Cast Iron - The Firearms Forum

1LoneWolf75 · 08-11-2012, 10:53 PM

My wifes nice Paula Dean pans are startin to flake. So its bout time fer new pans. Thinkin bout goin back to cast iron. Better taste and heat. Bought my mother in law a set bout 5 yrs ago and got them back unused. Been fryin bacon in one and its fully cured now. Wife uses the 15 inch one fer chicken. Its heavy but man what good chicken. They were uncured brand new which I find odd these days but I perfer that so I can cure em the way I like it done. The store I bought em at closed down bout '05. Anyway does anyone know where I might be able to find new unseasoned cast iron? Thanks in advance.

hstout1143 · 08-11-2012, 10:58 PM

I googled "unseasoned cast iron" and a few websites came up.

76Highboy · 08-11-2012, 11:12 PM

I prefer to cook on cast iron. The wife doesn't because of the weight but if I had my way that is all I would use. One pan would last you your entire life time. And they make a good weapon.

jack404 · 08-11-2012, 11:20 PM

Theres a foundary here i get my stuff from

they export a lot.. good stuff , http://www.furphyfoundry.com.au the kitchen stuff is rebranded , i dont know the deal there , maybe they make for someone in the US ..??

but the camp ovens are the best ..

hstout1143 · 08-11-2012, 11:31 PM

Why would you want unseasoned? I know they have cast iron at Bluestem in Emporia if you ever go there.

glens67 · 08-11-2012, 11:43 PM

Caution Don't loan your Cast iron Cook ware!!!

The last hunting trip in Calif I loaned my cast iron Cooking set to a "GOOD Friend", he had been hunting with me several times. I always set up the kitchen and did most of the cooking. He helped with the cooking too, so he knew how I prized my cast iron pots, pans and dutch ovens. Well lets say they were returned CLEAN as in run through a dish washer several times, needless to say all of the seasoning was removed or destroyed. I did not find this out till I was packing for my first hunting trip in Idaho, as each was packed in heavy bags and wood boxes that I store and transport them in. I now don't return his phone calls and am glad that he lives 600 miles away, or lucky for him that he does... One of those pans I got from my Mother, it's over 70 years old...

76Highboy · 08-11-2012, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glens67

Caution Don't loan your Cast iron Cook ware!!!

The last hunting trip in Calif I loaned my cast iron Cooking set to a "GOOD Friend", he had been hunting with me several times. I always set up the kitchen and did most of the cooking. He helped with the cooking too, so he knew how I prized my cast iron pots, pans and dutch ovens. Well lets say they were returned CLEAN as in run through a dish washer several times, needless to say all of the seasoning was removed or destroyed. I did not find this out till I was packing for my first hunting trip in Idaho, as each was packed in heavy bags and wood boxes that I store and transport them in. I now don't return his phone calls and am glad that he lives 600 miles away, or lucky for him that he does... One of those pans I got from my Mother, it's over 70 years old...

Like I said, they will last a lifetime. What a knucklehead.

hstout1143 · 08-11-2012, 11:52 PM

My wife washed the cast iron dutch oven that was my great grandmothers and jacked up the seasoning on, so I oiled it and stuck it in the oven for 14 hours. She knows not to use soap on it now.

glens67 · 08-11-2012, 11:57 PM

Oh by the way, I do like the Cabela's Cast iron especially the
Cabela's Outfitter Series™ Cast-Iron Deep Skillets The 14" 9 1/2 qt is the best. The lid also works as a skillet. Seasoned is ok with me.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Campi...0#productChart

aa1911 · 08-12-2012, 12:13 AM

used a mix of cast iron and teflon coated stuff growing up but it's 100% cast iron for us now. I live outta my dutch oven during hunting season...

glens67 · 08-12-2012, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by aa1911

I live outta my dutch oven during hunting season...

I hope that it is a big one....

aa1911 · 08-12-2012, 12:35 AM

I can almost fit inside! hahahhaa

68c15 · 08-12-2012, 06:43 AM

my wife has all kind of fancy smancy pans and does alright with them but when we have breakfast for dinner I insist I cook my own eggs in my own pan. I bought it used about 30 years ago at a yard sale, my eggs always come out perfect. and when my nephew moved in I sternly told him he would be homeless if he washed my pan. I even have my very own plastic flipper that no one else is allowed to use. the handle is broken but it works just fine.

wv hillbilly · 08-12-2012, 07:03 AM

buy it at the flea market, clean it and season it . cheaper than buying new

carver · 08-12-2012, 07:09 AM

Academy sells both seasoned, and unseasoned cast iron cook ware. However, the stuff that is unseasoned is made in China! Get the seasoned stuff, scrub the heck out of it, then season it the way you want it done.

flintlock · 08-12-2012, 07:50 AM

With the exception of the roaster for turkey, which is an old enameled pan, and the pressure canner, all the cooking is done in cast iron. Best stuff ever made into pans.

Clipper · 08-12-2012, 08:09 AM

I think the Gander MT cookware is US made and unseasoned.

I treasure my old 10" skillet, it has never been washed, only used for cornbread, and the companion 6" skillet was a gift from my grandmother when I graduated high school back in the last century (53) and it is beginning to acquire the same patina as the 10".

carver · 08-12-2012, 08:36 AM

Cooking in a cast iron skillets can add significant amounts of iron to your food and into your body. This has been shown in various studies, including an article published in the Journal of Food Science. In addition to eating more iron-rich foods like meats, beans, and spinach, cooking in a cast iron pot is an easy way to boost your iron intake.

Country101 · 08-12-2012, 08:42 AM

Just buy seasoned cast iron and throw it in the fire and reseason to taste.

JohnHenry · 08-12-2012, 08:46 AM

American made, fully seasoned, my family has been using 'em for years .... check these folks out ;

http://www.lodgemfg.com/

howlnmad · 08-12-2012, 08:49 AM

We have a Lodge cast iron factory store not far from here. I think most of their stuff is preseasoned but I scrub them out and do it my own way.

I usually just go down to the Rocky Top General Store and pick up what I need.

Mike1959 · 08-12-2012, 09:02 AM

it took me 3 years but i finally convinced my wife to NOT use soap in my skillets. and she could never understand why hers rusted and mine didnt, lol

zant · 08-12-2012, 09:18 AM

I do all the cooking around here and all I've used for 20yrs is Lodge cast iron(have about 12 different ones) and Revere pots...NO aluminum/teflon crap for our food......I do the cleaning too,so NO soap

76Highboy · 08-12-2012, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnHenry

American made, fully seasoned, my family has been using 'em for years .... check these folks out ;

http://www.lodgemfg.com/

That is what I cook on. they make the best cast iron cook wear.

carver · 08-12-2012, 09:41 AM

I think that Bass Pro, and Academy both carry the Lodge brand cook ware.

08-11-2012, 10:53 PM	#1
1LoneWolf75 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Humboldt KS Posts: 590	Cast Iron My wifes nice Paula Dean pans are startin to flake. So its bout time fer new pans. Thinkin bout goin back to cast iron. Better taste and heat. Bought my mother in law a set bout 5 yrs ago and got them back unused. Been fryin bacon in one and its fully cured now. Wife uses the 15 inch one fer chicken. Its heavy but man what good chicken. They were uncured brand new which I find odd these days but I perfer that so I can cure em the way I like it done. The store I bought em at closed down bout '05. Anyway does anyone know where I might be able to find new unseasoned cast iron? Thanks in advance. __________________ They can have my guns when they pry them from my cold, dead hands!!! "Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not." - Thomas Jefferson "I've seen the system fall apart from the rules and all our presidents lie"--"Soul Survive"- Asphalt Ballethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6DgVrYWw00 -->

08-11-2012, 10:58 PM	#2
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,737	Re: Cast Iron I googled "unseasoned cast iron" and a few websites came up. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

08-11-2012, 11:12 PM	#3
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,955	Re: Cast Iron I prefer to cook on cast iron. The wife doesn't because of the weight but if I had my way that is all I would use. One pan would last you your entire life time. And they make a good weapon.

08-11-2012, 11:20 PM	#4
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Cast Iron Theres a foundary here i get my stuff from they export a lot.. good stuff , http://www.furphyfoundry.com.au the kitchen stuff is rebranded , i dont know the deal there , maybe they make for someone in the US ..?? but the camp ovens are the best ..

08-11-2012, 11:31 PM	#5
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,737	Re: Cast Iron Why would you want unseasoned? I know they have cast iron at Bluestem in Emporia if you ever go there. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion Last edited by hstout1143; 08-11-2012 at 11:33 PM..

08-11-2012, 11:43 PM	#6
glens67 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Middleton, ID Contributor Posts: 951	Re: Cast Iron Caution Don't loan your Cast iron Cook ware!!! The last hunting trip in Calif I loaned my cast iron Cooking set to a "GOOD Friend", he had been hunting with me several times. I always set up the kitchen and did most of the cooking. He helped with the cooking too, so he knew how I prized my cast iron pots, pans and dutch ovens. Well lets say they were returned CLEAN as in run through a dish washer several times, needless to say all of the seasoning was removed or destroyed. I did not find this out till I was packing for my first hunting trip in Idaho, as each was packed in heavy bags and wood boxes that I store and transport them in. I now don't return his phone calls and am glad that he lives 600 miles away, or lucky for him that he does... One of those pans I got from my Mother, it's over 70 years old... __________________ The fish is rotting from the head down—all is not well at the top of the political hierarchy. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein There is nothing more dangerous than a fanatic moron. Many problems we face today are there because people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living. Molon Labe μολὼν λαβέ A Deo victoria Glen

08-11-2012, 11:52 PM	#8
hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,737	Re: Cast Iron My wife washed the cast iron dutch oven that was my great grandmothers and jacked up the seasoning on, so I oiled it and stuck it in the oven for 14 hours. She knows not to use soap on it now. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion

08-11-2012, 11:57 PM	#9
glens67 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Middleton, ID Contributor Posts: 951	Re: Cast Iron Oh by the way, I do like the Cabela's Cast iron especially the Cabela's Outfitter Series™ Cast-Iron Deep Skillets The 14" 9 1/2 qt is the best. The lid also works as a skillet. Seasoned is ok with me. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Campi...0#productChart __________________ The fish is rotting from the head down—all is not well at the top of the political hierarchy. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein There is nothing more dangerous than a fanatic moron. Many problems we face today are there because people who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living. Molon Labe μολὼν λαβέ A Deo victoria Glen

08-12-2012, 12:13 AM	#10
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: Cast Iron used a mix of cast iron and teflon coated stuff growing up but it's 100% cast iron for us now. I live outta my dutch oven during hunting season... __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

08-12-2012, 12:35 AM	#12
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: Cast Iron I can almost fit inside! hahahhaa __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

08-12-2012, 06:43 AM	#13
68c15 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,057	Re: Cast Iron my wife has all kind of fancy smancy pans and does alright with them but when we have breakfast for dinner I insist I cook my own eggs in my own pan. I bought it used about 30 years ago at a yard sale, my eggs always come out perfect. and when my nephew moved in I sternly told him he would be homeless if he washed my pan. I even have my very own plastic flipper that no one else is allowed to use. the handle is broken but it works just fine. __________________ I'll go defenseless when our leaders do the same

08-12-2012, 07:03 AM	#14
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,016	Re: Cast Iron buy it at the flea market, clean it and season it . cheaper than buying new

08-12-2012, 07:09 AM	#15
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Cast Iron Academy sells both seasoned, and unseasoned cast iron cook ware. However, the stuff that is unseasoned is made in China! Get the seasoned stuff, scrub the heck out of it, then season it the way you want it done. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

08-12-2012, 07:50 AM	#16
flintlock Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate NY Contributor Posts: 896	Re: Cast Iron With the exception of the roaster for turkey, which is an old enameled pan, and the pressure canner, all the cooking is done in cast iron. Best stuff ever made into pans.

08-12-2012, 08:09 AM	#17
Clipper V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 381	Re: Cast Iron I think the Gander MT cookware is US made and unseasoned. I treasure my old 10" skillet, it has never been washed, only used for cornbread, and the companion 6" skillet was a gift from my grandmother when I graduated high school back in the last century (53) and it is beginning to acquire the same patina as the 10".

08-12-2012, 08:36 AM	#18
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Cast Iron Cooking in a cast iron skillets can add significant amounts of iron to your food and into your body. This has been shown in various studies, including an article published in the Journal of Food Science. In addition to eating more iron-rich foods like meats, beans, and spinach, cooking in a cast iron pot is an easy way to boost your iron intake. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

08-12-2012, 08:42 AM	#19
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: Cast Iron Just buy seasoned cast iron and throw it in the fire and reseason to taste. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

08-12-2012, 08:46 AM	#20
JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,216	Re: Cast Iron American made, fully seasoned, my family has been using 'em for years .... check these folks out ; http://www.lodgemfg.com/ __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

08-12-2012, 08:49 AM	#21
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,566	Re: Cast Iron We have a Lodge cast iron factory store not far from here. I think most of their stuff is preseasoned but I scrub them out and do it my own way. I usually just go down to the Rocky Top General Store and pick up what I need. __________________

08-12-2012, 09:02 AM	#22
Mike1959 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Contributor Posts: 187	Re: Cast Iron it took me 3 years but i finally convinced my wife to NOT use soap in my skillets. and she could never understand why hers rusted and mine didnt, lol __________________ Mike You've called down the thunder, well now you've got it!

08-12-2012, 09:18 AM	#23
zant V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: S.Al Posts: 248	Re: Cast Iron I do all the cooking around here and all I've used for 20yrs is Lodge cast iron(have about 12 different ones) and Revere pots...NO aluminum/teflon crap for our food......I do the cleaning too,so NO soap

08-12-2012, 09:41 AM	#25
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Cast Iron I think that Bass Pro, and Academy both carry the Lodge brand cook ware. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.