So I have been using cast iron for years at home and camping. It is the greatest cooking tool out there. Helps with iron in the blood as well. Way healthier than teflon in the blood. I was at a cooking class recently where they professed using kosher coarse salt to clean the cast iron. No water. Heat the skillet with high heat after wiping any excess food out. Spread in the salt and use your spatula to scrape the pan clean. The salt naturally kills bacteria. Not having to use water to clean while camping reduces your water requirements dramatically! Finish off with your oil method as necessary. Before the salt trick I was doing what you were doing to clean my cast iron. Great videos. I appreciate what you do, and love the photography. Two of my favorite hobbies as well. Keep them coming!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My husband and I are going camping in 2 weeks and I just got a cast iron camping cookware set and had no clue how I should go about cleaning them; this video was SO HELPFUL!!
By reheating it as a last step and getting the oil to smoke, you are creating what’s called polymerization and carbonization (or if you know this already, maybe others who are reading this don’t). Anyway, that’s the key to getting a really nice nonstick finish. After doing that, very little care should be necessary for quite a while, especially if you keep it nice and dry. Good video sir.
Yeah. Let them lick your pan clean after having just licked their butt holes. Stop believing that 'dogs mouths are cleaner than people's' nonsense. It's long been debunked.
Excellent video, thank you for posting!! I use cast iron every day, or carbon steel, or stainless. I got rid of all my anodized, and Teflon. Every morning I make 3 eggs, over easy or scrambled, potatoes, and Morningstar bacon, and my skillet just wipes clean with paper towels, then back on the stove till the oil residue smokes, then after cooling, but still warm, a through wipe out with a dedicated lint free cloth towel, and it’s done!! I cook my potatoes/bacon in coconut oil, and eggs in butter, can’t remember the last time I washed it. The few times in the past that I did wash it, I used a dab of mild Dawn soap, they just got off the oily residue, didn’t hurt the seasoning, as modern soap like dawn does NOT contain lye, like the soaps of yesteryear. Lye, is what will damage/strip seasoning.
Thanks Jason, another great tool to have in order to clean your cast iron is a "chain mail" square. Basically it is a metal fabric made out of miniature chain links. It is sold on Amazon and is amazing for removing any and all of the stubborn chunks of food that is left in your cast iron cookware and it does no harm to your seasoning. I always have it with me when I bring my cookware. Thanks for all of your great videos Jason.
1. Wood only on cast iron. Use a wooden spatula. 2. Use old T-shirts cut into squares about 10", not paper towels. 3. Bring water to a boil in the pan and use the wooden spatula and a cloth square to scrub it out. 4. Then pour it out and set it back on the fire to evaporate. 5. Pull it off the fire and put a bit of oil in the skillet (about the size of a quarter). 6. Use another T-shirt square to spread the oil all over the skillet, inside, back side, sides, etc. When it cools off, it is ready to put away. Your cloth will get somewhat dirty and oily. Just throw them in the wash. One of the most important things is to have a skillet that has been properly seasoned. Kent Rollins has a great video on his channel on how to do this. You can't start cooking with a brand new skillet that hasn't been seasoned. It takes some time and effort, but worth it for years to come.
You can use modern dish soap on CI. The older days there used to be lye in the soap, which removes the seasoning. Seasoning only prevents rust, along with a film of oil. Most of the cleaning is when you use the hot water; dump dirty water and use clean water and soap with a green scrub pad. Rinse and dry, heat a bit and then oil film. For long term storage use mineral oil(found in the cosmetic section in the grocery store); vegetable oil, etc goes rancid.
Good stuff here. I use the ringer for my quick cleanup. You can find it on amazon. Also course sea salt is a good abrasive that won't take out your seasoning. Also I have stopped dragging cooking oil with me on camping trips and switched over to good old Morrell Snow Cap Lard.
Jason, great video. A suggestion for people traveling a lot with there cast iron. Try using coconut oil, it’s in a solid form, it will travel better then pure cooking oil. I found that cooking oil always finds it way out of the bottle and makes a mess. Keep the videos coming brother. God bless.
It is only solid under 18 degrees celcius. I live in Northern Thailand, average close to 30 all year, it is never solid. :-) But really good point for the colder climate areas..
This guy shows the way to do it. I would just add a couple observations: 1) It should not be necessary to use soap, but today's dish soaps don't contain the amount of lye they used to. I little soap won't strip the polymerized seasoning. 2) When I camp. I always have some water on the fire for clean ups, including my pans. I NEVER pour cold water into a hot CI pan. This guy didn't either. When I serve the meal, I immedeately put hot water in the pan while it's still hot. Leave it on the fire or set it aside. Doesn't matter. I clean it after i eat. In that few minutes, virtually everything comes loose with just a little scrape. 3) he used a second water rinse. So do I if the pan is meat soiled. Proteins, including scrambled eggs, cured meats (sugar), do stick to CI and Carbon steel, but if seasoned, they also come clean easier than anything but teflon. 4) He cooks on the oil before putting the pan away. This is sort of re-seasoning, but it isn't necessary. In general: Scrubbing and even scraping with a steel spatuala will not penetrate the previous seasoning layers. The stuff is like epoxy. The only way to destroy it is to heat the dry pan red hot til it literally burns it off - or, pour in cold water into a hot pan. If doing the latter, you will notice the edges of the layering becoming flaky. To repair it, the best way is to get a random orbital sander with a 60 grit pad and just take it all off to the iron and start over. Other wise the flaking won't stop no matter how you try to re-season over it. 40 years over a campfire with CI and CS. Most home cooking done on a Blackstone and many different CI and CS pans and dutch ovens. Previous years in restauraunt kitchens. This is no BS advice. Excellent video.
Great video. We haven't used cast iron out camping for years. But after watching your videos I think this summer we're going to reintroduce the cast iron skillet. Even then we were cleaning it wrong because we were using soap and water to clean. Thank you
Another method of cleaning a cast iron skillet is to use clean sand to scour with a little water. The pioneers that crossed the country used an ancient plant called a horsetail or scouring rush to scour their pans. The Latin name is equisetum hyemale. You can Google it. The head is primarily abrasive silica and you can gather them up in a bunch and tie them together. They are found in OR usually along a stream. I usually find them on poorer wet soils. Beef suet is the classic grease for seasoning cast iron and can be done in an oven. Back in the 1950s, my grandmother used to use wax coated bread wrappers to wipe her cast iron pans to season them. Not sure if wax paper would work as well. We just wiped our pancake griddle down with a paper towel. Never washed it. Put a little bacon grease on it when it got hot to make the pancakes on. Used a drop of water to tell when it was hot enough. If it skidded it was ready.
I use couple tablespoons of salt and a moist sponge or a potato will work to and scrub with that then reseason with oil works great and saves water. Enjoy your videos
Love cast iron skillet cooking at camp. Like you said, for cooked on chunks, boil water to remove. Then, use salt and aluminum foil as a scrubber to clean out. Season with a small amount of oil and you're ready for the next cookout. Pete - KI7LIL
I use very little wash liquid in daily life and I use none in camp....steaming or boiling like this is way good enough and better for the environment. Good video. Mark
•Lodge says you can use soap and water to clean your cast iron skillet. •you need a high temperature oven glove •your fire pit has a lot of dry tinder around it.
I just finished breakfast and it worked okay, it just lacked the ergonomics the do things like flatten or press the way I need. If it had just a little more curve in the handle, it would be perfect. Now to clean up! (Spatula by Pioneer Woman from Walmart)
Research into the dangers of cooking with aluminum foil has found that some of the toxic metal can contaminate food. This is especially true when foil is used to cook or heat spicy and acidic food. Increased levels of aluminum in the body have been linked to osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s disease.
I use a piece of chain mail and salt. Or the spatula and salt. Also, lard keeps real easy in or out of your cooler, has a real high smoke point and imo makes the best non stick on my cast iron. Plus it puts good flavor on the food 😋 and its natural animal fats so it's a lot better than oil. Could also use crisco if you're not into animal products. That keeps as easy as oil and harder to spill😏. Glad I saw this on my suggestions. Thanks for the post.
Loved the video but still have one question. Cooking outdoors on a rocket stove, my cast iron pot gets a huge amount of soot all over the outside. No matter how much I wash it, the soot stays on there. Beginning to wonder if it is just supposed to be considered part of the pot? Any suggestions? I have a cabin and if I wash the pot in the sink oh boy is that a mess with everything turning black!!!
I always did what you said. We turned the dog loose on it, then rubbed it with sand to get any remaining food out, a little water, then oil. We used to joke that it was the best cold water could do, and that the dogs name was cold water.
Love the iron, nice video. Yes, Dogs are the best cleaners. Aside from that, old boyscout pro tip - I'm surprised you didn't grab a pine cone vs metal on metal.
Great video, I need to clean up my old cast iron skillet from my grandpa and use it! Could you mention/ review your GPS that is usually on your chest pack? Maybe how/why you use it ?
Awesome tip and information thanks! I got my first cast iron for Christmas. It has some residue on it from the glue that the wrapping had on it (thanks Walmart/Ozark Trail)... I plan to season it but was thinking I need to get that glue residue off first. Any suggestions?
When I get a brand new skillet I put it in the oven and put the oven on clean and leave it in there for hour or until its back to bare metal. Then I season it. Be careful this will remove all the seasoning that pan came with but in my opinion if you reseason it properly you will be much happier with it. Jason
Great video How is your awning and rooftop tent connected to the Thule rack on the truck? Did they come with the brackets or did you have to get them separate thanks
Careful! If you tend to use it a lot that's fine. However, if only used occasionally, bacon grease can turn rancid after a couple weeks, then you have to re- season from beginning, because that shit will stink, and leave a nasty taste in food as well as chance of food poisoning. Oh, I am "serve safe" certified, are you?
You scraped it out with a metal spatula and then took a wire brush to it, and you seriously think that soapy water is going to harm the seasoning? Yeah, because every time you clean cast iron with soapy water a baby bunny dies. The soapy water myth is an old wives tale. A properly seasoned cast iron pan has been lightly oiled, then heated to the smoke point, then continued to heat until the smoke stops. The smoke is the carbon burning away and leaving a polymerized coating that makes a non stick surface that is extremely resistant to scratching or wear and, of course, will withstand hot, soapy water. If you're interested in a real exchange of information, by a genuine group of country cousies and cast iron cooks, check out the group: Dutch Oven and Cast Iron Cooking. The archives in their files section are a treasure trove of information for anyone who cooks or wants to cook with cast iron
Extra virgin avocado oil has the highest smoke point at 510F. It is also one of the healthiest oils to cook with. You say that you would never cook with the low quality vegetable oil, but you are cooking with it if you are using it to season your pan.
43 people who don't love and live with dogs gave this a thumbs down...sad. 997 people who live with dogs heard him say "let the dogs lick it out and we're done" and thought, yea sounds about right and give this a thumbs up. Just a little health fact, people who grow up and live with dogs statistically are healthier and get sick less than those who don't have dogs around. Great video as always.
I keep switching up with my cookware. Cast iron, carbon steel and stainless steel. I think stainless steel works best in the field. I don’t have to worry about rust or seasoning it. Dog licking out and it’s done.
Whatever works best for you is definitely what you should use. Typically all I ever do is let the dogs lick my cast iron out and then I just put it away, but I was being asked to show cleaning video, but I don't do this very often. Jason
Thank you for your video, just what I needed. Question: I noticed you use a metal spatula, I assumed that would scratch my cast iron so I got a silicone one. Is metal ok? Or just preference?
Frank is right. Metal on cast iron is actually better as the more it's scraped the more flat it gets. Some new cast iron will have tiny bumps that you have to slowly smooth out.
Metal utensils are fine 🙂 Just Dont Scrape the pan out like he did. Use wood or just a piece of burlap for any areas that stick. If you scrape it like that it takes away the seasoning that is creating the NONE Stick surface. If you have a properly seasoned piece of cast it will almost always wipe clean with a cotton cloth. I use pieces of old t-shirts to clean and oil. Then I just toss them in the fire 🔥 😉
Good video. They say not to use metal utensils in cast iron, I only use wooden ones. Also EVOO is better than veg oils or grease, it don't go rancid on ya.
Lodge is the only US made cast iron. Everything else comes from China. With all the reports of contaminated products coming from China, makes you think... Lodge is made in Tennessee. Great product and very affordable. I won't buy anything else.
Olive oil has a really low smoke point, I have to respectfully disagree with you on that one higher smoke point oils usually work best for seasoning. Jason
steve reist Soap strips the seasoning from your skillet and worse yet, the soap gets pulled into the pores of the cast iron and transfers to your food later.
I will use a metal spatula on cast iron for flipping eggs, potatoes etc. because I don't trust plastic on a hot iron pan, and wood doesn't work as good for delicate things like flipping whole fried eggs. (at least the wooden ones I've used are too thick to slide under an egg, but I'm sure you can modify them) But I never use metal spatulas for cleaning or scraping stuck on gunk. I have wooden utensils for that.
So I have been using cast iron for years at home and camping. It is the greatest cooking tool out there. Helps with iron in the blood as well. Way healthier than teflon in the blood. I was at a cooking class recently where they professed using kosher coarse salt to clean the cast iron. No water. Heat the skillet with high heat after wiping any excess food out. Spread in the salt and use your spatula to scrape the pan clean. The salt naturally kills bacteria. Not having to use water to clean while camping reduces your water requirements dramatically! Finish off with your oil method as necessary. Before the salt trick I was doing what you were doing to clean my cast iron. Great videos. I appreciate what you do, and love the photography. Two of my favorite hobbies as well. Keep them coming!
That’s my preferred method. I feel like the salt doesn’t mess up my seasoning build up like water does.
This is really helpful. Thanks!
Sorry but no, cast iron does not put iron in your blood.
@@subsyt eventually it does. Lol!
@@subsyt It absolutely does...itsy bitsy teeny tiny trace amounts. But I use cast iron for about half of my cooking at home so it does add up!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My husband and I are going camping in 2 weeks and I just got a cast iron camping cookware set and had no clue how I should go about cleaning them; this video was SO HELPFUL!!
do you live in downtown Seattle by any chance? O_o
@@alexandrebravo4472 no
By reheating it as a last step and getting the oil to smoke, you are creating what’s called polymerization and carbonization (or if you know this already, maybe others who are reading this don’t). Anyway, that’s the key to getting a really nice nonstick finish. After doing that, very little care should be necessary for quite a while, especially if you keep it nice and dry.
Good video sir.
Now I have to get two dogs since I just bought a cast iron skillet.
Lmao 😂 😂
Yeah. Let them lick your pan clean after having just licked their butt holes. Stop believing that 'dogs mouths are cleaner than people's' nonsense. It's long been debunked.
Excellent video, thank you for posting!!
I use cast iron every day, or carbon steel, or stainless. I got rid of all my anodized, and Teflon.
Every morning I make 3 eggs, over easy or scrambled, potatoes, and Morningstar bacon, and my skillet just wipes clean with paper towels, then back on the stove till the oil residue smokes, then after cooling, but still warm, a through wipe out with a dedicated lint free cloth towel, and it’s done!! I cook my potatoes/bacon in coconut oil, and eggs in butter, can’t remember the last time I washed it.
The few times in the past that I did wash it, I used a dab of mild Dawn soap, they just got off the oily residue, didn’t hurt the seasoning, as modern soap like dawn does NOT contain lye, like the soaps of yesteryear. Lye, is what will damage/strip seasoning.
Thanks Jason, another great tool to have in order to clean your cast iron is a "chain mail" square. Basically it is a metal fabric made out of miniature chain links. It is sold on Amazon and is amazing for removing any and all of the stubborn chunks of food that is left in your cast iron cookware and it does no harm to your seasoning. I always have it with me when I bring my cookware. Thanks for all of your great videos Jason.
Thank for the tip I will have to look into it.
Jason
Finally I get how to take care of cast iron! Excellent teaching!
There are lots of ways of doing, this is just how I have been doing and it gets me by. Thanks for watching William.
Jason
1. Wood only on cast iron. Use a wooden spatula. 2. Use old T-shirts cut into squares about 10", not paper towels. 3. Bring water to a boil in the pan and use the wooden spatula and a cloth square to scrub it out. 4. Then pour it out and set it back on the fire to evaporate. 5. Pull it off the fire and put a bit of oil in the skillet (about the size of a quarter). 6. Use another T-shirt square to spread the oil all over the skillet, inside, back side, sides, etc. When it cools off, it is ready to put away. Your cloth will get somewhat dirty and oily. Just throw them in the wash.
One of the most important things is to have a skillet that has been properly seasoned. Kent Rollins has a great video on his channel on how to do this. You can't start cooking with a brand new skillet that hasn't been seasoned. It takes some time and effort, but worth it for years to come.
You can use modern dish soap on CI. The older days there used to be lye in the soap, which removes the seasoning. Seasoning only prevents rust, along with a film of oil. Most of the cleaning is when you use the hot water; dump dirty water and use clean water and soap with a green scrub pad. Rinse and dry, heat a bit and then oil film. For long term storage use mineral oil(found in the cosmetic section in the grocery store); vegetable oil, etc goes rancid.
Good stuff here. I use the ringer for my quick cleanup. You can find it on amazon. Also course sea salt is a good abrasive that won't take out your seasoning. Also I have stopped dragging cooking oil with me on camping trips and switched over to good old Morrell Snow Cap Lard.
That is a good idea I may start doing that.
Jason
Jason, great video. A suggestion for people traveling a lot with there cast iron. Try using coconut oil, it’s in a solid form, it will travel better then pure cooking oil. I found that cooking oil always finds it way out of the bottle and makes a mess. Keep the videos coming brother. God bless.
Good suggestion its also healthy for cooking
Jason
Awesome tip!
It is only solid under 18 degrees celcius. I live in Northern Thailand, average close to 30 all year, it is never solid. :-) But really good point for the colder climate areas..
good luck finding coconuts in the forest. 🥥
This guy shows the way to do it. I would just add a couple observations:
1) It should not be necessary to use soap, but today's dish soaps don't contain the amount of lye they used to. I little soap won't strip the polymerized seasoning.
2) When I camp. I always have some water on the fire for clean ups, including my pans. I NEVER pour cold water into a hot CI pan. This guy didn't either. When I serve the meal, I immedeately put hot water in the pan while it's still hot. Leave it on the fire or set it aside. Doesn't matter. I clean it after i eat. In that few minutes, virtually everything comes loose with just a little scrape.
3) he used a second water rinse. So do I if the pan is meat soiled. Proteins, including scrambled eggs, cured meats (sugar), do stick to CI and Carbon steel, but if seasoned, they also come clean easier than anything but teflon.
4) He cooks on the oil before putting the pan away. This is sort of re-seasoning, but it isn't necessary.
In general:
Scrubbing and even scraping with a steel spatuala will not penetrate the previous seasoning layers. The stuff is like epoxy. The only way to destroy it is to heat the dry pan red hot til it literally burns it off - or, pour in cold water into a hot pan. If doing the latter, you will notice the edges of the layering becoming flaky. To repair it, the best way is to get a random orbital sander with a 60 grit pad and just take it all off to the iron and start over. Other wise the flaking won't stop no matter how you try to re-season over it.
40 years over a campfire with CI and CS. Most home cooking done on a Blackstone and many different CI and CS pans and dutch ovens. Previous years in restauraunt kitchens. This is no BS advice.
Excellent video.
Great video. We haven't used cast iron out camping for years. But after watching your videos I think this summer we're going to reintroduce the cast iron skillet. Even then we were cleaning it wrong because we were using soap and water to clean. Thank you
As you can see its really easy to take care of but don't soap just use water.
Jason
Another method of cleaning a cast iron skillet is to use clean sand to scour with a little water. The pioneers that crossed the country used an ancient plant called a horsetail or scouring rush to scour their pans. The Latin name is equisetum hyemale. You can Google it. The head is primarily abrasive silica and you can gather them up in a bunch and tie them together. They are found in OR usually along a stream. I usually find them on poorer wet soils. Beef suet is the classic grease for seasoning cast iron and can be done in an oven. Back in the 1950s, my grandmother used to use wax coated bread wrappers to wipe her cast iron pans to season them. Not sure if wax paper would work as well. We just wiped our pancake griddle down with a paper towel. Never washed it. Put a little bacon grease on it when it got hot to make the pancakes on. Used a drop of water to tell when it was hot enough. If it skidded it was ready.
Please don't scrub your cast iron with sand!
I use couple tablespoons of salt and a moist sponge or a potato will work to and scrub with that then reseason with oil works great and saves water. Enjoy your videos
Salt, potato and cheap oil works great. I've used that method to bring a few back to life over and over again. Peace.
I recommend a chainmail scrubber. Gets everything off without hurting your surface with a metal spatula which may pit the metal.
A metal spatula does not hurt the cast iron pan. How in the world would it pit the pan?
Love cast iron skillet cooking at camp. Like you said, for cooked on chunks, boil water to remove. Then, use salt and aluminum foil as a scrubber to clean out. Season with a small amount of oil and you're ready for the next cookout. Pete - KI7LIL
Watching your video she finally believes that's how you clean a cast iron skillet. Thanks
Great vid Jason. Pretty much the same way that I have done it for 45 Yrs. including the dogs. Jim in Yosemite, Ca.
Done this a thousand times... Still fun to watch😂😂😂
Think this is why my grandma’s fried chicken was so great. She used a cast iron skillet. Thanks for showing.
I bet it was fantastic. Thanks for watching, John.
Jason
I use very little wash liquid in daily life and I use none in camp....steaming or boiling like this is way good enough and better for the environment. Good video. Mark
Thanks Mark, I agree steaming and boiling work really well.
Jason
A pleasure Jason. I'll explore more. Have a great 2018.
Great Video and so fun to watch. I love the "I just let my dogs lick out the pan."
Classic. Again, 😂thanks.
•Lodge says you can use soap and water to clean your cast iron skillet.
•you need a high temperature oven glove
•your fire pit has a lot of dry tinder around it.
Looks delicious and so tempting , loved the way you have prepared it very well beautifully presented nice healthy sharing
I recently switched to using a wooden spatula. I'll let you know how it does.
I just finished breakfast and it worked okay, it just lacked the ergonomics the do things like flatten or press the way I need. If it had just a little more curve in the handle, it would be perfect. Now to clean up! (Spatula by Pioneer Woman from Walmart)
They will last for ever and they are much healthier than aluminum or Teflon coated skillets. Pretty cool video Jason!
Research into the dangers of cooking with aluminum foil has found that some of the toxic metal can contaminate food. This is especially true when foil is used to cook or heat spicy and acidic food. Increased levels of aluminum in the body have been linked to osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Been doin' it pretty much that way for a long time now. I call it, "Boil It & Oil It."
I use a piece of chain mail and salt. Or the spatula and salt. Also, lard keeps real easy in or out of your cooler, has a real high smoke point and imo makes the best non stick on my cast iron. Plus it puts good flavor on the food 😋 and its natural animal fats so it's a lot better than oil. Could also use crisco if you're not into animal products. That keeps as easy as oil and harder to spill😏. Glad I saw this on my suggestions. Thanks for the post.
Yes, the dogs have very important jobs camping: comfort, nighttime heat, taking care of stray food AND ... washing the skillets and dishes. Good dog!
Loved the video but still have one question. Cooking outdoors on a rocket stove, my cast iron pot gets a huge amount of soot all over the outside. No matter how much I wash it, the soot stays on there. Beginning to wonder if it is just supposed to be considered part of the pot? Any suggestions? I have a cabin and if I wash the pot in the sink oh boy is that a mess with everything turning black!!!
I have the same problem and it’s too bad your question wasn’t answered. That is the whole reason I watched this video.
Wrap bottom of pan in aluminum foil. Toss when done cooking.
I always did what you said. We turned the dog loose on it, then rubbed it with sand to get any remaining food out, a little water, then oil. We used to joke that it was the best cold water could do, and that the dogs name was cold water.
Awesome video. I’ve enjoyed all of your videos so far.
Thanks Jason, now I will stop bugging you to do a skillet vid!. Great as ALWAYS. Safe travels buddy.
I hope it answered all your questions.
Jason
Jason..thanks again on tho cast iron cleaning tips👍👊👌👍✊✌..enjoying abunch of your helpful videos over the wkend at home sir...
George, thank you I am so glad your enjoying :)
Jason
Good tip on cleaning cast iron, thanks again for your great videos.
Love the iron, nice video. Yes, Dogs are the best cleaners. Aside from that, old boyscout pro tip - I'm surprised you didn't grab a pine cone vs metal on metal.
Mike Mullens because the dudes a fake and just copies what he seen on youtube
Another good video by The Primal Chef.
Haha, thank you.
Jason
I like the dog method the best...my dogs are great helpers..ha! Also like the coconut oil tip @Vandall. Great idea.
Melanie Simpson he’s lying to look like a bad ass, he honestly does not do that...... anything for a few more likes though right ?
Thanks for the demonstration. I like the little black plates you eat off if. They look like cast iron too. Are they? Can you provide a link?
Your video editing and content is just great! Keep it up...bought some Pendleton!
Thank you so much very glad you like it. Hope you enjoy the Pendleton.
Jason
Great video, I need to clean up my old cast iron skillet from my grandpa and use it! Could you mention/ review your GPS that is usually on your chest pack? Maybe how/why you use it ?
Chris I really don't use that GPS anymore I mainly use an app on my phone called Backcountry Navigator.
Jason
Primal Outdoors - Camping and Photography cool thanks
Great info...thanks!
Your welcome, thank you for watching.
Jason
Here in the interior of Brazil wood stove is common. use ash to clean. It's counterintuitive, but sand is good too.
Thank you 😊
what folding table do you have there. That thing looks handy and bigger than most i have found.
Awesome tip and information thanks! I got my first cast iron for Christmas. It has some residue on it from the glue that the wrapping had on it (thanks Walmart/Ozark Trail)... I plan to season it but was thinking I need to get that glue residue off first. Any suggestions?
When I get a brand new skillet I put it in the oven and put the oven on clean and leave it in there for hour or until its back to bare metal. Then I season it. Be careful this will remove all the seasoning that pan came with but in my opinion if you reseason it properly you will be much happier with it.
Jason
Primal Outdoors - Camping and Photography awesome Jason thank you!
Awesome content! Love your channel!
What size is this chefs skillet? 8inch or 10 inch? Thanks!!!
Vinegar works well too
Great tips. What wood chopper do you use?
going to buy a skillet for camping this summer. what should I look for?
Well depends what your looking for light weight, car camping. Cast iron is awesome but not great for backpacking.
Jason
First video in a long time the dogs weren’t in. Honorable mention though, love cast iron. Drone gear review PLEASE Jason : )
They were there but just never made it in frame. I have been think about doing a video on my camera gear so I will get on that.
Jason
Great presentation.....take care
Great video How is your awning and rooftop tent connected to the Thule rack on the truck? Did they come with the brackets or did you have to get them separate thanks
The tent and awning came with their own hardware but I think they did have to get longer bolts for the tent.
Jason
Cool thanks I’m planning on getting that same setup for my 06 Tundra
Finally a great video!!
what kind of glove are you using? looks like it works great!
I season mine with bacon grease. thanks for sharing, thumbs up
I use bacon grease a lot as well. Thanks for watching Dave.
Jason
Careful! If you tend to use it a lot that's fine. However, if only used occasionally, bacon grease can turn rancid after a couple weeks, then you have to re- season from beginning, because that shit will stink, and leave a nasty taste in food as well as chance of food poisoning. Oh, I am "serve safe" certified, are you?
Good video about a boring subject, thanks
You scraped it out with a metal spatula and then took a wire brush to it, and you seriously think that soapy water is going to harm the seasoning? Yeah, because every time you clean cast iron with soapy water a baby bunny dies. The soapy water myth is an old wives tale. A properly seasoned cast iron pan has been lightly oiled, then heated to the smoke point, then continued to heat until the smoke stops. The smoke is the carbon burning away and leaving a polymerized coating that makes a non stick surface that is extremely resistant to scratching or wear and, of course, will withstand hot, soapy water.
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I wouldn't use a metal spatula. Either silicon or wood. Won't scratch
Extra virgin avocado oil has the highest smoke point at 510F. It is also one of the healthiest oils to cook with. You say that you would never cook with the low quality vegetable oil, but you are cooking with it if you are using it to season your pan.
what about the "soot" on outside of pan?
So easy I will definitely try this
Great Video
Thank you.
Jason
Nice video...take care
Thank you Jason.. good to know.
No problem thank you for watching.
Jason
Spirit Forest... check out Kent Rollins channel for cleaning cast iron...
Nice and simple....thx bro.
Your welcome thank you for watching.
Jason
Great video buddy!!!!
Thanks Joe
Jason
43 people who don't love and live with dogs gave this a thumbs down...sad. 997 people who live with dogs heard him say "let the dogs lick it out and we're done" and thought, yea sounds about right and give this a thumbs up. Just a little health fact, people who grow up and live with dogs statistically are healthier and get sick less than those who don't have dogs around. Great video as always.
With all do respect, how about with out convention materials? I know, but does everyone else?
the dog technique works for me.
dogs do the best dishes. good tips
Agreed, thanks for watching.
Jason
excellent advice young man .
Which is shoes a hard bristle brush and a plastic scraper. We never use anything metal.
That was great information................
So glad you enjoyed it.
Jason
I keep switching up with my cookware. Cast iron, carbon steel and stainless steel. I think stainless steel works best in the field. I don’t have to worry about rust or seasoning it. Dog licking out and it’s done.
Whatever works best for you is definitely what you should use. Typically all I ever do is let the dogs lick my cast iron out and then I just put it away, but I was being asked to show cleaning video, but I don't do this very often.
Jason
Great vidéo!
Thank you
Jason
Butter or bacon grease works great.
Thank you for your video, just what I needed. Question: I noticed you use a metal spatula, I assumed that would scratch my cast iron so I got a silicone one. Is metal ok? Or just preference?
I have never had a problem but I know some people are against it🤷♂️.
Jason
Frank is right. Metal on cast iron is actually better as the more it's scraped the more flat it gets. Some new cast iron will have tiny bumps that you have to slowly smooth out.
Metal utensils are fine 🙂
Just Dont Scrape the pan out like he did.
Use wood or just a piece of burlap for any areas that stick.
If you scrape it like that it takes away the seasoning that is creating the NONE Stick surface.
If you have a properly seasoned piece of cast it will almost always wipe clean with a cotton cloth.
I use pieces of old t-shirts to clean and oil. Then I just toss them in the fire 🔥 😉
@@The_Soup_Wizard You don't scrape the bumps off you fill the voids with baked on oil to make it a none stick surface!
@@jamesglenn520 Absolutely !!!
Good stuff.
Thanks Jonathon.
Jason
Good video. They say not to use metal utensils in cast iron, I only use wooden ones. Also EVOO is better than veg oils or grease, it don't go rancid on ya.
I don't know who says that but I will stick with my stainless steel I have been using it for a long time.
Jason
I've been using a stainless steel spatula for about 40 years with no problems.
on a Teflon pan, you wouldn't but cast iron is ok
EVOO Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Found this helpful thanks
what type (brand) of cast iron do you use? Thanks Jason
I think that one is a Lodge, Dave.
Jason
Lodge is the only US made cast iron. Everything else comes from China. With all the reports of contaminated products coming from China, makes you think... Lodge is made in Tennessee. Great product and very affordable. I won't buy anything else.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Only dog lovers would appreciate your usual method
Thanks ...... good to know
Dogs - the bacheleor's dish washer.
I only use antique cast made in the USA no foreign cast iron , I am guilty of using paper towels but the experts say not to 🤔💥
Have you try Olive oil it works better in cast
Olive oil has a really low smoke point, I have to respectfully disagree with you on that one higher smoke point oils usually work best for seasoning.
Jason
What if you don't wanna carry veggie oil and paper towels
Salt, pine needles, wood................
Wow, I was thinking that I was the only one using the dog dish washer system. Lol
Haha, nope I have been using the dog method for a long time.
Jason
That is a common, advanced technique among experienced campers.
XD
what brand skillet do you use?
Ever use dutch ovens when you're out?
I don't, not because I don't think they are good, but most of the dishes I make are quick skillet creations that only take a few minutes.
Jason
Good job
Thanks Derrick
Jason
Dogs are the best dishwashers,now if they would just cook.
thanks for the info.
Your Welcome.
Jason
What hydro flask is that?
What kind of gloves are you using to pick up the skillet?
Rawhide leather. Better to use silicone trivets for pots.
Soap does not hurt your seasoning.
steve reist Soap strips the seasoning from your skillet and worse yet, the soap gets pulled into the pores of the cast iron and transfers to your food later.
@@mattkerr3768 Modern soap does not strip the seasoning. That's a holdover from the old days of lye soap. Even Lodge says soap is safe to use.
I’ve been using coconut oil. High flashpoint and good for you.
Nick H Deep 6 Leather Works it’s oil, it’s not good for you
If you ever cleaned my skillet with any metal...you would never touch it again....wood only brother....!
I cringed with each scrape. SMH.
I will use a metal spatula on cast iron for flipping eggs, potatoes etc. because I don't trust plastic on a hot iron pan, and wood doesn't work as good for delicate things like flipping whole fried eggs. (at least the wooden ones I've used are too thick to slide under an egg, but I'm sure you can modify them) But I never use metal spatulas for cleaning or scraping stuck on gunk. I have wooden utensils for that.
There's so much misinformation here... I think I barely blinked. Really hope next 1.3K people realize this vid contains some undesirable direction...