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Do you rub your handle with oil?

Jcl5150
Jcl5150 Posts: 287
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I was rubbing a little veggie oil into my Lodge cast iron skillet after cleaning it after doing smash burgers and wondered if the handle needed to be seasoned after each cook as well.  When you guys season after cooks, do you season the entire skillet or just inside?
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  • Rascal
    Rascal Posts: 3,923
    No, my grllfriend takes care of that~~
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    It doesn't hurt. The oil will create a moisture barrier to help prevent any rust on the handle. 

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I never have and have never seen any rust there. I assume the natural oils from your hands protect it. I just wipe a little on the inside and let the handle and outer surface do what they will. The handles are all nice and clean, the outside of the pans are all well crusted like a pan you'd see in an antique store (which is where I got most of them).

    Most of mine look like this.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    I usually hit the handle top and bottom, all sides of the pan with the paper towel...doesn't hurt like Smokey says.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • dmchicago
    dmchicago Posts: 4,519
    Legume said:
    This really looks like a Friday starter thread.
    My exact first thought....
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  • Jcl5150
    Jcl5150 Posts: 287
    Rascal said:
    No, my grllfriend takes care of that~~
    She seasons all your cast iron?
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  • Jcl5150
    Jcl5150 Posts: 287
    edited June 2017
    Carolina Q said:
    I never have and have never seen any rust there. I assume the natural oils from your hands protect it. I just wipe a little on the inside and let the handle and outer surface do what they will. The handles are all nice and clean, the outside of the pans are all well crusted like a pan you'd see in an antique store (which is where I got most of them).

    Most of mine look like this.

    Ah, okay.  I'm doing the entire thing each time and didn't know if I needed to.  Thanks for the tip!
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited June 2017
    Carolina Q said:
    I never have and have never seen any rust there. I assume the natural oils from your hands protect it. I just wipe a little on the inside and let the handle and outer surface do what they will. The handles are all nice and clean, the outside of the pans are all well crusted like a pan you'd see in an antique store (which is where I got most of them).

    Most of mine look like this.

    Looks a little grey to me Q.  You need to use that #10 more.  ;)



    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,201
    If your cast iron is well seasoned and you keep it dry in an air conditioned environment, it's not going to rust. I've never had any rust in over 30 years using cast iron. Applying a coat of oil to protect between uses allows for the potential of the oily film turning rancid. I used to see rancid pans/Dutch ovens in our scout troop all the time because some assistant Scoutmaster thought he knew when he was doing coating those pans and putting them up in a chuck box. 
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  • Jcl5150
    Jcl5150 Posts: 287
    DoubleEgger said:
    If your cast iron is well seasoned and you keep it dry in an air conditioned environment, it's not going to rust. I've never had any rust in over 30 years using cast iron. Applying a coat of oil to protect between uses allows for the potential of the oily film turning rancid. I used to see rancid pans/Dutch ovens in our scout troop all the time because some assistant Scoutmaster thought he knew when he was doing coating those pans and putting them up in a chuck box. 
    How often do you season, then? 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,201
    Never after the initial seasoning. Cooking seasons it. Bacon grease, general frying etc. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,201
    Just don't clean them with soap. Scrub with water only. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,394
    DoubleEgger said:
    Just don't clean them with soap. Scrub with water only. 
    Salt's okay for stubborn bits, right?  

    "Dumplings are just noodles that have already eaten"   - Jon Kung

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • CanadianAnvil
    CanadianAnvil Posts: 226
    Jcl5150 said:
    Rascal said:
    No, my grllfriend takes care of that~~
    She seasons all your cast iron?
    No, oils his handle. Don't want any rust on that

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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    Hey! That's a bit personal don't you think? 
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited July 2017
    Focker said:
    Carolina Q said:

    Most of mine look like this.

    Looks a little grey to me Q.  You need to use that #10 more.  ;)
    The #10 is larger than I usually need. It doesn't get used much.

    But I do wipe a light coat of canola on after each use. I've never seen, smelled or tasted any signs of rancidity on any of my dozen or so CI pans. Maybe that's because I've never let any Boy Scouts or Scoutmasters near my CI. Or maybe it's because I always scrub them with hot water and dish soap after each use. =)

    Like most of us, I had always heard NEVER to do that, but one day I was at Mom's (I guess she was about 98 or 99 then) and I saw her scrubbing away on a small skillet - with hot soapy water. Dutiful son that I am, I told her she wasn't supposed to do that. She explained that it had been working quite nicely, thank you very much, for as long as she'd been using cast iron. BTW, she'll be 101 on the 4th and is still doing it!

    I also read a Kenji article where he explained soap and water. Made sense to me. Here's his article...
    http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron.html

    And here's Mom's pan...

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Markarm4119
    Markarm4119 Posts: 526
    Whether I oil my handle is kind of personal an nunya bizness!
    LBGE, and just enough knowledge and gadgets to be dangerous .
    Buford,Ga.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    @Carolina Q  great story about your Mom.  I'm in the no soap camp myself, but I don't have the experience of your Mom - happy b-day to her.
    Phoenix 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,845
    @Carolina Q - Congrats to your Mom and her upcoming birthday.  Talk about living well, sure sounds like she has and is.  Nothing like a little fireworks in her honor.  Enjoy the celebration.  You are fortunate beyond words.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    blasting said:

    ...but I don't have the experience of your Mom - happy b-day to her.
    Few do, eh? 

    lousubcap said:
    @Carolina Q - Congrats to your Mom and her upcoming birthday.  Talk about living well, sure sounds like she has and is.  Nothing like a little fireworks in her honor.  Enjoy the celebration.  You are fortunate beyond words.  
    Yes, I'd say she has lived well. =) And she enjoys "her" fireworks and brass bands every year. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Jcl5150
    Jcl5150 Posts: 287
    Carolina Q said:
    blasting said:

    ...but I don't have the experience of your Mom - happy b-day to her.
    Few do, eh? 

    lousubcap said:
    @Carolina Q - Congrats to your Mom and her upcoming birthday.  Talk about living well, sure sounds like she has and is.  Nothing like a little fireworks in her honor.  Enjoy the celebration.  You are fortunate beyond words.  
    Yes, I'd say she has lived well. =) And she enjoys "her" fireworks and brass bands every year. 
    Did she have a killer cast iron recipe or two you'd be able to share?
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,705
    I just started using a lodge skillet, my first cast iron skillet. After cleaning and heating I apply a light coat of oil on skillet including the handle. Then I heat it up for a few minutes on the stove top prior to storing.
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  • ronw9471
    ronw9471 Posts: 112
    Jcl5150 said:
    Rascal said:
    No, my grllfriend takes care of that~~
    She seasons all your cast iron?
    That's a keeper there.
    Parrish, FL

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  • Homebrewguy
    Homebrewguy Posts: 158
    Isn't that the only way to rub your handle?
    LBGE & Masterbuilt 30" Stainless Electric Digital Smokehouse w/Cold Smoker
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Often... I have really bad vision.  =)=):o
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    Sometimes my wife does it for me. 
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    GrillSgt said:
    Sometimes my wife does it for me. 

    Sometimes 

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  • Smokin_Trout
    Smokin_Trout Posts: 506
    Yes- reduces friction 
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Nothing worse than friction on your handle. 
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