Cast Iron in the Egg?

Unknown

I was told from lodge I have to burn off my oval casserole dishes because I screwed up with the seasoning I forgot to flip them up side down and the oil turned dark and collected at the bottom and are ver gummy so they told me to put them in a self cleaning oven for a complete cycle to burn off the gummy stuff, now you are not suppose to leave the racks in the oven when doing a self clean cycle so I cant put the dishes on the bottom thats where the coil is, Now I want to put thwem in the egg and burn them in thee how hot for how long in the egg can I do this with out frying my gaskit? if it needs to be at 500 or 600 This temp I was told is what a self clean oven gets too, but to burn this stuff off the dishes they must be in there a couple of hours at least they said at lodge. Thanks for the reply. David K

tn slagamater

David K,I seasoned my Lodge cast iron at about 275 or 300 degrees in the EGG. Just put it in upside down and re-coat any spots needing more crisco.It worked great.Oil does not need to be very hot to melt...

Gene

David K,I did not know not to leave the racks in the Oven and have done it for years. Mine are O. K. I put my cast Iron Grill in the other day, came out cleen. but need to reseason it after.

smokeydrew

tn slagamater,[p]I'll second the use of the egg over the oven. My entire house smelled like burning cooking oil during my first seasoning. Since then, I have used the egg to reseason 2 times without any problems.[p]-SmokeyDrew

haywyre

David K,
I after seasoning mine one time in the oven I blew out my bottom cooking element. When I asked the store what would cause an element to blow like it did. She said sometimes grase will fall on it and create a hotspot and burn through. Granted the oven is like 20 yrs old. And the Smell does linger for a few days if you season in the oven.

Toy Man

I think you will find that when you re-season it, that a temp of about 450 for an hour will work better than a lower temp. Let it cool gradually.[p]Be sure to turn it upside down and remove any puddles or even thick spots of oil before seasoning it.[p]Toy Man