New pans

[bill ace 350]

3 new Lodge pans.

Opinions- Crisxo or Grape Seed oil for seasoning.

Thanks.

 

[bmudd14474]

Tallow or grapeseed

 

[Fueling Around]

Tallow ...

I've never thought about tallow, Brian.
I have a skillet that needs to get re seasoned. I'm going to try tallow.
Have you tried it with lard?

 

[bill ace 350]

Since I have 3 pans, I'll season 2 with grapeseed and 1 with crisco and see if I prefer one over the other.

 

[Winterrider]

Avocado oil

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[bill ace 350]

Thanks everybody. I'm going with the grapeseed on all three. Might try your recommendations later.

 

[bmudd14474]

I've never thought about tallow, Brian.
I have a skillet that needs to get re seasoned. I'm going to try tallow.
Have you tried it with lard?

Yes. Both work the same.

 

[jcam222]

Avocado oil

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I do all my high heat cooking, griddling and seasoning with avocado oil. Amazing stuff. I buy it in bulk by the gallon from a unique hardware and misc supply store in the Mennonite area near me.

 

[BugHunter]

Chris Kimball (177 Milk Street) recommends grape seed oil. I like the way it stays put on the surface.

As if I needed more cast iron pans, I bought 2 new skillets last year and did the smoothing hack on them with a 4" grinder and a flap disk. Far superior to the way they arrive from the factory. Spun mine in a lathe to make them look nicer and more consistent, but on a bench would work fine too. You get all the benefits of a 100 year old pan that was sanded smooth, at the cost of a new dirt cheap one, but with a new flat bottom. More non-stick than any other cast pan I have, and I have many.

 

[civilsmoker]

grape seed or flaxseed.....Lodge also sells a spray of the same stuff they use.

 

[cpaysonc]

Chris Kimball (177 Milk Street) recommends grape seed oil. I like the way it stays put on the surface.

As if I needed more cast iron pans, I bought 2 new skillets last year and did the smoothing hack on them with a 4" grinder and a flap disk. Far superior to the way they arrive from the factory. Spun mine in a lathe to make them look nicer and more consistent, but on a bench would work fine too. You get all the benefits of a 100 year old pan that was sanded smooth, at the cost of a new dirt cheap one, but with a new flat bottom. More non-stick than any other cast pan I have, and I have many.

I hit mine with a random orbit sander. Works great if they're rough from the factory, which many are. The lathe addition sounds awesome. How do you attach it?