Never Put an Old Cast Iron Pan in a Self Cleaning Oven
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That old cast iron pan at the back of the cupboard, crusted black, sticky in patches and a little rusty, is in no danger sitting there. The danger comes the day somebody finally decides to fix it, and the fix people hear about most is the self cleaning oven. No scrubbing, no chemicals, bare iron in one go.
Before that oven door shuts, ten minutes of looking will tell you what you have: the mark on the bottom, the feel of the cooking surface, and whether the pan sits flat. Then what actually takes the crust off without heat, the things that end a pan, and the honest odds.
One early Erie spider skillet by Griswold sold for $10,000 at auction in August 2024. A good modern pan is $30 or $40 in a shop, and most pans in most cupboards are ordinary. Prices here are documented examples, not appraisals.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Before the oven door shuts
1:20 What a self cleaning cycle does to cast iron
3:37 The three checks
4:14 The mark on the bottom
7:17 The surface test
9:11 Does it sit flat
10:24 What actually takes the crust off
12:07 The things that end a pan
13:35 What to do with yours
14:47 Honest limits
16:23 What it really costs
17:26 Why we lose these things
God keep you, friend. Jonas. Holmes County, Ohio.
#castiron #vintagecastiron #castironskillet
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Never Put an Old Cast Iron Pan in a Self Cleaning Oven
Worth Saving With Jonas
215 views
📕 https://jonasoldways.com/
That old cast iron pan at the back of the cupboard, crusted black, sticky in patches and a little rusty, is in no danger sitting there. The danger comes the day somebody finally decides to fix it, and the fix people hear about most is the self cleaning oven. No scrubbing, no chemicals, bare iron in one go.
Before that oven door shuts, ten minutes of looking will tell you what you have: the mark on the bottom, the feel of the cooking surface, and whether the pan sits flat. Then what actually takes the crust off without heat, the things that end a pan, and the honest odds.
One early Erie spider skillet by Griswold sold for $10,000 at auction in August 2024. A good modern pan is $30 or $40 in a shop, and most pans in most cupboards are ordinary. Prices here are documented examples, not appraisals.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Before the oven door shuts
1:20 What a self cleaning cycle does to cast iron
3:37 The three checks
4:14 The mark on the bottom
7:17 The surface test
9:11 Does it sit flat
10:24 What actually takes the crust off
12:07 The things that end a pan
13:35 What to do with yours
14:47 Honest limits
16:23 What it really costs
17:26 Why we lose these things
God keep you, friend. Jonas. Holmes County, Ohio.
#castiron #vintagecastiron #castironskillet
The House That Keeps Itself. The whole keeping of a house written down room by room, for when you would rather have it in your hand than in a video.
What is the one thing that pan is for in your house? Every family has a dish that belongs to the iron and nothing else will do. Cornbread. Bacon on a Sunday. Pineapple upside down cake at Christmas. I read every one of these, and I would like to know what comes out of yours.