Picked up a cast-iron skillet today.. page

[ryan54]

And absolutely love it! Kept it simple and made turkey burgers as the first experiment. The taste quality was night and day, and no sticking! I would highly recommend one. Awesome stuff.

[BlueToad]

I use cast iron exclusively. Over the years I've acquired a "set" from a small one that only one or two eggs will fit in to a ginormous one that would fit a small turkey. They've all been used and abused, except for one that was my great grandmother's. To clean a used one I put it in the oven on the self clean setting and everything burns off. Then it can be washed and re-seasoned.

This afternoon I cooked down some chicken bones in a cast iron dutch oven. The whole backyard smelled delicious!

[Primal123]

I love mine. I use them every day. I have my Mother's old set, and one I found while rummaging around in some brush on the farm I grew up on. Someone had thrown it out who knows how many years before and I scavenged it! Truth be told it's indistinguishable from the one I bought in a store. I actually have more than I need but I am so smitten with them I can't part with them. I certainly would never throw one away. In the woods no less. LOL I do find that despite using them all frequently I have my favorite that of course is better seasoned so I turn to it the most often.

[NZ primal Gwamma]

Ryan, fantastic. Best tasting food ever ! I use mine all the time. Once you have cooked in them, fill with tap water and everything comes off easy as. I am thinking about putting in an earth oven, similar to the Maoris traditional oven. But not sure where to start....anyway goodluck with the cast iron !

[Louisa655]

i have an entire set -- wouldn't part with them.

[katemary]

What is so different about cast iron than to the high tech (say Jamie Oliver) ones?