Newly acquired Krumkake iron

Hi Ken,
Thanks for all of your help/info. The difference is quite amazing when the piece is done. Where are you finding all of your pieces of cast iron? Have fun with that iron!
Charlie

 

Hi Ken,
I would love to post some pictures, but I can't get any further with the ftp site than having a folder there. I can't seem to put any pictures in my folder. I am giving up on it for tonight.
Charlie

 

Hi Ken,
Here is the try at posting the pictures again.
The front side

The back side

Charlie

 

Hi Ken,
I seasoned the pan using the method described on the WAGS forum.
After cleaning it, I put it in the oven and turned the oven to 450 degrees. When it reached temperature, I took it out and let it cool until I could handle it with bare hands and put a light coat of Crisco on it. Then I baked it in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, then shut the oven off and let the pan cool in the oven. I repeated two more times.
I will resize the pictures and repost.
Charlie

 

Hi Ken,
I agree with you about WAGS! I do want to try George's beeswax method on one of my other pieces though.
I've changed the size of the pictures several times, but they always have posted the same size as what is in my previous post.

Charlie

 

Hi Ken,
I just wanted to try to show you some cast iron again. All three of these pans were found in a cottage that was donated to a church campground where I am a trustee. I had to get the cottage cleaned out and found these pans. The before pics of one of the pans so you can have an idea of how bad they were:


These are pictures after cleaning and seasoning:


The Wagner had no visible markings before cleaning, so it was a nice surprise to see that it was a Wagner. The small pan to the right is the pan in the before pictures.
I finally figured how to do bigger pictures!
Charlie

 

Thanks Ken! The Wagner pan was worse if you can believe it! I guess we might have to get a gas stove for the house so we can use them at home. Right now we can only use them in our camper. (we have a glass top stove)
Charlie

 

Warning! Once you try it, you may just never season any other way! Can't say enough good about it!

 

OK! OK! I'll use beeswax on the next pan. Then I can do a side by side test to see which cooks better.
Charlie

 

Charlie, I've used my cast iron skillet on our glass top stove. Am I not supposed to?

Kathy

 

Hi Kathy,
We are just going by our owners manual for our stove. Our manual just says that cast iron is not recommended because it retains excessive heat and may damage the cooktop. So we didn't want to risk damaging the glass top because they are quite expensive to replace. Check your owners manual and see what it says. Maybe someone else has more information concerning using cast iron on a glass top stove.
Charlie

 

Hi, Charlie. Well, I just checked the owner's manual for Maytag electric range T2. It does not advise against using cast iron but does advise against using glass because it could scratch. (I do try to lift the ci frying pan rather than slide it for that reason.) Have been using my enamel-lined/coated LeCreuset dutch oven even longer without problems. In fact, if it came to my LeCreuset vs the glass-top, no question the glass-top would go.

As an aside, this will be the one and only glass-top stove we ever buy. We thought it was pretty cool when we bought it, but it has never looked as clean as it did when it arrived. I don't find the temperature to be as easy to get where I want it, either. Also, had to buy new pots, because our old ones had bowed a bit over time, so wouldn't sit straight on the stove top. live and learn!

 

Charlie,

That process works great and I'd like to try it, but I'd probably either electrocute myself or blow the house up or at the very least singe the feathers off some low flying birds.

Just call me chicken.

Sue

 

Hi Kathy,
We agree with you about the glass top stove. It is easy to clean though. The next stove will be gas.
Charlie

 

Hi Sue,
I was nervous about trying the electrolysis method too, but seeing Ken's pieces all done inspired me to try it. It does work quite nicely. By the way, I do enjoy your writings immensely!
Charlie