People say this is rust on underside of cast iron but I'm unsure!

[boom]

I'll season the backside, once. after that, it is on its own developing whatever color it does after that.

mine get splashed, splattered, spritzed, with oil throughout its service life and don't have issues.

the back side of my wok looks like POO because the wok-toss movement keeps the underside scratched up. random rust streaks show up, but I don't worry much about it. if I happen to over oil the insides, I will work the extra around the outside of the bowl. but that is about it.

 

[BAPyessir6]

No offense intended -- I should have explained my reasoning.

If you only season the inside of a bare cast iron pan, the outside can still rust. You don't need to put as much effort into the bottom of the pan as you would the inside... it obviously does not need to be nonstick, requiring that level of seasoning, but still needs enough seasoning to protect it.

CD

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It's a win win win!!

 

[taxlady]

You season the bottom side of your pan???

Won't it rust if you don't?

 

[Badjak]

Won't it rust if you don't?

Mine don't....
Maybe it's my climate?

 

[dragnlaw]

a) if it's wet - dry it
b) if it's wet - dry it
c) when frying it picks up fats from the air, as I said, mine are pretty crusty on the outside edges. The bottoms might be scraped clean from the burners, but they don't rust.... because I dry them!

 

[BAPyessir6]

I actually use rancid crisco to season the outside bottom of my pan. I figure it's not gonna affect the taste of food as I don't cook on the bottom of the pan. Don't worry, I use fresh crisco/lard on the inside cooking surface y'all! It's also less wasteful than throwing out a whole huge tub.

 

[dragnlaw]

and I actually use my burners to dry my cast iron. After washing and rinsing, I turn on a burner to high, put the pan on (don't leave the kitchen!) and presto! that pan is suddenly dry!

 

[taxlady]

and I actually use my burners to dry my cast iron. After washing and rinsing, I turn on a burner to high, put the pan on (don't leave the kitchen!) and presto! that pan is suddenly dry!

Do modern gas stoves still have pilot lights? On the rare occasion that my mum washed her cast iron, she would dry it as well as possible with a tea towel. Then, she would let it sit on a burner, that wasn't turned on, for a few hours. She was using the heat from the pilot light. It seemed to work. I never saw any rust on her cast iron skillet.

 

[Andy M.]

Do modern gas stoves still have pilot lights? On the rare occasion that my mum washed her cast iron, she would dry it as well as possible with a tea towel. Then, she would let it sit on a burner, that wasn't turned on, for a few hours. She was using the heat from the pilot light. It seemed to work. I never saw any rust on her cast iron skillet.

No pilot lights. Now the burner is ignited by an electric spark generated when you turn the knob to a certain point. Once it ignites you set it to the heat level as normal.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

and I actually use my burners to dry my cast iron. After washing and rinsing, I turn on a burner to high, put the pan on (don't leave the kitchen!) and presto! that pan is suddenly dry!

And all the smoke alarms are screaming. My neighbors just hate that!

Most cast iron is sold preseasoned, so if you don't do anything to remove that from the bottom or anywhere else outside of the cooking surface, you shouldn't have to season it again, ever!

 

[dragnlaw]

Cottage antique gas stove has a pilot, but no, all the new ones I've owned since don't.

Edit:
Would love to have a pilot light again - perfect for all sorts of things.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Would love to have a pilot light again - perfect for all sorts of things.

Like toasting marshmallows