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Posted by: SteveW
« on: June 02, 2019, 01:42:48 PM »

Went to a celebration of some good friends yesterday, Man what a feast ribs,pulled pork, chicken, and a whole hog along with sides. I asked if I could make my beans and they said probably about 200 people would come so I made a double batch which was 29 bs. Here is one batch in a 14" oven. It was 7.5 hours long so we didn't stay to the end as it was come and go anytime but pretty sure no beans were left. :P

Posted by: RICKG
« on: March 25, 2019, 02:24:30 PM »

Yard sale?? 8-)
Posted by: SteveW
« on: March 24, 2019, 02:43:12 PM »

Picked up 2 more pieces this week. 1 stays and 1 goes



dutch oven going to a sister in law wok stays 14" holding 6.4 qts
Posted by: RICKG
« on: September 30, 2018, 09:07:15 PM »

Annie and I black pot cook often and use her Grampa and Grannie's  cherished iron.  As teamsters we pack anodized aluminum (gasp) on the wagon cuz every pound counts on mules/horses on a wagon train, heck I even load the cooler with "lite" beer..
Posted by: SteveW
« on: September 30, 2018, 07:33:16 AM »

They are cornbread pans. Shaped like ears of corn. 2 are Wagner and the other is Lodge. You will see them shaped like fish also. Great for dunking in a cup of coffee.
Posted by: aboyandhisdog
« on: September 29, 2018, 08:13:21 PM »

Of those 3 (what are they...bread pans?) pans on the right, you almost have yourself a Willys grill.
Posted by: SteveW
« on: September 29, 2018, 07:01:00 PM »

Cleaning up a bit around the house. Decided to take an inventory of my Iron. I can put on a feast I think ;)

Posted by: SteveW
« on: July 04, 2017, 03:00:24 PM »

I thought there was a place where other hobbies were asked about but could not find it. I made this Monday morning for the guys at my brothers business. He owns and equipment rental outfit so I cooked for about 20+ . In a couple years I am hanging up tool pouch and looking at going into food vendor work so this kind of stuff and family nights at Church are my test kitchens.



These are buttermilk drop biscuits also called cat head biscuits because of how big they are. Very simple recipe and I will put them up against any other biscuits in the world. Cast iron drop biscuit pane made 35 of them



10" skillet cooked 2 dozen eggs in 2 batches. Just eggs milk and pepper. I think some of these cooks that use 20 ingredients are just silly



Sausage gravy in 12" skillet. 2 lbs sausage. I usually cook sausage and gravy separate then combine but saw a way to make gravy with sausage in skillet. It was very good although gravy got a little thicker than I wanted but know why so next time it will be right. Biscuits are so soft they have to be made day before to set up a bit although if you put a little honey on top and don't worry about trying to slice them my goodness it is best eatin in the world. :P 8-)
Posted by: johnrb3b
« on: December 12, 2013, 10:20:41 AM »

Well, having grown up in Iowa, we used bacon grease for lots of things, including seasoning the cast iron. In fact, when I make pancakes now on the cast iron griddle, I use bacon grease as my "oil". Makes the pancakes taste real good.  :)
Posted by: Dennisanvil
« on: December 10, 2013, 12:22:37 AM »

we use criso OIL to season our cast iron. use a thin coat.we did civil war for 27 years and cook over the camp fire.
dennis
Posted by: SteveW
« on: December 09, 2013, 08:35:25 PM »

I am not a big fan of oil for seasoning. I know a lot of folks who do use it but for initial work like this I like Crisco. I do use oil on my iron between uses. Some years back I went hunting with a buddy who brought a load of old iron and he would chunk them in the fire at night and use sand to scour them out. It worked pretty good.
Posted by: Dennisanvil
« on: December 09, 2013, 07:54:06 PM »

one thing that you can do to clean old rust cast iron cook ware is place in a small wood fire for awhile , pull it out and place it on a wood block to cool. when cool wash it and place in oven at 500 deg. before place in oven coat with a light coat of oil. place it upside down. it might take more then one time to get season. or place it in the wife self clean  oven. this is when she not home.it will smoke if there is burn on grease. Then re-season.this will remove rust that is on the pan . the rust wont hurt you. the rust will disappear when oiled.
dennis
Posted by: SteveW
« on: December 09, 2013, 05:32:34 PM »

great results





this is about 13 hours and couldn't believe how much more came off and how much action the brew made





rinsed and dried off. it's not really rust but the raw iron





Washed 1 time with hot water and scrubbie, towel dried then put in oven at 250 for about 30 minutes. After that seasoned with Crisco for about 40 minutes at 350 and just left to air dry in the oven. I will probably season 1 more time then run a batch. It looks way better than the picture shows. I have an old side shift t-case that is hopeless but am going to brew it to see what happens.
Posted by: SteveW
« on: December 06, 2013, 07:40:48 PM »

Coming along nicely and putting some learning of electrolysis to good use.




that is after 5 hours, pretty good cooking





I was amazed at how much better it looked and I thought it was not bad when I got it. I rinsed it in laundry tub and dried it on the grill



that is one of the pieces from the corner. lighter rust will float and cling to it, heavier pieces fall to the bottom of tub, just a quick wire brush knocks it off



New clamps and they have made a big difference, they are called acorn clamps and we use them to clamp ground wire to rebar or ground rods.

I have it back on and will leave it all night, that should be enough to get it ready for seasoning. What I have learned is to dissolve the Borax in a cup of warm/hot water as putting it in cold first thing is it just settles at bottom. I also do think the salting is a good method once it starts to cook. I know the clamps have made a huge difference in pulling rust off. One thing that almost went wrong was I accidentally hit the 50 amp boost switch and somehow when I switched it back the polarity got reversed? I checked after 10 minutes and my Iron was bubbling and getting red attached to it. Unplugged and reset it so all is well. I am going to find some rusty vehicle stuff and do a cleaning after this, very happy with process.

It got up to 85 degrees today so outside work is pretty easy although when I was sweating it in an attic this morning it wasn't fun. It wasn't Fargo N.D. either ;)
Posted by: SteveW
« on: December 05, 2013, 08:05:45 PM »

Am cleaning it up now. I found some 1/8" rod that i will use for the eyelet to lift the handle. I am using electrolysis to test a few things. I have 4 rods in the corner and using bigger gauge wire #8 instead of #10. Also playing with amount of Borax needed. I put about a cup in and stirred it pretty good but am also "salting" it every 1/2 hour or so to see what that does. i believe it to create better action. I put it in at 5:30 tonight and had it bubbling in 20 minutes.




I am going to pick up some acorns tomorrow that are made to clamps wire to ground rods or rebar. I believe that is a better bond and will quicken the time.



Tied the halves open to get at all the parts



I will probably cut it off about 11:00 tonight and see what it looks like.