Black pot
 

Well my girl cook me some good supper tonight, pork and deer. I think the guys at work will be jealous. Anyway i wanted to ask all the fellas whats the best way to clean and burn a black pot.

Dat looks good

I like to clean mine with hot water, small amount of soap with a scotchbrite and then a coating of mineral oil heated up till she smokes let her cool
Got one 26 years old now .....finally getting smooth

It takes that long to get smooth. Ive been having it about 10 years now.

When I say smooth.......I mean smmmooooth.

Black Iron is all we cook in other than gumbo and that is Magnalite (actually Gaurdian but it's not made anymore)

This pot is used three to five times a week the wife actually cooks bacon in it often cause it cuts down splatter.

So.....keep at it! MY hope is that MY son will want these pots when I croak.
I wanted my grandparents pots, sadly it did not pan out that way.

Cool ill keep on cooking in it then.

Clean it with hot salt water then heat it up on the stove to dry it once its dry wipe down with cooking oil. I burn mine wit a torch. I get it red hot and put cookin oil in a spray bottle and squirt cookin oil on there while it's hot and just keep doin it til it gets black black.

There is a guy in Dry prong that sells em already smooth as a piece of glass. He said the way he does it is buff it with a wire wheel until it is super smooth. Rub it with cooking oil and then put in in a hot oven upside down. I did a skillet for my wife that way. Came out pretty good.

Had a new set that i tried following directions on. Coat with cooking oil and bake in the oven. After a while, bout smoked me out the house. Brought em to a buddy that uses his outdoor smoker to cure em.

A lot of the black iron pots that come in the sets have a varnish applied to them at the factory. This needs to be burnt off before you try to season them.
After you burn it. You can wipe oil in a pot then heat it in a 225 oven. After its hot wipe out the excess oil. Let it cool, then do it again.

What's a good oil to use?

anything is ok . i use hog lard

i put mine on my burner outside and burn all the finish off then just heat and apply oil with a rag several times......it will smoke you out in the oven

I've always been told to never clean them with any soap. Just whipe them out with hot water.

I got a 10 gallon jambalaya pot last year that came pre seasoned. Sometimes I get a lil rice stuck to the bottom. I put water in it and turn the fire on and let it boil instead of scrubbing it with something. Then I use light soap and hot water and a sponge. Dump your water and light the fire again to dry it then coat it with some conola oil.

Yes I heard that to that's why mines not doing right

Yes hot water and if you need to scrub the pot you can pour some salt in it for a scrubbing compound.

I am been able to successfully restore a collection of cast iron pots from a deceased relative. If it is rusty and cruddy I have been able to get it sandblasted at a local monument company that does headstones. Once done I buy the cheapest shortening I can get and sometimes some lard. I burn them outdoors on the grill on a low/medium heat to keep house from getting smokey.. After a couples hours I might regrease and continue. Once done, I generally fry bacon in them to start getting them in use. Good luck with your burn and enjoy.

I was told bacon does good to. I'm going try it tonight.

To clean mine I scrape whatever is left (which is usually minimal) out of the pot......then I heat up the pot and put some water in it and add a good bit of Kosher Salt or rock salt, about a 1/4 cup at least. I take a pair of tongs and grab an old rag and whipe everything out. Dump out the water and rinse with fresh water and whipe it down. Then I put it back on the stove, heat it up. When the water is cooked out I whipe it down with crisco and its ready to go for the next time.