how do you cure a cast iron skillet?

Answer 1

Coat it with olive oil or veg oil and put it in the oven on a low temp for a couple hours. Then when you use it clean it carefully and allow it to dry from putting it on the burner until it is dry then put away....reseason every yr or so

Answer 2

I don't know whether you are curing a new skillet or rehabbing an old rusty one, but in either case, you heat the skillet coated with vegetable oil and then let it sit until the oil is cool. For a new skillet, once or twice is probably enough. For an old, rusty one, scrub the rust off first, and then it will take a few times of heating oil before the skillet is cured. Once cured, don't EVER scour with something like an SOS pad or use a dishwasher. Iron skillets that are properly cured are naturally non-stick, but they can be damaged pretty easily with abrasives or harsh detergents.

Answer 3

Put the skillet back into a 225 degree oven for 30 minutes. Remove and wipe it almost dry to eliminate any pooled grease.
Place the pan in the oven for another half hour or so, completing the initial seasoning.
The seasoning process will continue with use, especially if you use it to cook fatty foods (bacon, sausage, fried foods, etc.) the first few times it hits the stove.
To clean after cooking, boil hot water in the pan. Let it soak for several minutes and then wipe dry with a paper towel.
Reheat the pan and apply just enough grease to wet the surface before storing.

Answer 4

First reheat your oven to 350. Rub your skillet with lard, believe it or not, that works the best.
When the oven has gotten to that temperature, put the skillet in there and turn the oven off. Leave your skillet in the oven until it has completely cooled. Take the skillet out and let it sit don't use it for at least a day.
It should be fine after that. If not, repeat the process.

Answer 5

Heat your oven up to 425 degrees, smear the skillet with lard or Crisco and put it in the oven for ten minutes. Don't leave the room because if you grease it up too much it could catch fire.

The goal is to bake the grease into the pores of the iron. You should end up with a black skillet instead of the cast-iron gray.

Answer 6

Some of these people gonna burn your house down, LOL, but, they got it half right. First scrub your skillet with plain steel pad. Dry and then rub hard, no excess, a coat of oil, just to make it nice. Next put it in a warm oven UPSIDE DOWN for several hours. Turn off oven, let cool, take it out and rub clean again (paper towels or cotton dish towel). From now on when ya wash it (no soap) rub a tad of oil into it to a nice sheen. If you ever mess up your skillet in the future, just use the plain steel pads on it, you'll see, and oil it.

Answer 7

You can grease it up and put it in an over on a high temperature and let it stay there an hour or two. Turn the oven off and let it sit in there overnight. When morning comes the oven will be cool and the skillet will be cured and cool too.

Answer 8

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lower both oven racks to bottom positions-line lower rack with foil to catch drippings.
Wash skillet inside and out with mild detergent using a stiff brush.
Rince and towel dry.
Spread a thin coat of melted solid shortening all over skillet including handle (both inside and outside).
Place skillet on top rack.
Bake for 1 hour. Turn oven off and leave skillet in oven until cool.
Do not store lids on pots to all air curculation.
Do not wash skillet with soap or you will need to re-season.
Hope this helps.

Answer 9

I cured mine by washing in hot soapy water first, dry and then rubbed cooking oil or bacon fat in it, put in hot oven and let it cool. This is the method that I have always used to season a cast iron skillet and never let it sit in water overnight or use kitchen cleaner to clean it. Big no-no.

Answer 10

I like to rub it all over inside and out w/ vegetable shortening like Crisco. Rub it into the cast iron till it gets mostly absorbed then rub some more in. After you've rubbed in the shortening, put it into an oven on low and let it cure in there for a while, then remove it and rub it down with more shortening. Keep doing this untill the pan becomes smooth and shiny. Always remember to rub a bit of oil on you pan before putting it away after using it and it'll stay great for years.

Answer 11

wash it with hot water and no soap. never put soap on it. Dry it off, and then drizzle some olive oil on it. Wipe the olive oil around with a paper towel.

Always do this after using your skillet. It cleans it but retains the flavor and taste of an authentic iron skillet.