Restoring Five Dollar Cast Iron! 100 YEARS OLD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- We found some 100 year old cast iron skillets at auction and got them for $5 each! Today we transform the iron from old to new buy soaking in Coca Cola and Vinegar, then we grind the old off, and wash before baking on new seasoning. We also pass on our indian runner ducklings to some new owners. Thanks for watching and God Bless!
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01:47 Vinegar vs Coca Cola Cleaning Cast Iron
09:20 Results from Vinegar and Coca Cola
13:20 Firing cast iron
16:59 Sanding cast iron
23:30 Final cleaning
24:00 Seasoning
31:00 Cooking
Ransom is a wise young man for choosing the cast iron pans for they will last his lifetime and longer if they are taken care of properly. You have to be careful when using Crisco for if the pan gets too hot it will become sticky for the vegetable-based Crisco burns at a lower temperature. I have several cast iron pans that I use and have found lard and bacon grease are good for seasoning them. After frying bacon let the grease cool and then wipe it out with a towel. If needed I just run hot water over it to rinse and immediately towel dry. Thanks for sharing this video. Ransom really worked hard on his pan and didn't give up. You are teaching him well.
I must agree that lard is excellent for seasoning cast iron. 👍❤️
Maintenance is key dry on a stove, cool, then light coat of oil to store.
Obviously, Ransom doesn’t mind a little hard work. He just seems to like being with Dad. Amazing kiddo!
Ransom is a exceptional young man. He's a hard worker, for his age.
Ransom is such a great kid and so blessed to have you as a dad to encourage and help him.
Ransom did a good job with your help dad
Ransom is an amazing young man. All of your children are amazing. Ransom stands out more because he doesn't seem to mind working hard. (and playing hard)
Just FYI, it's hard, some would say impossible, to sweeten tea after iuts on ice. Next time you make Sun tea, add sugar before putting it on ice.
Love your videos and wonderful family!!
This came from my grandma,and I’m 65. Back in the pioneer years they did not have a problem with iron deficiency because they cooked with cast iron only
I love restoring cast iron. I do it in my oven on various temperature settings over a few days with pretty much just oil and oven. I never grind of scrape my cast iron. But the memories y'all are making is what counts the most. You're a wonderful family. I love watching you all.
I have done the same. With oil.
We used baking soda and vinegar. And my dad would use the something in the shop to remove some of the rust. 😊
My grandmothers used lard or suet to clean cast iron.
I know it's just me, but I think food tastes better cooked in cast iron. We have a glass top stove and instructions say not to use cast iron on it, but I do. Our cast Iron is as non stick as the new stuff you buy, love it.
Melt your sugar in just a little very hot water before adding to your sun or any iced tea . Works great. My Mom always ‘burned’ her cast iron every year in a very hot fire for 30 minutes or more and ‘seasoned’ them after being washed, with lard or crisco. I am 73 years old and continue in her footsteps! lol. God bless y’all
Ransom has found two Treasures. Ransom can have two pans that he can keep all his life,and gave them to his children. God bless you ransom for saving old pans that could probably last at least another hundred years
Awesome job Ranson!😊❤
Years ago i spent a summer living with my dad on a jobsite. He had bought a few pans from the local thrift store (so mom could keep hers at home), and one was very rusted. Every time I cleaned it i scrubbed more rust off.then one day as I was cooking stuff was leaking into the stove. I had scrubbed all the way through-it was rusted all the way through.
I don't see you cheating, I see you working smarter not harder.
Homesteading with the Zimmermans has a whole video on cast iron restoring. I've seen many, but none like theirs! God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister ☦️ 🙏🏻 💙 ❤️
I loved this video. I think it is wonderful how you encourage and support your children. It was great to see Ransom choose the cast iron pan and stick with it to get the job of restoring it. Proud of you Ransom.
I just love Ransoms heart. Such a hard worker and I love how he watches his dad.
Here in Scottsdale AZ, that's how we make our tea. The best!!!❤❤❤
I'm impressed with Ransom for wanting to restore the old pan, and you for helping him with his goal! Also, thank you for the Jesus reference; taking something old and making it new again!
Ransom was really committed to the cast iron pan project. Good for him! So many kids his age would have given up a long time ago! Gary, what a great memory you & Ransom made cleaning those pans; I’m sure he’ll never forget it.
You all done a great job ,Ramson your learning well and not afraid of hard work most would not have gotten to the end🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊gold star for you (and dad).
Ransom ricks! Neatest kid EVER! You and Cassie are doing great with your kids and I’m just a grandmother, but I believe the best thing you can teach or show them is Jesus. That’s why I believe you two have great kids! Love y’all a lot ! ❤ blessings from OKC.
Ransom, you are a wonderful young man. You do not shy away from work or playing hard. That was beautiful all the work you did in cleaning those pans. I love your heart to do all that you can to help on the farm. Great teaching about CHRIST!
My dad worked for the forestry service. He used to use Coke on the battery cables of the power wagon when they got all corroded and he couldn’t get them off. When we go camping, my job was to take the iron skillets down to the river and clean them out with sand..
Ransom is a very enterprising young man and hard worker. And you Gary, are a good, patient dad. God Bless. - ACD
Well done Ransom on working really hard to get those cast iron pans back to be used again , they would be a great addition to the camper bus for when you finally get to go camping in it👍😊
Hello Walker family. Those pans will be gorgeous and food will taste amazing in them .
Ransom is going to be so smart everything he is learning is going to help him for the rest of his life ❤❤❤❤❤❤
My dad had 2-100 yr old cast iron skillets that I inherited. They cooked like a dream! When I moved from Dallas to Houston, they disappeared! I had had a huge moving sale and they werent for sale but, I had a former brother in law that was taking things to sell for me and was supposed to give me the money. I never saw a single penny and once I unpacked here, I missed the skillets. I cannot prove it but........
Im proud of Ransoms ingenuity and drive to restore those skillets!❤
Using a cast iron skillet to fry bacon is the best way to season a newly cleaned cast iron skillet. Don't wash for the first couple uses. Cover with foil and keep in oven.
Wow!!! Look at those pans. If you showed people who passed on those at the auction, they'd be fighting you for them Ransom. And you know another good thing Ransom you can keep those pans your whole life, and remember how you and dad brought them back to life together. Can't buy that anywhere❤
That is wonderful and a good teaching lesson for all of us. Jesus is amazing. ❤❤❤
❤😂 COWBOY KENT ROLLINS Would be proud Ransom 😊❤🎉
We hope so 😊
Gary, love how you use every opportunities to teach Ransom, Ranger and Mazzie about God and life stills. Ransom, you are a hard worker and you don't give up easily. Wonderful!!! ❤❤
Cast iron is a good investment. Ransom chose well at the farm auction. Good cast iron will last for decades. If you ever travel in the direction of the Lodge company headquarters, I think Ransom would love to see their big store! 💖💖💖
What an awesome video! Ranson is an old soul, wise beyond his years. Gary, you are so patient and making memories that will last a lifetime. YES! Through God all are made new!❤
Great job on the restoration of the cast iron pans👍👍👍 ransom is such an incredible little boy🥰
Ransom you are an Awesome Kid and I'm not fooling!! And you are blessed with an Awesome Daddy to be doing this with you!! Love you guys!!🙏💓🙏
I have bought and cleaned a few of those and gave them to my kids! They are worth it!!
Ransom you are working so hard to get the cast iron pan cleaned. Thank you dad for showing Ransom how to restore an item Ransom will be so proud what he did that and you don't always have to buy new. He will have a great cast iron that he will have a long time. Ransom I am so proud of you. That took a lot of work and time. Have a wonderful day. God Bless.
Loved seeing Ransom right there helping you all through restoring the cast iron. He's a little trooper. Good luck selling the shoes. Hopefully Benjamin will stay gentle. GOD bless Y'all.
I love what Ransom has done to these cast iron pans, this kid is so creative and reminded me to take good care of mine so that they don’t rust ❤ great video today, Gary once again your an amazing father ❤️
Cleaning up those cast iron pans will be so worth it when you see all the stuff you can cook and bake in them. You can bake a mess of biscuts, dump them on a plate to cool, then whip up some tasty sausage gravy to top them. Oh yum!
1 skillet is a older Lodge. The 1 with the breaks in the heat ring. And the one with the worse pitting is maybe a Birmingham Stove and Range. Couldn't tell from the quick glimpse I could see. But both should cook good.
I too restore cast iron cookware. I love this channel, but this video about killed me.
It’s an everything not to do to restore vintage cast iron.
Gary, true test of your labor, cook eggs in it. If done enough & correctly, the eggs shouldn't stick. Way to go Ransome!
I grew up with cast iron cooking, when my Dad would burn brush he would put Moms skillets and put in the red hot coals and leave until am when cooked off. They do get build up. Be sure and keep seasoned.
Great fine Ransom! Great dad to make memories!! Fine lookin cast iron!!
God bless y'all great job on cleaning on the cast iron frying pans I have a suggestion for y'all this is how I was taught by my grandfather he would get some good sand and a burlap sack you would wet the burlap sack put the sand inside the pan begin scrubbing in circular motion the sand would cut the rust and give it bottom inside smooth then you would rinse then put it in the fire or the oven set to the highest setting for a hour when you take it out of the heat he would salt and lard with another burlap sack and rub it down let them sit and cool down then wipe them out and rub them good put them in the fire or oven set to highest setting we only use lard and salt rinse with hot water then dry real good and rub them good with lard hope this helps y'all God bless y'all keep doing what y'all do just saying 😎..
Great idea Ransom! You and your Dad did an awesome job to refresh the cast iron skillets! Betting they will come in handy for camping once the remodel and upgrades are complete in school bus! ⭐👍❤😊
You two are raising a wonderful family.
Basic rule of thumb for cast iron restoring: No power tools, no sandpaper. Lye bath and electrolysis tank. For just those two pans, I'd have just bought a can of yellow top oven cleaner. Spray down heavy, seal in a trash bag and let sit for a couple days. Pull out and scrub with steel wool.
The one with the ring on the bottom (Heat ring) is a 3 notch Lodge, approx 1955-65. I am a Cast iron aficionado. My last restore was a Wagner, from approx 1935. And the smooth bottom may actually be older than the one with the heat ring.
Need to season those with oil at least 3 times, if not 4. The blotchiness on the pan means you used too much oil. on the first seasoning. Your seasoning oil has a smoke point. You need to heat to a few degrees past the smoke point, to polymerize the oils.
BTW, flax seed oil seasoning has a tendency to flake off after a while. I would recommend avocado oil, or refined sunflower oil.
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I was waiting for someone to comment that really knows how to restore cast iron skillets & Dutch ovens the correct way. Lye baths, e-tanks & 50/50 vinegar for only up to 30 minutes at a time. Vinegar will pit the iron.
NEVER use power tools. Never put in fires.
Flax seed oil will flake off. I use grape seed oil.
Also the one with “8” on it is prob the really old one. They use to have on the old ones. Newer ones don’t have. It is prob a heavier skillet. Way to go Ransom‼️
Great project Gary and Ransom!!! Very interesting.👍 Love it that Ransom likes to do things like this. Definitely not afraid of hard work!!! Awesome work Ransom❣😊👍🍳💛
How awesome 👍. . I Love cast iron. I have a found a lot of good pieces in thrift stores, yard sales , and restore them , I dont have the Teflon at all. .. looking for the iron kettle and Dutch oven. Y'all did amazing on them .. y'all have a amazing New week happy Monday stay safe stay healthy stay positive always make it fun Love from Tucson Arizona 💗🦎🌵🌻🦉👩🏼🌾🌵🦎💗
Great video. Hope he remember this someday total awesome young man I like to see kids outside learning how to do things instead of in the house on the video games which is restoring our young kids that young man wants to be just like his daddy❤❤❤
Such a great job with the cast iron! Love you all so much! Continued prayers! God bless
In grandma's day,( in areas where they had a lot of leaves) they used to put their cast iron pans in their fall leaf piles when they burned them.❤😊
Y’all did a really good job on those pans. Ransom yours looked new so great job. Thanks for sharing.
Ransom is a awesome worker. The wire brush and drill motor works really well on the pans. Cast iron lasts forever with proper care. And no toxic chemicals. ❤
Great idea Ransom. Love making old things useful again. By the way. Your daddy wasn’t cheating, he was just working smarter 😀
Ransom is a wonderful boy he is such a hard worker and a deep thinker. I think it is great he wants to do this with his dad. God Bless you both and all your fantastic family
Ransom is always ready and eager to help with anything and a,ways does a great job. He is such a wonderful and kind young man and I’m sure he makes you proud!
Poppa, proof you for encouraging Ransom & making this wonderful Father & Son activity Great.
Also, tying it into how God sees us in Christ.
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Love ya all.
How amazing that Ransom wanted to restore the cast iron pans. Great good Gary incorporating how we are restored when we give our life to Jesus.❤
You guys are such a wonderful family. I love watching your channel.❤️❤️🙏
Love that Ransom wanted to restore the cast iron pans, Great job raising him to want to even do that, Also, Love that Dad added that bringing out to you and told story in the Bible to bring this full circle, Thank you for sharing
Ranson and Gary are hard team workers. Ransom is your faithful shadow. Benjamin is adorable. Blessings 🙏🫶🙏🫶
Ransom is your faithful working companion learning a lot of life’s lesson. Love it!
I’m so glad he wanted to and did restore the cast iron pans and I am pretty sure that the person who passed is happy that they found a good home and have someone to take care of them properly!😊
🎉🎉🎉 congratulations Ransom 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You can also use Arm & Hamme Baking Soda, and for small pots the packaged catsup from take-outs works for stains.... Great Job, you two! The pans look terrific, yay!
Yes, I remember Ransom picking the truly rusty skillet at the auction. "Becky" at the Hillbilly Kitchen channel as an affinity for her cast iron skillets plus a number of 100 year old recipies. The advantage of 100 year old recipies is that they came to be on wood stoves under oil (or other) light and in cast iron. They aren't particularly fussy in terms of prep tools/ equipment, ingredients, nor cooking techniques. Others have 100 year old recipies too. When the temperatures cool down again, it sure would be good to see if Ransom would be interested to do the measuring and mixing for some of these older recipies that are actually designed for cast iron cooking.
That's the BEST bacon is from a cast iron pan ..... AWESOME job Ransom!!!!!
Love watching the whole video the cast iron and the farm life. I think it's awesome how Gary takes the time to do things with Ransom as he's growing up. Great Dad you are.
I really enjoyed this video. Ransom really likes doing stuff with his dad. I, too, love cast iron and love to cook in it. God bless you all ❤
What a great idea Ransom & a awesome job you both did to restore the 2 pans back to new. That 🥓🥓 sure looked yum.😋👍🏻👏🏼
Hi Gary and Ransom, Those are really old skillets, Ransom is a hard worker. Fantastic I love cast iron!!!! Love the video God bless you all and until next time take care now.
Overnight in the wood stove works well!
So awesome that y’all teach the kids about the value of old things & also about Jesus making us whole again. Great parenting!
Welcome to the Howdy God Bless you and your Family and your Fur Babies ✌️💜🙏
Love seeing yall do this together. I've been working on my cat iron skillets. I learned something that will make it easier for me. Thank you!!
Great job ransom!! You too dad!! Sounds like one of the pans is over 100 years old!! Wow!!
You guys did an amazing job on the cast iron skillets! I love how you teach your kids and those memories you make with them will last a lifetime. These are the things they will pass on to their children. ❤
When I visited one of the Boston Harbor islands, the tour guide picked some red sumac flowers and made sun tea. I wasn't brave enough to try it, bit it looked pretty good! Make sure you pick from the red sumac and not the white poisonous plant. The red spikes are what to look for.
That was really cool to watch Ransom take a rusty old pan and turn it into a usable piece of cookware. He amazes me at the things he takes interest in. One very bright little boy. God Bless & love you guys! ❤❤
Ransom is such a hard worker & loves learning from his Dad. Great video - priceless memories made.
a self cleaning oven works great for cleaning cast iron skillets, you wash them and put them in the oven and run it through the self cleaning cycle and the wash them and heat them and oil them
Ransom is such a hard worker! 👍👍👍
Great job Ransom!
God Bless. Ransom is a very hard working youngman. That is a very hard work getting them cast iron pans. Love ❤️ from Northeastern Pennsylvania ❤️ ❤❤
Great father and son project together❤
Good job Gary and Ransom. That was so much work, I'm happy to see you using the pans.
Cast Iron pans are very expensive 🫰😔🫰 Good Job 👍👍👍👍 guys . Keep up the good work 👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤
Amazing job Ransom! You are a very hard worker! Guess you and Dad will be going to more Auctions to find more amazing items to restore!!❤❤❤❤❤
You should try YaAll Sweet Tea just like
It is just like sun tea
Ransom is such an amazing young man and such a hard worker. Love how he loves to do things with his dad and learn new things. Not many 7 year olds or even older kids would think about restoring cast iron so awesome ❤
Hi guys, I really enjoy your videos. You’re awesome family. Thank you for sharing😊 them are getting to look really good
It may not be typical, but I truly enjoyed this video. I love your family, your farm, and the eclectic nature of your videos. Always fun, and I always learn something new. God bless you!😍
Nothing better than cast iron for cooking.
Everyone cleans old cast iron pans differently, I use Muriatic acid, 2 cups in 5 gallons of water for 4 hours, they come out looking like new shiny metal, they darken back up when I season them
If we had some that sounds great! It’s hard to get everything off
@WalkerFarmFam same stuff I use to clean traps, ask Brandon if it works, lol
The doctor told me to cook in the cast iron pans cause my mom was anemic. And she might not have to take iron pills which didn’t agree with her. So they are really beneficial. Thanks Ransom and Gary. Good work.
Great day, father and son cleaning up those cast iron! I lucked out years ago a great older friend gave me a beautiful seasoned T. Eaton 10” cast iron pan! Love it for so much frying and oven cook like corn meal! Happy Days! 🍳🍳❄️🧊☀️😄👏🥰🤗🙏
I’ve got a cast iron pan from my mom. I’ve had it for 50 some years and I’m not sure how long she had it. It’s got a build up on the bottom but still cooks great. I’m afraid to stick it in the fire but I know my mil always did hers in her wood cook stove. Yes I’m that old. I’m the lady that sent the mammoth sunflowers last year. I’m just getting mine planted this year.
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Love old cast iron. I have several from my mom and dad❤❤. God’s blessings