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Old 12-03-2014, 05:14 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by kccrow View Post
Choose to ignore what you want, I've been using the things my entire life.... yeah and I'm not 12 like 97% of the internet forum users.

Cast iron does NOT cook as evenly as aluminum or copper, which are much better at dispersing heat uniformly. Cast iron heats more quickly, especially in the CENTER. The absolute best medium for dispersing heat uniformly is COPPER. There is a reason copper pots are so popular, or at least copper bottomed. As a matter of fact, Cast iron will be about twice as hot at the center as on the edges after 10 minutes over a burner. Not so with Aluminum nor Copper.

Cast iron will NOT go to absolute shit by mildly wiping with soap. I said DO NOT SOAK. DO NOT SCRUB VIGOROUSLY. But you will NOT ruin your "seasoning" by wiping mildly with soap. If you re-season as you should following ANY wash of ANY kind, it will restore your pan to its absolute perfect state. Nobody wants to listen to Baby Lee either, but he's 100% spot on on this subject. The oils are already molecularly bonded to the cast iron. So long as you don't scrub it like a mad man, you're going to retain your finish.

I'm sure nobody else thought to tell the guy to polish his new cast iron either, since everyone here is an expert. I'm not trying to get in a pissing match, but disregarding my post like its not worthy because of silly superstition or misinformation is horseshit.



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Originally Posted by AZORChiefFan View Post
http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/t...cast-iron.html

Here's an article dispelling myths surrounding cast iron.


Basing my comments on personal experience, not something I read off the internet. I posted that same link a while back... I still don't buy it. Some I'll go along with - washing with soap is not one of them.

Not silly superstition, personal experience.


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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! View Post
I know what you're saying makes sense logically, but my personal experience tells me even a little soap absolutely wrecked 15+ years of seasoning. I'll stick with the old wive's tale. So I'll continue to do what's worked for cooks worldwide for decades.


As for heat distribution, you're right, to an extent. On the stovetop it doesn't do great. In the oven, it does just fine. And the reason cast iron is so awesome is because of how well it retains heat. So preheat in the oven, then move to the stovetop. Many of us do that.
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