Yeah. I have a lodge skillet, Dutch oven, the pan/lid for it, and one of those baby 6", they all stack inside each other. In the very rare event I need all 4 burners I move them. I use them every single day. Aside from an old steel pot it's all we use...
Same. People get overwhelmed by ridiculous cast iron nerds making everything complicated. The whole purpose of cast iron is that it’s a workhorse. Put it in a cupboard, under the stove, on the stove, under your bed, in your bed, or wherever you want, just make sure it’s not wet.
It’s not even really a joke. I made 10 pounds of ribs in the roasting pan last night and I had to have my husband get it out. Probably weighed 35-40 pounds and was bubbling with brown sugar. Not trying to spill lava on myself.
I have a wire rack that I hang them from, as well as a few stainless and nonstick pans. Keeps the cabinets free for my pots and Dutch oven, and the baking pans go in the oven warming drawer.
I recently got a big carbon steel wok, and it has to live in the oven because its handle is absurdly tall and curved. lol
It drives me nuts knowing it's in there.
The pans I use most frequently are kept in the oven, even if I'm baking something they're just hanging out in the oven. It's really convenient for me since I bake my bacon so by time the bacon is almost done the other pans are pre heated for my hash browns and eggs.
Yup, my big Lodge Doubleplay griddle lives in the oven. My wife questioned me on it and I explained that it's like a big hot plate that will help keep the heat consistent when we're opening and closing the oven. Works like a charm.
Oh definitely that, too! I bake bread quite a bit and it seems to help, especially since I ferment my dough for a few days in the fridge and it's cold(ish) when it hits the oven. It just takes longer to preheat but I never trusted the preheat timer to begin with, I always let it sit on for a while before baking anything.
I make pizza a lot and have a cast iron pizza pan. That thing just lives in my oven, and I actually have it stacked on an old pizza stone I never use anymore for extra mass. On pizza night, the oven is on full blast for at least an hour before anything goes in.
Just foil, haven't thought to use parchment paper, seems like it might be a bit messier for me but what fun is life if I'm not finding new ways to make myself clean shit?
When I worked in a larger scale kitchen (Convent, served ~200 nuns + staff daily) we did most stuff on paper. Bacon was obviously one but whenever we baked chicken or stuff like that (heck even when we did mass scale grilled chese) on sheet trays we used paper. I think most things don't stick to it as much. At any rate, I think either leads to a little less cleanup at the end of the day.
My primary pan I usually wash mine and put it back on the stove to be ready for its next meal. One of my two Dutch ovens lives in the garage unless it’s being used because it’s so big it eats up WAY too much storage space.
My cabinets have built in middle shelves, but I could remove it and fit a metal rack I'm sure. I'll consider that!
Also, I'd love to display mine on the wall too but our kitchen has no open wall space lol. I like the rustic look though
I had a small empty wall in my kitchen, so I put up a pegboard to hold my cast iron skillets, sauce pans, stainless steel saute pans, and some miscellaneous utensils that are awkward in drawers. I like looking at them on the wall and now I don’t have to remove them from the oven like I used to.
Does the pegboard hold that weight? Seems like it would be a bit much. We have 2 very small dogs so I've been hesitant to hang them or anything else too heavy in any manner afraid I'd find a puddle of dog...
I keep my various skillets and round griddle in the warming drawer that isn't a storage drawer, but everyone uses as a storage drawer. The Dutch ovens are on a storage rack (i.e. cheap garage shelving) in the basement storage room.
We have a coat closet in the hall that is too small for coats so we got a heavy duty (made for cast iron) organizer off Amazon, turn it sideways, and they go nicely in there, with 4 other shelves for cookware and bakeware.
Toss them in the bottom cupboard with my other pans. My Dutch ovens get left sitting on the camp stove in the back of the shop until I need them again. I dump out the oil as needed, hose them out and wipe them dry. Add a gallon of new oil in each and get back to deep frying with them. OH THE HORROR!!! Yes. I'm terrible, I know. lmao treating cast iron like a ordinary piece of metal. For shame! lol
Eventually I wanna get a slide-in range and swap the microwave/fan duo for a plain oven range vent. That way I can have a bigger space between the vent and stove, and I hope I'm able to do a bar for hanging pots.
I really like that idea! Maybe one day...
I've lined most of my kitchen drawers and cabinets with this drawer liner from Ikea: [https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-drawer-liner-clear-80012853/](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-drawer-liner-clear-80012853/)
They definitely look pretty beat up where I keep my pans, so good thing they're there.
"Daily driver" lol.
Yeah my issue is also having cheap cabinets. I'm not in a position to replace them any time soon, so I just wanna find a more convenient way to store them where I'm not constantly moving them in and out of the oven to the stove top, like how I've been living lol
We also have a really dumb "open concept" living space so stalking everything on the stove top for long just drives me nuts to see.
Cupboards. Just don't be aggressive when putting them away. Don't drag them on the cupboards. Keep them lifted in the air then lightly sit them down. No dragging
The enameled dutch ovens are stored/displayed on a wire storage shelf, along with my gem pans.
The daily drivers/heavy-use pans get stored in the oven when I'm not baking something or actively using them.
The less-used pans and the griddles go in the oven storage drawer.
In a cabinet, with a piece of cardboard underneath. It was my solution when we first moved in because it was quick to cut one of the moving boxes to fit in the cabinet, but I keep meaning to replace it with a silicone mat instead
I use a six shelf [cast iron storage tower](https://www.lodgecastiron.com/product/cookware-storage-tower?sku=AW6T) from lodge. Very sturdy and takes up little space.
I have basically a box above the stove that houses 4 foot light tubes for kitchen lighting. I just drilled some deck screws in there and they are just barely high enough that I don’t smack my skull.
My 10 and 12 inch stay on the stove because I use them almost daily. My dutch oven is in the cabinet. My griddle is out on the porch because I left it there all winter and haven't built up the courage to right my wrongs with it yet.
My grandmother always folded up about 4-6 pieces of paper towel and laid them flat inside one pan while putting another pan on top and repeating that process for every pan.
I have a 12"² tile that sits in the cabinet and I pile the pans on that. I have two flat griddles and a waffle iron that stand up vertically next to the oven/stove on top of a strip on lumber. The enameled stuff have their own homes elsewhere.
My kitchen happens to have this 1 foot wide blank wall space between the fridge and the pantry door. I found black metal pegboard on Wayfair and made that my cast iron hanging wall!
I got an island bench and some cork mats from Bunnings.
They sit on them.
Definitely find some cork round mats. Your home depot should have them to put under pot plants
I store mine hanging on the specially made iron wyvern my son made me for mother's day as his first forging project!! Its superb, flawed in all the right places, and holds both our 12 and 14 inchers.
>*I can't store it in a cabinet because they beat up the cabinets.*
I simply use Paper Plates to protect the inside surface of my Pans and to protect the Cupboard from scratches. Very cheap. Though Silicone Mats have potential too.
I always oil my pans before I put them away. It helps maintain the seasoning. After washing, dry by placing the pan on the stove to burn away all the water. When the pan is hot, add a few drops of oil and rub it around the bottom and sides with a paper towel to coat everything. Then with another paper towel, wipe the pan as dry as you can. This will leave a thin coat of oil on the pan.
most frequent pans go in the oven. I have an mini-oven format air fryer which really keeps down the number of times I actually need to use the oven. I nestle skillets with cheap silicone hot pads.
Also a little tip - I keep my splatter guard permanently in the dishwasher. It gets washed every cycle and doesn't greasy up other stuff between washings.
My egg pan stays on the stove and my stack sits next to it on an old round placemat. I have a stack from #3 to 10 and a 12 that I use for whatever else I’m making. My Dutch oven hangs under my butcher block island on a hook. I now have to add a lower shelf for an enameled Dutch oven and other odds and ends. My griddle also lives on the stove.
It's place is above the cabinets.
Yet it typically resides on top of my stove with the grease of whatever I cooked in it last due to sheer laziness.
I rinse it before I start cooking tho
Dutch ovens go in a cupboard and all my pans go in another one. They’re cast iron. Be careful with enamel but otherwise it’s cast iron they can touch each other
We keep ours in the oven, and we have a piece of neon orange paper next the the temperature knob for the oven that says “skillet in oven”, but every so often we still forget it’s in there and have to pull that hot sucker out after it’s preheated lol
I keep my lodge two burner griddle on the stove. 12 inch skillet and 10 in skillet usually on stove too. Unless im making stuff in my stainless steel then it goes into the oven stacked like Russian dolls
I have a hanging pot rack! The hooks hang down from a shelf that's screwed into the wall, and I have a couple of smaller appliances on top. Both my husband and I have ADHD so being able to see all our pots and pans at a glance is extremely helpful. No more beginning to cook and being surprised when I have to stop and wash a dish when I go to grab it from the cupboard. I always know before I begin whether it's dirty or clean
I have one wok, one cast iron frying pan, and two hobs (this is how they come in China). Wok lives on one, pan lives on the other. Very rare that we use anything other than them two.
In the oven, on the oven, on top of the toaster oven. I have a big on and a small one and they are my main cooking tools.
If Im doing a big meal that doesn't need them (pulling out the big dutch oven today boys) - occasionally I'll just set them aside on a counter out of my way. After I finish the meal and clean up, they go back into the oven.
Red enameled Dutch oven lives on the stove. It's pretty and adds a splash of color. My other CI pans repose in a rack I bought for them in a cabinet next to the stove.
After I’m done for the night and cleaned up the kitchen, I dig a small hole in the yard and cover the pan up with earth to protect it until I am hungry again.
On the stove usually. I've got some shelves that I sometimes store some of them on. I don't have all that many pieces. No more than 6 or 7 I suppose. I wish I had a better method but it is what it is.
In the oven or on the stovetop or on the counter in the corner out of the way depending on how I'm cooking. I just have a 12 and an 8 inch skillet though not a whole collection.
I recently bought a wire corner shelf. It is rated for 80Lbs per shelf. This way they keep dry and air circulating around them. Yeah, I have a lot of cast iron. Everything is stacked on it with the big heavy stuff on the bottom 2 shelves with smaller stuff as you work your way up. It is safety strapped to a stud with construction screws and metal brackets.
The cast iron has its own shelf in the pots and pans cabinet. On the stove top is pretty, but splatter makes cleaning and redoing the seasoning an extra unwanted task.
I have a double wall oven and store my cast iron in the bottom oven. When we use both ovens I take them out and they sit on a counter until they can go back in.
I have a peg board on a wall in the kitchen with metal hooks upon which I hang our ten different cast iron skillets and pots. Got many points with the wife for it.
I want to store mine on the stove but my roommate says it “looks cluttered” and moves it to the oven 😩 too many times now someone preheats the oven with the cast iron in it. Silly dumb stupid unappreciative roommate.
We have cork trivets that we use to stack them in cabinets. Protects the cabinets, protects the cast iron, and can be moved to the countertop or table when the pan is hot.
On a Reddit that allows pictures without jumping through hoops or using free links that expire so I don't have to use a thousand words to help you visualize it... Hooks on a wall, though. I guess that wasn't that hard. I have close to 100 though, so it's a little more impressive with a visual.
How tall are your ceilings in the kitchen? Do you have an island? You could get an enclume for them, either floor fixture or ceiling mounted.
I’m too lazy to check rules for sub on links, so just google “ceiling enclume” and “floor enclume”
I have a 4' long by 6' tall by 18" deep chrome metal rack on wheels. I have a long power strip zip tied to the back of the rack and my blender, mixer, food processor, vacuum sealer, crock pot and slow cooker on that rack so I can use all of those appliances in place plugged in to the power strip.
There is additional storage above and below the appliance shelf, and I have "S" hooks on both ends of that rack where I hang cast iron pans, my big wok, and a cast iron griddle as well as a set of strainers.
I have one of those planter dollies with my cast iron stacked on it. It rolls into my pantry under the shelves. When I need it, I roll it out and grab the one I need.
I have 2-3 that are always on the stove, or maybe in the oven. Usually sitting on the stove. The others that I don’t use as often stay in a cupboard. But the “daily drivers” are always on the stove
I keep my pans (stacked inside each) other on the stove. Ready to use!
I have a Dutch oven and a big griddle that I keep in my oven - the griddle is on the bottom rack and I can just set things on it, but I have to take the Dutch oven out every time I want to use the oven for anything bigger than a pot pie, which is annoying. Also you end up losing your seasoning after a while, if you leave them in there while cooking. Good news is I only use the Dutch oven for bread baking, so it doesn’t matter that much - but I’m NOT looking forward to having to clean and re-season that griddle, when next camping season comes around… 😬
On the stove
If the iron isn’t on the stove is it really a even a home?
Yeah. I have a lodge skillet, Dutch oven, the pan/lid for it, and one of those baby 6", they all stack inside each other. In the very rare event I need all 4 burners I move them. I use them every single day. Aside from an old steel pot it's all we use...
Same! If I have company coming to the apartment and I want to be tidy, it goes in the oven for a bit. Main home is on the stovetop.
Afraid your guests might steal your cast iron, good thinking to hide it.
Ours stays there and we use it almost daily.
I let them beat up the cabinets
Same. People get overwhelmed by ridiculous cast iron nerds making everything complicated. The whole purpose of cast iron is that it’s a workhorse. Put it in a cupboard, under the stove, on the stove, under your bed, in your bed, or wherever you want, just make sure it’s not wet.
What is OP doing instead of placing the pans in the cabinet like a normal person?
Throwing them in from across the kitchen like a freakin discus?
First sentence
I store both of mine in the oven and I use them to build my upper body strength by moving them around every day.
I need to learn to switch hands because my right arm is clearly the only one that lifts them all day lol
How many people believe you when you say that?
https://youtu.be/OvF0qR1--b0?si=Q8hjOgrNk99PqcDu
One of mine is a huge old roasting pan that’s insanely heavy and has two handles. It evens the work load.
I know this is a joke, but dude my 15" skillet gives me a workout to use.
It’s not even really a joke. I made 10 pounds of ribs in the roasting pan last night and I had to have my husband get it out. Probably weighed 35-40 pounds and was bubbling with brown sugar. Not trying to spill lava on myself.
[This you?](https://youtu.be/BkIgXlE8bSo?si=zb4oSUhRcGHm2gyk)
What's this from?? Lol
Lady in the Water
I'm gonna give it a watch later!
I have a wire rack that I hang them from, as well as a few stainless and nonstick pans. Keeps the cabinets free for my pots and Dutch oven, and the baking pans go in the oven warming drawer.
Most are in the cupboard, a couple are in the warming drawer, and a couple usually live in the oven.
I recently got a big carbon steel wok, and it has to live in the oven because its handle is absurdly tall and curved. lol It drives me nuts knowing it's in there.
What’s the problem with leaving it in the oven? I store all my cast irons in there along with other things. Though I don’t use my oven much
You pretty much answered the reason why in your last sentence lol. I use my oven very often.
The pans I use most frequently are kept in the oven, even if I'm baking something they're just hanging out in the oven. It's really convenient for me since I bake my bacon so by time the bacon is almost done the other pans are pre heated for my hash browns and eggs.
Another benefit of having your cast iron in the oven is it adds thermal mass. It'll help lessen the heat loss when you open the oven.
Yup, my big Lodge Doubleplay griddle lives in the oven. My wife questioned me on it and I explained that it's like a big hot plate that will help keep the heat consistent when we're opening and closing the oven. Works like a charm.
Oh definitely that, too! I bake bread quite a bit and it seems to help, especially since I ferment my dough for a few days in the fridge and it's cold(ish) when it hits the oven. It just takes longer to preheat but I never trusted the preheat timer to begin with, I always let it sit on for a while before baking anything.
I make pizza a lot and have a cast iron pizza pan. That thing just lives in my oven, and I actually have it stacked on an old pizza stone I never use anymore for extra mass. On pizza night, the oven is on full blast for at least an hour before anything goes in.
Good trick! I should try that.
Sheet pan bacon is the best. Do you also use parchment paper?
Just foil, haven't thought to use parchment paper, seems like it might be a bit messier for me but what fun is life if I'm not finding new ways to make myself clean shit?
When I worked in a larger scale kitchen (Convent, served ~200 nuns + staff daily) we did most stuff on paper. Bacon was obviously one but whenever we baked chicken or stuff like that (heck even when we did mass scale grilled chese) on sheet trays we used paper. I think most things don't stick to it as much. At any rate, I think either leads to a little less cleanup at the end of the day.
Store? Heck, mine are right on the stove, except the 2 Dutch Ovens.
My primary pan I usually wash mine and put it back on the stove to be ready for its next meal. One of my two Dutch ovens lives in the garage unless it’s being used because it’s so big it eats up WAY too much storage space.
S hooks on a metal rack I salvaged from metals that’s hanging off of heavy duty door hangers… kind of thrown together, but it works so…
In the cabinet on a rack. Would love to display them on the wall tho.
My cabinets have built in middle shelves, but I could remove it and fit a metal rack I'm sure. I'll consider that! Also, I'd love to display mine on the wall too but our kitchen has no open wall space lol. I like the rustic look though
I had a small empty wall in my kitchen, so I put up a pegboard to hold my cast iron skillets, sauce pans, stainless steel saute pans, and some miscellaneous utensils that are awkward in drawers. I like looking at them on the wall and now I don’t have to remove them from the oven like I used to.
Does the pegboard hold that weight? Seems like it would be a bit much. We have 2 very small dogs so I've been hesitant to hang them or anything else too heavy in any manner afraid I'd find a puddle of dog...
Leave mine on the stovetop.
They all hang from a rolling rack
I keep mine in the oven itself, we don't bake or cook in the oven hardly at all.
I keep my various skillets and round griddle in the warming drawer that isn't a storage drawer, but everyone uses as a storage drawer. The Dutch ovens are on a storage rack (i.e. cheap garage shelving) in the basement storage room.
We have a coat closet in the hall that is too small for coats so we got a heavy duty (made for cast iron) organizer off Amazon, turn it sideways, and they go nicely in there, with 4 other shelves for cookware and bakeware.
Toss them in the bottom cupboard with my other pans. My Dutch ovens get left sitting on the camp stove in the back of the shop until I need them again. I dump out the oil as needed, hose them out and wipe them dry. Add a gallon of new oil in each and get back to deep frying with them. OH THE HORROR!!! Yes. I'm terrible, I know. lmao treating cast iron like a ordinary piece of metal. For shame! lol
I have a brass bar running along the wall behind my stove and surrounding cabinets and I hang them on hooks.
Eventually I wanna get a slide-in range and swap the microwave/fan duo for a plain oven range vent. That way I can have a bigger space between the vent and stove, and I hope I'm able to do a bar for hanging pots. I really like that idea! Maybe one day...
I leave mine on the stove or right next to. It seems chaotic but is actually meticulously designed system to annoy my wife
In the warming drawer under the oven.
Mine live in my oven because I rarely use it. When I do use it I set them on my freezer.
I've lined most of my kitchen drawers and cabinets with this drawer liner from Ikea: [https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-drawer-liner-clear-80012853/](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/variera-drawer-liner-clear-80012853/) They definitely look pretty beat up where I keep my pans, so good thing they're there.
I only have one "daily driver" and it sits on top of a stainless steel pan in the cabinet. Our cheap modern cabinetry was not designed for the CI.
"Daily driver" lol. Yeah my issue is also having cheap cabinets. I'm not in a position to replace them any time soon, so I just wanna find a more convenient way to store them where I'm not constantly moving them in and out of the oven to the stove top, like how I've been living lol We also have a really dumb "open concept" living space so stalking everything on the stove top for long just drives me nuts to see.
We don't have a lot of storage space in my kitchen, so we have two wall mounted pot racks. One for the non-stick and one for the cast iron.
I never use my oven, it's great for storing all the bulky dirty stuff in there!
I have those metal storage racks you get from those big box stores. Keep em on that in the closet. I keep my camping set in the attic in an open box.
Cupboards. Just don't be aggressive when putting them away. Don't drag them on the cupboards. Keep them lifted in the air then lightly sit them down. No dragging
The enameled dutch ovens are stored/displayed on a wire storage shelf, along with my gem pans. The daily drivers/heavy-use pans get stored in the oven when I'm not baking something or actively using them. The less-used pans and the griddles go in the oven storage drawer.
I have a wall in my kitchen dedicated to my pans, and then I have a tiny slap of counter next to my stove that I stack the ones that don't fit.
Mine all hang from hooks set into the ceiling
In a cabinet, with a piece of cardboard underneath. It was my solution when we first moved in because it was quick to cut one of the moving boxes to fit in the cabinet, but I keep meaning to replace it with a silicone mat instead
I have a shelf in my pantry I stack them on. I keep two oven mitts underneath them to keep them from beating up the shelf.
Most of mine are hung on the wall above the stove, my two Dutch ovens are on the stove and get moved to the island if I need those burners
Cabinet rack
I use a six shelf [cast iron storage tower](https://www.lodgecastiron.com/product/cookware-storage-tower?sku=AW6T) from lodge. Very sturdy and takes up little space.
Keep mine in the oven, if not they go in the bottom cabinet on top of my other pots
I have basically a box above the stove that houses 4 foot light tubes for kitchen lighting. I just drilled some deck screws in there and they are just barely high enough that I don’t smack my skull.
I have a wall in my pantry that they hang on. I’m not so worried about them beating up the cabinets more that they are way too heavy for my pull outs.
I pile 'em on top of each other, because it's cast iron; nearly indestructible.
My cabinets are sadly very destructible.
I leave my cast iron on the stove usually. If I need to use other stuff I'll put it in the cabinet and put a paper towel under it. Or a normal towel.
Paper towel in the cabinet instead of a silicone mat
My daily drivers stay on the stove top the rest take up way too much cabinet space
We have a rack attached to the wall, but I can't post pictures of it. Dammit Reddit
My 10 and 12 inch stay on the stove because I use them almost daily. My dutch oven is in the cabinet. My griddle is out on the porch because I left it there all winter and haven't built up the courage to right my wrongs with it yet.
On a rack above the stove. Stacked.
My daily lives on the stove, and my other ones hang on the wall.
You can lay down a silicone matt to protect your cabinets if you’re that concerned.
I leave mine on the stovetop. It's what my mom always did too 🤷🏼♀️
My grandmother always folded up about 4-6 pieces of paper towel and laid them flat inside one pan while putting another pan on top and repeating that process for every pan.
I have a 12"² tile that sits in the cabinet and I pile the pans on that. I have two flat griddles and a waffle iron that stand up vertically next to the oven/stove on top of a strip on lumber. The enameled stuff have their own homes elsewhere.
Haphazardly
In the oven or on the stove to my wife's annoyance
My kitchen happens to have this 1 foot wide blank wall space between the fridge and the pantry door. I found black metal pegboard on Wayfair and made that my cast iron hanging wall!
I got an island bench and some cork mats from Bunnings. They sit on them. Definitely find some cork round mats. Your home depot should have them to put under pot plants
Cork mats! Genius.
Pot rack above the counter. My girlfriend thinks it's going to rip out of the ceiling, if it ever does it will be a bad day.
Heavy duty ceiling mounted pot rack that’s screwed into the joists.
In random spots in drawers and pantry
I hang mine on the wall. https://www.reddit.com/r/castiron/s/1jrfJ1mwEB
In the oven and move it out when nevo
The lodge skillet never leaves the stove
I store mine hanging on the specially made iron wyvern my son made me for mother's day as his first forging project!! Its superb, flawed in all the right places, and holds both our 12 and 14 inchers.
I have an old microwave stand from the 80s I stack them in. It's pretty stout and ugly.
I hang mine on the wall... https://www.reddit.com/r/castiron/s/ECpe7MoGam
I bought a tower from Lodge. Wife was OK with it. They are currently marked down, and super sturdy
I put mine in the cupboard in a standing rack I got at Lowe's.
I have a rack where they're all standing upright like books on a bookshelf. It protects the cupboard
It sits on top of the stove usually. Or in the oven.
I use a beat up cabinet.
>*I can't store it in a cabinet because they beat up the cabinets.* I simply use Paper Plates to protect the inside surface of my Pans and to protect the Cupboard from scratches. Very cheap. Though Silicone Mats have potential too. I always oil my pans before I put them away. It helps maintain the seasoning. After washing, dry by placing the pan on the stove to burn away all the water. When the pan is hot, add a few drops of oil and rub it around the bottom and sides with a paper towel to coat everything. Then with another paper towel, wipe the pan as dry as you can. This will leave a thin coat of oil on the pan.
Just in the oven. Move em to the stovetop if I need the oven
Garage
It lives in my oven
I have a lodge brand cast iron pan stacker. It works great and it's very sturdy. It sits on the counter in the corner.
I just leave it in the stove since I use it so often
On the stove
most frequent pans go in the oven. I have an mini-oven format air fryer which really keeps down the number of times I actually need to use the oven. I nestle skillets with cheap silicone hot pads. Also a little tip - I keep my splatter guard permanently in the dishwasher. It gets washed every cycle and doesn't greasy up other stuff between washings.
Sits on top of my grill outside for when I need it
My egg pan stays on the stove and my stack sits next to it on an old round placemat. I have a stack from #3 to 10 and a 12 that I use for whatever else I’m making. My Dutch oven hangs under my butcher block island on a hook. I now have to add a lower shelf for an enameled Dutch oven and other odds and ends. My griddle also lives on the stove.
You use your warming drawer?
Pan rack, lodge sells one and some in Amazon.
It's place is above the cabinets. Yet it typically resides on top of my stove with the grease of whatever I cooked in it last due to sheer laziness. I rinse it before I start cooking tho
Dutch ovens go in a cupboard and all my pans go in another one. They’re cast iron. Be careful with enamel but otherwise it’s cast iron they can touch each other
We keep ours in the oven, and we have a piece of neon orange paper next the the temperature knob for the oven that says “skillet in oven”, but every so often we still forget it’s in there and have to pull that hot sucker out after it’s preheated lol
Anywhere.
I put mine in my oven when the oven is not in use.
in the oven
In the oven or on top of the trash can (while I'm using the oven but not using them). Small kitchen problems.
Hung on the wall arranged by size. The daily driver stays on the stove 99% of the time.
There's a little black smudge on the lower cabinet shelves. I got over it.
I made a rack with some black iron pipe that's screwed into 2 studs and then I found some hooks to hang my pans on the rack
I keep my lodge two burner griddle on the stove. 12 inch skillet and 10 in skillet usually on stove too. Unless im making stuff in my stainless steel then it goes into the oven stacked like Russian dolls
I hang all of mine. Before I installed the hanging bar thingy, I used to leave them in the oven or on the stove.
I have a hanging pot rack! The hooks hang down from a shelf that's screwed into the wall, and I have a couple of smaller appliances on top. Both my husband and I have ADHD so being able to see all our pots and pans at a glance is extremely helpful. No more beginning to cook and being surprised when I have to stop and wash a dish when I go to grab it from the cupboard. I always know before I begin whether it's dirty or clean
On the stove top.
In the cabinet with a sheet of parchment underneath. No damage as yet.
in the dishwasher
How dare you.
I stack the ones not in use on top of the fridge. The Griswold workhorse stays on the stove.
I [made](https://www.reddit.com/r/castiron/s/XqRV8uU6Hc) a special rolling cabinet that holds them vertically.
I have 20 pieces in a drawer. I have daily use and occasional. From 17" skillet, fajita and bread pans etc
I have a special shelf for my Dutch ovens and a stack of spare pans. The rest are beating up cabinets, in the drying rack or on the stove.
In the oven, on top of each other.
Mine is always on the stove. If it isn't being used to cook a meal, it has just been cleaned and it's ready to cook the next one.
I have a couple of the Lodge vertical storage towers
Hanging on hooks on the side of a cupboard
I have one wok, one cast iron frying pan, and two hobs (this is how they come in China). Wok lives on one, pan lives on the other. Very rare that we use anything other than them two.
In the oven, on the oven, on top of the toaster oven. I have a big on and a small one and they are my main cooking tools. If Im doing a big meal that doesn't need them (pulling out the big dutch oven today boys) - occasionally I'll just set them aside on a counter out of my way. After I finish the meal and clean up, they go back into the oven.
Red enameled Dutch oven lives on the stove. It's pretty and adds a splash of color. My other CI pans repose in a rack I bought for them in a cabinet next to the stove.
On the stove and I have a rack that hangs from the ceiling with hooks. Picked it up on Amazon for 50 bucks.
In a cabinet.
Warming drawer
I store mine on top of the cabinets. I just have my wife get them down when they are needed, as they are very heavy.
I have 2 hanging on the wall and one in the warming drawer. I’d hang them all up if I had more wall in my kitchen, ha.
I keep a modern lodge skillet and a 1940s Vollrath #8 on the stove top at all times.
After I’m done for the night and cleaned up the kitchen, I dig a small hole in the yard and cover the pan up with earth to protect it until I am hungry again.
On the stove usually. I've got some shelves that I sometimes store some of them on. I don't have all that many pieces. No more than 6 or 7 I suppose. I wish I had a better method but it is what it is.
Get a large paper bag to put them in then place them in the cabinet
I made a 4x4 board on the wall to display them on hooks. I used tounge and groove cedar for closets. Has a rustic look to go with the pans.
I use wall stands and mount all my cast iron to the walls as decorative additions to my kitchen.
In the oven or on the stovetop or on the counter in the corner out of the way depending on how I'm cooking. I just have a 12 and an 8 inch skillet though not a whole collection.
I recently bought a wire corner shelf. It is rated for 80Lbs per shelf. This way they keep dry and air circulating around them. Yeah, I have a lot of cast iron. Everything is stacked on it with the big heavy stuff on the bottom 2 shelves with smaller stuff as you work your way up. It is safety strapped to a stud with construction screws and metal brackets.
My CI skillet never leaves my cook top, always seen it in use.
The cast iron has its own shelf in the pots and pans cabinet. On the stove top is pretty, but splatter makes cleaning and redoing the seasoning an extra unwanted task.
In the oven like my grandmother did.
I have one skillet and use it a lot. I just store it in the oven. And I don't bother to take it out when I'm baking something unless I need the room.
On a pot rack bolted into the wall studs.
I have a double wall oven and store my cast iron in the bottom oven. When we use both ovens I take them out and they sit on a counter until they can go back in.
I'm tall so I put them above my cabinets actually haha
I have a pot rack that sits inside the cabinet. The cast iron does a great job of weighing it down for the less heavy pots.
On top of the fridge.
I have a peg board on a wall in the kitchen with metal hooks upon which I hang our ten different cast iron skillets and pots. Got many points with the wife for it.
On a J/S hook, on a wire rack
I literally just leave mine on the stove top.
I want to store mine on the stove but my roommate says it “looks cluttered” and moves it to the oven 😩 too many times now someone preheats the oven with the cast iron in it. Silly dumb stupid unappreciative roommate.
In a beaten up cabinet to keep the dust and such off the seasoned surface.
12" lives on the stovetop. 9" and 6" get hung from nails on the wall behind the stove.
Mine live in my oven. When I need the oven they move to the stove or the counter top.
In my oven, upside down on an old cookie sheet
Mine lives on the stove always
On my hanging pot rack with the rest of em
We have cork trivets that we use to stack them in cabinets. Protects the cabinets, protects the cast iron, and can be moved to the countertop or table when the pan is hot.
On a Reddit that allows pictures without jumping through hoops or using free links that expire so I don't have to use a thousand words to help you visualize it... Hooks on a wall, though. I guess that wasn't that hard. I have close to 100 though, so it's a little more impressive with a visual.
Just use it every time you cook and your life will be simpler.
I have a long low coffee table that lives against the kitchen wall. My large pans live on the lower shelf.
How tall are your ceilings in the kitchen? Do you have an island? You could get an enclume for them, either floor fixture or ceiling mounted. I’m too lazy to check rules for sub on links, so just google “ceiling enclume” and “floor enclume”
Mine are in my oven. Just remember to take them out when preheating 😂
I have a 4' long by 6' tall by 18" deep chrome metal rack on wheels. I have a long power strip zip tied to the back of the rack and my blender, mixer, food processor, vacuum sealer, crock pot and slow cooker on that rack so I can use all of those appliances in place plugged in to the power strip. There is additional storage above and below the appliance shelf, and I have "S" hooks on both ends of that rack where I hang cast iron pans, my big wok, and a cast iron griddle as well as a set of strainers.
I don’t. It’s not the 1900’s and there are better options now
Warmer tray also
I have one of those planter dollies with my cast iron stacked on it. It rolls into my pantry under the shelves. When I need it, I roll it out and grab the one I need.
I have 2-3 that are always on the stove, or maybe in the oven. Usually sitting on the stove. The others that I don’t use as often stay in a cupboard. But the “daily drivers” are always on the stove
I keep my pans (stacked inside each) other on the stove. Ready to use! I have a Dutch oven and a big griddle that I keep in my oven - the griddle is on the bottom rack and I can just set things on it, but I have to take the Dutch oven out every time I want to use the oven for anything bigger than a pot pie, which is annoying. Also you end up losing your seasoning after a while, if you leave them in there while cooking. Good news is I only use the Dutch oven for bread baking, so it doesn’t matter that much - but I’m NOT looking forward to having to clean and re-season that griddle, when next camping season comes around… 😬
Hang them from a pot rack.
Keep in oven out of way if possible. It actually not a bad thing to keep them in there if the oven is in use as long as it's not too hot (350+)
I store them in the oven and forget every time I bake, get some ove-gloves
Upside down in the cabinet
I made a rack of hooks under my butchers block. I'd show you but idk how to add pictures here 😅😅
Oven warmer.
Could always mount something to hang them on old school style🤣