pan that is well seasoned will be very black and smooth in color. It will be as good or better than teflon-coating as far as non-stick performance. : )
I have another video that will help show this – what seasoning and non-stick performance of even just a little seasoning can do.
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