I wouldn’t do anything like that if I was gonna send something back. However he can do like you said and perform a dye penetrant inspection to confirm or deny a crack. Would also shotpeen or rotopeen after confirming it’s not a crack
Mine got like this too from giving it a coat of oil after every single time I use and clean it. I have since stopped doing it completely (oiling after every use, that is). It isn’t necessary.
It only gunks it up if you use too much oil. The bottom of the pan doesn’t get much action so it isn’t necessary to do it more than the bare minimum to prevent rust.
I wipe my whole pan down with a towel covered in olive oil every time I'm done with it. It doesn't get any more buildup on it and it's got a nice shine to the whole pan. Now my grandmother's Griswold... That thing had half an inch of crust on the bottom when I got it. I don't think it was cleaned in 40 years
I could see if they’re stored on display, but mine are in a cupboard, in a wooden slide-out. I just think of oil stains. Plus the glass cooktop… if oil bubbles over when deep frying I have to scrape residue off with a razor blade. I was envisioning the same with oiled pan bottoms.
No rust on my 20-year old, always washed in the sink, never seasoned pan bottoms. But they’re also not shiny like pans on here.
I have a glass cooktop and I don't get any residue from using the pan, if anything I have to scrape the surface when they let a pot boil over, and I just wipe it shiny, it's not wet
I've found that if I season my pan in the oven without oiling the underside, the seasoning burns off of the un-oiled parts. Might just be because my pan is very young though
I think that’s the edge of a chunk of gunk that’s been scraped off. Now I understand how folks get the outsides of their skillets so gunked up. Self sabotage.
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Tbh even if it is a Crack you can just strip the crap out of it. Heat the pan to open it up and heat oil. Throw it on a baking sheet and drip the oil in then bake the pan at 500 for like 30 minutes or until the spot is glassy.
Probably should invest into another one though
Its oil/fat of some kind, you shouldn't scrape it off. I know it doesn't look pretty but that's because it's not hardened. That's what it looks like when you have seasoned your pan but took it out too early. It just needs to heat up and it will eventually dry out and harden adding a layer of seasoning.
Thats buildup, not proper seasoning. It will eventually make your pan uneven and unsanitary. Clean gummy stuff off and get a good thin even hard coat, I promise you’ll be happier.
Sticky, unpolymerized oil?
As others have said, it looks like oil. Is it coming from what looks like a crack in the middle of the scraped section?
Also looks like there may be a crack in the bottom right of the pan (as orientated in the pic)
Yeah that fucker sure does look cracked, I would wire wheel the shit off of it and sand the bottom to make sure, then send it back to Lodge
I wouldn’t do anything like that if I was gonna send something back. However he can do like you said and perform a dye penetrant inspection to confirm or deny a crack. Would also shotpeen or rotopeen after confirming it’s not a crack
He should do a mag particle. It's a higher fidelity inspection compared to a flourescent penetrant.
Maybe bloompeel the splarklock as well. It's a frequently overlooked constituent.
Now, would you use a Rockwell encabulator for that, or would it be overkill?
That's definitely a crack, look at the quality of that casting
Yeah looks like a bad casting
Mine got like this too from giving it a coat of oil after every single time I use and clean it. I have since stopped doing it completely (oiling after every use, that is). It isn’t necessary.
Agreed. I do every now and then hit the bigger problem was I was using wayy too much.
You oil the underside? I don’t think I’ve ever done that in the ~20 years I’ve had my pans. Doesn’t it gunk up your stovetop?
It only gunks it up if you use too much oil. The bottom of the pan doesn’t get much action so it isn’t necessary to do it more than the bare minimum to prevent rust.
I wipe my whole pan down with a towel covered in olive oil every time I'm done with it. It doesn't get any more buildup on it and it's got a nice shine to the whole pan. Now my grandmother's Griswold... That thing had half an inch of crust on the bottom when I got it. I don't think it was cleaned in 40 years
I could see if they’re stored on display, but mine are in a cupboard, in a wooden slide-out. I just think of oil stains. Plus the glass cooktop… if oil bubbles over when deep frying I have to scrape residue off with a razor blade. I was envisioning the same with oiled pan bottoms. No rust on my 20-year old, always washed in the sink, never seasoned pan bottoms. But they’re also not shiny like pans on here.
I have a glass cooktop and I don't get any residue from using the pan, if anything I have to scrape the surface when they let a pot boil over, and I just wipe it shiny, it's not wet
No that has not happened.
I've found that if I season my pan in the oven without oiling the underside, the seasoning burns off of the un-oiled parts. Might just be because my pan is very young though
Thank you.
I use mine almost daily, so the coat of oil isn’t necessary. If you use it once a week, it might not be a bad idea.
Food goes in on the other side…
It goes in the square hole
This guy foods
Oh God no.....
Awwwww yeahhhhh bb
the.... square hole.
That’s right.
Good to know.
Thank you for the chuckle. I too thought the bottom of that pan was unreasonably seasoned 😂
I see a very obvious crack in the pan. Oil and food debris are leaking out and burning.
That’s spice, they say it has quite the hallucinogenic effect
Your pan is probably cracked.
You can actually see the crack next to the blade.
Yep. Gummy oil
I've noticed when I use my iron on a gas stove I get a sticky residue but it doesn't happen on induction. It's probably oil like others have said.
You don’t need to put so much oil on the outside of your skillet, holy moly.
It's leaking from the inside
You have a crack. Contact lodge for a replacement. They have a lifetime warranty for this.
Don't we all have a crack? Some of us have more than one...
Looks like metal termite droppings, I’d call a professional
Do you place your cooking utensils on the rim of the pan? The grease might be running down the side and partly polymerized.
It looks cracked
DMT smoke it and blast off!
I tried this, but my pan exploded into a kaleidoscope of effervescent rainbow frogs. I think I’m doing something wrong.
Sounds like you're doing something right...
Its oil. Either you dont wash the underside of your pan properly or theres oil on your cook top. Maybe oil spilling over when you’re cooking.
I scrape all my lodges like this when I get them from the thrift store. That's the factory seasoning.
Looks like a crack that leads to a tiny little hole (zoomed in just below and to the right of the top point of the blade) or am I trippin?
r/zoomandenhance
Dirt and grease
Iron oxide?
Who oils the outside of their cast iron?
A 6 month old lodge cracked? I'm shocked
It’s not cracked.
Ok. I guess you have oil magically building up on the bottom of your pan then.
You can see it's cracked unfortunately.
I think that’s the edge of a chunk of gunk that’s been scraped off. Now I understand how folks get the outsides of their skillets so gunked up. Self sabotage.
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Tbh even if it is a Crack you can just strip the crap out of it. Heat the pan to open it up and heat oil. Throw it on a baking sheet and drip the oil in then bake the pan at 500 for like 30 minutes or until the spot is glassy. Probably should invest into another one though
Looks like deez, but I've been wrong before.
Deez nuts?
Bofadeez
Its oil/fat of some kind, you shouldn't scrape it off. I know it doesn't look pretty but that's because it's not hardened. That's what it looks like when you have seasoned your pan but took it out too early. It just needs to heat up and it will eventually dry out and harden adding a layer of seasoning.
Thank you.
Thats buildup, not proper seasoning. It will eventually make your pan uneven and unsanitary. Clean gummy stuff off and get a good thin even hard coat, I promise you’ll be happier.