gray_nelson•25d agoProlific Poster

Found a $3 cast iron skillet at a garage sale last Saturday and it changed my meal prep completely

I used to burn everything in cheap non-stick pans and kept buying new ones every few months. This old skillet cleaned up with just salt and oil, and now I cook all my chicken and veggies for the week in one go. Anyone else had luck finding cheap cast iron secondhand?

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leoward25d ago

Picked up a beat-up Wagner for $5 at a flea market last year and its still going strong. Honestly the best kitchen money I've ever spent.

the_hannah22d agoOG Member

Wait, doesn't salt scrub the seasoning off a cast iron pan?

jennifer_west5225d ago

Oh come on, are we really pretending these old skillets are magical or something? I tried one a friend gave me and it was a nightmare. It took forever to heat up, food stuck to it worse than any cheap non-stick, and you have to baby it with oil and cleaning. Plus they weigh a ton, so flipping eggs is a workout. @leoward might have luck with his beat-up Wagner, but I'm not spending my time scrubbing rust and seasoning a pan when a $20 Teflon one works fine for a year. Give me a lightweight modern pan any day, even if I have to replace it sometimes.