Cast Iron Griddle

forgot abou this thread

the kids together on the stove
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sanding it down

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first batch of oil
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and the newest addition a 12in round griddle i found in the bargian cave at cabelas in junction... $6 bucks out the door

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jeez i need to clean my stove

Oven cleaning cycle is a great trick. The other easy clean method is just putting coarse salt in the pan and scrub with paper towel or rag. The salt will clean and absorb that grease and left overs.

Am I the only one who throws them in a campfire to clean? When they come out, re-season and they are like new. I've never heard of doing manual labor to clean them.
I've been doing this for over 40 years and teaching my Boy Scouts the same.

Not getting it. Why sand down cast iron cookware? I have a high-sided griddle pan on the oven always, love it.

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Originally Posted by Colorado Osprey

Am I the only one who throws them in a campfire to clean? When they come out, re-season and they are like new. I've never heard of doing manual labor to clean them.
I've been doing this for over 40 years and teaching my Boy Scouts the same.

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i learned the same. One of the pans I had in scouts 25 years ago is the same pan on my stove and it gets used all the time. The city frowns on my having a bomb fire to clean and season my cookware.
Now my camping pans, that's. different story.

Nice collection DFBrews.

I have only ever needed to throw one piece in the wood stove. It was a corn stick pan the was full of char. Cleaned it out pretty well.

The griddle above was the first time I've ever used a wire wheel on cast iron. I'd been cleaning some axe heads, so everything was on the bench and ready to go. In hindsight, I should have tossed it in the wood stove.

Not really sanding the cast iron, just knocking off the high points. It was pretty rough.

Something about cast Iron that is awesome.

A big +1 to RedDogFabrication on how to clean cast iron on the Oven Clean Cycle, especially for those of us who cannot throw it in a bonfire in the back yard.

He ^^^^ also has a YouTube video on repairing a broken frying pan. Worth a Looksie.

Well- you guys have me interested and I'm looking at old Griswold. Does it matter if it is dirty or clean? Does it need to be perfectly flat?

Some of the good old stuff is going for new Lodge/Wagner prices. Ebay has ruined the market.

I'm not a fan of Lodge's finish but that is easily fixed. They make good cast iron with nice surfaces..