A while back i was able to get a DO for ten bucks. i believe it is 5 qt Lodge. it has the bail handle but not the spiral. The underside of the cover has the little dealies to baste the food. i haven't used it much... because the first time i used it.... my beans started turning black. another time when i was trying to make rice... the rice turned black. i don't throw food away, every. but i did those times. I'm guessing it needs to be better seasoned. it does feel rough on the inside.
i don't have a self cleaning oven.
i do not want to do the battery-tub-thingamagigger.... way beyond me.
i did try some simple seasoning in my oven.... but still no go.
ideas.... suggestions.....
Pics? I season mine on a gasser. A guess, and just a guess is maybe rancid oil from prior seasoning?
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you can also use oven cleaner and put it a black bag for a few hours, I saw some one do it on u tube
oven cleaner would completely strip it. ugh... didn't want to do that.
rancid oil? i don't know... i thought that was a more sticky thing going on.
i will try to get some pictures when i get a chance
Yeah.....something there isn't right. If you wet a paper towel and wipe the bottom of the DO, does it come out black? If so, you have some sort of residue living in there. Personally, I wouldn't do anything with it until it was stripped and reseasoned. I know it's a PITA, but not much work for the piece of mind knowing it's clean.
It may have been painted or filled with motor oil or something nasty that's leaching out of the cast iron . It needs to burned out, not electrolysis that's for rust.
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put it a self cleaning oven, scrape out anything burnt on repeat a few times. coat with grape pr flax seed oil, put in oven at around 400degrees. repeat a few times. put aluminum tray underneath to catch excess oil. cook a fried egg in it. when the egg slides out, it is seasoned and ready to go.
That's the one scary thing about used cast iron. It gets left all sorts of strange places (sheds, garages, etc), and can get used for unintended things. I was planning to buy a DO at a flea market one time until the guy blurted out about how great it was for melting lead in. Apparently he was using it to melt lead for making fishing lures. I bitched at him for a few minutes about trying to resell it as a cooking vessel, but he didn't seem to see the big deal. According to him, "No one cooks in these old things anyway".
Yeah, I have the exact same DO for our kitchen, you have a seasoning issue. The quickest path to resolution is to strip it clean either on your grill or with oven cleaner, then reseason it.
I highly recommend reseasoning with Flaxseed oil. I wasn't so sure how well it worked compared to bacon grease/tallow (my preferred oils for seasoning until trying flaxseed oil).
Here's a pretty informative article about it if you're not familiar with it. (Sorry if I'm re-linking a well known article):
http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/
thanks for the input. i figured it was a seasoning issue. just odd... most used pieces i have bought are in semi condition. i don't have a self cleaning oven.... but i will season in there without it. i will give this DO a go in there. hopefully i remember to take some pictures!