I just bought a cast iron grill pan and after using it once it's flaking. That's not supposed to happen is it?
Here's what happened: the pan was pre-seasoned but the instructions said to wash it with soap and water and then season it. I washed it, dried it, rubbed a thin layer of Crisco in it and put it in the oven upside down at 250 for 1 hr. Then I took it out and wiped out the remaining oil.
The next day I decided to cook some burgers in it. I preheated it on my electric (coil) range on medium heat for 15 minutes. I heard that it should only be used on medium for electric ranges. So then I placed the burgers in it which are supposed to take 4 minutes per side. The first side took about 10-15 minutes but the other took about 5 minutes, one of the burgers stuck a little. I used a wooden fork to remove the stuck food. When they were done I placed the pan on a hot pad until I finished eating. Then I poured out the grease and tried to wipe out the pan. There were too many food pieces in it so I rinsed it out with hot water. Then I wiped it while drying it on the range. This is when I noticed flaking in the spots where the burgers were cooked. I'm sure it was the pan flaking rather than particles of food, but I could be wrong. The little pieces looked like flaking from the pan, kind of like the way flaking Teflon looks. I looked at the pan and there was a little discloration in some spots where the burgers had been cooked, but maybe that's normal. When I was wiping the pan, there was a lot of black residue. Anyway, I wiped another thin layer of Crisco in it and put it in the oven upside down on 250 for about 50 minutes, then wiped out any remaining oil.
Does it sound like the pan is flaking? Have I done something wrong?
Here's what happened: the pan was pre-seasoned but the instructions said to wash it with soap and water and then season it. I washed it, dried it, rubbed a thin layer of Crisco in it and put it in the oven upside down at 250 for 1 hr. Then I took it out and wiped out the remaining oil.
The next day I decided to cook some burgers in it. I preheated it on my electric (coil) range on medium heat for 15 minutes. I heard that it should only be used on medium for electric ranges. So then I placed the burgers in it which are supposed to take 4 minutes per side. The first side took about 10-15 minutes but the other took about 5 minutes, one of the burgers stuck a little. I used a wooden fork to remove the stuck food. When they were done I placed the pan on a hot pad until I finished eating. Then I poured out the grease and tried to wipe out the pan. There were too many food pieces in it so I rinsed it out with hot water. Then I wiped it while drying it on the range. This is when I noticed flaking in the spots where the burgers were cooked. I'm sure it was the pan flaking rather than particles of food, but I could be wrong. The little pieces looked like flaking from the pan, kind of like the way flaking Teflon looks. I looked at the pan and there was a little discloration in some spots where the burgers had been cooked, but maybe that's normal. When I was wiping the pan, there was a lot of black residue. Anyway, I wiped another thin layer of Crisco in it and put it in the oven upside down on 250 for about 50 minutes, then wiped out any remaining oil.
Does it sound like the pan is flaking? Have I done something wrong?