3-Piece Ozark Trail Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet Set
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Walmart.com has 3-Piece Ozark Trail Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet Set on sale for $14.95. Select free in-store pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free w/ Walmart+ (free trial) or on $35+ orders.
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Set Includes:
8" Skillet
10.5" Skillet
12" Skillet
Product Info:
These skillets are made from sturdy cast-iron material, promising years of re-use.
Pre-seasoning gives your food a unique & hearty flavor that you will come to expect.
Enjoy all of the delicious flavors of an outdoor grill, with the option to cook indoors conveniently.
The loop handle, adds extra stability when lifting a full pan.
Great option for campers to use when cooking over an open fire.
My research indicates this 3-Piece Ozark Trail Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet Set has been previously frontpage here at $19 (Jan. 2020) and here at $17 (Dec. 2019).
I cook on Lodge skillets daily, as well as sometimes on an old Griswold or two.
When I get my Lodge skillets new, the first thing I do is do a high temp seasoning with about 1/4" of Lard, followed by a cooling off to about 150°, then a scraping of the bottom with a thin metal scraper, which removes nearly all the 'bumpiness' of the inside bottom.
Most of the 'bumpiness', believe it or not, comes from the "pre-seasoning", which I remove thru the process.
But Ozark Trail has an actual coarse 'sandblast' finish to it, on the iron itself.
After I re-season my Lodges 'my way', then eggs or any food just slides right out like it was a teflon pan, and nothing sticks.
I've been cooking on cast iron over 50 years.
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So you season the pan, then scrape it off using a metal scrapper? doesn't that remove the seasoning coating?
No, not exactly.
New Lodge skillets come 'pre-seasoned', tho I don't consider any manufacturer's 'pre-seasoning' a true quality seasoning of cast iron cookware. Their 'pre-seasoning' also amplifies the surface bumps on the skillet.
I always try to remove all the factory 'pre-seasoning', so that I can properly season the cast iron 'my way'. True seasoning is not a 1-time process and it comes over time & proper care and cleaning.
I only used the metal scraper on the new/unused heated skillet with its factory pre-seasoning (which I intended to remove anyway), and the heat plus the scraper action was just a quickie trial test to see how much of the factory seasoning 'bumpiness' it removed. Then I replaced the factory seasoning with my seasoning process.
The results showed that after I seasoned the skillet properly, no food would stick even tho its surface still had a slight 'smoothed bumpiness' in the cast iron itself.
Just received this set. OMG, what a crook Walmart is!
1. Contrary to the description, these pans are not pre-seasoned. They have the greyish surface finish of typical cast iron parts. However, that is not even the biggest problem. If it's only that, I could do the seasoning myself.
2. It is absolutely unacceptable that the inside surface finish of these pans is very very rough. Either these pans are bad sand castings or the surfaces were NOT finished to the product specs. The factories could have done some grinding to smooth out the surface if the castings had problems.
I know there are varied quality levels of sanding casting processes used in China, and also different skill levels of suppliers. If a product is to be cheaply priced, a lower tier of suppliers would have to be found to meet the pricing need, which in turn would mean a cheaper sand casting process (lower grades of sands, iron materials, molds/tools and etc). However no matter what the process is, the dimensions and surface finish have to meet the product specs. I cannot imagine Wally's product team would spec the surface finish of these cast iron pans like the one I received.
Cannot believe Wally World didn't do any Quality Control work and reject that shipment when they received these pans from the supplier. Now they are just trying to unload them at a low price with misleading product description.
I went ahead and bought it. Pans are cooling down now after putting it in the oven for an hour at 500 degrees. You get what you pay for, so for an entry level cooking set. I don't think it's that bad. Worst case scenario I'm out $15 bucks.
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When I get my Lodge skillets new, the first thing I do is do a high temp seasoning with about 1/4" of Lard, followed by a cooling off to about 150°, then a scraping of the bottom with a thin metal scraper, which removes nearly all the 'bumpiness' of the inside bottom.
Most of the 'bumpiness', believe it or not, comes from the "pre-seasoning", which I remove thru the process.
But Ozark Trail has an actual coarse 'sandblast' finish to it, on the iron itself.
After I re-season my Lodges 'my way', then eggs or any food just slides right out like it was a teflon pan, and nothing sticks.
I've been cooking on cast iron over 50 years.
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New Lodge skillets come 'pre-seasoned', tho I don't consider any manufacturer's 'pre-seasoning' a true quality seasoning of cast iron cookware. Their 'pre-seasoning' also amplifies the surface bumps on the skillet.
I always try to remove all the factory 'pre-seasoning', so that I can properly season the cast iron 'my way'. True seasoning is not a 1-time process and it comes over time & proper care and cleaning.
I only used the metal scraper on the new/unused heated skillet with its factory pre-seasoning (which I intended to remove anyway), and the heat plus the scraper action was just a quickie trial test to see how much of the factory seasoning 'bumpiness' it removed. Then I replaced the factory seasoning with my seasoning process.
The results showed that after I seasoned the skillet properly, no food would stick even tho its surface still had a slight 'smoothed bumpiness' in the cast iron itself.
1. Contrary to the description, these pans are not pre-seasoned. They have the greyish surface finish of typical cast iron parts. However, that is not even the biggest problem. If it's only that, I could do the seasoning myself.
2. It is absolutely unacceptable that the inside surface finish of these pans is very very rough. Either these pans are bad sand castings or the surfaces were NOT finished to the product specs. The factories could have done some grinding to smooth out the surface if the castings had problems.
I know there are varied quality levels of sanding casting processes used in China, and also different skill levels of suppliers. If a product is to be cheaply priced, a lower tier of suppliers would have to be found to meet the pricing need, which in turn would mean a cheaper sand casting process (lower grades of sands, iron materials, molds/tools and etc). However no matter what the process is, the dimensions and surface finish have to meet the product specs. I cannot imagine Wally's product team would spec the surface finish of these cast iron pans like the one I received.
Cannot believe Wally World didn't do any Quality Control work and reject that shipment when they received these pans from the supplier. Now they are just trying to unload them at a low price with misleading product description.