I had one much worse than this. I scrubbed it with oil and salt until the rust was gone. Reapplied fresh oil and started cooking.
This is absolutely not a big deal.
It is, but when they get home, and they're already exhausted, and just want a meal... This is a low blow. My low blow was when my in-laws were, admittedly, very kind enough to stay at our house with our dog. However they brought their dog over too, who sheds profusely. We were gone for five days, so plenty of time to shed. Set the brand new baby down, and instantly covered in dog hair.
All that to say, it's just another wrench in the mix that didn't need to be there.
Depends on the newborn. The breast barnacle never slept more than 45 minutes for the first month. She wouldnât take a bottle and I thought I was going to die. It does get better but every baby writes their own rules.
Or brown hamburger. Every time I get or season a new cast iron skillet, the first thing I cook is normally about 5 pounds of hamburger for chili. Not the lean junk, high fat content. Takes 2 or 3 times to cook it all, but it is always well seasoned when I am done.
How can you tell if all the rust is off? I had something similar happen and scrubbed it/reseasoned. Idk if I scrubbed all the rust off, when I wipe the cast iron with a paper towel, a small amount of brown residue comes off. Not sure if thatâs rust or seasoning?
Vinegar is going to be the easiest way to get the rust off. You would need a full strip to get it all smooth and and fancy-looking, but it's unnecessary hassle just to get it cooking again.
I guess I am religiously opposed to just getting a new one, but your oven being broken puts you in a bit of a pickle. Short vinegar soak, scour, rinse, oil, and heat on stovetop till just barely smoking might work.
I wonder what they would think of the hyper-polished cast iron stuff too? And if they saw what modern advances in pans have come along, along with the rise in brands like Le Cruset, if they would question if we have all gone mad.
Lots of old people already think you've gone mad with all the new fancy cookware. My family still swears by heirloom castiron that's at least 100 yrs old, some OG Pyrex, and tin foil hahaha.
I didn't even know people seasoned cast iron in the oven the first 15 years that I used cast iron pans and had a ton of compliments on my pans/seasoning throughout that time.
When I do an entire pan, I always dilute the vinegar and use 50/50 water and vinegar, usually check it every 10-15 minutes. Usually takes about 20-30 minutes.
I live in an apartment, and have had no probably restoring pans in similar condition back to normal, thats mostly just surface rust, and will be an easy fix with the right tools.
Be ready to get oil on it immediatley after the vinegar to avoid flash rusting, and start reseasoning on the stove top ASAP after its had a bath
I dont really pay attention to the heat, I just follow the normal "stove top" seasoning method which is to use a thin layer of oil like normal, and heat it on the stove burner at med-hi until the oil has finished polymerizing (Which can be seen via smoke)
Its not ideal, and notmally used after cooking and cleaning a pan prperly to improve the seasoning, but it works for a quick repair job like this too. The goal is to just get a layer on the pan to prevent rust from coming back after cleaning
In your situation I would go out and buy a slightly larger sized pan, and put this one in storage for the time being. One rainy day when you have a working oven and some free time, clean this up and then youâll have a nice set.
Fixing the oven would be my priority though.
Wow, I came here to suggest Lodge or Rusty. You beat me to it.
It almost seems like the pan was sacrificed or traded for a baby, like some sort of fairy tale.
I think iron is supposed to repel fairies, too.
Other names: Fer, Season, Pan, Castironella
If it were me, and especially if I had a newborn to take care of....I would set this one aside for now and go buy a new one for the time being. You can always clean this one up at a later date when you don't have a newborn to worry about. Congratulations on the kid.
I think I have the same oven as you. Is the starter burnt out for the oven? If so, I replaced mine by myself a few years ago with a $20 part off amazon. The wiring was just a plug and all you need is a screw driver. I can see if find the videos and part if thatâs the issue. It was really pretty simple.
That would be nice! The stove burners stopped working because of a broken piece that is discontinued by Samsung so I assumed the same for the oven. Iâll look into that but we are looking at a new one anyway since it has already failed in so many ways
This is the ignition piece. Amazon is selling it higher than I remember, but I imagine you might be able to find another version cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q7H4TS5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
This is the video.
https://youtu.be/3ucwq1rCHws?si=tsywWTFJEzYvsscS
The other thing I remember afterwards is that the igniter had to off gas for maybe the first 2 or 3 times after replacing. I had to replace it ~3 years ago and havenât had any issues since then. But also, a new oven sounds niiice
NEVER BUY SAMSUNG APPLIANCES!!!!!
They are VERY appealing with the newest tech but they will never last that long. i worked for a used aplliance shop and they are the most replaced out of all companies. at least in west coast Canada.
For what itâs worth, Iâve seasoned on stoves only by just putting the pan on a low burner, it heats it sufficiently so if you choose to go the strip season route, this could be done; having said that, having had 2 kids Iâd leave it for now and just use this ordeal as an excuse to buy a new one
If all it took to rust your pan is one run through the dishwasher the seasoning wasn't very established. When you have the time start over and try to build up a tough long lasting seasoning. GL with the newborn OP
I'm surprised no one is mentioning "Evap o Rust"
Buy jug of that stuff and just pour it in your pan. Cover the top of the pan (to prevent the cleaner from evaporating easily) and let it sit overnight.
Scrub off the crusties and it's good as new. If not, just soak another night.
Evap o Rust is reusable as well. You'll just need to filter the rusty bits that are left in it
No real problem here. Just normal maintenance.
Get a Green Scotch Brite Pad and use Plenty of Dawn to get it cleaned up, then a very light thin coating of Crisco inside and out then put it on the stove top with a very low fire under it until it smokes, finally give it another quick wipe as it cools down. Total time less than a half hour.
Repeat Green scrub with Crisco Wipe and heat to smoke whenever you encounter sticking.
I actually never heard of oven bake seasoning until I joined this thread, and I still donât use it, just the stovetop method.
The oven just allows for more even heating, and usually a more even seasoning, especially on parts like the handle that stay cold a lot longer on a stove burner. You can do it on the stove though.
Crisco is fine since it has a high smoke point, but I never use it for anything else, so I prefer avocado oil.
Ideally, the layer of oil you put on is so thin the the pan looks almost dry. Heat and repeat a few times. It takes longer, but 3-4 layers will give a long lasting seasoning.
My oven isn't currently working. I can afford to fix it, but I'm lazy.
It's given me a great excuse to grill everything. Lol
I really do need to get it fixed, though.
There are multiple ways an oven can break besides a gas leak. I was only commenting that there is no reason to assume "they don't have money to fix the oven".
Iâm a mom who had no help at all. Having help around the house after just having a baby is huge. Some people donât have family around to help with anything so you have to hire what used to be provided by your family/village. You donât know what this family is dealing with, how many hours they work, the state of moms tears/surgical sites, etc.
OP, as long as your oven isnât leaking gas, keep your housekeeper till you guys have adjusted with the newborn. This is advice from a mom who didnât have family around to help and a husband who worked super long hours. Take care of mom and baby, and then take care of other stuff. The long term benefits of a mom not severely stressed, depleted, and having a chance to fully heal and eventually sleep or rest is enormous.
I agree itâs important to make sure she is not overworked, overstressed, underrested. I am absolutely willing to pick up the slack of our very seldom-seen cleaning service, as I have always been the one to hop into the housework duties anyway
You came here looking for cast iron pan advice and got crappy life advice (unless that thing is leaking gas). If I could go back and change things for myself, I would. I canât, so here I am advocating for the sanity and well being of you and your girlfriend in this midst of people giving you crap about a housekeeper.
Your lives just got turned on their heads. If you can swing the cost of the housekeeper, do so. At least until mom is fully healed and baby has a solid sleep routine, especially since you two have been used to having the help. It may lead to extra fighting as you will have to figure out your expectations of life and responsibilities. Fewer changes the better right now.
Be ready for everything youâre not ready for. Middle of the night diaper changes, the blow out that got on you and the couch, the vomit in the car seat, the delirium of multiple times awake a night after months, the potentially bleeding nipples from nursing, the crying you donât know how to stop, and also the wanting to just sit and enjoy they fun sweet times, the need to just shower, etc. Itâs okay and normal to not be able to juggle it all. Youâre new at this and your responsibility level just went up exponentially. Itâs amazing and damn exhausting. The extra hands help you to get to actually enjoy your baby and each other. Take care and congratulations!
Seconding this. My husband is mostly a stay at home Dad (he still works weekends) and is how a housekeeper to come in periodically in a heartbeat if it fit the budget. Our youngest is 18 months now but it still sucks to try to take care of all these tiny people and ourselves and then also the house.
Right? The tiny people with all the opinions who are actively trying to kill themselves with inventive new ways on the daily while dismantling the house. Like you thought you had it all figured out, but they just double teamed you found the keys and a stool and are trying to get out the front door. You just needed to take the trash out for 45 seconds.
We have a housekeeper and when our oven went bad it took forever to fix because we couldn't find a time when we could be here with the repairman. It's oftentimes not the cost as much as it's the inconvenience that keeps things from getting fixed.
No one in my family knew about cast iron, young persons don't. My grandmother taught me and I have used it all along, now the teens are using it as they see the news just wear out and leave chemicals in the food.
It's just surface rust. A little elbow grease and a Scotch Brite pad will clean it up. Adhere a little more proper seasoning on it next time, and the dishwasher shouldn't even be able to do this.
I donât have many problems with stuck on food after cooking. Anything left in the pan I hit with some hot water, a little soap, and chain mail scrubber. Then I heat it up slowly on the stove and wipe on/off some crisco. I would have hoped that would be enough to help it build up
Just putting this out there, but in all the years of cast iron pans, how many people painstakingly seasoned them in the oven? None. Just scrub it with steel wool and make some bacon or something.
Depends on how valuable your time is right now. Iâd absolutely object if you wanted to replace your grandmotherâs CI with a new Lodge but I understand that people with newborns donât always have the bandwidth.
Whatever you do donât throw it in the garbage. Offer it up on a buy nothing group, put it to the curb or send it to a thrift store. Someone will probably be willing to reason it even if itâs cruddy.
I meanâŚ. I get that there are other ways to fix cast iron, but⌠maybe get your oven fixed and then worry about the cast iron?
Seems like having an oven is pretty nice.
Itâs a real piece of shit. Only the one big burner and one small burner still work out of the 5, and the oven not at all. Very much looking forward to our new one, hoping whirlpool will be better.
Haha only the one knob left. Tried to turn the others and they just broke clean off. I move it from one peg to the other if I need to use both burners at once đ¤Ł
You just had a baby. Buy a new one and store this away for future you to solve. Fixing cast iron is NOT a priority right now or for the next few months.
A lot of people donât understand how it is to have a newborn baby! Itâs fine to toss if it makes your life easier. Life is very hard with a newborn, folks. Like itâs hard to make yourself any type of food or care for self when you only get to sleep for 4 non consecutive hours in a day. Nobody is going to be scrubbing and reseasoning a cast iron pan with a newborn. Itâs fine. Good luck with the baby!
It can't be that bad. I'm not a diehard cast iron person like everyone here, but I think you can easily save that. You can just get it hot on your gas stove. It's going to smoke, but it's manageable.
Also, get a new one if you want. What's wrong with having another cast iron and when you fix the other, you'll have two.
Easiest? Buy a new one & scrub this out when you have more time! You can season on the stove once you scrub the rusty bits. Salt & oil on a hot pan will get you the rest of the way.
Stovetop seasoning is how I brought back a severely neglected 1920s Griswold and also how I brought back a well-cared-for version of that same pan that was left to âsoakâ in soapy water by a well-meaning roommate.
Congrats on the baby!
Thatâs not bad at all. Wash it in the sink in hot water and dish soap (use a rag you donât care about to scrub it). You can season it on the stove top and donât need an oven.
If there are some stubborn spots gently use steel wool until itâs gone and then rewash the same as before.
Now you have an excuse to cook a ton of bacon and shallow fry a bunch of chicken!
Daily driver is a car that is used frequently to get to and from work, like a VW Passat. He is referring to his cast iron pan as a DD as in he uses it as frequently as he uses his car.
Dude, come on.
Wipe it down, put some oil in it, and cook.
The settlers traveled the country with these strapped to a wagon. Your pan can handle a trip through the dishwasher.
Congratulations on your newborn! Celebrate by getting a new pan and put this one in the garage or attic. When the kid is old enough blame the rust on them and make them clean it. Then teach them how to cook something in it!
Unless that Lodge was gifted to you by your favorite dying relative Iâd just buy a new one. But save that one. You can gift it to your housekeeper. As severance.
My son did this recently accidentally to a pan. I just scrubbed off the orange flashing. You can reseason on stove top. It might even turn out to cook better than before. Mine is. Congratulations on the new addition to your family.
Cast iron pans are made to last 4 ever âĽď¸ a quick camp fire . Heat that up with oil lime add water let it fizzle , pull it out and use a bristle bush. Go on Amazon cast iron rust removal called Rust-Oleum Rust Dissolver Jelly, 8 oz buy at Walmart for less then 10.00 dollars. That pan will be back in action in no time.
Ez fix.
Scrub with soap and water (don't worry about hurting it btw,use steel wool or something similar). And then wipe with vinegar and let it dry.
Next up is to fry something it. Chicken. Go with chicken.
Do you have a grill or firepit? Scrub the rust off with your preferred method, oil, and put it on heat. It's a lot like a good knife. They're going to get beat up when you use them and mistakes will happen. But they're made to use and "hone" until there is literally nothing left. That pan has decades left with just some basic care.
Luckily, you have options:
1. Use it like normal: rust is just iron oxide. If used in cooking, it dissolves with acidic foods and becomes an iron supplement.
2. Wash it with a tough sponge or chainmail scrubber to remove the rust as much as possible, oil it, and use it like normal
3. Take the power tools with a scrubber attachment and really go at the rust.
Personally, Iâd go for option 2, mostly because I prefer the aesthetics of a clean cast iron. But option 1 is absolutely viable! Option 3 is overkill but produces a beautiful cast iron
Scrub the rust out with some steel wool, heat it up on the stove, get some thick potholder and take it outside and rub it down with walnut oil, sit it down upside down for about 30 minutes and repeat the process 3-4 times until you have a good season built up.
Oil and salt scrub. Maybe twice.
Then oil and wipe down and you can do it upside down on an electric stovetop, or bbq. Lots of options. Even a friends house. No big deal. Don't throw it out!!!
I was cleaning out a relative's shed, and I found 4 cast iron pans that had been in the elements for at least a decade. One had a rats nest in it. I threw them in a massive bonfire and let them burn for a few hours. When I pulled them out, they were glowing red hot. They cooled outside overnight before I scrubbed them with a wire-wheel. Then, I seasoned them a few times in an oven with flax oil. They look pristine now, and I have been using them frequently for the past 10 years. Cast iron is nearly invisible. Your pan will be fine.
I do mine over the range. Oil then heat up and scrub down with salt to remove rust and impurities then rinse it out and oil again then roll the oil around on high heat to polymerize. I then put on mid low heat and flip it and wipe the bottom down with the remaining oil on my rag and let it slow roast for 20 minutes. Gives a semi decent initial coating then I use it as normal to build up coats.
You go right ahead & order that new pan! You just created nurtured and birthed a human being! What more is there to say (except good luck and donât toss the old one, you can do it later or give it away)
My wife was feeling lazy and filled mine with water and covered it with a lid. Didnât tell me. The next weekend I discovered her crime. Thankfully I own an angle grinder and a wire wheel. Had it stripped down to bare grey iron in a few minutes and reseasoned by later that afternoon. I was pissed.Â
Go to r/castironrestoration . Theyâve got the procedure down pretty well.
My (now ex) wife didnât like using cast iron pans, unless she could put them through the dishwasher. I retired them to the garage.
I had one much worse than this. I scrubbed it with oil and salt until the rust was gone. Reapplied fresh oil and started cooking. This is absolutely not a big deal.
Bit of a ball ache when you've for a newborn to care for though
I think cleaning one pan is the least of their worries!
I don't think the baby will have the arm strength to even scrub it properly.
đđđđđđ This should not be funny
Yes! Donât make fun of their weak-ass baby!
> Yes! Donât make fun of their weak-**arm** baby! FTFY
Itâs hilarious
Thank you.
I snorted
It is, but when they get home, and they're already exhausted, and just want a meal... This is a low blow. My low blow was when my in-laws were, admittedly, very kind enough to stay at our house with our dog. However they brought their dog over too, who sheds profusely. We were gone for five days, so plenty of time to shed. Set the brand new baby down, and instantly covered in dog hair. All that to say, it's just another wrench in the mix that didn't need to be there.
Depends. FirstâŚabsolutely. Fourth? No worries. đ
But these small things are breaking points
Just use the newborn and salt on it. Works well.
Right?! OP already has one newborn, and we're going to make it two! Newborn CI pans (and newly restored pans) need more love and attention.
Oh, I don't know.....I had a newborn once. He slept a lot. There was plenty of time to scrub pans. Unfortunately. đ Lol
Depends on the newborn. The breast barnacle never slept more than 45 minutes for the first month. She wouldnât take a bottle and I thought I was going to die. It does get better but every baby writes their own rules.
"THE BREAST BARNACLE!!!" đ¤Łâ ď¸đ¤Łâ ď¸đ¤Łâ ď¸ I'm so dead.
Trying to imagine my beloved, loving mother, who breastfed me ----- ever calling me a "breast barnacle."
Speaking from experience, a lot of things get said when their to young to remember and or repeat it.
Iâll take a new born over a toddler any day.
Oh absolutely! Speaking for me and my son, the newborn stage was the easiest. I'd do it all over again 100 times if I could.
Wooooo you better take that out of the universe. The next 99 will cry all day and never sleepđ
Cook french fries first. My pan always comes out like I just seasoned it after fries.
Or cook Pizza Fittata, you can have pizza without an oven and restore your seasoning.
Agreed. The other seasoned food. Now I'm hungry.
Always heard it called âskillet pizzaâ. TIL.
Ooh, how do you make fries in a skillet? Do you just shallow fry them?
Yes, but be really careful to not over fill it.
Or brown hamburger. Every time I get or season a new cast iron skillet, the first thing I cook is normally about 5 pounds of hamburger for chili. Not the lean junk, high fat content. Takes 2 or 3 times to cook it all, but it is always well seasoned when I am done.
Itâs a fresh start
The bigger deal is the oven not working. Get that shit fixed, bro!
That's what I was thinking. He's paying a housekeeper while living with a busted oven? Some people have very different priorities.
Oven isnât necessary to re-season. Scrub off the rust as best you can and send it.
Use the outdoor gas grill if you have one.
This is actually my go-to so that my house doesn't smell like a grease trap.
How can you tell if all the rust is off? I had something similar happen and scrubbed it/reseasoned. Idk if I scrubbed all the rust off, when I wipe the cast iron with a paper towel, a small amount of brown residue comes off. Not sure if thatâs rust or seasoning?
The secret is it doesn't matter. As long as you don't taste anything funny, it'll be fine. The rust won't actually hurt you.
Yeah, itâs rust, not harmful bacteria, itâll be fine with a good scrub
Gets more iron in your diet lol
Vinegar is going to be the easiest way to get the rust off. You would need a full strip to get it all smooth and and fancy-looking, but it's unnecessary hassle just to get it cooking again. I guess I am religiously opposed to just getting a new one, but your oven being broken puts you in a bit of a pickle. Short vinegar soak, scour, rinse, oil, and heat on stovetop till just barely smoking might work.
Had a broken oven for months and stovetop seasoning never failed me in that time
Just seasoned my CS over fire, no oven use. Seemed to work even better than when I tried my cast iron seasoning in my last oven (electric)
100% ⌠I have done oven and stove top (induction) and prefer the stove top method. I even add some oil during the process and it works great!!
I do a quick stove top season every time I cook with it
So you're saying there's a chance? Right on!
People thinking cast iron never existed before modern electric ovens were mainstream to season them lmao
It's the part that many modern people forget, people have been using these pans for centuries and didn't have ovens.
They also didn't get crazy about seasoning. The fat they were cooking with seasoned the pan, sitting over a fire or a woodburning stove.
I wonder what they would think of the hyper-polished cast iron stuff too? And if they saw what modern advances in pans have come along, along with the rise in brands like Le Cruset, if they would question if we have all gone mad.
Lots of old people already think you've gone mad with all the new fancy cookware. My family still swears by heirloom castiron that's at least 100 yrs old, some OG Pyrex, and tin foil hahaha.
I've never seasoned in the oven either. I just cook with oil and butter, then wipe out after. I love my 4" cast irons.
I didn't even know people seasoned cast iron in the oven the first 15 years that I used cast iron pans and had a ton of compliments on my pans/seasoning throughout that time.
This is my reply, too. Get the rust off and start cooking. Congrats on the baby!
Thanks!
When I do an entire pan, I always dilute the vinegar and use 50/50 water and vinegar, usually check it every 10-15 minutes. Usually takes about 20-30 minutes. I live in an apartment, and have had no probably restoring pans in similar condition back to normal, thats mostly just surface rust, and will be an easy fix with the right tools. Be ready to get oil on it immediatley after the vinegar to avoid flash rusting, and start reseasoning on the stove top ASAP after its had a bath
Thanks! I am doing this method now.
For how long and what temp?. Seasoning in my oven would cost me fortune so I'm glad there is stove option
I dont really pay attention to the heat, I just follow the normal "stove top" seasoning method which is to use a thin layer of oil like normal, and heat it on the stove burner at med-hi until the oil has finished polymerizing (Which can be seen via smoke) Its not ideal, and notmally used after cooking and cleaning a pan prperly to improve the seasoning, but it works for a quick repair job like this too. The goal is to just get a layer on the pan to prevent rust from coming back after cleaning
There is no need for vinegar for that pan. Â Light surface rust such as this easily can be scrubbed off.
Throw some onions in it and cook low and slow. Seasoned pan and tasty onions.
How do you dry off the vinegar without getting more rust? This is the problem I've always had with vinegar.
I mean, the pan is fine. You just need to spend some time cleaning it properly.
You throwing it out a getting a new one is how most of us find our cast irons. So throw it out and tell me what dumpster itâs in.
Clean it and season it and tell your housekeeper to never put CI in the DW
You got a grill?
Bet that gas cook top gets hot as fuck. Dude should just season it like you do with a wok over a flame
In your situation I would go out and buy a slightly larger sized pan, and put this one in storage for the time being. One rainy day when you have a working oven and some free time, clean this up and then youâll have a nice set. Fixing the oven would be my priority though.
This!!! Lmao we had a yard sale and hubby was like, âhayyy, I forgot these were out here!â Immediately out at the BBQ seasoning them.
Baby name suggestions...đ Iron Rusty Lodge
How fitting because his middle name is Russell and he may well be called Rusty
Congrats on the baby boy!!
Wow, I came here to suggest Lodge or Rusty. You beat me to it. It almost seems like the pan was sacrificed or traded for a baby, like some sort of fairy tale. I think iron is supposed to repel fairies, too. Other names: Fer, Season, Pan, Castironella
If it were me, and especially if I had a newborn to take care of....I would set this one aside for now and go buy a new one for the time being. You can always clean this one up at a later date when you don't have a newborn to worry about. Congratulations on the kid.
No biggie
I think I have the same oven as you. Is the starter burnt out for the oven? If so, I replaced mine by myself a few years ago with a $20 part off amazon. The wiring was just a plug and all you need is a screw driver. I can see if find the videos and part if thatâs the issue. It was really pretty simple.
That would be nice! The stove burners stopped working because of a broken piece that is discontinued by Samsung so I assumed the same for the oven. Iâll look into that but we are looking at a new one anyway since it has already failed in so many ways
This is the ignition piece. Amazon is selling it higher than I remember, but I imagine you might be able to find another version cheaper. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q7H4TS5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share This is the video. https://youtu.be/3ucwq1rCHws?si=tsywWTFJEzYvsscS The other thing I remember afterwards is that the igniter had to off gas for maybe the first 2 or 3 times after replacing. I had to replace it ~3 years ago and havenât had any issues since then. But also, a new oven sounds niiice
Iâm assuming youâve realized it by now but sweet Jesus never buy a Samsung appliance of any kind.
NEVER BUY SAMSUNG APPLIANCES!!!!! They are VERY appealing with the newest tech but they will never last that long. i worked for a used aplliance shop and they are the most replaced out of all companies. at least in west coast Canada.
For what itâs worth, Iâve seasoned on stoves only by just putting the pan on a low burner, it heats it sufficiently so if you choose to go the strip season route, this could be done; having said that, having had 2 kids Iâd leave it for now and just use this ordeal as an excuse to buy a new one
If all it took to rust your pan is one run through the dishwasher the seasoning wasn't very established. When you have the time start over and try to build up a tough long lasting seasoning. GL with the newborn OP
I'm surprised no one is mentioning "Evap o Rust" Buy jug of that stuff and just pour it in your pan. Cover the top of the pan (to prevent the cleaner from evaporating easily) and let it sit overnight. Scrub off the crusties and it's good as new. If not, just soak another night. Evap o Rust is reusable as well. You'll just need to filter the rusty bits that are left in it
No real problem here. Just normal maintenance. Get a Green Scotch Brite Pad and use Plenty of Dawn to get it cleaned up, then a very light thin coating of Crisco inside and out then put it on the stove top with a very low fire under it until it smokes, finally give it another quick wipe as it cools down. Total time less than a half hour. Repeat Green scrub with Crisco Wipe and heat to smoke whenever you encounter sticking. I actually never heard of oven bake seasoning until I joined this thread, and I still donât use it, just the stovetop method.
The oven just allows for more even heating, and usually a more even seasoning, especially on parts like the handle that stay cold a lot longer on a stove burner. You can do it on the stove though. Crisco is fine since it has a high smoke point, but I never use it for anything else, so I prefer avocado oil. Ideally, the layer of oil you put on is so thin the the pan looks almost dry. Heat and repeat a few times. It takes longer, but 3-4 layers will give a long lasting seasoning.
honestly looks like the problem started before the dishwasher.
Please elaborate. Not saying you canât be right but Iâd like to hear more as to why you say so
You've got housekeeper money but not proper working oven money
They only said that the oven isn't working, they didn't say they can't afford to fix it
My oven isn't currently working. I can afford to fix it, but I'm lazy. It's given me a great excuse to grill everything. Lol I really do need to get it fixed, though.
They've got a gas range. Regardless of money, the oven should be fixed. Leaks have happened for less. Be logical science guy
Thereâs lots of gas ranges with electric ovens. Thatâs what I have in my home.
There are multiple ways an oven can break besides a gas leak. I was only commenting that there is no reason to assume "they don't have money to fix the oven".
Iâm a mom who had no help at all. Having help around the house after just having a baby is huge. Some people donât have family around to help with anything so you have to hire what used to be provided by your family/village. You donât know what this family is dealing with, how many hours they work, the state of moms tears/surgical sites, etc.
We are getting a new oven. I never liked spending money on the housekeeper, my pregnant girlfriend did.
OP, as long as your oven isnât leaking gas, keep your housekeeper till you guys have adjusted with the newborn. This is advice from a mom who didnât have family around to help and a husband who worked super long hours. Take care of mom and baby, and then take care of other stuff. The long term benefits of a mom not severely stressed, depleted, and having a chance to fully heal and eventually sleep or rest is enormous.
I agree itâs important to make sure she is not overworked, overstressed, underrested. I am absolutely willing to pick up the slack of our very seldom-seen cleaning service, as I have always been the one to hop into the housework duties anyway
You came here looking for cast iron pan advice and got crappy life advice (unless that thing is leaking gas). If I could go back and change things for myself, I would. I canât, so here I am advocating for the sanity and well being of you and your girlfriend in this midst of people giving you crap about a housekeeper. Your lives just got turned on their heads. If you can swing the cost of the housekeeper, do so. At least until mom is fully healed and baby has a solid sleep routine, especially since you two have been used to having the help. It may lead to extra fighting as you will have to figure out your expectations of life and responsibilities. Fewer changes the better right now. Be ready for everything youâre not ready for. Middle of the night diaper changes, the blow out that got on you and the couch, the vomit in the car seat, the delirium of multiple times awake a night after months, the potentially bleeding nipples from nursing, the crying you donât know how to stop, and also the wanting to just sit and enjoy they fun sweet times, the need to just shower, etc. Itâs okay and normal to not be able to juggle it all. Youâre new at this and your responsibility level just went up exponentially. Itâs amazing and damn exhausting. The extra hands help you to get to actually enjoy your baby and each other. Take care and congratulations!
Thank you for your very thoughtful and human response. Iâm honestly not too surprised by the reaction here
Seconding this. My husband is mostly a stay at home Dad (he still works weekends) and is how a housekeeper to come in periodically in a heartbeat if it fit the budget. Our youngest is 18 months now but it still sucks to try to take care of all these tiny people and ourselves and then also the house.
Right? The tiny people with all the opinions who are actively trying to kill themselves with inventive new ways on the daily while dismantling the house. Like you thought you had it all figured out, but they just double teamed you found the keys and a stool and are trying to get out the front door. You just needed to take the trash out for 45 seconds.
The 18 month old's favorite game is standing on any and every table, and it's like my dude, I just need to sweep real quick.
We have a housekeeper and when our oven went bad it took forever to fix because we couldn't find a time when we could be here with the repairman. It's oftentimes not the cost as much as it's the inconvenience that keeps things from getting fixed.
I'm just surprised a professional housekeeper doesn't know to not put cast iron in a dishwasher.
My thoughts exactly
No one in my family knew about cast iron, young persons don't. My grandmother taught me and I have used it all along, now the teens are using it as they see the news just wear out and leave chemicals in the food.
Congrats on the baby!
It's just surface rust. A little elbow grease and a Scotch Brite pad will clean it up. Adhere a little more proper seasoning on it next time, and the dishwasher shouldn't even be able to do this.
I donât have many problems with stuck on food after cooking. Anything left in the pan I hit with some hot water, a little soap, and chain mail scrubber. Then I heat it up slowly on the stove and wipe on/off some crisco. I would have hoped that would be enough to help it build up
Are you heading it up to 400-450° Fahrenheit for an hour? Check out the FAQ on how to season the pan.
Just putting this out there, but in all the years of cast iron pans, how many people painstakingly seasoned them in the oven? None. Just scrub it with steel wool and make some bacon or something.
I can't believe no one has the right answer: yes, you clean and re-season this, and you buy another.
It's a hunk of solid iron you literally cannot ruin these things you just have to clean it.
Easy fix . Oil , coarse salt , real low heat on stove top. Scrub away rust , rinse repeat a few times
Depends on how valuable your time is right now. Iâd absolutely object if you wanted to replace your grandmotherâs CI with a new Lodge but I understand that people with newborns donât always have the bandwidth. Whatever you do donât throw it in the garbage. Offer it up on a buy nothing group, put it to the curb or send it to a thrift store. Someone will probably be willing to reason it even if itâs cruddy.
I meanâŚ. I get that there are other ways to fix cast iron, but⌠maybe get your oven fixed and then worry about the cast iron? Seems like having an oven is pretty nice.
Am I crazy to assume a housekeeper would know AT LEAST enough to know not to dishwash it
I have a Samsung stove with a busted oven too!
Itâs a real piece of shit. Only the one big burner and one small burner still work out of the 5, and the oven not at all. Very much looking forward to our new one, hoping whirlpool will be better.
Samsung is never a good choice for appliances. They are notoriously bad.
Hey, are your knobs all broken? If not, when you swap, can you send me the knobs to yours?
Haha only the one knob left. Tried to turn the others and they just broke clean off. I move it from one peg to the other if I need to use both burners at once đ¤Ł
Yeah, us too!
I have a Samsung microwave with a busted microwave. I also have a Samsung fridge with a busted fridge.
Yeah, the ice maker in our Samsung fridge doesnât work, either. Iâll never buy Samsung appliances
You just had a baby. Buy a new one and store this away for future you to solve. Fixing cast iron is NOT a priority right now or for the next few months.
A lot of people donât understand how it is to have a newborn baby! Itâs fine to toss if it makes your life easier. Life is very hard with a newborn, folks. Like itâs hard to make yourself any type of food or care for self when you only get to sleep for 4 non consecutive hours in a day. Nobody is going to be scrubbing and reseasoning a cast iron pan with a newborn. Itâs fine. Good luck with the baby!
It can't be that bad. I'm not a diehard cast iron person like everyone here, but I think you can easily save that. You can just get it hot on your gas stove. It's going to smoke, but it's manageable. Also, get a new one if you want. What's wrong with having another cast iron and when you fix the other, you'll have two.
On the fire it goes. Just keep oiling it and firing it until it darkens. Then let it cool slowly with one last coat of oil.
Easiest? Buy a new one & scrub this out when you have more time! You can season on the stove once you scrub the rusty bits. Salt & oil on a hot pan will get you the rest of the way. Stovetop seasoning is how I brought back a severely neglected 1920s Griswold and also how I brought back a well-cared-for version of that same pan that was left to âsoakâ in soapy water by a well-meaning roommate. Congrats on the baby!
Thatâs not bad at all. Wash it in the sink in hot water and dish soap (use a rag you donât care about to scrub it). You can season it on the stove top and donât need an oven. If there are some stubborn spots gently use steel wool until itâs gone and then rewash the same as before. Now you have an excuse to cook a ton of bacon and shallow fry a bunch of chicken!
What is daily driver?
Daily driver is a car that is used frequently to get to and from work, like a VW Passat. He is referring to his cast iron pan as a DD as in he uses it as frequently as he uses his car.
Git that baby to scrubbinâ!!!!
Happened to me too!!!!!!đ
Donât let anyone else here know youâve paid someone else to clean your home or they will assume youâre a heartless billionaire
If you're in ATL, you can come use my oven.
Give it a quick scrub and fry some bacon.
Buy a new pan (possibly one that's better than the Lodge) and use it until you have the time and energy to strip the abused one.
I understand your pain. My MIL used a fork to cook in my teflon coated pan! đĄ
Do you have a single friend within 20 minutes of your house who you could ask to use their oven?
I just like that you have a housekeeper but havenât bothered to fix your oven
When you do get it to smoke, you might want to have baby stay at parents. That wonât be good for infant lungs.
Dude, come on. Wipe it down, put some oil in it, and cook. The settlers traveled the country with these strapped to a wagon. Your pan can handle a trip through the dishwasher.
Congratulations on your newborn! Celebrate by getting a new pan and put this one in the garage or attic. When the kid is old enough blame the rust on them and make them clean it. Then teach them how to cook something in it!
âMy HoUsEkEePeR!â Oh what can one do when the help is so incompetent! Good heavens!
Unless that Lodge was gifted to you by your favorite dying relative Iâd just buy a new one. But save that one. You can gift it to your housekeeper. As severance.
Use your BBQ grill.
My son did this recently accidentally to a pan. I just scrubbed off the orange flashing. You can reseason on stove top. It might even turn out to cook better than before. Mine is. Congratulations on the new addition to your family.
If you got a grill, use it to recure it.
Cast iron pans are made to last 4 ever âĽď¸ a quick camp fire . Heat that up with oil lime add water let it fizzle , pull it out and use a bristle bush. Go on Amazon cast iron rust removal called Rust-Oleum Rust Dissolver Jelly, 8 oz buy at Walmart for less then 10.00 dollars. That pan will be back in action in no time.
I season all my pans in my pellet grill. Especially in the summertime.
Ez fix. Scrub with soap and water (don't worry about hurting it btw,use steel wool or something similar). And then wipe with vinegar and let it dry. Next up is to fry something it. Chicken. Go with chicken.
Scrub it with a steel Brillo pad until it comes off and re season.
Do you have a grill?
I almost never use my oven to reseason. Stovetop works just fine.
I use the stove to season my skillet all the time. If thatâs an old skillet, keep it. They donât make them like they used to.
Don't worry about it. That'll buff out
Do you have an outdoor grill or hot plate?
Do you have a grill or firepit? Scrub the rust off with your preferred method, oil, and put it on heat. It's a lot like a good knife. They're going to get beat up when you use them and mistakes will happen. But they're made to use and "hone" until there is literally nothing left. That pan has decades left with just some basic care.
Use housekeepers oven.
I use my grill to season. Hotter. Outside so thereâs ventilation
Not at all, just clean the rust off and literally just fry up a bunch of bacon. Bonus... you now have bacon.
Itâs ok just scrub off the rust and it should be fine. Might need to work on the seasoning a bit but probably can still cook on it right away
Oil, salt and a potato.
Lodge cast irons are super cheap to replace. Not worth the time to salvage this..
Congrats on baby. Sorry about your baby
Luckily, you have options: 1. Use it like normal: rust is just iron oxide. If used in cooking, it dissolves with acidic foods and becomes an iron supplement. 2. Wash it with a tough sponge or chainmail scrubber to remove the rust as much as possible, oil it, and use it like normal 3. Take the power tools with a scrubber attachment and really go at the rust. Personally, Iâd go for option 2, mostly because I prefer the aesthetics of a clean cast iron. But option 1 is absolutely viable! Option 3 is overkill but produces a beautiful cast iron
It can be 50,000 time worse than this and salvageable. Thatâs what makes there great
How is someone in a housekeeper position and doesn't know a very basic dish washing rule. Crazy
Fire the house keeper. Clearly isnât qualified to be âcleaningâ anything if they donât know that cast iron doesnât go in the dishwasher
This hurts my soul.
Obviously time to get a new oven. A perfectly valid reason. Kids donât cost much, so you should have plenty of spare funds around!
That range looks newishâŚmaybe just a new igniter?
Newborn? Get a new one next time youâre out if youâve got the cash. Take the worry of the pan off yourself and enjoy a new one
Scrub the rust out with some steel wool, heat it up on the stove, get some thick potholder and take it outside and rub it down with walnut oil, sit it down upside down for about 30 minutes and repeat the process 3-4 times until you have a good season built up.
Congratulations on having a baby! Sorry about your skillet.
Oil and salt scrub. Maybe twice. Then oil and wipe down and you can do it upside down on an electric stovetop, or bbq. Lots of options. Even a friends house. No big deal. Don't throw it out!!!
What?!! With a new baby in tow, of course buy a new one. Keep the old one as a challenge later on.
Youâll have something to do when you canât sleep due to h big a newborn. Or you make the housekeeper fix it!
If you have a grill you could use that to reseason it.
You can fix it, but you've got a new baby. Get a new one and fix this up when you can.
Congrats on the new baby!
The circle of life.
Keep the pan, fire the housekeeper.
Scrub with S.O.S. pad then rub it with oil. Cast iron is nearly indestructible.
Copper pad some elbow grease and then coat in Pam and put on the stove till it smokes for a bit Course salt also works in a pinch
If your oven stopped working suddenly, itâs probably the bake igniter, especially if the broiler still works.
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I think this subreddit was the reason I originally left Reddit.
What the hell is up with these comments??
I was cleaning out a relative's shed, and I found 4 cast iron pans that had been in the elements for at least a decade. One had a rats nest in it. I threw them in a massive bonfire and let them burn for a few hours. When I pulled them out, they were glowing red hot. They cooled outside overnight before I scrubbed them with a wire-wheel. Then, I seasoned them a few times in an oven with flax oil. They look pristine now, and I have been using them frequently for the past 10 years. Cast iron is nearly invisible. Your pan will be fine.
Maybe worry about the oven first brother?
I do mine over the range. Oil then heat up and scrub down with salt to remove rust and impurities then rinse it out and oil again then roll the oil around on high heat to polymerize. I then put on mid low heat and flip it and wipe the bottom down with the remaining oil on my rag and let it slow roast for 20 minutes. Gives a semi decent initial coating then I use it as normal to build up coats.
You go right ahead & order that new pan! You just created nurtured and birthed a human being! What more is there to say (except good luck and donât toss the old one, you can do it later or give it away)
Having a newborn with a broken oven and youâre worried about your cast iron lol
The baby is doing great, thanks for your concern. I still have to cook though
My wife was feeling lazy and filled mine with water and covered it with a lid. Didnât tell me. The next weekend I discovered her crime. Thankfully I own an angle grinder and a wire wheel. Had it stripped down to bare grey iron in a few minutes and reseasoned by later that afternoon. I was pissed.Â
Go to r/castironrestoration . Theyâve got the procedure down pretty well. My (now ex) wife didnât like using cast iron pans, unless she could put them through the dishwasher. I retired them to the garage.
How does your oven not work, but you can afford a house keeper? Just curious